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Mercy Catholic Medical Center

In research, Mercy Catholic Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#9,520 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,244 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,714
of 28,054 · #31,750 all time
Rank in United States
#4,026
of 4,192
Research works
379
▲ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Mercy Catholic Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #9,520 of 10,443 2.5%77 #15009
Health SciencesDomain #11,244 of 11,982 2.5%79 #13752

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mercy Catholic Medical Center sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.86× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.25× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mercy Catholic Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Gabriel Lerman, Rajesh Thirumaran and Akhil Jain lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mercy Catholic Medical Center.

  1. 1 Gabriel Lerman United States · #357,978 worldwide 0 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Rajesh Thirumaran United States · #1,412,583 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Akhil Jain United States · #1,426,235 worldwide 8 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Mercy Catholic Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Mercy Catholic Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Immunotherapy, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Lymphoma and Prognostic Factors.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology13▲ 3.6×48 topics
  2. Risk Factors7▲ 6.9×14 topics
  3. Immunotherapy6▲ 8.8×15 topics
  4. Diagnosis6▲ 6.5×21 topics
  5. Treatment5▲ 4.7×26 topics
  6. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.9×19 topics
  7. Meta-Analysis4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  8. Lymphoma4▲ 25×3 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors4▲ 9.1×12 topics
  10. Management4▲ 4.9×15 topics
  11. Public Health4▲ 2.6×10 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.3×14 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations3▲ 8.4×9 topics
  14. Guidelines3▲ 7.7×8 topics
  15. Complications3▲ 6.5×12 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.9×13 topics
  18. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Echocardiography3▲ 11×6 topics
  20. Radiotherapy3▲ 7.8×9 topics
  21. Rituximab3▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Molecular Profiling3▲ 28×3 topics
  23. Gene Expression Profiling2▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Genetic Susceptibility2▲ 26×4 topics
  25. Heart Failure2▲ 5.6×10 topics
  26. Hypothermia2▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Molecular Classification2▲ 15×3 topics
  28. PET Imaging2▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Resuscitation2▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Clinical Management2▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Neuroprotection2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  33. Prognosis2▲ 6.5×9 topics
  34. Survival Rates2▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Cardiac Arrest2▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Critical Care2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  37. Genetic Pathogenesis2▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Hodgkin's Lymphoma2▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Out-of-Hospital2▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Therapy2▲ 10.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Mercy Catholic Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Lymphoma Diagnosis and T…2Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…2Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…2Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksAdrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors: 1 fractional worksMultiple and Secondary P…1Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers: 1 fractional worksAdrenal Hormones and Disorders: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Researc…1Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineEmergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Adrenal Hormones and Disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available25.2%not open74.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.6%domestic only87.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mercy Catholic Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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