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Hospital / health system · Des Moines · United States

Mercy College of Health Sciences

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Research works
32
▲ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
226
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Mercy College of Health Sciences is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 10.55× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceMedicine: 2.95× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 13.97× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 3.74× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 14.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Mercy College of Health Sciences?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Social Justice, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Higher Education, Public Health and Health Policy.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Primary Care3▲ 21×5 topics
  2. Cancer2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  3. Public Health2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  5. Social Justice2▲ 12×4 topics
  6. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 21×3 topics
  7. Higher Education2▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 2.2×8 topics
  9. Health Policy2▲ 31×2 topics
  10. Nursing Education1▲ 38×3 topics
  11. Communication1▲ 14×2 topics
  12. Quality of Care1▲ 56×2 topics
  13. Quality of Life1▲ 3.0×6 topics
  14. Aquaporins1▲ 137×1 topic
  15. Depression1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.1×7 topics
  17. Water Channels1▲ 137×1 topic
  18. Referral1▲ 179×1 topic
  19. Reflective Practice1▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Specialist1▲ 179×1 topic
  21. Health Care Spending1▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Imaging1▲ 8.8×1 topic
  23. Immune System1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  24. Insurance Markets1▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Nuclear Graphite1▲ 103×1 topic
  26. Nursing Advocacy1▲ 171×1 topic
  27. Nursing Home1▲ 86×1 topic
  28. Oxidation Behavior1▲ 51×1 topic
  29. PET/CT1▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Person-Centered Care1▲ 86×1 topic
  31. Political Participation1▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Student Perceptions1▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Treatment1▲ 2.4×5 topics

Which research topics does Mercy College of Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Birth, Development, and Health, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes and Electrolyte and hormonal disorders.

Birth, Development, and Health: 0 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 0 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 0 fractional worksElectrolyte and hormonal disorders: 0 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 0 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 0 fractional worksTryptophan and brain dis…0Tryptophan and brain disorders: 0 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 0 fractional worksSodium Intake and Health: 0 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Rese…0Acute Kidney Injury Research: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNephrologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBehavioral Neuroscience4 others

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

  1. 1 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  2. 2 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 0 works
  3. 3 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 0 works
  4. 4 Electrolyte and hormonal disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 0 works
  6. 6 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  7. 7 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 0 works
  8. 8 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Sodium Intake and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 0 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 available20.1%not open79.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mercy College of Health Sciences'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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