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Mercy Health

In research, Mercy Health stands highest in Medicine (#6,369 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,661 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,426
of 28,054 · #21,551 all time
Rank in United States
#2,999
of 4,192
Research works
782
▲ 98% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.7k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Mercy Health 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 #6,369 of 10,443 5.1%162 #8065
Health SciencesDomain #7,661 of 11,982 5.3%174 #7479

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mercy Health 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).

What does Mercy Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 36.8 works7.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.72× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 162 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mercy Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Nelson B. Watts and Mohammed Taleb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mercy Health.

  1. 1 Nelson B. Watts United States · #274,126 worldwide 157 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Mohammed Taleb United States · #1,016,075 worldwide 5 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Mercy Health

Which keywords describe research at Mercy Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Surgical Management and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology29▲ 3.4×80 topics
  2. Treatment16▲ 6.1×32 topics
  3. Diagnosis14▲ 6.9×28 topics
  4. Risk Factors13▲ 5.4×21 topics
  5. Complications11▲ 10×16 topics
  6. Guidelines9▲ 9.3×10 topics
  7. Inflammation8▲ 1.85×30 topics
  8. Mortality8▲ 6.1×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management8▲ 8.5×17 topics
  10. Management7▲ 4.2×22 topics
  11. Heart Failure6▲ 6.9×11 topics
  12. Surgery6▲ 8.2×8 topics
  13. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  14. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.5×16 topics
  15. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 6.9×8 topics
  16. Prevention5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  17. Stroke5▲ 12×7 topics
  18. Diabetes4▲ 4.3×9 topics
  19. Children4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 3.8×11 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  22. Neuroprotection4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  23. Neuroimaging4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  24. Stroke Prevention4▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Biomechanics4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  26. Revascularization4▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Echocardiography4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  28. Catheter Ablation4▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Imaging4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  30. Revision Surgery4▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  34. Seizures3▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Arthroplasty3▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 6.5×7 topics
  37. Prophylaxis3▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Basal Ganglia3▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Adults3▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Hyperglycemia3▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Mercy Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neurological and metabolic disorders, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Neurological and metabol…3Neurological and metabolic disorders: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neurological and metabolic disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mercy Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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