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Mercy Hospital and Medical Center

In research, Mercy Hospital and Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,361 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,733 of 20,462 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,341 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#6,028
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,394
of 8,685
Research works
2.4k
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
64k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

What is Mercy Hospital and Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #2,361 of 17,978 22.7%1,522
Health SciencesDomain #2,733 of 20,462 22.4%1,647
Social SciencesDomain #4,341 of 16,945 29.0%151
Life SciencesDomain #4,195 of 14,347 22.2%430
Physical SciencesDomain #8,031 of 21,541 21.6%134
SurgerySubfield #1,658 of 4,227 16.0%201
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,604 of 7,814 23.0%245
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #1,008 of 1,880 28.3%159
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,590 of 2,717 21.9%153

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

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 15 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.64× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 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 Hospital and Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Roy R. Grinker, Alfred Pick and Louis N. Katz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mercy Hospital and Medical Center.

  1. 1 Roy R. Grinker United States · #8,425 worldwide 491 citations · 126 works
  2. 2 Alfred Pick United States · #29,355 worldwide 232 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Louis N. Katz United States · #31,673 worldwide 367 citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Irving F. Stein United States · #47,814 worldwide 413 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Daniel Offer United States · #79,324 worldwide 167 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Kenneth C. Robbins United States · #104,171 worldwide 255 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Karl Singer United States · #194,080 worldwide 128 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 M. Hayward Post United States · #195,356 worldwide 108 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Otto Saphir United States · #197,895 worldwide 141 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Leo M. Zimmerman United States · #222,048 worldwide 64 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Risk, Treatment, Diagnosis, Heart Failure and Arrhythmias.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology228▲ 2.4×120 topics
  2. Inflammation158▲ 2.8×74 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome111▲ 5.5×19 topics
  4. Treatment96▲ 3.1×48 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress89▲ 2.0×48 topics
  6. Diagnosis87▲ 3.6×39 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease71▲ 2.7×33 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Risk70▲ 8.5×9 topics
  9. Heart Failure67▲ 6.3×14 topics
  10. Risk Factors63▲ 2.5×31 topics
  11. Obesity57▲ 3.2×22 topics
  12. Quality of Life55▲ 1.74×46 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations54▲ 4.4×23 topics
  14. Management53▲ 2.9×29 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders52▲ 3.2×18 topics
  16. Arrhythmias48▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Echocardiography46▲ 7.1×8 topics
  18. Diabetes45▲ 3.7×20 topics
  19. Complications44▲ 3.6×16 topics
  20. Guidelines42▲ 3.7×13 topics
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease40▲ 6.9×9 topics
  22. Neuroprotection40▲ 4.5×14 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance40▲ 3.6×10 topics
  24. Ion Channels39▲ 7.5×4 topics
  25. Pulmonary Hypertension38▲ 9.8×3 topics
  26. Pathophysiology38▲ 5.8×11 topics
  27. Hormone Therapy37▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Surgical Management36▲ 3.4×20 topics
  29. Hypertension33▲ 4.0×14 topics
  30. Sudden Cardiac Death32▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Catheter Ablation31▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Critical Care30▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. Cardiomyopathy28▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Preterm Infants28▲ 7.6×4 topics
  35. Anemia27▲ 9.9×4 topics
  36. Genetic Testing27▲ 7.0×3 topics
  37. Calcium Signaling27▲ 8.6×4 topics
  38. Weight Loss26▲ 7.0×4 topics
  39. Radiofrequency Ablation25▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Muscle Strength25▲ 8.5×4 topics

Which research topics does Mercy Hospital and Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases, Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity and Traumatic Brain Injury Research.

Esophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease a…1Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…0Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 0 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 0 fractional worksRespiratory and Cough-Related Research: 0 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…0Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis: 0 fractional worksBone health and treatments: 0 fractional worksAirway Management and In…0Airway Management and Intubation Techniques: 0 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  6. 6 Respiratory and Cough-Related Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  8. 8 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Bone health and treatments Oncology 0 works
  10. 10 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 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 available14.9%not open85.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.0%domestic only97.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mercy Hospital and Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower 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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