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Mercy Hospital Springfield

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World rank, all time
#33,639
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,064
of 7,310
Research works
136
▲ 65% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Mercy Hospital Springfield

Which fields of science does Mercy Hospital Springfield work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Mercy Hospital Springfield is in Health Sciences, 6% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (8%), Computer Science (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 29 fractional works · 84.4% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 75.2% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 13.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMercy HospitalSpringfield34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2675.2%
    2. Health Professions37.5%
    3. Nursing01.4%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Computer Science24.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    3. Engineering00.6%
    4. Chemistry00.3%
    5. Energy00.1%
    6. Environmental Science00.0%
    1. Social Sciences13.1%
    2. Psychology01.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.0%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mercy Hospital Springfield specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 25.7 works3.9×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.85× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 2.91× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.92×26 works
  2. Nursing2.91×0 works
  3. Health Professions2.85×3 works
  4. Veterinary1.44×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×1 works
  6. Computer Science0.57×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.55×0 works
  8. Psychology0.39×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.32×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.25×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×0 works
  14. Energy0.15×0 works
  15. Engineering0.04×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mercy Hospital Springfield?

Ranked on the quality score, Phillip J. Finley, Cindy L Austin and Johnson Thomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mercy Hospital Springfield.

  1. 1 Phillip J. Finley United States · #1,880,466 worldwide 1.7k citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Cindy L Austin United States · #2,541,844 worldwide 612 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Johnson Thomas United States · #3,827,149 worldwide 772 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Lewis G. Lefer United States · #4,651,613 worldwide 139 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Walter M. Frazier United States · #4,827,094 worldwide 15 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Mercy Hospital Springfield

What are the most cited papers from Mercy Hospital Springfield?

The most cited paper from Mercy Hospital Springfield is "Moral distress in physicians and nurses: Impact on professional quality of life and turnover." (Cindy L Austin, Robert Saylor, Phillip J. Finley, 2016), with 274 citations. Next come "COVID-19: Global radiation oncology’s targeted response for pandemic preparedness" (244) and "Kidney Function After Off-Pump or On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery" (210).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Moral distress in physicians and nurses: Impact on professional quality of life and turnover. Cindy L Austin, Robert Saylor, Phillip J. Finley · Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy 31 Oct 2016 274
2 COVID-19: Global radiation oncology’s targeted response for pandemic preparedness Richard Simcock, Toms Vengaloor Thomas, Christopher F. Estes et al. · Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology Open access 24 Mar 2020 244
3 Kidney Function After Off-Pump or On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Amit X. Garg et al. · JAMA 2 Jun 2014 210
4 Effects of a Low‐intensity Intervention That Prescribed a Low‐carbohydrate vs. a Low‐fat Diet in Obese, Diabetic Participants Nayyar Iqbal, Marion L. Vetter, Reneé H. Moore et al. · Obesity 17 Dec 2009 149
5 Massachusetts emergency medicine closed malpractice claims: 1988–1990 Anita Karcz, J. Adam Holbrook, Mary C Burke et al. · Annals of Emergency Medicine Mar 1993 120
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Which keywords describe research at Mercy Hospital Springfield?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Nodules, Precision Medicine, Diabetes, Machine Learning, Risk Factors, Medical Imaging and Angiogenesis.

▲ 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-now 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Machine Learning3▲ 2.7×5 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 2.0×21 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 3.2×6 topics
  4. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer2▲ 160×1 topic
  5. Thyroid Nodules2▲ 160×1 topic
  6. Risk Factors2▲ 5.7×10 topics
  7. Diabetes2▲ 11×4 topics
  8. Precision Medicine2▲ 11×4 topics
  9. Angiogenesis2▲ 16×2 topics
  10. Healthcare2▲ 4.6×4 topics
  11. Medical Imaging2▲ 10×2 topics
  12. Macrophages2▲ 27×1 topic
  13. Regeneration2▲ 25×1 topic
  14. Wound Healing2▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Health Equity2▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Quality of Life1▲ 2.9×7 topics
  17. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.6×1 topic
  18. Clinical Decision Support1▲ 23×1 topic
  19. Treatment Guidelines1▲ 18×4 topics
  20. End-of-Life1▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Guidelines1▲ 7.3×8 topics
  22. Palliative Care1▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 4.2×2 topics
  24. Deep Learning1◆ 0.95×3 topics
  25. Dignity Therapy1▲ 217×1 topic
  26. Patient Dignity1▲ 217×1 topic
  27. Surgical Management1▲ 8.1×5 topics
  28. Echocardiography1▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Mercy Hospital Springfield publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Wound Healing and Treatments, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and Patient Dignity and Privacy.

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis…2Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksPatient Dignity and Privacy: 1 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…1Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismRehabilitationHealth InformaticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  2. 2 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  4. 4 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available24.4%not open75.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mercy Hospital Springfield's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 65% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mercy Hospital Springfield as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Mercy Hospital Springfield0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mercy Hospital Springfield over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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