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Mercy Medical Center

In research, Mercy Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,387 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,566 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,230
of 28,054 · #24,212 all time
Rank in United States
#3,946
of 4,192
Research works
400
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Mercy 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,387 of 20,462 9.1%296
MedicineField #10,566 of 17,978 8.7%245

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mercy 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.88× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Mercy Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Treatment, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Myocardial Infarction and Catheter Ablation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.6×42 topics
  2. Treatment5▲ 6.1×19 topics
  3. Diagnosis5▲ 7.2×17 topics
  4. Risk Factors4▲ 5.3×14 topics
  5. Heart Failure4▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Guidelines4▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.2×12 topics
  8. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 19×5 topics
  9. Arrhythmias3▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Catheter Ablation3▲ 31×2 topics
  11. Echocardiography2▲ 13×7 topics
  12. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Endovascular Repair2▲ 34×2 topics
  14. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  15. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 22×4 topics
  16. Mortality2▲ 4.8×7 topics
  17. Prognosis2▲ 8.6×7 topics
  18. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Thrombosis2▲ 9.4×5 topics
  20. Diabetes2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  21. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.9×9 topics
  22. Thrombus Formation2▲ 34×3 topics
  23. Biomechanics2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  24. Cardiomyopathy2▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  27. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Autoantibodies2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  29. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 32×2 topics
  30. Genetic Susceptibility2▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Hypertension2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  32. Matrix Metalloproteinases2▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Radiofrequency Ablation2▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Stroke Prevention2▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Ventricular Tachycardia2▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Aneurysm Rupture1▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Aneurysm Screening1▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Revascularization1▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy1▲ 173×1 topic
  40. Takotsubo Syndrome1▲ 173×1 topic

Which research topics does Mercy Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena.

Cardiac Arrhythmias and …2Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…1Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksTakotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena: 1 fractional worksCardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…1Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBiomedical EngineeringPathology and Forensic Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mercy Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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