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Mercy Medical Center

In research, Mercy Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#9,926 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,599 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Medicine — Surgery is 13.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,627
of 28,054 · #35,138 all time
Rank in United States
#4,153
of 4,192
Research works
304
▲ 125% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Mercy Medical Center 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 #9,926 of 10,443 8.1%63 #12565
Health SciencesDomain #11,599 of 11,982 8.1%63 #14423

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).

What does Mercy Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 13.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.6 works13×
  2. MedicineField · 62.6 works4.9×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.90× its world share, 63 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mercy Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven J. Phillips, Carol Nieroda and Shankar Raman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mercy Medical Center.

  1. 1 Steven J. Phillips United States · #584,988 worldwide 66 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Carol Nieroda United States · #799,315 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Shankar Raman United States · #860,941 worldwide 10 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Jan Franko United States · #1,219,245 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Mercy Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Mercy Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cytoreductive Surgery, Chemotherapy, Survival Analysis, Gastric Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy, Peritoneal Metastases and Metastasis.

▲ 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. Cytoreductive Surgery17▲ 389×2 topics
  2. Chemotherapy11▲ 23×14 topics
  3. Survival Analysis10▲ 57×4 topics
  4. Gastric Cancer10▲ 132×3 topics
  5. Colorectal Cancer10▲ 185×2 topics
  6. Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy10▲ 739×1 topic
  7. Peritoneal Metastases10▲ 739×1 topic
  8. Diagnosis8▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Metastasis8▲ 38×5 topics
  10. Clinical Trials8▲ 18×5 topics
  11. Biomarkers8▲ 17×4 topics
  12. Management8▲ 14×7 topics
  13. Genomic Analysis7▲ 44×2 topics
  14. Ovarian Cancer7▲ 121×1 topic
  15. Tumor Models7▲ 183×1 topic
  16. Complications7▲ 21×7 topics
  17. Guidelines7▲ 22×7 topics
  18. Surgery6▲ 25×6 topics
  19. Children6▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis6▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Antibiotic Therapy5▲ 141×2 topics
  22. Appendicitis5▲ 285×1 topic
  23. CT Scan5▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Epidemiology5▲ 1.86×20 topics
  25. Treatment5▲ 5.7×12 topics
  26. Immunotherapy4▲ 9.0×8 topics
  27. Surgical Management3▲ 11×9 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors3▲ 8.9×7 topics
  30. Risk Factors3▲ 3.5×9 topics
  31. Genetic Mutations2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Radiotherapy2▲ 7.8×6 topics
  34. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Prevention2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  36. Echocardiography2▲ 9.5×6 topics
  37. Prognosis2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  38. Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome1▲ 66×2 topics
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Radiofrequency Ablation1▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Mercy Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies, Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Intraperitoneal and Appe…10Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 10 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…7Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 7 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis a…5Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…1Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 1 fractional worksWhipple's Disease and Interleukins: 1 fractional worksMyasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 1 fractional worksChemotherapy-related skin toxicity: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksOccupational and environmental lung diseases: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional works
SurgeryReproductive MedicineEmergency MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 10 works
  2. 2 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Whipple's Disease and Interleukins Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 1 works
  7. 7 Chemotherapy-related skin toxicity Dermatology 1 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mercy Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 125% 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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