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Mercy Medical Center

In research, Mercy Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,830 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#11,328 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,330
of 28,054 · #26,272 all time
Rank in United States
#3,146
of 4,192
Research works
384
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.4k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
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 #8,830 of 20,462 11.0%323
MedicineField #11,328 of 17,978 11.2%283

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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.43× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.12× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 7.24× its world share, 2 worksNursingPsychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mercy Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Vadim Gushchin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mercy Medical Center.

  1. 1 Vadim Gushchin United States · #768,617 worldwide 13 citations · 16 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, Survival Analysis, Biomarkers, Chemotherapy, Gastric Cancer, Clinical Trials, Metastasis and Colorectal Cancer.

▲ 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 Surgery7▲ 184×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 2.4×35 topics
  3. Survival Analysis6▲ 33×6 topics
  4. Biomarkers5▲ 12×9 topics
  5. Chemotherapy4▲ 11×7 topics
  6. Gastric Cancer4▲ 63×2 topics
  7. Clinical Trials4▲ 9.9×5 topics
  8. Colorectal Cancer4▲ 83×2 topics
  9. Diagnosis4▲ 7.1×13 topics
  10. Metastasis4▲ 19×5 topics
  11. Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy4▲ 323×1 topic
  12. Peritoneal Metastases4▲ 323×1 topic
  13. Treatment4▲ 5.2×14 topics
  14. Guidelines4▲ 13×7 topics
  15. Management4▲ 7.6×12 topics
  16. Genomic Analysis3▲ 22×1 topic
  17. Ovarian Cancer3▲ 63×2 topics
  18. Tumor Models3▲ 96×1 topic
  19. Postoperative Complications3▲ 35×4 topics
  20. Quality of Life3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  21. Risk Factors2▲ 3.5×12 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 7.0×8 topics
  23. Degenerative Disc Disease2▲ 39×2 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations2▲ 9.0×6 topics
  25. Mortality2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  26. Cardiac Risk2▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Complications2▲ 6.4×9 topics
  28. Medical Education2▲ 13×6 topics
  29. Perioperative2▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Surgery2▲ 9.1×6 topics
  31. Surgical Management2▲ 7.7×9 topics
  32. Nursing Education2▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Prevention2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  34. Job Satisfaction2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Cost Analysis2▲ 56×2 topics
  37. Patient Outcomes2▲ 42×2 topics
  38. Prognosis2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  39. Spinal Fusion2▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment2▲ 13×2 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, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Nursing education and management.

Intraperitoneal and Appe…4Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 4 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksNursing education and management: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 1 fractional worksHealth Sciences Research and Education: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksPressure Ulcer Prevention and Management: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional works
SurgeryReproductive MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineResearch and Theory5 others

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

  1. 1 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Nursing education and management Research and Theory 1 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  6. 6 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management Occupational Therapy 1 works
  10. 10 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mercy Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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