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Methodist Healthcare

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World rank, all time
#32,847
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,894
of 7,310
Research works
138
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
21.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Methodist Healthcare

Which fields of science does Methodist Healthcare work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Methodist Healthcare is in Health Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Health Professions (9%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 23 fractional works · 81.4% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 71.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 13.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKMethodistHealthcare28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences6%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2071.4%
    2. Health Professions39.3%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting13.6%
    2. Social Sciences01.7%
    3. Psychology01.1%
    1. Engineering14.9%
    2. Computer Science00.9%
    3. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Methodist Healthcare specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 20.1 works3.7×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.53× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.72× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.72×20 works
  2. Health Professions3.53×3 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.10×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×1 works
  6. Dentistry0.79×0 works
  7. Nursing0.60×0 works
  8. Psychology0.36×0 works
  9. Engineering0.33×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.24×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.13×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Methodist Healthcare?

Ranked on the quality score, Merrill S. Wise, Lori A. Kessler and Jeffrey D. DellaVolpe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Methodist Healthcare.

  1. 1 Merrill S. Wise United States · #358,390 worldwide 12k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Lori A. Kessler United States · #1,433,567 worldwide 958 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Jeffrey D. DellaVolpe United States · #1,522,141 worldwide 560 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Rachel K. Sterling United States · #2,961,960 worldwide 112 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Donna M. Herrin United States · #5,239,049 worldwide 122 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Methodist Healthcare

What are the most cited papers from Methodist Healthcare?

The most cited paper from Methodist Healthcare is "Recommended Amount of Sleep for Pediatric Populations: A Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine" (Shalini Paruthi, Lee J. Brooks, Carolyn M. D’Ambrosio et al., 2016), with 1,568 citations. Next come "Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine on the Recommended Amount of Sleep for Healthy Children: Methodology and Discussion" (844) and "Radiation Exposure to the Spine Surgeon During Fluoroscopically Assisted Pedicle Screw Insertion" (574).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recommended Amount of Sleep for Pediatric Populations: A Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Shalini Paruthi, Lee J. Brooks, Carolyn M. D’Ambrosio et al. · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine Open access 14 Jun 2016 1,568
2 Consensus Statement of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine on the Recommended Amount of Sleep for Healthy Children: Methodology and Discussion Shalini Paruthi, Lee J. Brooks, Carolyn M. D’Ambrosio et al. · Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine Open access 14 Nov 2016 844
3 Radiation Exposure to the Spine Surgeon During Fluoroscopically Assisted Pedicle Screw Insertion Yoga Raja Rampersaud, Kevin T. Foley, Alfred C. Shen et al. · Spine Oct 2000 574
4 Linezolid vs vancomycin: analysis of two double-blind studies of patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus nosocomial pneumonia. Richard G. Wunderink, Jordi Rello, Sue Cammarata et al. · PubMed Nov 2003 566
5 Prevention of osteoradionecrosis: a randomized prospective clinical trial of hyperbaric oxygen versus penicillin Robert E. Marx, Robert P. Johnson, Stuart N. Kline · The Journal of the American Dental Association Jul 1985 489
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Which keywords describe research at Methodist Healthcare?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Thrombosis, Heart Failure, Classification, Pathophysiology, SARS-CoV-2, Immune Response and ACE2 Receptor.

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

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.7×21 topics
  2. Thrombosis2▲ 28×4 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 2.8×5 topics
  4. Heart Failure2▲ 13×5 topics
  5. Classification1▲ 11×4 topics
  6. Pathophysiology1▲ 17×3 topics
  7. Risk Factors1▲ 4.4×8 topics
  8. Diagnosis1▲ 4.9×9 topics
  9. Immune Response1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  10. SARS-CoV-21▲ 16×2 topics
  11. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 18×1 topic
  12. Clinical Characteristics1▲ 35×1 topic
  13. Treatment1▲ 3.1×8 topics
  14. Uterine Fibroids1▲ 121×1 topic
  15. Uterine Leiomyoma1▲ 121×1 topic

Which research topics does Methodist Healthcare publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Uterine Myomas and Treatments, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Quality and Supply Management.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treat…1Uterine Myomas and Treatments: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…1Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksQuality and Supply Manag…1Quality and Supply Management: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization: 1 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analy…1ECG Monitoring and Analysis: 1 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 1 fractional worksHematological disorders and diagnostics: 0 fractional worksClinical Laboratory Prac…0Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control: 0 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesObstetrics and GynecologyBiomedical EngineeringManagement Information Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  2. 2 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  3. 3 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Quality and Supply Management Management Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  7. 7 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  9. 9 Hematological disorders and diagnostics Emergency Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Physiology 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 available25.9%not open74.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Methodist Healthcare's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Methodist Healthcare as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Methodist Healthcare0.00017% in 20251990200020102020

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