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Methodist Hospital

In research, Methodist Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,253 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,156 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#12,160
of 28,054 · #8,062 all time
Rank in United States
#1,652
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
24.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Methodist Hospital 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 #4,253 of 10,443 17.3%192 #2284
Health SciencesDomain #5,156 of 11,982 17.5%197 #2675

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Methodist Hospital 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 Methodist Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 37.4 works6.4×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 192 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Methodist Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Judith Jacobi, David Cohen and John H. van de Leuv lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Methodist Hospital.

  1. 1 Judith Jacobi United States · #396,643 worldwide 81 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 David Cohen United States · #817,877 worldwide 49 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 John H. van de Leuv United States · #1,061,617 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Roger L. Bertholf United States · #1,253,364 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Methodist Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Methodist Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 2.7×88 topics
  2. Treatment13▲ 4.2×35 topics
  3. Diagnosis12▲ 5.0×31 topics
  4. Inflammation11▲ 2.0×54 topics
  5. Risk Factors9▲ 3.4×23 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors9▲ 8.2×14 topics
  7. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 14×7 topics
  8. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.5×19 topics
  9. Heart Failure8▲ 7.2×12 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress8▲ 1.89×35 topics
  11. Echocardiography8▲ 11×8 topics
  12. Complications7▲ 5.7×17 topics
  13. Management7▲ 3.5×22 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations7▲ 6.2×18 topics
  15. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.5×16 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.4×13 topics
  17. Magnetic Resonance Imaging6▲ 9.5×5 topics
  18. Atherosclerosis6▲ 8.2×9 topics
  19. Guidelines6▲ 5.0×13 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Coronary Artery Disease6▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Surgical Management5▲ 5.2×19 topics
  24. Radiation Exposure5▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment5▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Computed Tomography Angiography5▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Myocardial Perfusion5▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Radiotherapy5▲ 4.8×11 topics
  29. Immunosuppressive Therapy4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  30. Biomechanics4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.2×7 topics
  32. Macular Degeneration4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement4▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Glaucoma4▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Prophylaxis4▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Bacteremia4▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Rituximab4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  39. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Graft Survival4▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Methodist Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  7. 7 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 2 works
  9. 9 Ocular Oncology and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  10. 10 Spaceflight effects on biology Physiology 2 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Methodist Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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