Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Hospital / health system · Sacramento · United States

Methodist Hospital

In research, Methodist Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#689 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#635 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,722 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Hepatology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Transplantation is 31.8× its share of world research).

dignityhealth.org/sacramento/hospitals/methodist-hospital-of-sacramentoROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#2,231
of 22,385 · #1,643 all time
Rank in United States
#405
of 3,332
Research works
6.5k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
164k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Methodist Hospital

What is Methodist Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #689 of 9,902 9.9%1,164 #626
MedicineField #635 of 8,541 10.0%1,110 #566
Life SciencesDomain #1,722 of 6,403 10.9%171 #1349
SurgerySubfield #413 of 1,532 10.1%223 #393
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,121 of 2,964 11.6%107 #1069
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #531 of 1,037 9.9%114 #387
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #386 of 736 9.1%126 #327
EpidemiologySubfield #498 of 927 9.9%84 #646
OncologySubfield #436 of 755 9.9%62 #441
Physical SciencesDomain #6,531 of 10,670 9.4%65 #4262

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#626 #689
  2. Medicine#566 #635
  3. Life Sciences#1,349 #1,722
  4. Surgery#393 #413
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,069 #1,121
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#387 #531
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#327 #386
  8. Epidemiology#646 #498
  9. Oncology#441 #436
  10. Physical Sciences#4,262 #6,531
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Methodist Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Methodist Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,388 fractional works · 80.4% of its workMedicine: 1,327 fractional works · 76.8% of its workSurgery: 276 fractional works · 16.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 142 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 139 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEpidemiology: 98 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOncology: 71 fractional works · 4.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 51 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 45 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 43 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHepatology: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransplantation: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 48 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 204 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 125 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 42 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMicrobiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 78 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEngineering: 43 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMethodistHospital1,727fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,38880.4%
    1. Medicine1,32776.8%
    2. Health Professions482.8%
    3. Nursing80.5%
    4. Dentistry40.2%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1257.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology422.4%
    3. Neuroscience281.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.2%
    1. Engineering432.5%
    2. Computer Science130.8%
    3. Environmental Science90.5%
    4. Materials Science50.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy40.2%
    6. Mathematics20.1%
    7. Chemistry10.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences201.2%
    2. Psychology181.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.2%
    5. Decision Sciences30.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Methodist Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 31.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 24.5 works32×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 32.8 works9.8×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 142.1 works7.8×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 276.1 works6.8×
  5. NephrologySubfield · 22.1 works5.9×
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 138.7 works5.2×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 125 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.42× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 43 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 1,326 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.00×1,326 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.42×42 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.36×125 works
  4. Health Professions1.05×48 works
  5. Neuroscience1.01×28 works
  6. Nursing1.00×8 works
  7. Veterinary0.72×2 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.68×4 works
  9. Dentistry0.44×4 works
  10. Psychology0.35×18 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×9 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.19×3 works
  13. Engineering0.17×43 works
  14. Mathematics0.12×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.11×4 works
  16. Computer Science0.10×13 works
  17. Environmental Science0.10×9 works
  18. Social Sciences0.09×20 works
  19. Materials Science0.08×5 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×3 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×4 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.05×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Methodist Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Eamonn M.M. Quigley, Ashton Anthony Connor and Steven M. Petak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Methodist Hospital.

  1. 1 Eamonn M.M. Quigley United States · #67,159 worldwide 57k citations · 962 works
  2. 2 Ashton Anthony Connor United States · #78,365 worldwide 20k citations · 178 works
  3. 3 Steven M. Petak United States · #115,458 worldwide 10k citations · 86 works
  4. 4 Mazen Noureddin United States · #186,881 worldwide 2.6k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Steven S. Shen United States · #212,461 worldwide 15k citations · 366 works
  6. 6 Matthew D. Cykowski United States · #261,713 worldwide 3.8k citations · 90 works
  7. 7 R. Mark Ghobrial United States · #291,065 worldwide 9.4k citations · 257 works
  8. 8 Howard J. Huang United States · #340,195 worldwide 2.3k citations · 130 works
  9. 9 Stephen T.C. Wong United States · #353,966 worldwide 27k citations · 1,077 works
  10. 10 Xiang Xiao United States · #370,834 worldwide 3.8k citations · 124 works
All ranked researchers at Methodist Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Methodist Hospital?

The most cited paper from Methodist Hospital is "Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016" (Andrew Rhodes et al., 2017), with 6,868 citations. Next come "Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008" (4,947) and "Recommendations for evaluation of the severity of native valvular regurgitation with two-dimensional and doppler echocardiography" (4,077).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016 Andrew Rhodes et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 18 Jan 2017 6,868
2 Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International guidelines for management of severe sepsis and septic shock: 2008 R. Phillip Dellinger et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 3 Dec 2007 4,947
3 Recommendations for evaluation of the severity of native valvular regurgitation with two-dimensional and doppler echocardiography William A. Zoghbi, Maurice L. Enriquez-Sarano, Elyse Foster et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Open access 30 Jun 2003 4,077
4 Recommendations for Noninvasive Evaluation of Native Valvular Regurgitation William A. Zoghbi, David H Adams, Robert O. Bonow et al. · Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 14 Mar 2017 3,570
5 Ranibizumab versus Verteporfin for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration David M. Brown, Peter K. Kaiser, Mark Michels et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 4 Oct 2006 3,535
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Methodist Hospital?

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

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology202▲ 2.9×114 topics
  2. Diagnosis90▲ 5.6×37 topics
  3. Treatment89▲ 4.2×44 topics
  4. Inflammation75▲ 2.0×74 topics
  5. Risk Factors70▲ 3.7×27 topics
  6. Heart Failure66▲ 8.5×13 topics
  7. Echocardiography65▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Quality of Life62▲ 2.5×44 topics
  9. Management57▲ 4.1×29 topics
  10. Guidelines55▲ 6.8×13 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease53▲ 2.7×35 topics
  12. Immunotherapy51▲ 4.1×19 topics
  13. Chemotherapy49▲ 4.0×24 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines48▲ 5.1×14 topics
  15. Complications46▲ 5.4×17 topics
  16. Myocardial Infarction45▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Chronic Kidney Disease42▲ 9.6×8 topics
  18. Immunosuppressive Therapy40▲ 12×8 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors39▲ 5.3×14 topics
  20. Obesity39▲ 2.9×20 topics
  21. Transplantation38▲ 21×4 topics
  22. Graft Survival37▲ 25×3 topics
  23. Mortality36▲ 3.7×13 topics
  24. Magnetic Resonance Imaging36▲ 8.1×8 topics
  25. Radiotherapy35▲ 5.1×13 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations34▲ 4.5×21 topics
  27. Surgical Management34▲ 4.8×20 topics
  28. Cardiac Imaging32▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention32▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Kidney Transplantation30▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis29▲ 5.8×11 topics
  32. Coronary Artery Disease29▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Rejection28▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Thrombosis27▲ 5.7×7 topics
  35. Treatment Guidelines27▲ 7.2×6 topics
  36. Hepatocellular Carcinoma26▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. Endothelial Dysfunction26▲ 6.4×8 topics
  38. Heart Transplant24▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Lung Transplant24▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Radiation Exposure23▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Methodist Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments.

Transplantation: Methods…24Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 24 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…22Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 22 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 22 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…21Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 21 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…19Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 19 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 16 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 16 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…16Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 16 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 14 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 14 fractional works
SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineTransplantation4 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 24 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 22 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 22 works
  4. 4 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 21 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  6. 6 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 16 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  8. 8 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 16 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 14 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 14 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Methodist Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0068% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Methodist Hospital0.0070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Methodist Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025Methodist Hospital9.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.2% in 1996.

Other research institutions in Sacramento

All research institutions in Sacramento

Share Methodist Hospital's ranking

Methodist Hospital on Science Explorer

A card with Methodist Hospital's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website2Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Its overall standing, then the domains, fields and subfields where Methodist Hospital is in the world's top ten or its top 1%. Each has an image of its own.

Overall

Domains

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Methodist Hospital. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.