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Methodist Hospital

In research, Methodist Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#531 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#709 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,084 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Hepatology is 9.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,931
of 28,054 · #2,479 all time
Rank in United States
#421
of 4,192
Research works
6.5k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
164k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
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 #531 of 10,443 12.3%1,110 #536
Health SciencesDomain #709 of 11,982 12.3%1,164 #653
Life SciencesDomain #2,084 of 7,800 17.7%171 #1397
SurgerySubfield #506 of 1,816 12.9%223 #371
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,129 of 3,579 16.8%107 #1319
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #686 of 1,144 9.4%114 #298
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #453 of 738 9.5%126 #307
EpidemiologySubfield #666 of 976 11.7%84 #969
Physical SciencesDomain #9,674 of 12,888 15.4%65 #8798
OncologySubfield #625 of 772 15.7%62 #558

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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#536 #531
  2. Health Sciences#653 #709
  3. Life Sciences#1,397 #2,084
  4. Surgery#371 #506
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,319 #2,129
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#298 #686
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#307 #453
  8. Epidemiology#969 #666
  9. Physical Sciences#8,798 #9,674
  10. Oncology#558 #625
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Methodist Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 25.5 works9.1×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 125.7 works8.3×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 223.5 works6.6×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 113.7 works5.1×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.39× its world share, 107 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 1,110 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 17 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.

Who are the top researchers at Methodist Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Eamonn M.M. Quigley, Philip T. Cagle and Ashton A. Connor lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Methodist Hospital.

  1. 1 Eamonn M.M. Quigley United States · #1,854 worldwide 1.3k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 Philip T. Cagle United States · #106,911 worldwide 217 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Ashton A. Connor United States · #158,695 worldwide 214 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Edward A. Graviss United States · #163,370 worldwide 220 citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Richard L. Harris United States · #183,167 worldwide 92 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Eric M. Haas United States · #243,877 worldwide 19 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Mary R. Schwartz United States · #295,267 worldwide 99 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Youli Zu United States · #301,759 worldwide 157 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Richard Klucznik United States · #396,738 worldwide 81 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Masayoshi Takashima United States · #442,746 worldwide 75 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, Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Treatment, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology170▲ 3.0×111 topics
  2. Treatment76▲ 4.3×44 topics
  3. Diagnosis75▲ 5.6×37 topics
  4. Inflammation62▲ 2.1×74 topics
  5. Heart Failure58▲ 9.3×13 topics
  6. Risk Factors58▲ 3.7×25 topics
  7. Echocardiography55▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Quality of Life50▲ 2.4×42 topics
  9. Guidelines48▲ 7.1×13 topics
  10. Immunotherapy45▲ 4.4×19 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease44▲ 2.7×33 topics
  12. Management43▲ 3.8×29 topics
  13. Chemotherapy42▲ 4.1×23 topics
  14. Myocardial Infarction39▲ 12×7 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines38▲ 4.8×14 topics
  16. Complications38▲ 5.2×17 topics
  17. Chronic Kidney Disease37▲ 11×8 topics
  18. Obesity33▲ 3.0×20 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors32▲ 5.1×14 topics
  20. Mortality32▲ 3.8×13 topics
  21. Magnetic Resonance Imaging30▲ 8.2×7 topics
  22. Radiotherapy30▲ 5.4×13 topics
  23. Immunosuppressive Therapy30▲ 11×8 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations29▲ 4.7×21 topics
  25. Surgical Management28▲ 4.7×20 topics
  26. Transplantation28▲ 19×4 topics
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention28▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Graft Survival28▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Cardiac Imaging27▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Coronary Artery Disease25▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Thrombosis24▲ 6.0×7 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis24▲ 5.8×10 topics
  33. Treatment Guidelines23▲ 7.3×6 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma22▲ 7.4×3 topics
  35. Kidney Transplantation22▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Endothelial Dysfunction21▲ 6.3×7 topics
  37. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement20▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement20▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Radiation Exposure20▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Rejection20▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Methodist Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments and Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…20Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 20 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…18Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 18 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 17 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…17Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 17 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…15Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 15 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 15 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 13 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…13CAR-T cell therapy research: 13 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 12 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 20 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 18 works
  3. 3 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 works
  4. 4 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 17 works
  5. 5 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 15 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 15 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 13 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 12 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 12 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Methodist Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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