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MGH Institute of Health Professions

In research, MGH Institute of Health Professions stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,544 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,479 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,560 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,936
of 28,054 · #7,911 all time
Rank in United States
#925
of 4,192
Research works
1.6k
▲ 79% vs 2013–17
Citations
52k
32.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is MGH Institute of Health Professions 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,544 of 11,982 14.6%283 #1788
MedicineField #2,479 of 10,443 12.5%207 #3352
Social SciencesDomain #6,560 of 10,521 25.3%100 #6878
Health ProfessionsField #1,315 of 1,928 19.6%68 #1115

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MGH Institute of Health Professions 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. Health Sciences#1,788 #1,544
  2. Medicine#3,352 #2,479
  3. Social Sciences#6,878 #6,560
  4. Health Professions#1,115 #1,315
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.

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: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.24× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.72× its world share, 68 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.39× its world share, 207 worksMedicineNursing: 3.93× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.72× its world share, 51 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at MGH Institute of Health Professions?

Ranked on the composite score, Inge B. Corless, D. F. Mahoney and Patrice K. Nicholas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MGH Institute of Health Professions.

  1. 1 Inge B. Corless United States · #63,062 worldwide 190 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 D. F. Mahoney United States · #72,839 worldwide 187 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Patrice K. Nicholas United States · #333,001 worldwide 87 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Peter S. Cahn United States · #353,011 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Leslie G. Portney United States · #498,096 worldwide 47 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Kenn M. Kirksey United States · #600,978 worldwide 42 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Stephen Wechsler United States · #647,533 worldwide 88 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Ruth Palan Lopez United States · #654,779 worldwide 44 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Jordan R. Green United States · #1,118,595 worldwide 56 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at MGH Institute of Health Professions

Which keywords describe research at MGH Institute of Health Professions?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Neural Plasticity, Epidemiology, Anxiety, Primary Care, Evidence-Based Practice, Reflective Practice and Well-being.

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 2.2×62 topics
  2. Quality of Life33▲ 5.1×34 topics
  3. Neural Plasticity22▲ 28×5 topics
  4. Mental Health22▲ 3.4×30 topics
  5. Depression19▲ 4.8×16 topics
  6. Anxiety17▲ 8.1×9 topics
  7. Primary Care17▲ 9.8×12 topics
  8. Public Health16▲ 2.5×25 topics
  9. Evidence-Based Practice16▲ 28×6 topics
  10. Reflective Practice16▲ 19×5 topics
  11. Well-being15▲ 8.9×9 topics
  12. Functional Recovery15▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Medical Education15▲ 13×10 topics
  14. Healthcare14▲ 2.8×11 topics
  15. Faculty Development14▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Language Development14▲ 25×5 topics
  17. Rehabilitation14▲ 7.7×9 topics
  18. Constraint-Induced Therapy13▲ 37×1 topic
  19. Motor Recovery13▲ 37×1 topic
  20. Assessment Methods13▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Bilingualism13▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Competency-Based Education13▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Continuing Medical Education13▲ 46×1 topic
  24. Professional Identity Formation13▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 7.4×7 topics
  26. Global Burden10▲ 4.3×9 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations10▲ 6.7×11 topics
  28. Occupational Science10▲ 127×1 topic
  29. Therapy Practice10▲ 127×1 topic
  30. Patient Safety10▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Interventions9▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Clinical Practice9▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Patient Care9▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Collaborative Practice9▲ 48×2 topics
  35. Health Disparities9▲ 7.5×8 topics
  36. Cultural Competence8▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Patient-Centered Care8▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Cerebral Palsy7▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Palliative Care7▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Professional Practice7▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does MGH Institute of Health Professions publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Innovations in Medical Education, Occupational Therapy Practice and Research and Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders.

Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 13 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 13 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Pra…10Occupational Therapy Practice and Research: 10 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…7Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 7 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 7 fractional worksLanguage Development and Disorders: 6 fractional worksInterprofessional Educat…6Interprofessional Education and Collaboration: 6 fractional worksNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 6 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 6 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…6Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 6 fractional works
RehabilitationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOccupational TherapyPsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 13 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  3. 3 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 10 works
  4. 4 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 7 works
  5. 5 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 7 works
  6. 6 Language Development and Disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 6 works
  8. 8 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  9. 9 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  10. 10 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 6 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MGH Institute of Health Professions's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 79% 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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