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Miami Hand Center

In research, Miami Hand Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,067 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,483 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,050
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,547
of 7,310
Research works
355
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
26.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Miami Hand Center

What is Miami Hand Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #4,067 of 16,688 12.6%274
MedicineField #4,483 of 14,558 12.7%261

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Miami Hand Center 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 fields of science does Miami Hand Center work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Miami Hand Center is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Social Sciences (15%), Arts and Humanities (14%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 24 fractional works · 49.8% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 44.3% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 17.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 32.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKMiami Hand Center47fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences32%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2144.3%
    2. Health Professions35.4%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences714.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities613.7%
    3. Psychology23.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    1. Engineering36.2%
    2. Environmental Science12.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    4. Chemistry00.4%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.05× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.30× its world share, 21 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.74× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.74×6 works
  2. Medicine2.30×21 works
  3. Health Professions2.05×3 works
  4. Social Sciences1.17×7 works
  5. Psychology1.10×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.09×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.80×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×0 works
  10. Veterinary0.57×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.45×1 works
  12. Engineering0.41×3 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.22×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Miami Hand Center?

Ranked on the quality score, A. Lee Osterman, Jorge L. Orbay and Terri M. Skirven lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Miami Hand Center.

  1. 1 A. Lee Osterman United States · #1,836,259 worldwide 2.2k citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Jorge L. Orbay United States · #1,942,751 worldwide 3.4k citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Terri M. Skirven United States · #2,304,581 worldwide 799 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Alejandro Badía United States · #3,484,885 worldwide 1.3k citations · 72 works
  5. 5 Anne D. Callahan United States · #3,804,927 worldwide 103 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Evelyn J. Mackin United States · #4,313,693 worldwide 722 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Susan M. Blackmore United States · #4,340,970 worldwide 108 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Lauren L. Vernon United States · #4,665,735 worldwide 152 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Miami Hand Center

What are the most cited papers from Miami Hand Center?

The most cited paper from Miami Hand Center is "Volar fixation for dorsally displaced fractures of the distal radius: A preliminary report" (Jorge L. Orbay, Diego L. Fernández, 2002), with 624 citations. Next come "A Prospective Study of Microvascular Free-Flap Surgery and Outcome" (588) and "Volar fixed-angle plate fixation for unstable distal radius fractures in the elderly patient" (499).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Volar fixation for dorsally displaced fractures of the distal radius: A preliminary report Jorge L. Orbay, Diego L. Fernández · The Journal Of Hand Surgery Mar 2002 624
2 A Prospective Study of Microvascular Free-Flap Surgery and Outcome Roger K. Khouri, Brian C. Cooley, Allen R. Kunselman et al. · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Sep 1998 588
3 Volar fixed-angle plate fixation for unstable distal radius fractures in the elderly patient Jorge L. Orbay, Diego L. Fernández · The Journal Of Hand Surgery Open access 2004 499
4 Processed nerve allografts for peripheral nerve reconstruction: A multicenter study of utilization and outcomes in sensory, mixed, and motor nerve reconstructions Darrell Brooks, Renata V. Weber, Jerome Donald Chao et al. · Microsurgery 28 Nov 2011 332
5 Minimizing the number of tankers to meet a fixed schedule George B. Dantzig, D. R. Fulkerson · Naval Research Logistics Quarterly Sep 1954 302
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Which keywords describe research at Miami Hand Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Distal Radius Fractures, Flexor Tendon Repair, Philosophy, Social Justice, Epidemiology, Feminism, Rehabilitation and Vibration Control.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.5×23 topics
  2. Distal Radius Fractures4▲ 164×1 topic
  3. Flexor Tendon Repair4▲ 164×1 topic
  4. Philosophy3▲ 16×4 topics
  5. Feminism3▲ 19×3 topics
  6. Social Justice3▲ 9.5×4 topics
  7. Globalization2▲ 2.5×6 topics
  8. Human Rights2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  9. Rehabilitation2▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Vibration Control2▲ 66×2 topics
  11. Democracy2▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Education2▲ 2.2×3 topics
  13. Gender2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  14. Religion2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  15. Complications2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  16. Elbow Injuries2▲ 156×1 topic
  17. Shoulder Function2▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction2▲ 156×1 topic
  19. Dewey2▲ 727×1 topic
  20. Equality2▲ 54×2 topics
  21. Pragmatism2▲ 128×1 topic
  22. Inflammation1▲ 1.35×9 topics
  23. Public Health1▲ 2.1×6 topics
  24. Depression1▲ 3.2×6 topics
  25. Quality of Life1▲ 1.87×5 topics
  26. Gandhi1▲ 139×1 topic
  27. Multiculturalism1▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Nonviolence1▲ 139×1 topic
  29. Reconstruction1▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Wave Propagation1▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Acoustic Metamaterials1▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome1▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Doping1▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Electrodiagnostic Studies1▲ 104×1 topic
  35. Health Effects1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  36. Neoliberalism1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  37. Performance-Enhancing Drugs1▲ 284×1 topic
  38. Phononic Crystals1▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Sound Quality1▲ 165×1 topic
  40. Transfer Path Analysis1▲ 165×1 topic

Which research topics does Miami Hand Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment, Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education and Indian History and Philosophy.

Orthopedic Surgery and R…4Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma…2Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 2 fractional worksPragmatism in Philosophy…2Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education: 2 fractional worksIndian History and Philosophy: 1 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Nerve Disorders: 1 fractional worksDoping in Sports1Doping in Sports: 1 fractional worksVehicle Noise and Vibration Control: 1 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery1Foot and Ankle Surgery: 1 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 1 fractional works
SurgeryRehabilitationPhilosophyBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 2 works
  3. 3 Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education Philosophy 2 works
  4. 4 Indian History and Philosophy Philosophy 1 works
  5. 5 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Peripheral Nerve Disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Doping in Sports Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control Automotive Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 1 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 available22.9%not open77.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Miami Hand Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Miami Hand Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Miami Hand Center0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Miami Hand Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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