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Michigan Medicine

In research, Michigan Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#175 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#255 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#382 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Gastroenterology and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine — Gastroenterology is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#985
of 28,054 · #958 all time
Rank in United States
#172
of 4,192
Research works
13k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
496k
37.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Michigan Medicine 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 #175 of 10,443 20.0%1,703 #190
Health SciencesDomain #255 of 11,982 20.4%1,870 #215
Life SciencesDomain #382 of 7,800 27.3%468 #426
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #421 of 3,579 27.9%281 #507
SurgerySubfield #293 of 1,816 17.5%243 #231
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #217 of 1,144 20.4%162 #156
Molecular BiologySubfield #471 of 2,175 28.7%148 #554
EpidemiologySubfield #253 of 976 20.3%137 #238
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #207 of 738 19.2%124 #157
Physical SciencesDomain #3,986 of 12,888 22.6%176 #3227

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Michigan Medicine 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#190 #175
  2. Health Sciences#215 #255
  3. Life Sciences#426 #382
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#507 #421
  5. Surgery#231 #293
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#156 #217
  7. Molecular Biology#554 #471
  8. Epidemiology#238 #253
  9. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#157 #207
  10. Physical Sciences#3,227 #3,986
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 Michigan Medicine specialise in?

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

  1. GastroenterologySubfield · 20.8 works6.4×
  2. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 20.2 works5.0×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.92× its world share, 281 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.28× its world share, 63 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.23× its world share, 100 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.92× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 137 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.22× its world share, 1,703 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 96 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Michigan Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Grossman, Thomas Crawford and Jayapalli Rajiv Bapuraj lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Michigan Medicine.

  1. 1 Paul Grossman United States · #17,848 worldwide 763 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Thomas Crawford United States · #63,637 worldwide 205 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Jayapalli Rajiv Bapuraj United States · #219,163 worldwide 93 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 James M. Blum United States · #298,344 worldwide 86 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Linda S. Polley United States · #428,258 worldwide 94 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 George B. Mychaliska United States · #439,292 worldwide 63 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Michael E. Geisser United States · #449,892 worldwide 86 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Michael P. Thompson United States · #459,047 worldwide 43 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Subrata Sarkar United States · #559,624 worldwide 27 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 David A. Zopf United States · #637,915 worldwide 47 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Michigan Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Michigan Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Management and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology301▲ 2.8×121 topics
  2. Inflammation147▲ 2.6×80 topics
  3. Treatment108▲ 3.2×45 topics
  4. Risk Factors100▲ 3.3×35 topics
  5. Quality of Life98▲ 2.5×49 topics
  6. Diagnosis90▲ 3.5×37 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress76▲ 1.70×56 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease74▲ 2.4×38 topics
  9. Management71▲ 3.3×28 topics
  10. Cancer69▲ 1.88×51 topics
  11. Immunotherapy69▲ 3.5×19 topics
  12. Chemotherapy66▲ 3.4×24 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome61▲ 2.7×23 topics
  14. Clinical Trials59▲ 3.2×19 topics
  15. Biomarkers58▲ 3.1×16 topics
  16. Depression57▲ 2.4×22 topics
  17. Guidelines55▲ 4.3×13 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines53▲ 3.5×14 topics
  19. Heart Failure51▲ 4.3×14 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations49▲ 4.2×23 topics
  21. Complications47▲ 3.5×17 topics
  22. Obesity47▲ 2.2×24 topics
  23. Genetics46▲ 2.4×19 topics
  24. Global Burden45▲ 3.1×12 topics
  25. Radiotherapy45▲ 4.3×13 topics
  26. Echocardiography45▲ 6.0×8 topics
  27. Mortality45▲ 2.8×13 topics
  28. Medical Education43▲ 6.1×13 topics
  29. Rehabilitation41▲ 3.8×12 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors41▲ 3.4×14 topics
  31. Neurological Disorders39▲ 2.5×20 topics
  32. Critical Care39▲ 6.1×8 topics
  33. Primary Care38▲ 3.7×12 topics
  34. Prognosis38▲ 4.3×9 topics
  35. Mortality Risk38▲ 5.8×6 topics
  36. Clinical Guidelines37▲ 4.7×9 topics
  37. Quality Improvement30▲ 5.7×8 topics
  38. Academic Medicine29▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Endovascular Repair27▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Prophylaxis26▲ 7.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Michigan Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diversity and Career in Medicine, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches.

Diversity and Career in …20Diversity and Career in Medicine: 20 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…16Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 16 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 16 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 15 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 13 fractional worksGastrointestinal motility and disorders: 12 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 12 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…12Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 12 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 12 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 12 fractional works
Gender StudiesCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 20 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  3. 3 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 16 works
  4. 4 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  5. 5 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 13 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 12 works
  7. 7 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  8. 8 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  9. 9 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 12 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available47.1%not open52.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Michigan Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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