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Mission Hospital

In research, Mission Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,065 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#12,180 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#26,793
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,747
of 8,685
Research works
240
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Mission Hospital 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 #9,065 of 20,462 12.0%187
MedicineField #12,180 of 17,978 11.1%155

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mission 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).

What does Mission Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 26.4 works3.6×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.63× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 2.97× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mission Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mary Kay Bader lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mission Hospital.

  1. 1 Mary Kay Bader United States · #540,214 worldwide 76 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Mission Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Mission Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Surgery, Seizures, Drug Resistance, Genetics, Neurobiology, Classification and Epilepsy.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation5▲ 6.3×16 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 3.0×33 topics
  3. Surgery4▲ 33×6 topics
  4. Seizures4▲ 189×2 topics
  5. Drug Resistance4▲ 39×3 topics
  6. Genetics4▲ 15×4 topics
  7. Neurobiology4▲ 41×2 topics
  8. Classification4▲ 23×2 topics
  9. Epilepsy4▲ 95×2 topics
  10. Antiepileptic Drugs4▲ 133×1 topic
  11. Status Epilepticus4▲ 219×1 topic
  12. Diagnosis3▲ 8.0×13 topics
  13. Quality of Life2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  14. Treatment2▲ 4.5×11 topics
  15. Risk Factors2▲ 3.8×11 topics
  16. Complications2▲ 7.9×10 topics
  17. Management1▲ 4.7×7 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 5.7×6 topics
  19. COVID-191▲ 2.0×6 topics
  20. Cost-effectiveness Analysis1▲ 33×1 topic
  21. Health Utility Measures1▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Mortality1▲ 4.7×6 topics

Which research topics does Mission Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Epilepsy research and treatment, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders.

Epilepsy research and tr…4Epilepsy research and treatment: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 1 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 0 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 0 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 0 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksNeurological and metabolic disorders: 0 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 0 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthEconomics and EconometricsHepatologyCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 1 works
  4. 4 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Neurological and metabolic disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  10. 10 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 0 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mission Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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