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MultiCare Health System

In research, MultiCare Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,137 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,775 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,521
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,690
of 7,310
Research works
230
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
MultiCare Health System

What is MultiCare Health System 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 #7,137 of 16,688 10.6%161
MedicineField #6,775 of 14,558 10.2%134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where MultiCare Health System 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 MultiCare Health System work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at MultiCare Health System is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Psychology (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 42 fractional works · 69.9% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 66.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 13.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMultiCare HealthSystem60fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences13%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4066.3%
    2. Health Professions23.1%
    3. Veterinary00.6%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Psychology34.6%
    2. Social Sciences34.5%
    3. Decision Sciences12.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering22.8%
    2. Computer Science11.8%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    4. Chemistry00.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
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: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.45× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.12×0 works
  2. Medicine3.45×40 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.24×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.71×1 works
  5. Psychology1.52×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×4 works
  7. Health Professions1.16×2 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.58×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.50×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.35×3 works
  13. Computer Science0.23×1 works
  14. Engineering0.19×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  19. Nursing0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at MultiCare Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Bethann Mangel Pflugeisen, Laila Rashidi and Jin Mou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MultiCare Health System.

  1. 1 Bethann Mangel Pflugeisen United States · #1,151,821 worldwide 1.4k citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Laila Rashidi United States · #1,213,087 worldwide 485 citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Jin Mou United States · #1,810,017 worldwide 1.3k citations · 58 works
  4. 4 David L. Tison United States · #2,068,714 worldwide 1.6k citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Chaya Mangel Pflugeisen United States · #3,593,941 worldwide 92 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Nicole Rowan United States · #3,687,309 worldwide 66 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Elaine Bernard United States · #4,125,606 worldwide 35 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Siu-Kei Chow United States · #4,759,162 worldwide 63 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at MultiCare Health System

What are the most cited papers from MultiCare Health System?

The most cited paper from MultiCare Health System is "Concurrent Cisplatin-Based Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer" (Peter Graham Rose, Brian N. Bundy, E. Blake Watkins et al., 1999), with 2,695 citations. Next come "American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Integrated Health Nutritional Guidelines for the Surgical Weight Loss Patient 2016 Update: Micronutrients" (728) and "Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma: Long-Term Follow-Up of 60 Patients" (405).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Concurrent Cisplatin-Based Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy for Locally Advanced Cervical Cancer Peter Graham Rose, Brian N. Bundy, E. Blake Watkins et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 15 Apr 1999 2,695
2 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Integrated Health Nutritional Guidelines for the Surgical Weight Loss Patient 2016 Update: Micronutrients Julie M. Parrott, Laura Lewis Frank, Rebecca Rabena et al. · Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 19 Jan 2017 728
3 Breast Implant–Associated Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma: Long-Term Follow-Up of 60 Patients Roberto N. Miranda et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 10 Dec 2013 405
4 The Meaning Of Healing: Transcending Suffering Thomas R. Egnew · The Annals of Family Medicine Open access May 2005 326
5 Disease severity, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal deaths among pregnant patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Washington State Erica M. Lokken et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Open access 26 Jan 2021 287
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at MultiCare Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Health Disparities, Perioperative Care, Treatment, Laparoscopic Surgery, Risk Factors, Guidelines and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.0×39 topics
  2. Treatment2▲ 3.4×13 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 1.80×13 topics
  4. Risk Factors2▲ 3.5×13 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.9×15 topics
  6. Quality of Life2▲ 2.3×11 topics
  7. Management2▲ 3.9×10 topics
  8. Mortality2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  9. Diagnosis2▲ 3.1×13 topics
  10. Guidelines2▲ 6.0×9 topics
  11. Health Disparities2▲ 11×4 topics
  12. Perioperative Care2▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Healthcare2▲ 2.3×4 topics
  14. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 22×3 topics
  15. COVID-192▲ 1.89×6 topics
  16. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.7×10 topics
  17. Surgery2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  18. Enhanced Recovery1▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Precision Medicine1▲ 4.8×5 topics
  20. Surgical Care1▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 3.9×6 topics
  22. Complications1▲ 4.2×8 topics
  23. Robotic Surgery1▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Cancer Incidence1▲ 14×3 topics
  25. Cancer Risk1▲ 9.3×5 topics
  26. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.0×4 topics
  27. Structural Equation Modeling1▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Adjuvant Chemotherapy1▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Biomarkers1▲ 2.8×7 topics
  30. Information Systems1▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Intersectionality1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  32. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  33. Technology Acceptance Model1▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  35. European Company Law1▲ 133×1 topic
  36. Postoperative Complications1▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Prevention1▲ 4.1×6 topics
  38. Regulatory Competition1▲ 133×1 topic
  39. Ridesharing1▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Shared Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does MultiCare Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Corporate Governance and Law and Transportation and Mobility Innovations.

Enhanced Recovery After …1Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: 1 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …1Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksCorporate Governance and…1Corporate Governance and Law: 1 fractional worksTransportation and Mobil…1Transportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and…1Diverticular Disease and Complications: 1 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …1COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional works
SurgeryInformation Systems and ManagementStrategy and ManagementAutomotive Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and Law Strategy and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 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 available28.3%not open71.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has MultiCare Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is MultiCare Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%MultiCare Health System0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of MultiCare Health System over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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