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National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

In research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute stands highest in Medicine (#761 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,109 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#783 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology, Genetics and Immunology — Hematology is 14.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,738
of 28,054 · #403 all time
Rank in United States
#273
of 4,192
Research works
12k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
909k
74.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is National Heart Lung and Blood Institute 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 #761 of 10,443 22.7%443 #145
Health SciencesDomain #1,109 of 11,982 22.9%462 #189
Life SciencesDomain #783 of 7,800 23.3%309 #146
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #806 of 3,579 23.6%220 #102
Molecular BiologySubfield #750 of 2,175 23.1%143 #144
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #299 of 738 24.4%70 #6
Physical SciencesDomain #6,568 of 12,888 19.8%65 #1572

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Heart Lung and Blood Institute 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#145 #761
  2. Health Sciences#189 #1,109
  3. Life Sciences#146 #783
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#102 #806
  5. Molecular Biology#144 #750
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#6 #299
  7. Physical Sciences#1,572 #6,568
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 National Heart Lung and Blood Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 14.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 37.8 works14×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 33.1 works14×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 55.3 works9.3×
  4. Cell BiologySubfield · 22.0 works8.3×
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 70.4 works7.8×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.79× its world share, 220 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.76× its world share, 59 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.68× its world share, 443 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Heart Lung and Blood Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Stephen E. Epstein, Eugene Braunwald and George Sopko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.

  1. 1 Stephen E. Epstein United States · #573 worldwide 2.8k citations · 150 works
  2. 2 Eugene Braunwald United States · #738 worldwide 2.4k citations · 128 works
  3. 3 George Sopko United States · #4,813 worldwide 1.2k citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Andrew G. Morrow United States · #6,052 worldwide 873 citations · 78 works
  5. 5 Robert I. Levy United States · #6,343 worldwide 827 citations · 61 works
  6. 6 Albert Sjoerdsma United States · #9,630 worldwide 822 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 William C. Roberts United States · #9,733 worldwide 2.2k citations · 321 works
  8. 8 Jerome L. Fleg United States · #11,820 worldwide 758 citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Sue Goo Rhee United States · #12,085 worldwide 903 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Earl R. Stadtman United States · #12,368 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

Which keywords describe research at National Heart Lung and Blood Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Obesity, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76▲ 2.2×94 topics
  2. Inflammation74▲ 4.2×73 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress45▲ 3.2×49 topics
  4. Cancer41▲ 3.5×43 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 4.1×36 topics
  6. Obesity36▲ 5.5×21 topics
  7. Magnetic Resonance Imaging32▲ 15×8 topics
  8. Heart Failure30▲ 8.2×13 topics
  9. Myocardial Infarction27▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Diagnosis26▲ 3.2×29 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 3.6×18 topics
  12. Pulmonary Hypertension24▲ 20×3 topics
  13. Treatment24▲ 2.3×31 topics
  14. Echocardiography23▲ 9.9×8 topics
  15. Cardiac Imaging23▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Atherosclerosis22▲ 9.2×12 topics
  17. Hematopoietic Stem Cells22▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations22▲ 5.9×20 topics
  19. Reactive Oxygen Species20▲ 5.9×11 topics
  20. Coronary Artery Disease20▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors20▲ 5.2×13 topics
  22. Aging19▲ 4.2×15 topics
  23. Immune Response19▲ 3.9×19 topics
  24. Genetic Regulation19▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy18▲ 3.7×15 topics
  26. Sickle-cell Disease18▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Thalassemia18▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Cardiovascular Risk18▲ 6.6×9 topics
  29. Cholesterol17▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment17▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Radiation Exposure17▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Insulin Resistance17▲ 4.3×9 topics
  33. Metabolic Regulation17▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Computed Tomography Angiography16▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Myocardial Perfusion16▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Mitochondrial Dysfunction15▲ 5.9×11 topics
  37. Mitochondria14▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Chamber Quantification13▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Diastolic Function13▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Autoimmunity13▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does National Heart Lung and Blood Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.

Hemoglobinopathies and R…18Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 18 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…16Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 16 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …13Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 13 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell …11Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 11 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 10 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 9 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…9Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 9 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 9 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…8Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional works
GeneticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHematology3 others

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

  1. 1 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 18 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  4. 4 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 11 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 10 works
  6. 6 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 9 works
  7. 7 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 9 works
  8. 8 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 9 works
  9. 9 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.1%domestic only85.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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