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Northside Hospital

In research, Northside Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,288 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,658 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology and Surgery (Hematology is 33.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,941
of 22,385 · #16,573 all time
Rank in United States
#2,632
of 3,332
Research works
788
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Northside Hospital

What is Northside Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,288 of 9,902 8.4%149 #5879
MedicineField #5,658 of 8,541 8.6%140 #5197

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northside 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Northside Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Northside Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 165 fractional works · 81.7% of its workMedicine: 155 fractional works · 76.7% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 16.6% of its workHematology: 20 fractional works · 10.0% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workTransplantation: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthsideHospital202fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences5%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15576.7%
    2. Health Professions73.6%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology73.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences41.8%
    2. Psychology21.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    4. Decision Sciences10.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering52.6%
    2. Chemistry10.4%
    3. Computer Science10.4%
    4. Materials Science10.3%
    5. Environmental Science10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Northside Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 33.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 20.2 works33×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 33.6 works7.1×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.58× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.33× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.99×155 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.58×7 works
  3. Veterinary2.33×1 works
  4. Nursing1.46×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.38×7 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×8 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.73×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.69×2 works
  9. Dentistry0.67×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×0 works
  12. Psychology0.33×2 works
  13. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  14. Engineering0.18×5 works
  15. Social Sciences0.14×4 works
  16. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.05×1 works
  22. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Northside Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Asad Bashey, Melhem Solh and Xu Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northside Hospital.

  1. 1 Asad Bashey United States · #569,045 worldwide 13k citations · 393 works
  2. 2 Melhem Solh United States · #652,474 worldwide 6.9k citations · 401 works
  3. 3 Xu Zhang United States · #857,217 worldwide 2.7k citations · 106 works
  4. 4 Guilherme Henrique Cantuaria United States · #879,661 worldwide 2.9k citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Scott R. Solomon United States · #1,035,485 worldwide 13k citations · 411 works
  6. 6 Frank S. Pittman United States · #1,472,076 worldwide 3.3k citations · 55 works
  7. 7 John H T Ellard United States · #1,509,737 worldwide 3.1k citations · 127 works
  8. 8 Michele Doughty Voeltz United States · #1,648,277 worldwide 2.3k citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Pradyumna E. Tummala United States · #1,856,472 worldwide 1.6k citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Jay Stone United States · #2,026,689 worldwide 474 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Northside Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Northside Hospital?

The most cited paper from Northside Hospital is "International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound" (Giovanni Volpicelli et al., 2012), with 2,919 citations. Next come "Niraparib Maintenance Therapy in Platinum-Sensitive, Recurrent Ovarian Cancer" (2,495) and "Lisocabtagene maraleucel for patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphomas (TRANSCEND NHL 001): a multicentre seamless design study" (2,422).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 International evidence-based recommendations for point-of-care lung ultrasound Giovanni Volpicelli et al. · Intensive Care Medicine Open access 5 Mar 2012 2,919
2 Niraparib Maintenance Therapy in Platinum-Sensitive, Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Mansoor R. Mirza et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Oct 2016 2,495
3 Lisocabtagene maraleucel for patients with relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphomas (TRANSCEND NHL 001): a multicentre seamless design study Jeremy S Abramson et al. · The Lancet Sep 2020 2,422
4 Adjuvant Olaparib for Patients with BRCA1 - or BRCA2 -Mutated Breast Cancer Andrew N.J. Tutt et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 Jun 2021 1,744
5 Sacituzumab Govitecan in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Aditya Bardia et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Apr 2021 1,671
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Northside Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Prognostic Factors, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Guidelines, Bone Marrow Niche, Graft-versus-Host Disease, Epidemiology and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.3×60 topics
  2. Hematopoietic Stem Cells15▲ 87×2 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors13▲ 14×10 topics
  4. Mesenchymal Stem Cells12▲ 56×3 topics
  5. Guidelines12▲ 13×10 topics
  6. Risk Factors11▲ 5.1×16 topics
  7. Bone Marrow Niche11▲ 235×1 topic
  8. Graft-versus-Host Disease11▲ 235×1 topic
  9. Complications9▲ 9.1×10 topics
  10. Atherosclerosis8▲ 15×6 topics
  11. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 29×4 topics
  12. Immunotherapy8▲ 5.2×15 topics
  13. Minimal Residual Disease6▲ 46×2 topics
  14. Diabetes6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  15. Genetic Alterations6▲ 39×2 topics
  16. Lymphoma6▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Revascularization6▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Heart Failure6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  20. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.8×18 topics
  21. Surgical Management6▲ 6.6×13 topics
  22. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia5▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Childhood Cancer5▲ 75×1 topic
  24. Pediatric Oncology5▲ 46×2 topics
  25. Leukemia5▲ 30×2 topics
  26. CAR T Cells5▲ 33×1 topic
  27. Chimeric Antigen Receptor5▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Angioplasty5▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Peripheral Arterial Disease5▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Revision Surgery5▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Graft Survival4▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Kidney Transplantation4▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 7.2×6 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 9.2×4 topics
  37. Thrombosis4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  38. AML4▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Acute Myeloid Leukemia4▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Immunosuppressive Drugs4▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Northside Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, CAR-T cell therapy research and Peripheral Artery Disease Management.

Hematopoietic Stem Cell …11Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 11 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 5 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…5CAR-T cell therapy research: 5 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…5Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 5 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 4 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 4 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…4Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 4 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPolyomavirus and related diseases: 3 fractional works
HematologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncologySurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 11 works
  2. 2 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 5 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 4 works
  6. 6 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 4 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Polyomavirus and related diseases Oncology 3 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northside Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Northside Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00094% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Northside Hospital0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Northside Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Northside Hospital10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.2% in 2023.

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