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Hospital / health system · Randallstown · United States

Northwest Hospital

In research, Northwest Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,714 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,419 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,051
of 28,054 · #12,202 all time
Rank in United States
#2,437
of 4,192
Research works
533
▲ 160% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
29.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Northwest Hospital 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 #5,714 of 10,443 13.7%86 #6556
Health SciencesDomain #7,419 of 11,982 13.5%90 #6743

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

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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.72× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northwest Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Alton L. Boynton, Ronald F. Young and Eric H. Holmes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwest Hospital.

  1. 1 Alton L. Boynton United States · #170,430 worldwide 126 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Ronald F. Young United States · #236,367 worldwide 72 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Eric H. Holmes United States · #367,531 worldwide 103 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Sandra Vermeulen United States · #830,560 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Northwest Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Northwest Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diabetes, Heart Failure, Quality of Life and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 3.7×57 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 3.7×30 topics
  3. Diagnosis6▲ 6.2×24 topics
  4. Quality of Life6▲ 3.8×22 topics
  5. Treatment5▲ 4.2×23 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 4.3×24 topics
  7. Management5▲ 5.7×21 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 7.8×12 topics
  9. Diabetes4▲ 8.2×10 topics
  10. Heart Failure4▲ 9.3×12 topics
  11. Obesity4▲ 5.1×12 topics
  12. Risk Factors4▲ 3.4×16 topics
  13. Complications4▲ 7.4×15 topics
  14. Guidelines4▲ 7.4×10 topics
  15. Surgical Management4▲ 8.0×12 topics
  16. Mortality3▲ 5.6×11 topics
  17. Rehabilitation3▲ 6.8×8 topics
  18. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.6×16 topics
  19. Surgery3▲ 7.0×7 topics
  20. Atherosclerosis2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  21. Biomarkers2▲ 3.5×10 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 7.8×6 topics
  23. Echocardiography2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  26. Biomechanics2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  27. Pathophysiology2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  28. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 8.2×8 topics
  29. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Macrophages2▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.3×7 topics
  33. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 10.0×4 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  35. Regeneration2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  36. Rituximab2▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Wound Healing2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  38. Arthroplasty2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Imaging2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  40. Revascularization2▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Northwest Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Foot and Ankle Surgery, Vasculitis and related conditions and Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment.

Health Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery2Foot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksVasculitis and related conditions: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleedin…1Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Ou…1Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …1Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGastroenterology2 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  5. 5 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwest Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 160% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.