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Northwest Medical Specialties

In research, Northwest Medical Specialties stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,762 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,593
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,671
of 7,310
Research works
162
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
32.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
66%
world 18%
Northwest Medical Specialties

What is Northwest Medical Specialties 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 #8,762 of 16,688 10.1%123

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northwest Medical Specialties 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 Northwest Medical Specialties work in?

In all years, 76% of research at Northwest Medical Specialties is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 123 fractional works · 75.6% of its workMedicine: 118 fractional works · 72.8% of its workRheumatology: 17 fractional works · 10.3% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 8.1% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 18.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthwest MedicalSpecialties162fractional works, all years
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11872.8%
    2. Health Professions32.1%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1811.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology84.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    1. Mathematics10.9%
    2. Computer Science10.8%
    3. Chemistry10.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    5. Engineering10.4%
    6. Environmental Science00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    2. Social Sciences10.6%
    3. Psychology10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.0%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.96× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.24× its world share, 6 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.24×6 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.11×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.96×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.35×0 works
  6. Computer Science1.29×1 works
  7. Psychology0.82×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.70×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.33×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.20×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  14. Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Northwest Medical Specialties?

Ranked on the quality score, Sibel H. Blau, Jorge M Chaves and Francis Mark Senecal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwest Medical Specialties.

  1. 1 Sibel H. Blau United States · #173,047 worldwide 7.8k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 Jorge M Chaves United States · #427,502 worldwide 3.1k citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Francis Mark Senecal United States · #539,339 worldwide 2.9k citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Lorrin Yee United States · #2,346,642 worldwide 1.2k citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Northwest Medical Specialties

What are the most cited papers from Northwest Medical Specialties?

The most cited paper from Northwest Medical Specialties is "Ribociclib as First-Line Therapy for HR-Positive, Advanced Breast Cancer" (Gabriel N. Hortobágyi et al., 2016), with 2,066 citations. Next come "Acalabrutinib (ACP-196) in Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia" (904) and "Efficacy of romiplostim in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura: a double-blind randomised controlled trial" (872).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ribociclib as First-Line Therapy for HR-Positive, Advanced Breast Cancer Gabriel N. Hortobágyi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Oct 2016 2,066
2 Acalabrutinib (ACP-196) in Relapsed Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia John C. Byrd et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Dec 2015 904
3 Efficacy of romiplostim in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura: a double-blind randomised controlled trial David J. Kuter et al. · The Lancet Feb 2008 872
4 Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of osteonecrosis of the jaw: integrated analysis from three blinded active-controlled phase III trials in cancer patients with bone metastases Fred Saad, Janet Elizabeth Brown, Catherine H. Van Poznak et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 11 Oct 2011 825
5 Analytical and Clinical Validation of a Digital Sequencing Panel for Quantitative, Highly Accurate Evaluation of Cell-Free Circulating Tumor DNA Richard Burnham Lanman, Stefanie Mortimer, Oliver A. Zill et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 16 Oct 2015 721
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Which keywords describe research at Northwest Medical Specialties?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Autoantibodies, Treatment, Atherosclerosis, Epidemiology, Immune Response, Cardiovascular Risk and Toll-like Receptors.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Inflammation22▲ 5.7×43 topics
  2. Epidemiology15▲ 2.3×50 topics
  3. Autoantibodies14▲ 36×7 topics
  4. Treatment12▲ 5.7×23 topics
  5. Atherosclerosis9▲ 15×10 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.6×24 topics
  7. Diagnosis7▲ 4.4×20 topics
  8. Cancer7▲ 3.2×23 topics
  9. Immune Response7▲ 7.1×16 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Biomarkers6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  12. Antiphospholipid Syndrome6▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Interferon-inducible Genes6▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus6▲ 65×2 topics
  15. Toll-like Receptors6▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.0×18 topics
  17. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 18×5 topics
  18. Risk Factors6▲ 3.4×9 topics
  19. Clinical Trials6▲ 5.5×10 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.0×7 topics
  21. Targeted Therapy5▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.7×13 topics
  23. Guidelines5▲ 6.3×7 topics
  24. Cytokines5▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Reactive Oxygen Species4▲ 5.6×6 topics
  26. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  27. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Antioxidants4▲ 6.1×4 topics
  29. Biological Therapy4▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Events4▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs4▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Fibrosis4▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Rheumatoid Arthritis4▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Antiviral Therapy4▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Liver Disease4▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.1×9 topics
  37. Genetic Polymorphisms4▲ 27×3 topics
  38. Metastatic Breast Cancer4▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 15×3 topics
  40. TGF-ß Signaling3▲ 29×3 topics

Which research topics does Northwest Medical Specialties publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies, Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 1 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…0Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…0Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 0 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 0 fractional worksFormal Methods in Verifi…0Formal Methods in Verification: 0 fractional worksCryptographic Implementations and Security: 0 fractional worksSecurity and Verification in Computing: 0 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…0Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyEconomics and EconometricsGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Formal Methods in Verification Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  8. 8 Cryptographic Implementations and Security Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Security and Verification in Computing Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 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 available27.4%not open72.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.9%domestic only34.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northwest Medical Specialties's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% 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 Northwest Medical Specialties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000035% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Northwest Medical Specialties0.000062% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Northwest Medical Specialties over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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