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Northwest Medical Specialties

In research, Northwest Medical Specialties stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,861 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,924
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,997
of 8,685
Research works
162
▼ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
32.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

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 #16,861 of 20,462 20.9%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 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.99× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 6 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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 2022–2025: Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology, Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 0 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 0 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Rese…0HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 0 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 0 fractional worksCryptographic Implementations and Security: 0 fractional worksFormal Methods in Verifi…0Formal Methods in Verification: 0 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEconomics and EconometricsGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 1 works
  2. 2 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Cryptographic Implementations and Security Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Formal Methods in Verification Computational Theory and Mathematics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwest Medical Specialties's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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