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Northwestern Medicine

In research, Northwestern Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#1,096 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,538 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,853 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,759
of 28,054 · #3,847 all time
Rank in United States
#528
of 4,192
Research works
2.4k
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
66k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Northwestern Medicine 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 #1,096 of 10,443 13.1%478 #1001
Health SciencesDomain #1,538 of 11,982 13.0%522 #1184
Life SciencesDomain #2,853 of 7,800 19.1%98 #2448
SurgerySubfield #1,262 of 1,816 12.7%70 #1580
Social SciencesDomain #7,688 of 10,521 17.1%65 #7193

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northwestern Medicine 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#1,001 #1,096
  2. Health Sciences#1,184 #1,538
  3. Life Sciences#2,448 #2,853
  4. Surgery#1,580 #1,262
  5. Social Sciences#7,193 #7,688
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 Northwestern Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 51.3 works6.8×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.37× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.87× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.01× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 478 worksMedicineNursing: 1.33× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.85× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Northwestern Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Vinai Gondi, Waheeda Samady and Mark Pankuch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwestern Medicine.

  1. 1 Vinai Gondi United States · #136,007 worldwide 136 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Waheeda Samady United States · #1,116,184 worldwide 8 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Mark Pankuch United States · #1,347,715 worldwide 14 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Northwestern Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Northwestern Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Quality of Life, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Echocardiography and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology86▲ 3.0×105 topics
  2. Quality of Life32▲ 3.1×42 topics
  3. Risk Factors28▲ 3.5×30 topics
  4. Diagnosis27▲ 4.1×32 topics
  5. Inflammation27▲ 1.79×64 topics
  6. Immunotherapy26▲ 5.2×19 topics
  7. Treatment26▲ 3.0×41 topics
  8. Management22▲ 3.9×25 topics
  9. Guidelines22▲ 6.6×12 topics
  10. Chemotherapy19▲ 3.8×23 topics
  11. Complications19▲ 5.2×17 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 2.3×33 topics
  13. Radiotherapy18▲ 6.5×13 topics
  14. Echocardiography18▲ 9.2×7 topics
  15. Public Health16▲ 1.54×29 topics
  16. Heart Failure16▲ 5.1×14 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 4.0×14 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 2.4×20 topics
  19. Clinical Trials13▲ 2.7×16 topics
  20. Mortality13▲ 3.1×12 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors13▲ 4.1×14 topics
  22. Rehabilitation12▲ 4.4×12 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 5.4×9 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations11▲ 3.4×21 topics
  25. Myocardial Infarction10▲ 6.1×7 topics
  26. Treatment Guidelines10▲ 6.6×6 topics
  27. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. Molecular Classification10▲ 9.4×4 topics
  29. Catheter Ablation10▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life9▲ 5.5×5 topics
  31. Stroke Prevention9▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Endothelial Dysfunction9▲ 5.3×6 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment9▲ 6.0×6 topics
  34. Glioblastoma8▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Temozolomide8▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Anticoagulant Therapy8▲ 9.3×4 topics
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  38. Atrial Fibrillation8▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Risk Stratification7▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Thromboembolism7▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Northwestern Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…8Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…7Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…6Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …5Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…4Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…4Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 4 fractional works
GeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHepatologyEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 8 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 4 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  10. 10 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 4 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.0%domestic only71.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwestern Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% 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.

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