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Northwestern Memorial Hospital

In research, Northwestern Memorial Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,872 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,557 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,392 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,735
of 28,054 · #4,395 all time
Rank in United States
#899
of 4,192
Research works
4.7k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
122k
25.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Northwestern Memorial 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,872 of 11,982 10.6%346 #982
MedicineField #2,557 of 10,443 10.2%329 #904
SurgerySubfield #1,392 of 1,816 10.4%66 #626

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

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. Health Sciences#982 #2,872
  2. Medicine#904 #2,557
  3. Surgery#626 #1,392
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.

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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.94× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 329 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul C. Bucy, Norman Simon and F. González‐Crussi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

  1. 1 Paul C. Bucy United States · #51,076 worldwide 377 citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Norman Simon United States · #113,886 worldwide 127 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 F. González‐Crussi United States · #194,917 worldwide 88 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 David Yi‐Yung Hsia United States · #197,853 worldwide 185 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Wei Hsueh United States · #235,037 worldwide 122 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Stewart Spies United States · #251,710 worldwide 128 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Frank González-Crussí United States · #323,086 worldwide 118 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Thomas Gibson United States · #388,805 worldwide 46 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Robert Listernick United States · #582,242 worldwide 37 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Albert A. Nemcek United States · #730,088 worldwide 16 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Northwestern Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, Complications, Radiotherapy, Echocardiography and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology46▲ 2.7×82 topics
  2. Treatment21▲ 4.0×32 topics
  3. Diagnosis20▲ 5.1×31 topics
  4. Inflammation17▲ 1.90×40 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors17▲ 8.8×14 topics
  6. Complications15▲ 6.9×17 topics
  7. Quality of Life15▲ 2.4×28 topics
  8. Chemotherapy15▲ 4.8×19 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 6.1×13 topics
  10. Immunotherapy14▲ 4.6×16 topics
  11. Echocardiography14▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Radiotherapy14▲ 8.3×12 topics
  13. Risk Factors14▲ 2.9×22 topics
  14. Management13▲ 3.8×22 topics
  15. Surgical Management13▲ 7.2×18 topics
  16. Heart Failure12▲ 6.5×10 topics
  17. Clinical Trials10▲ 3.5×14 topics
  18. Guidelines10▲ 4.9×12 topics
  19. Transplantation9▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Targeted Therapy9▲ 9.0×5 topics
  21. Cholangiocarcinoma8▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Surgery8▲ 5.4×10 topics
  23. Liver Transplantation8▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Rejection8▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Graft Survival8▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 9.5×4 topics
  27. Thrombosis7▲ 6.1×6 topics
  28. Prognosis7▲ 5.1×9 topics
  29. Heart Transplant7▲ 49×1 topic
  30. Lung Transplant7▲ 49×1 topic
  31. Prophylaxis7▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Radiofrequency Ablation7▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Critical Care7▲ 6.6×8 topics
  34. Dosimetry7▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Monte Carlo Simulation7▲ 7.6×4 topics
  36. Catheter Ablation6▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Treatment Guidelines6▲ 6.7×6 topics
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Image-Guided Radiotherapy6▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Radiotherapy Physics6▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Northwestern Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Transplantation: Methods…7Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…6Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 6 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…5Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 5 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 4 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary …4Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 4 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 4 fractional works
SurgeryRadiationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 6 works
  3. 3 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 4 works
  8. 8 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 4 works
  10. 10 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 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 available20.7%not open79.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwestern Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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