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Novant Health

In research, Novant Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,316 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,862 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,220
of 22,385 · #7,696 all time
Rank in United States
#1,560
of 3,332
Research works
1k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
28k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Novant Health

What is Novant Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,316 of 9,902 7.8%163 #2875
MedicineField #2,862 of 8,541 8.0%146 #3078

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Novant Health 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 Novant Health work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Novant Health is in Health Sciences, 13% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (6%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 187 fractional works · 75.1% of its workMedicine: 168 fractional works · 67.3% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 8.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 13.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNovant Health249fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences13%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16867.3%
    2. Health Professions156.0%
    3. Nursing41.6%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences145.5%
    2. Psychology114.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.0%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology51.8%
    3. Neuroscience20.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Engineering31.1%
    2. Computer Science21.0%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.26× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 168 worksMedicineNursing: 3.25× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.50×168 works
  2. Nursing3.25×4 works
  3. Health Professions2.26×15 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.81×4 works
  5. Psychology1.46×11 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×12 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.56×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.54×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.48×4 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.45×2 works
  12. Social Sciences0.44×14 works
  13. Dentistry0.36×0 works
  14. Veterinary0.33×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.25×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.13×2 works
  18. Environmental Science0.12×1 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  21. Engineering0.07×3 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Novant Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Judith O. Hopkins, Alan Pierre Zausner Skarbnik and Franklin Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Novant Health.

  1. 1 Judith O. Hopkins United States · #130,874 worldwide 6.2k citations · 150 works
  2. 2 Alan Pierre Zausner Skarbnik United States · #266,856 worldwide 5.3k citations · 197 works
  3. 3 Franklin Chen United States · #1,596,145 worldwide 849 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Lisa K. Cannada United States · #1,777,319 worldwide 3.2k citations · 242 works
  5. 5 David H. Priest United States · #2,099,309 worldwide 588 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Joanne E. Perry United States · #2,487,015 worldwide 419 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 James F. Fraser United States · #2,518,489 worldwide 465 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Venkat Rajasurya United States · #2,551,061 worldwide 662 citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Linda M. Roycroft United States · #3,864,712 worldwide 303 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Jeffrey S. Reichard United States · #4,257,297 worldwide 127 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Novant Health

What are the most cited papers from Novant Health?

The most cited paper from Novant Health is "Combination therapy in combating cancer" (Reza Bayat Mokhtari, Tina S. Homayouni, Narges Baluch et al., 2017), with 2,568 citations. Next come "Effect of Radiosurgery Alone vs Radiosurgery With Whole Brain Radiation Therapy on Cognitive Function in Patients With 1 to 3 Brain Metastases" (1,689) and "Microbial etiological agents of destructive periodontal diseases" (1,632).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Combination therapy in combating cancer Reza Bayat Mokhtari, Tina S. Homayouni, Narges Baluch et al. · Oncotarget Open access 30 Mar 2017 2,568
2 Effect of Radiosurgery Alone vs Radiosurgery With Whole Brain Radiation Therapy on Cognitive Function in Patients With 1 to 3 Brain Metastases Paul David Brown, Kurt A. Jaeckle, Karla V. Ballman et al. · JAMA Open access 26 Jul 2016 1,689
3 Microbial etiological agents of destructive periodontal diseases A. D. Haffajee, S. S. Socransky · Periodontology 2000 Jun 1994 1,632
4 Daptomycin versus Standard Therapy for Bacteremia and Endocarditis Caused by Staphylococcus aureus Vance G. Fowler et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Aug 2006 1,472
5 Caring for Critically Ill Patients with the ABCDEF Bundle: Results of the ICU Liberation Collaborative in Over 15,000 Adults Brenda Truman Pun et al. · Critical Care Medicine Open access 18 Oct 2018 1,110
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Novant Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Prognostic Factors, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Mortality, Patient Satisfaction and Rituximab.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology26▲ 2.6×73 topics
  2. Risk Factors10▲ 3.7×22 topics
  3. Public Health9▲ 2.5×28 topics
  4. Primary Care8▲ 9.2×11 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors8▲ 7.7×13 topics
  6. Inflammation8▲ 1.55×36 topics
  7. Treatment8▲ 2.6×22 topics
  8. Mortality8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  9. Guidelines8▲ 6.3×10 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.5×17 topics
  11. Diagnosis7▲ 3.1×20 topics
  12. Quality of Life7▲ 1.89×27 topics
  13. Heart Failure6▲ 5.7×11 topics
  14. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.6×20 topics
  15. Radiotherapy6▲ 6.3×13 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 7.7×8 topics
  17. Complications6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  18. Global Burden6▲ 4.3×11 topics
  19. Rituximab6▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations6▲ 5.1×17 topics
  21. Clinical Trials5▲ 3.2×15 topics
  22. Medical Education5▲ 8.1×9 topics
  23. Academic Medicine5▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Rehabilitation5▲ 4.8×8 topics
  25. Quality Improvement5▲ 9.7×6 topics
  26. Echocardiography5▲ 6.6×7 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  28. Gender Bias4▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Science4▲ 6.7×1 topic
  30. Pain Management4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  31. Health Workforce4▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Elderly Patients4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  33. Health Outcomes4▲ 5.7×4 topics
  34. Breast Cancer4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  35. Critical Care4▲ 6.0×6 topics
  36. Lymphoma4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  37. Health Policy3▲ 8.8×3 topics
  38. Collaborative Practice3▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Therapeutic Targets3▲ 8.6×3 topics
  40. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia3▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Novant Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diversity and Career in Medicine, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Nursing Roles and Practices.

Diversity and Career in …4Diversity and Career in Medicine: 4 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…3Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 3 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 3 fractional worksNursing Roles and Practices: 3 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…2Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 2 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 2 fractional works
Gender StudiesGeneticsEmergency MedicineGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 4 works
  2. 2 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 3 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Nursing Roles and Practices General Health Professions 3 works
  5. 5 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 2 works
  10. 10 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 2 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Novant Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% 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 Novant Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00092% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Novant Health0.00095% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Novant Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Novant Health8.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 1993.

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