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Ochsner Health System

In research, Ochsner Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,776 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,520 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,192
of 22,385 · #9,457 all time
Rank in United States
#1,244
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Ochsner Health System

What is Ochsner Health System 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 #2,776 of 9,902 7.9%328 #2916
MedicineField #2,520 of 8,541 8.4%291 #2590

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

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Ochsner Health System is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Health Professions (7%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 369 fractional works · 81.5% of its workMedicine: 329 fractional works · 72.7% of its workSurgery: 54 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 27 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 3.3% of its workHepatology: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNephrology: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOchsner HealthSystem452fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences7%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine32972.7%
    2. Health Professions337.2%
    3. Dentistry40.9%
    4. Nursing20.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology194.2%
    2. Neuroscience91.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    1. Social Sciences92.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance92.0%
    3. Psychology71.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities51.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Engineering61.4%
    2. Computer Science40.9%
    3. Environmental Science10.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    9. Materials Science00.0%
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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.28× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 329 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.78×329 works
  2. Health Professions2.75×33 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.28×4 works
  4. Dentistry1.96×4 works
  5. Neuroscience1.16×8 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×5 works
  7. Nursing1.07×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.95×9 works
  9. Veterinary0.79×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×19 works
  11. Psychology0.49×7 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.35×4 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.28×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.17×9 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.11×4 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×2 works
  18. Engineering0.09×6 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.07×1 works
  20. Energy0.06×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.06×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.02×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ochsner Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Eboni G. Price‐Haywood, Juan Carlos Q. Velez and Paul Thevenot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ochsner Health System.

  1. 1 Eboni G. Price‐Haywood United States · #401,114 worldwide 8.2k citations · 144 works
  2. 2 Juan Carlos Q. Velez United States · #557,441 worldwide 5.6k citations · 228 works
  3. 3 Paul Thevenot United States · #572,448 worldwide 4.7k citations · 155 works
  4. 4 Muner M.B. Mohamed United States · #724,053 worldwide 2.9k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Daniel G. Fort United States · #805,210 worldwide 2.9k citations · 114 works
  6. 6 Jonathan M. Hand United States · #1,074,162 worldwide 1.3k citations · 83 works
  7. 7 Maged N. Guirguis United States · #1,110,635 worldwide 1.7k citations · 131 works
  8. 8 Shelley Thibeau United States · #1,270,479 worldwide 642 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Juan Gimenez United States · #1,467,844 worldwide 1.4k citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Ivo Lukitsch United States · #1,579,714 worldwide 1.1k citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Ochsner Health System

What are the most cited papers from Ochsner Health System?

The most cited paper from Ochsner Health System is "Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019" (Gregory A. Roth et al., 2020), with 11,687 citations. Next come "Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Guidelines for Developing an Institutional Program to Enhance Antimicrobial Stewardship" (3,400) and "Association between insulin resistance and the development of cardiovascular disease" (2,459).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019 Gregory A. Roth et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access679 authors Dec 2020 11,687
2 Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America Guidelines for Developing an Institutional Program to Enhance Antimicrobial Stewardship Timothy H. Dellit, Robert C. Owens, John E. McGowan et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 19 Dec 2006 3,400
3 Association between insulin resistance and the development of cardiovascular disease Valeska Ormazábal, Soumyalekshmi Nair, Omar Wahid Mohamed Elfeky et al. · Cardiovascular Diabetology Open access 31 Aug 2018 2,459
4 Hospitalization and Mortality among Black Patients and White Patients with Covid-19 Eboni G. Price‐Haywood, Jeffrey H. Burton, Daniel G. Fort et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 May 2020 1,811
5 Therapeutic monitoring of vancomycin in adult patients: A consensus review of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists Michael Joseph Rybak, Ben M. Lomaestro, John C. Rotschafer et al. · American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 23 Dec 2008 1,808
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ochsner Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Management, Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology57▲ 3.2×93 topics
  2. Treatment28▲ 5.1×37 topics
  3. Quality of Life24▲ 3.7×37 topics
  4. Diagnosis22▲ 5.1×29 topics
  5. Management18▲ 4.9×24 topics
  6. Risk Factors17▲ 3.3×24 topics
  7. Inflammation16▲ 1.66×46 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 6.4×14 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 2.8×29 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.6×18 topics
  11. Guidelines12▲ 5.8×12 topics
  12. Heart Failure12▲ 6.0×11 topics
  13. Biomarkers11▲ 3.6×13 topics
  14. Hepatocellular Carcinoma11▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Primary Care11▲ 6.5×12 topics
  16. Global Burden10▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Complications10▲ 4.5×16 topics
  18. Surgical Management10▲ 5.4×18 topics
  19. Mortality10▲ 3.9×12 topics
  20. Maternal Mortality10▲ 9.6×5 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 6.8×9 topics
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease9▲ 8.1×8 topics
  23. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 9.2×6 topics
  24. Quality Improvement9▲ 10×8 topics
  25. Critical Care8▲ 7.7×8 topics
  26. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 9.5×5 topics
  27. Pathophysiology8▲ 6.1×9 topics
  28. Coagulopathy8▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Pregnancy7▲ 7.9×9 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 5.5×8 topics
  31. Hepatic Encephalopathy7▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Liver Cirrhosis7▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Liver Transplantation7▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Survival7▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Renal Function7▲ 15×4 topics
  36. Sepsis6▲ 8.0×4 topics
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  38. Endoscopic Surgery6▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Hepatic Steatosis6▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. NAFLD6▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Ochsner Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Liver Disease and Transplantation, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment.

Liver Disease and Transplantation: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 4 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 3 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…3Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…3Maternal and fetal healthcare: 3 fractional works
HepatologyEpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 7 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 4 works
  4. 4 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 3 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  10. 10 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 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 available35.2%not open64.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ochsner Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Ochsner Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ochsner Health System0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ochsner Health System 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ochsner Health System8.7% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2016.

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