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Ochsner Medical Center

In research, Ochsner Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,661 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,603 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,294 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,947
of 28,054 · #4,182 all time
Rank in United States
#1,489
of 4,192
Research works
6.1k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
136k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Ochsner Medical Center 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 #2,661 of 10,443 7.9%402 #627
Health SciencesDomain #3,603 of 11,982 7.9%430 #789
SurgerySubfield #1,294 of 1,816 7.9%80 #578

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ochsner Medical Center 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#627 #2,661
  2. Health Sciences#789 #3,603
  3. Surgery#578 #1,294
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 Ochsner Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 45.3 works8.3×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 79.6 works6.5×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 402 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ochsner Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Franz H. Messerli, Robert L. Scott and Christopher J. White lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ochsner Medical Center.

  1. 1 Franz H. Messerli United States · #7,452 worldwide 940 citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Robert L. Scott United States · #18,874 worldwide 531 citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Christopher J. White United States · #22,827 worldwide 590 citations · 96 works
  4. 4 Carl J. Lavie United States · #32,687 worldwide 1k citations · 185 works
  5. 5 Alton Ochsner United States · #45,281 worldwide 202 citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Edward D. Fröhlich United States · #46,733 worldwide 824 citations · 205 works
  7. 7 Joseph P. Murgo United States · #76,033 worldwide 250 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Lawrence Blonde United States · #105,876 worldwide 198 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Frank W. Smart United States · #109,653 worldwide 211 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Richard V. Milani United States · #113,548 worldwide 258 citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at Ochsner Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Ochsner Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Complications and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 2.8×96 topics
  2. Diagnosis29▲ 6.0×33 topics
  3. Treatment29▲ 4.6×36 topics
  4. Inflammation24▲ 2.3×54 topics
  5. Risk Factors24▲ 4.2×24 topics
  6. Heart Failure22▲ 10×12 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 3.8×32 topics
  8. Guidelines19▲ 8.0×11 topics
  9. Management19▲ 4.8×24 topics
  10. Complications18▲ 6.8×17 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 4.1×20 topics
  12. Quality of Life17▲ 2.3×29 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 6.1×13 topics
  14. Mortality15▲ 4.9×12 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress14▲ 1.69×27 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations13▲ 5.9×18 topics
  17. Obesity13▲ 3.2×18 topics
  18. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.2×22 topics
  19. Echocardiography12▲ 8.2×8 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 7.3×8 topics
  21. Immunotherapy11▲ 2.9×17 topics
  22. Thrombosis11▲ 7.4×7 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction10▲ 6.3×9 topics
  24. Global Burden10▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Quality Improvement10▲ 10×8 topics
  27. Surgical Management10▲ 4.7×16 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 7.5×5 topics
  29. Revascularization9▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Hypertension9▲ 5.7×11 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes8▲ 7.6×5 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis8▲ 5.6×7 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 6.6×6 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 8.1×7 topics
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction8▲ 6.3×6 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Events7▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Medical Education7▲ 5.4×10 topics
  38. Stroke Prevention7▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Postoperative Complications6▲ 9.4×4 topics
  40. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 9.7×3 topics

Which research topics does Ochsner Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management.

Mechanical Circulatory S…6Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 6 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glome…5Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 5 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…4Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …4Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …4Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringNephrologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 5 works
  3. 3 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  4. 4 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 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 available26.7%not open73.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ochsner Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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