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Optum (United States)

In research, Optum (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#3,212 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,060 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,166
of 28,054 · #11,234 all time
Rank in United States
#1,653
of 4,192
Research works
1k
▲ 46% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Optum (United States) 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 #3,212 of 10,443 10.9%182 #2067
Health SciencesDomain #4,060 of 11,982 11.4%214 #2713

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Optum (United States) 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).

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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.66× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 182 worksMedicineNursing: 1.72× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.10× its world share, 27 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.17× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Optum (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark Kosinski, Darshak Sanghavi and Stacey DaCosta Byfield lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Optum (United States).

  1. 1 Mark Kosinski United States · #311,736 worldwide 132 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Darshak Sanghavi United States · #344,055 worldwide 162 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Stacey DaCosta Byfield United States · #374,386 worldwide 112 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Sreenivas P. Veeranki United States · #502,208 worldwide 65 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Shirley Musich United States · #644,660 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Benjamin Chastek United States · #672,199 worldwide 20 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Valery Walker United States · #810,827 worldwide 25 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Maureen Carlyle United States · #842,171 worldwide 26 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 John D. Seeger United States · #881,909 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Henry J. Henk United States · #981,807 worldwide 19 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Optum (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Optum (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Pandemic, Chronic Disease Management, Healthcare and Health Outcomes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 2.9×72 topics
  2. Quality of Life16▲ 3.7×24 topics
  3. Machine Learning15▲ 1.46×20 topics
  4. Primary Care15▲ 13×9 topics
  5. Pandemic13▲ 4.1×7 topics
  6. Diagnosis13▲ 4.7×21 topics
  7. Healthcare13▲ 3.9×9 topics
  8. Inflammation13▲ 2.0×31 topics
  9. Treatment11▲ 3.0×27 topics
  10. COVID-1911▲ 2.6×12 topics
  11. Clinical Trials11▲ 5.2×14 topics
  12. Management10▲ 4.3×18 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.0×25 topics
  14. Chronic Disease Management10▲ 16×5 topics
  15. Depression10▲ 3.6×13 topics
  16. Health Outcomes10▲ 11×6 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-29▲ 9.4×5 topics
  18. Global Burden8▲ 5.2×9 topics
  19. Heart Failure8▲ 6.4×10 topics
  20. Glycemic Control8▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Mortality8▲ 4.6×9 topics
  22. Big Data Analytics8▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Cost of Care8▲ 88×1 topic
  24. Financial Toxicity8▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Cost-effectiveness Analysis8▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Health Utility Measures8▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Diabetes7▲ 4.9×9 topics
  28. Precision Medicine7▲ 5.2×7 topics
  29. Insulin Therapy7▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Respiratory7▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Autoantibodies7▲ 9.3×5 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 7.3×6 topics
  33. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 8.5×3 topics
  34. COPD6▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Type 2 Diabetes6▲ 9.1×4 topics
  36. spirometry6▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Classification Models6▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Medical Diagnosis6▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Health System Reform6▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Interventions6▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Optum (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.

Economic and Financial I…8Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 8 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…8Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 8 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…6Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 6 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …6Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 6 fractional worksMedication Adherence and Compliance: 5 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 5 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…4Healthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …4COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…3Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHealth Information ManagementFamily Practice4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 6 works
  5. 5 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 5 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 4 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  10. 10 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 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 available49.6%not open50.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Optum (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 46% higher than in 2013–2017.

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