Question 1

What is Optum (United States) known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Optum (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,847 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,717 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

Question 2

How does Optum (United States) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Optum (United States) ranks #8,760 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#7,132 all time), and #1,179 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Rifky Tkatch, Stephan C. Dunning and Shirley A. Musich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Optum (United States).

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Optum (United States)?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Optum (United States) is "Comparative Effectiveness of Different Treatment Pathways for Opioid Use Disorder" (Sarah E. Wakeman, Marc R. Larochelle, Omid Ameli et al., 2020), with 1,016 citations. Next come "Patient Empowerment: Results of a randomized controlled trial" (817) and "Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2022" (800).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Optum (United States)?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Which fields of science does Optum (United States) work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Optum (United States) is in Health Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Health Professions (10%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Is Optum (United States)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.