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OrthoCarolina

In research, OrthoCarolina stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,976 of 9,902 worldwide), Surgery (#647 of 1,532 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,652 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Medicine (Surgery is 20.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,127
of 22,385 · #11,830 all time
Rank in United States
#2,331
of 3,332
Research works
505
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
OrthoCarolina

What is OrthoCarolina 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 #2,976 of 9,902 12.0%113 #2140
SurgerySubfield #647 of 1,532 13.7%64 #598
MedicineField #3,652 of 8,541 11.8%110 #2576

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where OrthoCarolina 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,140 #2,976
  2. Surgery#598 #647
  3. Medicine#2,576 #3,652
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does OrthoCarolina work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at OrthoCarolina is in Health Sciences, 7% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (83%), Engineering (6%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 123 fractional works · 85.9% of its workMedicine: 120 fractional works · 83.3% of its workSurgery: 70 fractional works · 48.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 11 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKOrthoCarolina144fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences3%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12083.3%
    2. Health Professions32.4%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Engineering85.8%
    2. Environmental Science00.3%
    3. Energy00.2%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Computer Science00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.6%
    2. Neuroscience21.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.5%
    2. Psychology10.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does OrthoCarolina specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 20.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 69.6 works21×
  2. MedicineField · 119.6 works4.3×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.33× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.33×120 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.32×1 works
  3. Health Professions0.92×4 works
  4. Neuroscience0.84×2 works
  5. Engineering0.39×8 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×1 works
  7. Nursing0.34×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×2 works
  9. Psychology0.29×1 works
  10. Energy0.25×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.20×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.12×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at OrthoCarolina?

Ranked on the quality score, Bryan D. Springer, Thomas K. Fehring and Susan Marie Odum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is OrthoCarolina.

  1. 1 Bryan D. Springer United States · #52,964 worldwide 12k citations · 282 works
  2. 2 Thomas K. Fehring United States · #109,169 worldwide 11k citations · 258 works
  3. 3 Susan Marie Odum United States · #324,060 worldwide 7.5k citations · 245 works
  4. 4 J. Bohannon Mason United States · #442,727 worldwide 4.7k citations · 88 works
  5. 5 Robert B. Anderson United States · #500,371 worldwide 5.6k citations · 160 works
  6. 6 Jesse E. Otero United States · #515,531 worldwide 2.8k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Patrick M. Connor United States · #655,843 worldwide 3.7k citations · 94 works
  8. 8 Walter B. Beaver United States · #702,331 worldwide 1k citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Louis S. Stryker United States · #734,380 worldwide 1.3k citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Rachel B. Seymour United States · #814,333 worldwide 4k citations · 166 works
All ranked researchers at OrthoCarolina

What are the most cited papers from OrthoCarolina?

The most cited paper from OrthoCarolina is "New Definition for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: From the Workgroup of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society" (Javad Parvizi, Benjamin M. Zmistowski, Elie F. Berbari et al., 2011), with 1,948 citations. Next come "Results of the prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-C total disc replacement versus anterior discectomy and fusion for the treatment of 1-level symptomatic cervical disc disease" (561) and "Hallux Valgus: Demographics, Etiology, and Radiographic Assessment" (560).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 New Definition for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: From the Workgroup of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Javad Parvizi, Benjamin M. Zmistowski, Elie F. Berbari et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Open access 21 Sep 2011 1,948
2 Results of the prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-C total disc replacement versus anterior discectomy and fusion for the treatment of 1-level symptomatic cervical disc disease Daniel B. Murrey, Michael E. Janssen, Rick B. Delamarter et al. · The Spine Journal 7 Sep 2008 561
3 Hallux Valgus: Demographics, Etiology, and Radiographic Assessment Michael J. Coughlin, Caroll P. Jones · Foot & Ankle International Jul 2007 560
4 Meta-Analysis of Alignment Outcomes in Computer-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Surgery J. Bohannon Mason, Thomas K. Fehring, Rhonda P. Estok et al. · The Journal of Arthroplasty Review Dec 2007 550
5 The Obesity Epidemic Thomas K. Fehring, Susan Marie Odum, William L. Griffin et al. · The Journal of Arthroplasty 27 Jul 2007 489
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at OrthoCarolina?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Arthroplasty, Rehabilitation, Patient Satisfaction and Biomechanics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 5.4×27 topics
  2. Complications23▲ 32×9 topics
  3. Revision Surgery22▲ 121×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement22▲ 121×2 topics
  5. Arthroplasty19▲ 133×2 topics
  6. Rehabilitation18▲ 32×9 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction14▲ 31×4 topics
  8. Biomechanics14▲ 31×5 topics
  9. Health-related Quality of Life13▲ 39×2 topics
  10. Outcomes13▲ 112×1 topic
  11. Total Knee Replacement13▲ 136×1 topic
  12. Shoulder Function12▲ 101×2 topics
  13. Surgical Management11▲ 19×8 topics
  14. Hip Arthroplasty9▲ 105×1 topic
  15. Wear Particles9▲ 105×1 topic
  16. Diagnostic Imaging8▲ 47×2 topics
  17. Quality of Life8▲ 3.7×9 topics
  18. Rotator Cuff Tears8▲ 83×1 topic
  19. Shoulder Pathology8▲ 83×1 topic
  20. Periprosthetic Joint Infection7▲ 127×1 topic
  21. Prosthetic Joint Infections7▲ 127×1 topic
  22. Distal Radius Fractures7▲ 90×1 topic
  23. Flexor Tendon Repair7▲ 90×1 topic
  24. Mortality6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  25. Infection Prevention6▲ 45×3 topics
  26. Internal Fixation6▲ 59×2 topics
  27. Ankle Injuries6▲ 126×1 topic
  28. Sprains6▲ 126×1 topic
  29. Regeneration5▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Gait Analysis5▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Pain Management5▲ 15×8 topics
  32. Reconstruction5▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Brachial Plexus5▲ 149×1 topic
  34. Nerve Transfer5▲ 149×1 topic
  35. Elderly Patients5▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Anterior Cruciate Ligament5▲ 77×1 topic
  37. Bone Healing5▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Elbow Injuries5▲ 152×1 topic
  39. Fracture Epidemiology5▲ 72×1 topic
  40. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction5▲ 152×1 topic

Which research topics does OrthoCarolina publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments.

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 13 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 9 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…8Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 8 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…7Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 7 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 6 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabil…5Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 5 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 5 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 5 fractional works
SurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineEpidemiologyRehabilitation

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 13 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 9 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 8 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 7 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 7 works
  6. 6 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 5 works
  9. 9 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 5 works
  10. 10 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 5 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 available26.1%not open73.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has OrthoCarolina's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 OrthoCarolina as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%OrthoCarolina0.00045% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of OrthoCarolina 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 counting20%40%OrthoCarolina10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.4% in 2015.

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