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OrthoCarolina

In research, OrthoCarolina stands highest in Medicine (#4,828 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,009 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,046 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Medicine — Surgery is 20.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,572
of 28,054 · #23,270 all time
Rank in United States
#2,358
of 4,192
Research works
505
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is OrthoCarolina 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 #4,828 of 10,443 18.5%110 #5806
Health SciencesDomain #6,009 of 11,982 19.3%113 #7468
SurgerySubfield #1,046 of 1,816 21.9%64 #1000

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 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#5,806 #4,828
  2. Health Sciences#7,468 #6,009
  3. Surgery#1,000 #1,046
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 OrthoCarolina specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 20.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 64.2 works21×
  2. MedicineField · 109.6 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.34× its world share, 110 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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.

Who are the top researchers at OrthoCarolina?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert B. Anderson, W. Hodges Davis and Rachel B. Seymour lead among researchers whose main affiliation is OrthoCarolina.

  1. 1 Robert B. Anderson United States · #180,357 worldwide 101 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 W. Hodges Davis United States · #345,953 worldwide 87 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Rachel B. Seymour United States · #713,762 worldwide 58 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 R. Glenn Gaston United States · #794,978 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Thomas K. Fehring United States · #808,185 worldwide 71 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Bryan D. Springer United States · #1,014,856 worldwide 49 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Susan M. Odum United States · #1,116,733 worldwide 31 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at OrthoCarolina

Which keywords describe research at OrthoCarolina?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Arthroplasty, Rehabilitation, Patient Satisfaction and Health-related Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 5.5×26 topics
  2. Complications21▲ 32×9 topics
  3. Revision Surgery20▲ 124×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement20▲ 124×2 topics
  5. Arthroplasty18▲ 139×2 topics
  6. Rehabilitation16▲ 32×8 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction13▲ 31×4 topics
  8. Health-related Quality of Life12▲ 40×2 topics
  9. Biomechanics12▲ 31×5 topics
  10. Outcomes12▲ 115×1 topic
  11. Total Knee Replacement12▲ 140×1 topic
  12. Shoulder Function11▲ 95×2 topics
  13. Surgical Management11▲ 20×7 topics
  14. Hip Arthroplasty8▲ 105×1 topic
  15. Wear Particles8▲ 105×1 topic
  16. Diagnostic Imaging7▲ 50×2 topics
  17. Periprosthetic Joint Infection7▲ 135×1 topic
  18. Prosthetic Joint Infections7▲ 135×1 topic
  19. Quality of Life7▲ 3.7×9 topics
  20. Rotator Cuff Tears6▲ 77×1 topic
  21. Shoulder Pathology6▲ 77×1 topic
  22. Distal Radius Fractures6▲ 91×1 topic
  23. Flexor Tendon Repair6▲ 91×1 topic
  24. Mortality6▲ 7.4×7 topics
  25. Ankle Injuries5▲ 136×1 topic
  26. Infection Prevention5▲ 47×3 topics
  27. Sprains5▲ 136×1 topic
  28. Internal Fixation5▲ 59×2 topics
  29. Gait Analysis5▲ 39×2 topics
  30. Pain Management5▲ 16×6 topics
  31. Regeneration5▲ 18×4 topics
  32. Reconstruction4▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Brachial Plexus4▲ 145×1 topic
  34. Elderly Patients4▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Nerve Transfer4▲ 145×1 topic
  36. Bone Healing4▲ 72×1 topic
  37. Fracture Epidemiology4▲ 72×1 topic
  38. Anterior Cruciate Ligament4▲ 78×1 topic
  39. Foot Strike Patterns4▲ 86×1 topic
  40. Injury Risk4▲ 78×1 topic

Which research topics does OrthoCarolina publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Orthopedic Infections and Treatments and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 12 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 8 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…7Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 7 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…6Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 5 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabil…4Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 4 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 4 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 4 fractional works
SurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineEpidemiologyBiomedical Engineering

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 12 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 8 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 7 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 4 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 4 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has OrthoCarolina's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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