Question 1

What is OrthoCarolina known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does OrthoCarolina rank in research?

Accepted Answer

OrthoCarolina ranks #16,127 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#11,830 all time), and #2,331 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at OrthoCarolina?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from OrthoCarolina?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does OrthoCarolina publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at OrthoCarolina?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does OrthoCarolina work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is OrthoCarolina's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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