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Orthopaedic Center

In research, Orthopaedic Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,954 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,475 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 16.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,205
of 22,385 · #6,361 all time
Rank in United States
#2,346
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
28.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Orthopaedic Center

What is Orthopaedic Center 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 #3,954 of 9,902 7.6%116 #1896
MedicineField #4,475 of 8,541 7.6%111 #2127

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Orthopaedic Center 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 fields of science does Orthopaedic Center work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Orthopaedic Center is in Health Sciences, 7% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (83%), Engineering (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 139 fractional works · 85.8% of its workMedicine: 133 fractional works · 82.7% of its workSurgery: 63 fractional works · 39.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 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: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOrthopaedicCenter161fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13382.7%
    2. Health Professions42.6%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Engineering106.1%
    2. Materials Science10.4%
    3. Computer Science00.3%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    7. Environmental Science00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.4%
    2. Neuroscience10.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences21.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    3. Psychology10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Orthopaedic Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 16.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 63.0 works17×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.30× its world share, 133 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.30×133 works
  2. Health Professions0.98×4 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×6 works
  4. Dentistry0.64×0 works
  5. Nursing0.58×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.53×1 works
  7. Engineering0.40×10 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×0 works
  10. Psychology0.18×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.12×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.08×2 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.04×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Orthopaedic Center?

Ranked on the quality score, J. W. Thomas Byrd, Barry P. Boden and Scott D. Gillogly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Orthopaedic Center.

  1. 1 J. W. Thomas Byrd United States · #201,765 worldwide 8.9k citations · 197 works
  2. 2 Barry P. Boden United States · #236,878 worldwide 9.6k citations · 114 works
  3. 3 Scott D. Gillogly United States · #1,118,115 worldwide 1.7k citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Chadwick C. Prodromos United States · #1,141,900 worldwide 2.7k citations · 90 works
  5. 5 Michael S. George United States · #1,396,610 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Kirk A. Kindsfater United States · #1,461,566 worldwide 664 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Ashvin I Patel United States · #1,504,942 worldwide 429 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Ludwig Ombregt United States · #2,026,610 worldwide 98 citations · 98 works
  9. 9 Richard L. Worland United States · #2,066,371 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  10. 10 Eric A. Mussell United States · #2,564,411 worldwide 138 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Orthopaedic Center

What are the most cited papers from Orthopaedic Center?

The most cited paper from Orthopaedic Center is "Mechanisms of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Basketball" (Tron Krosshaug, Atsuo Nakamae, Barry P. Boden et al., 2006), with 1,210 citations. Next come "THE ROLE OF GROWTH FACTORS IN THE REPAIR OF BONE" (936) and "A functional chitosan-based hydrogel as a wound dressing and drug delivery system in the treatment of wound healing" (914).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mechanisms of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury in Basketball Tron Krosshaug, Atsuo Nakamae, Barry P. Boden et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 17 Nov 2006 1,210
2 THE ROLE OF GROWTH FACTORS IN THE REPAIR OF BONE Jay R. Lieberman, Aaron Daluiski, Thomas A. Einhorn · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Jun 2002 936
3 A functional chitosan-based hydrogel as a wound dressing and drug delivery system in the treatment of wound healing He Liu, Chenyu Wang, Chen Li et al. · RSC Advances Open access 2018 914
4 Current Concepts in the Rehabilitation of the Overhead Throwing Athlete Kevin E. Wilk, Keith Meister, James Robertson Andrews · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2002 738
5 Course and Prognostic Factors for Neck Pain in Whiplash-Associated Disorders (WAD) Linda Carroll, Lena W. Holm, Sheilah Hogg‐Johnson et al. · Spine Feb 2008 648
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Orthopaedic Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Biomechanics, Complications, Shoulder Function, Rotator Cuff Tears, Shoulder Pathology and Arthroplasty.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 5.2×35 topics
  2. Rehabilitation23▲ 36×9 topics
  3. Biomechanics18▲ 36×5 topics
  4. Complications17▲ 21×10 topics
  5. Shoulder Function15▲ 105×2 topics
  6. Rotator Cuff Tears13▲ 129×1 topic
  7. Shoulder Pathology13▲ 129×1 topic
  8. Arthroplasty13▲ 80×2 topics
  9. Revision Surgery12▲ 59×2 topics
  10. Total Hip Replacement12▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Surgical Management9▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Regeneration9▲ 27×4 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 16×5 topics
  14. Health-related Quality of Life8▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Low Back Pain8▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Spinal Fusion8▲ 48×2 topics
  17. Outcomes7▲ 56×1 topic
  18. Total Knee Replacement7▲ 67×1 topic
  19. Degenerative Disc Disease7▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Osteoarthritis7▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Distal Radius Fractures6▲ 76×1 topic
  22. Flexor Tendon Repair6▲ 76×1 topic
  23. Growth Factors6▲ 31×3 topics
  24. Platelet-Rich Plasma6▲ 57×2 topics
  25. Anterior Cruciate Ligament6▲ 91×1 topic
  26. Injury Risk6▲ 91×1 topic
  27. Surgical Treatment6▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Extracellular Matrix6▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Stem Cells6▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Gait Analysis6▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Mechanical Loading6▲ 107×1 topic
  32. Tendon6▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Ankle Injuries5▲ 108×1 topic
  34. Prevention5▲ 7.9×8 topics
  35. Sprains5▲ 108×1 topic
  36. Acromioclavicular Joint5▲ 136×1 topic
  37. Clavicle Fractures5▲ 136×1 topic
  38. Foot Strike Patterns5▲ 87×1 topic
  39. Running Injuries5▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Pain Management5▲ 13×8 topics

Which research topics does Orthopaedic Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…13Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 13 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 7 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 6 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 6 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 5 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…5Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 5 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 5 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 5 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…5Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 5 fractional works
SurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineEpidemiologyBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 13 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 5 works
  8. 8 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 5 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty 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 available21.6%not open78.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Orthopaedic Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Orthopaedic Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00059% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Orthopaedic Center0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Orthopaedic Center 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Orthopaedic Center8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.3% in 2001.

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