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Orthopaedic Research Foundation

In research, Orthopaedic Research Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,128 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,065 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery, Medicine and Health Sciences (Surgery is 20.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#8,260
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#1,721
of 7,310
Research works
457
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
47.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.30×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Orthopaedic Research Foundation

What is Orthopaedic Research Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #2,128 of 16,688 18.0%313
MedicineField #2,065 of 14,558 17.8%294

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Orthopaedic Research Foundation 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 Research Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Orthopaedic Research Foundation is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (87%), Health Professions (3%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 49 fractional works · 90.5% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 86.8% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 48.3% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 10.3% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOrthopaedicResearch…55fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences90%Social Sciences1%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4786.8%
    2. Health Professions23.3%
    3. Veterinary00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.1%
    2. Neuroscience11.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.9%
    1. Engineering12.0%
    2. Mathematics00.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences11.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    3. Psychology00.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Orthopaedic Research Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 20.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 26.4 works21×
  2. MedicineField · 47.4 works4.5×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 49.4 works3.9×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.51× its world share, 47 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.51×47 works
  2. Veterinary2.25×0 works
  3. Health Professions1.24×2 works
  4. Neuroscience1.03×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×2 works
  6. Dentistry0.31×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  9. Engineering0.13×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  14. Psychology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Orthopaedic Research Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Shu‐Cheng Chen, Brooke M. Heubner and Suying Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Orthopaedic Research Foundation.

  1. 1 Shu‐Cheng Chen United States · #138,327 worldwide 12k citations · 154 works
  2. 2 Brooke M. Heubner United States · #499,875 worldwide 2.4k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Suying Li United States · #510,777 worldwide 12k citations · 265 works
  4. 4 C C Chao United States · #736,128 worldwide 4.4k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Sung Hu United States · #885,225 worldwide 2.8k citations · 30 works
  6. 6 David R. Wagner United States · #971,145 worldwide 2.3k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Andrew P. Nakla United States · #1,364,058 worldwide 103 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 S. Hu United States · #1,658,726 worldwide 917 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Shu‐Cheng Chen United States · #1,748,061 worldwide 2.5k citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Theresa M. Harmon United States · #1,748,836 worldwide 632 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Orthopaedic Research Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Orthopaedic Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from Orthopaedic Research Foundation is "Phenomenology and classification of dystonia: A consensus update" (Alberto Albanese, Kailash P. Bhatia, Susan Bressman et al., 2013), with 2,287 citations. Next come "Activated microglia mediate neuronal cell injury via a nitric oxide mechanism" (1,141) and "Ledipasvir and Sofosbuvir for 8 or 12 Weeks for Chronic HCV without Cirrhosis" (1,131).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phenomenology and classification of dystonia: A consensus update Alberto Albanese, Kailash P. Bhatia, Susan Bressman et al. · Movement Disorders Open access 6 May 2013 2,287
2 Activated microglia mediate neuronal cell injury via a nitric oxide mechanism C C Chao, Sung Hu, Thomas W. Molitor et al. · The Journal of Immunology Oct 1992 1,141
3 Ledipasvir and Sofosbuvir for 8 or 12 Weeks for Chronic HCV without Cirrhosis Kris V. Kowdley et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Apr 2014 1,131
4 Cancer after Kidney Transplantation in the United States Bertram L. Kasiske, Jon J. Snyder, David T. Gilbertson et al. · American Journal of Transplantation Open access 14 May 2004 1,070
5 Risk of Advanced Proximal Neoplasms in Asymptomatic Adults According to the Distal Colorectal Findings Thomas F. Imperiale, David R. Wagner, Ching Y. Lin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 20 Jul 2000 1,066
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Which keywords describe research at Orthopaedic Research Foundation?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 5.5×18 topics
  2. Complications10▲ 36×7 topics
  3. Rehabilitation9▲ 43×6 topics
  4. Shoulder Function9▲ 200×2 topics
  5. Rotator Cuff Tears8▲ 217×1 topic
  6. Shoulder Pathology8▲ 217×1 topic
  7. Revision Surgery6▲ 84×2 topics
  8. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 84×2 topics
  9. Arthroplasty5▲ 90×2 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 28×3 topics
  11. Surgical Management5▲ 22×4 topics
  12. Outcomes4▲ 92×1 topic
  13. Total Knee Replacement4▲ 111×1 topic
  14. Elbow Injuries4▲ 344×1 topic
  15. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction4▲ 344×1 topic
  16. Acromioclavicular Joint4▲ 305×1 topic
  17. Clavicle Fractures4▲ 305×1 topic
  18. Biomechanics4▲ 22×6 topics
  19. Distal Radius Fractures3▲ 120×1 topic
  20. Flexor Tendon Repair3▲ 120×1 topic
  21. Anterior Cruciate Ligament2▲ 106×1 topic
  22. Injury Risk2▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Regeneration2▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Quality of Life2▲ 2.9×5 topics
  25. Brachial Plexus2▲ 154×1 topic
  26. Nerve Transfer2▲ 154×1 topic
  27. Reconstruction2▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Stem Cells2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Pain Management2▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Tendon2▲ 103×1 topic
  32. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 52×1 topic
  33. Wear Particles2▲ 52×1 topic
  34. Functional Recovery1▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Infection Prevention1▲ 26×3 topics
  36. Internal Fixation1▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Chronic Pain1▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Muscle Injuries1▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Postoperative Pain1▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Sports Injury1▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Orthopaedic Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment and Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…8Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 8 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma…4Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 4 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…4Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 4 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabil…2Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional works
SurgeryRehabilitationEpidemiologyOrthopedics and Sports Medicine

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 8 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 4 works
  4. 4 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 4 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Orthopaedic Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Orthopaedic Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Orthopaedic Research Foundation0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Orthopaedic Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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