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Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

In research, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,017 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,792 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology — Ophthalmology is 68.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,407
of 28,054 · #9,752 all time
Rank in United States
#1,690
of 4,192
Research works
2k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Penn Presbyterian Medical Center 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 #4,017 of 10,443 13.0%174 #3159
Health SciencesDomain #4,792 of 11,982 13.1%183 #3957

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Penn Presbyterian Medical 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Penn Presbyterian Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 68.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 42.2 works68×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.10× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 174 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Juan E. Grunwald, Alexander J. Brucker and Richard A. Stone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

  1. 1 Juan E. Grunwald United States · #35,559 worldwide 324 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Alexander J. Brucker United States · #73,078 worldwide 244 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Richard A. Stone United States · #92,294 worldwide 256 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Sharon Schwartz United States · #96,480 worldwide 290 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Kenneth S. Shindler United States · #154,348 worldwide 158 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Alejandro J. Román United States · #224,610 worldwide 154 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Wei Pan United States · #817,973 worldwide 47 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Roy Lee United States · #821,035 worldwide 30 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Jason Charng United States · #1,078,818 worldwide 40 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Tianyu Liu United States · #1,270,689 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Oxidative Stress, Diabetic Retinopathy and Optical Coherence Tomography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology37▲ 4.0×72 topics
  2. Macular Degeneration20▲ 72×3 topics
  3. Inflammation20▲ 4.2×41 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress18▲ 4.6×22 topics
  5. Glaucoma17▲ 50×4 topics
  6. Risk Factors16▲ 6.2×18 topics
  7. Diabetic Retinopathy13▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Optical Coherence Tomography13▲ 55×3 topics
  9. Intraocular Pressure13▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Intravitreal Injection13▲ 82×2 topics
  11. Optic Nerve12▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor12▲ 63×4 topics
  13. Neurodegeneration11▲ 15×6 topics
  14. Retinal Ganglion Cells10▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Choroidal Thickness10▲ 85×1 topic
  16. Myopia10▲ 76×2 topics
  17. Retinal Pigment Epithelium10▲ 85×1 topic
  18. Treatment10▲ 3.6×32 topics
  19. Ocular Hypertension10▲ 80×1 topic
  20. Visual Field Progression10▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Gene Therapy8▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Retinal Stem Cells7▲ 140×1 topic
  23. Retinitis Pigmentosa7▲ 140×1 topic
  24. Visual Impairment6▲ 59×2 topics
  25. Global Prevalence6▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Childhood Myopia6▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Refractive Error6▲ 71×1 topic
  28. Echocardiography6▲ 9.4×7 topics
  29. Heart Failure6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  30. Inflammatory Cytokines6▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Dry Eye Disease6▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Ocular Surface6▲ 77×1 topic
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 13×5 topics
  34. OCT Imaging6▲ 87×2 topics
  35. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 5.9×8 topics
  36. Endophthalmitis5▲ 64×2 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  38. Behçet's Disease5▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Uveitis5▲ 75×1 topic
  40. Macular Hole4▲ 85×1 topic

Which research topics does Penn Presbyterian Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Glaucoma and retinal disorders, Retinal Development and Disorders and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 10 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 10 fractional worksRetinal Development and …7Retinal Development and Disorders: 7 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…6Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 6 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 6 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 5 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…4Retinal and Macular Surgery: 4 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 4 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 3 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 3 fractional works
OphthalmologyMolecular BiologyEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 10 works
  2. 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 10 works
  3. 3 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  5. 5 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  6. 6 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 5 works
  7. 7 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  8. 8 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 4 works
  9. 9 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  10. 10 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 3 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 available30.1%not open69.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Penn Presbyterian Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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