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Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

In research, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#346 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#467 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#846 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Dermatology — Emergency Medicine is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,700
of 28,054 · #1,429 all time
Rank in United States
#264
of 4,192
Research works
20k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
477k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Penn State Milton S. Hershey 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 #346 of 10,443 10.8%2,146 #378
Health SciencesDomain #467 of 11,982 11.0%2,329 #446
Life SciencesDomain #846 of 7,800 16.5%495 #614
SurgerySubfield #312 of 1,816 8.9%350 #274
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,152 of 3,579 16.7%283 #599
Molecular BiologySubfield #873 of 2,175 16.3%162 #702
Health ProfessionsField #788 of 1,928 12.6%148 #828
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #512 of 1,144 8.6%192 #341
EpidemiologySubfield #453 of 976 12.4%158 #343
Social SciencesDomain #4,912 of 10,521 16.2%257 #2979

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Penn State Milton S. Hershey 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).

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#378 #346
  2. Health Sciences#446 #467
  3. Life Sciences#614 #846
  4. Surgery#274 #312
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#599 #1,152
  6. Molecular Biology#702 #873
  7. Health Professions#828 #788
  8. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#341 #512
  9. Epidemiology#343 #453
  10. Social Sciences#2,979 #4,912
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 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 53.6 works6.8×
  2. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 23.5 works6.7×
  3. DermatologySubfield · 48.5 works5.8×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 350.4 works4.7×
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 155.4 works4.6×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.65× its world share, 283 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 62 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.25× its world share, 117 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.35× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 148 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.48× its world share, 2,146 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 19 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 119 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 94 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard L. Naeye, Anthony E. Pegg and John A. Waldhausen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

  1. 1 Richard L. Naeye United States · #14,080 worldwide 476 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Anthony E. Pegg United States · #18,907 worldwide 859 citations · 92 works
  3. 3 John A. Waldhausen United States · #23,039 worldwide 350 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Gerald V. Naccarelli United States · #24,073 worldwide 452 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 Robert A. Gabbay United States · #24,404 worldwide 467 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Robert Zelis United States · #31,032 worldwide 428 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Richard J. Santen United States · #33,846 worldwide 533 citations · 81 works
  8. 8 Richard J. Zaino United States · #42,179 worldwide 535 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Charles H. Lang United States · #42,430 worldwide 460 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 M. Jeffrey Maisels United States · #45,278 worldwide 236 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Quality of Life and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology389▲ 3.1×120 topics
  2. Inflammation161▲ 2.4×78 topics
  3. Treatment133▲ 3.4×46 topics
  4. Risk Factors132▲ 3.7×36 topics
  5. Quality of Life126▲ 2.7×51 topics
  6. Diagnosis116▲ 3.9×36 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress96▲ 1.84×53 topics
  8. Immunotherapy92▲ 4.0×19 topics
  9. Guidelines92▲ 6.1×13 topics
  10. Cancer88▲ 2.1×48 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease87▲ 2.4×37 topics
  12. Management83▲ 3.3×29 topics
  13. Chemotherapy80▲ 3.6×25 topics
  14. Depression76▲ 2.7×22 topics
  15. Public Health76▲ 1.63×39 topics
  16. Mortality74▲ 4.0×13 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders67▲ 3.7×20 topics
  18. Genetics67▲ 3.0×20 topics
  19. Heart Failure66▲ 4.7×13 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome65▲ 2.5×22 topics
  21. Complications64▲ 4.0×17 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors60▲ 4.3×14 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines60▲ 3.4×14 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations58▲ 4.2×23 topics
  25. Obesity57▲ 2.4×23 topics
  26. Surgical Management50▲ 3.8×20 topics
  27. Diabetes48▲ 3.0×18 topics
  28. Medical Education48▲ 5.8×11 topics
  29. Radiotherapy46▲ 3.8×13 topics
  30. Rehabilitation45▲ 3.5×12 topics
  31. Neuroprotection44▲ 3.9×14 topics
  32. Primary Care43▲ 3.6×13 topics
  33. Prognosis43▲ 4.1×9 topics
  34. Pain Management40▲ 5.5×9 topics
  35. Thrombosis38▲ 4.3×7 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Therapy35▲ 5.9×8 topics
  37. Clinical Outcomes35▲ 5.0×6 topics
  38. Revascularization33▲ 6.6×4 topics
  39. Academic Medicine31▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Postoperative Complications30▲ 7.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diversity and Career in Medicine, Innovations in Medical Education, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Peripheral Artery Disease Management.

Diversity and Career in …24Diversity and Career in Medicine: 24 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…22Innovations in Medical Education: 22 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 20 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 18 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 16 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 16 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 15 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…14Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 14 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 14 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional works
Gender StudiesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 24 works
  2. 2 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 22 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 20 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 18 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 16 works
  6. 6 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 16 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 15 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 14 works
  9. 9 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 14 works
  10. 10 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 14 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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