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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

In research, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#3,750 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,361 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,436 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,368
of 28,054 · #10,154 all time
Rank in United States
#1,549
of 4,192
Research works
2.6k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 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 #3,750 of 10,443 7.0%393 #2511
Health SciencesDomain #4,361 of 11,982 7.7%421 #3295
Life SciencesDomain #6,436 of 7,800 8.6%87 #6635
SurgerySubfield #1,567 of 1,816 6.7%66 #2499

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 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#2,511 #3,750
  2. Health Sciences#3,295 #4,361
  3. Life Sciences#6,635 #6,436
  4. Surgery#2,499 #1,567
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 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 35.9 works5.9×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.72× its world share, 54 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.63× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 393 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 18 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 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, George McCloskey, Brian J. Balin and Denah M. Appelt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine.

  1. 1 George McCloskey United States · #373,827 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Brian J. Balin United States · #451,339 worldwide 79 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Denah M. Appelt United States · #477,098 worldwide 98 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Dianzheng Zhang United States · #517,379 worldwide 72 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Robert Barsotti United States · #974,941 worldwide 61 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Harsh Patel United States · #1,026,542 worldwide 46 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Susan T. Hingley United States · #1,105,692 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Leonard H. Finkelstein United States · #1,106,398 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 George W. Raiziss United States · #1,193,721 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Chen Qian United States · #1,216,894 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Complications, Risk Factors, Heart Failure and Myocardial Infarction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology75▲ 3.2×106 topics
  2. Inflammation27▲ 2.2×64 topics
  3. Treatment25▲ 3.5×40 topics
  4. Diagnosis23▲ 4.3×34 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress21▲ 2.2×38 topics
  6. Risk Factors20▲ 3.1×31 topics
  7. Quality of Life19▲ 2.2×40 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 2.8×31 topics
  9. Complications16▲ 5.4×17 topics
  10. Heart Failure14▲ 5.6×12 topics
  11. Public Health14▲ 1.61×29 topics
  12. Management14▲ 3.0×27 topics
  13. Depression13▲ 2.6×21 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations13▲ 5.2×22 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders13▲ 3.8×19 topics
  16. Cancer13▲ 1.61×41 topics
  17. Clinical Trials12▲ 3.2×18 topics
  18. Immunotherapy12▲ 2.9×17 topics
  19. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 8.7×6 topics
  20. Mortality11▲ 3.4×12 topics
  21. Surgical Management11▲ 4.7×19 topics
  22. Rehabilitation11▲ 4.6×12 topics
  23. Obesity10▲ 2.4×20 topics
  24. Chemotherapy10▲ 2.6×20 topics
  25. Guidelines10▲ 3.7×11 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 3.0×14 topics
  27. Medical Education10▲ 6.4×9 topics
  28. Prevention9▲ 3.7×12 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.0×8 topics
  30. Pain Management8▲ 6.3×8 topics
  31. Prognosis8▲ 4.3×9 topics
  32. Echocardiography8▲ 5.2×7 topics
  33. Neuroprotection8▲ 4.0×12 topics
  34. Surgery8▲ 3.9×12 topics
  35. Arrhythmias6▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Reflective Practice6▲ 5.9×3 topics
  37. Assessment Methods6▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. Sudden Cardiac Death6▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Injury Prevention6▲ 8.1×5 topics
  40. Antifungal Therapy6▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion and Voice and Speech Disorders.

Innovations in Medical E…5Innovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…4Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 4 fractional worksCardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion: 4 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 4 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 3 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 3 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…3Sports injuries and prevention: 3 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicinePhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 4 works
  5. 5 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 3 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 3 works
  7. 7 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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.

Other research institutions in Philadelphia

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.