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Piedmont Athens Regional

In research, Piedmont Athens Regional stands highest in Medicine (#8,149 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,007 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,606
of 28,054 · #25,791 all time
Rank in United States
#3,191
of 4,192
Research works
852
▼ 71% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Piedmont Athens Regional 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 #8,149 of 10,443 1.8%138 #12099
Health SciencesDomain #10,007 of 11,982 1.9%144 #9967

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Piedmont Athens Regional 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 Piedmont Athens Regional specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.2 works13×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.79× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 138 worksMedicineNursing: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Piedmont Athens Regional?

Ranked on the composite score, Niki Lama and Sammudeen Ibrahim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Piedmont Athens Regional.

  1. 1 Niki Lama United States · #1,527,700 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Sammudeen Ibrahim United States · #1,605,172 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Piedmont Athens Regional

Which keywords describe research at Piedmont Athens Regional?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Risk Factors, Heart Failure, Management, Cardiovascular Disease 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. Epidemiology27▲ 4.0×61 topics
  2. Diagnosis15▲ 9.4×28 topics
  3. Treatment13▲ 6.0×27 topics
  4. Risk Factors10▲ 5.0×16 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 2.4×27 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.9×20 topics
  7. Heart Failure7▲ 9.9×10 topics
  8. Management7▲ 5.2×17 topics
  9. Public Health7▲ 2.8×15 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.1×18 topics
  11. Arrhythmias5▲ 33×2 topics
  12. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Pathogenesis5▲ 5.5×10 topics
  14. Echocardiography5▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Catheter Ablation5▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Complications5▲ 5.3×8 topics
  17. Guidelines5▲ 5.7×9 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  19. Cardiomyopathy4▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Virulence Factors4▲ 16×4 topics
  21. Ion Channels4▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Prevention4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  23. Surgery4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  24. Therapy4▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Surgical Management3▲ 4.8×10 topics
  26. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 10×7 topics
  28. Imaging3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 7.2×3 topics
  30. Antifungal Therapy3▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Prophylaxis3▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Diseases3▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Electroanatomic Mapping3▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Ventricular Tachycardia3▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Fibrosis3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  38. Glycemic Control3▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Insulin Therapy3▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Genetic Susceptibility3▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does Piedmont Athens Regional publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias and Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research.

Cardiac Arrhythmias and …3Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…2Healthcare Systems and Public Health: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPhysiologyEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 2 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Piedmont Athens Regional's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 71% lower 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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