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Porter Adventist Hospital

In research, Porter Adventist Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,419 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine (Medicine is 4.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#32,056
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,748
of 7,310
Research works
165
▲ 118% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Porter Adventist Hospital

What is Porter Adventist Hospital 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 #11,419 of 16,688 9.3%126

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Porter Adventist Hospital 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 Porter Adventist Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Porter Adventist Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Engineering (5%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 51 fractional works · 81.0% of its workMedicine: 49 fractional works · 77.9% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 24.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 12.5% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 11.5% of its workGastroenterology: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKPorter AdventistHospital63fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences6%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4977.9%
    2. Health Professions12.0%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering35.0%
    2. Mathematics11.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy11.1%
    4. Environmental Science00.5%
    5. Computer Science00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance34.3%
    2. Decision Sciences00.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    4. Social Sciences00.3%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology23.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Porter Adventist Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 48.9 works4.0×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.08× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.01× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.05×49 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.08×2 works
  3. Nursing2.08×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.01×3 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.21×0 works
  6. Mathematics0.90×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.75×1 works
  8. Veterinary0.56×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.55×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.48×1 works
  11. Engineering0.33×3 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×1 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.11×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  16. Psychology0.09×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.02×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Porter Adventist Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Douglas G. Adler, Jane Braaten and Cynthia A. Oster lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Porter Adventist Hospital.

  1. 1 Douglas G. Adler United States · #2,229,721 worldwide 118 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Jane Braaten United States · #3,663,152 worldwide 295 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Cynthia A. Oster United States · #4,071,098 worldwide 172 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Porter Adventist Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Porter Adventist Hospital?

The most cited paper from Porter Adventist Hospital is "MRI Evaluation of the Contralateral Breast in Women with Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer" (Constance Dobbins Lehman, Constantine A. Gatsonis, Christiane Katharina Kuhl et al., 2007), with 945 citations. Next come "Diagnostic Architectural and Dynamic Features at Breast MR Imaging: Multicenter Study" (513) and "Screening women at high risk for breast cancer with mammography and magnetic resonance imaging" (400).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 MRI Evaluation of the Contralateral Breast in Women with Recently Diagnosed Breast Cancer Constance Dobbins Lehman, Constantine A. Gatsonis, Christiane Katharina Kuhl et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 28 Mar 2007 945
2 Diagnostic Architectural and Dynamic Features at Breast MR Imaging: Multicenter Study Mitchell D. Schnall, Jeffrey D. Blume, David A. Bluemke et al. · Radiology 2006 513
3 Screening women at high risk for breast cancer with mammography and magnetic resonance imaging Constance Dobbins Lehman, Jeffrey D. Blume, Paul T. Weatherall et al. · Cancer Open access 30 Mar 2005 400
4 The COMS randomized trial of iodine 125 brachytherapy for choroidal melanoma Lee M. Jampol, Claudia Scala Moy, Timothy G. Murray et al. · Ophthalmology Dec 2002 368
5 Surgical management of resistant Mycobacterial tuberculosis and other mycobacterial pulmonary infections Marvin Pomerantz, Lorie A. Madsen, Marian Goble et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Open access Nov 1991 182
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Porter Adventist Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Cholangiocarcinoma, Guidelines, Complications, Mortality and Cholecystitis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.7×24 topics
  2. Chemotherapy6▲ 13×4 topics
  3. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 31×3 topics
  4. Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 88×2 topics
  5. Guidelines4▲ 15×9 topics
  6. Complications4▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Mortality4▲ 12×4 topics
  8. Cholecystitis4▲ 145×1 topic
  9. ERCP4▲ 145×1 topic
  10. Treatment4▲ 5.2×16 topics
  11. Diagnosis4▲ 6.1×13 topics
  12. Immunotherapy4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Pancreatic Cancer3▲ 50×1 topic
  15. Surgical Complications3▲ 67×1 topic
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 9.2×6 topics
  17. Prevention3▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Risk Factors3▲ 4.7×7 topics
  19. Endoscopic Stenting3▲ 110×1 topic
  20. Esophageal Perforation3▲ 110×1 topic
  21. Incidence3▲ 70×2 topics
  22. Colorectal Cancer3▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Nutritional Support3▲ 45×3 topics
  25. Screening3▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Capsule Endoscopy2▲ 241×1 topic
  27. Financial Analysis2▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Hypersonic Effect2▲ 278×1 topic
  29. Monetary Policy2▲ 17×1 topic
  30. Survival Analysis2▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Ultrasonic Perception2▲ 278×1 topic
  32. Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding2▲ 241×1 topic
  33. Acute Pancreatitis2▲ 87×1 topic
  34. Chronic Pancreatitis2▲ 87×1 topic
  35. Gastric Cancer2▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Infection2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Children2▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Imaging2▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Adults2▲ 57×2 topics
  40. Molecular Characterization2▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does Porter Adventist Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Gallbladder and Bile Duc…4Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…3Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHuman auditory perception and evaluation: 2 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…2Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksMedical Device Sterilization and Disinfection: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologySurgeryGastroenterology3 others

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

  1. 1 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 3 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 2 works
  6. 6 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection Microbiology 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 available26.5%not open73.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Porter Adventist Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 118% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Porter Adventist Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Porter Adventist Hospital0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Porter Adventist Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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