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Premier Research Group

In research, Premier Research Group stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,086 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,821
of 22,385 · #9,138 all time
Rank in United States
#1,939
of 3,332
Research works
519
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Premier Research Group

What is Premier Research Group known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,086 of 9,902 8.6%61 #5086

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Premier Research Group 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 Premier Research Group work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Premier Research Group is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Social Sciences (13%), Health Professions (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 70 fractional works · 44.5% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 35.2% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 24.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 12.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 18.9% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 12.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPremier ResearchGroup156fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences24%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5535.2%
    2. Health Professions138.3%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2012.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance74.5%
    3. Decision Sciences42.3%
    4. Psychology31.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities21.5%
    1. Engineering106.3%
    2. Computer Science53.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy53.1%
    4. Environmental Science31.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.5%
    6. Mathematics21.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering21.0%
    8. Energy10.4%
    9. Materials Science00.3%
    10. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences64.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology42.7%
    4. Neuroscience32.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.66× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.75× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.15× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.83× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.10× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.15×13 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.75×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.66×4 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.43×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.10×7 works
  6. Medicine1.83×55 works
  7. Nursing1.74×1 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.38×5 works
  9. Veterinary1.31×0 works
  10. Neuroscience1.27×3 works
  11. Social Sciences0.99×20 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.96×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.90×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.87×6 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×5 works
  16. Psychology0.59×3 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.53×2 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×2 works
  19. Energy0.46×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.42×5 works
  21. Engineering0.42×10 works
  22. Environmental Science0.38×3 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  25. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  26. Materials Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Premier Research Group?

Ranked on the quality score, Ning An Rosenthal, Jill Dreyfus and Zhun Cao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Premier Research Group.

  1. 1 Ning An Rosenthal United States · #764,771 worldwide 2.6k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Jill Dreyfus United States · #847,591 worldwide 1.5k citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Zhun Cao United States · #992,575 worldwide 4.9k citations · 125 works
  4. 4 Seth L. Emont United States · #1,234,235 worldwide 1.9k citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Stephen Daniels United States · #1,247,148 worldwide 1.2k citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Stephen E. Daniels United States · #1,366,736 worldwide 1.4k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Julie A Gayle United States · #1,383,147 worldwide 886 citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Laura Curry United States · #1,401,337 worldwide 343 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Harold Brown United States · #1,795,813 worldwide 1.9k citations · 108 works
  10. 10 Elizabeth A. Chlipala United States · #1,888,740 worldwide 1.8k citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Premier Research Group

What are the most cited papers from Premier Research Group?

The most cited paper from Premier Research Group is "Perioperative Beta-Blocker Therapy and Mortality after Major Noncardiac Surgery" (Peter K. Lindenauer, Penelope S. Pekow, Kaijun Wang et al., 2005), with 862 citations. Next come "Public Reporting and Pay for Performance in Hospital Quality Improvement" (857) and "Epidemiology and Costs of Sepsis in the United States—An Analysis Based on Timing of Diagnosis and Severity Level*" (751).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Perioperative Beta-Blocker Therapy and Mortality after Major Noncardiac Surgery Peter K. Lindenauer, Penelope S. Pekow, Kaijun Wang et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Jul 2005 862
2 Public Reporting and Pay for Performance in Hospital Quality Improvement Peter K. Lindenauer, Denise Remus, Sheila H. Roman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 26 Jan 2007 857
3 Epidemiology and Costs of Sepsis in the United States—An Analysis Based on Timing of Diagnosis and Severity Level* Carly J. Paoli, Mark Allan Reynolds, Meenal Sinha et al. · Critical Care Medicine Open access 26 Jul 2018 751
4 Major Complications, Mortality, and Resource Utilization After Open Abdominal Surgery Andrew Shaw, Sean M. Bagshaw, Stuart L. Goldstein et al. · Annals of Surgery 31 Mar 2012 676
5 Revised Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) Guideline: An Update for the Age of Artificial Intelligence Ahmed Kerwan, Ahmed Al‐Jabir, Ginimol Mathew et al. · Premier journal of science. Open access 22 May 2025 663
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Premier Research Group?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Primary Care, Discrimination, Clinical Trials, Team Science, Economic Evaluation and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.2×41 topics
  2. Public Health8▲ 3.4×17 topics
  3. Machine Learning7▲ 1.35×16 topics
  4. Sustainability6▲ 1.64×10 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.6×4 topics
  6. Climate Change6▲ 1.31×13 topics
  7. Clinical Trials5▲ 5.2×9 topics
  8. Education5▲ 1.86×7 topics
  9. Discrimination5▲ 14×3 topics
  10. Primary Care5▲ 8.2×9 topics
  11. Sustainable Development4▲ 1.75×9 topics
  12. Healthcare4▲ 2.2×9 topics
  13. Quality of Life4▲ 1.78×15 topics
  14. Risk Factors4▲ 2.2×15 topics
  15. Big Data4▲ 2.5×5 topics
  16. Ethics4▲ 4.6×3 topics
  17. Team Science4▲ 79×2 topics
  18. Economic Evaluation3▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Guidelines3▲ 4.7×10 topics
  20. Astrobiology3▲ 61×1 topic
  21. Extraterrestrial Life3▲ 88×1 topic
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 3.4×8 topics
  23. Global Governance3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  24. Surveillance3▲ 6.3×2 topics
  25. Algorithmic Bias3▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Development3▲ 4.9×3 topics
  27. Fairness3▲ 17×1 topic
  28. Nigeria3▲ 79×2 topics
  29. Gender Equality2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  30. Health Outcomes2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  31. Quality Improvement2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  32. Urban Planning2▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Ethical Issues2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Global Health2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  35. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Health Utility Measures2▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Interdependence2▲ 87×1 topic
  38. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Youth Unemployment2▲ 108×1 topic
  40. Health Care Spending2▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Premier Research Group publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems.

Space Science and Extrat…3Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 3 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…3Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksInnovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems: 2 fractional worksAfrican Education and Politics: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …2Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksSpace exploration and regulation: 2 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 2 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSafety ResearchEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 3 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 African Education and Politics Education 2 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  9. 9 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Premier Research Group's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Premier Research Group as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Premier Research Group0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Premier Research Group over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%Premier Research Group10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2020.

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