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Prisma Health

In research, Prisma Health stands highest in Medicine (#1,741 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,238 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,152 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,569
of 28,054 · #9,505 all time
Rank in United States
#880
of 4,192
Research works
2.2k
▲ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Prisma Health 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 #1,741 of 10,443 7.3%495 #2942
Health SciencesDomain #2,238 of 11,982 8.2%546 #3072
SurgerySubfield #1,152 of 1,816 7.8%94 #1203
Life SciencesDomain #5,468 of 7,800 7.7%60 #6187

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Prisma Health 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#2,942 #1,741
  2. Health Sciences#3,072 #2,238
  3. Surgery#1,203 #1,152
  4. Life Sciences#6,187 #5,468
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.

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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.92× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.74× its world share, 495 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Prisma Health?

Ranked on the composite score, William S. Cobb, Alfredo M. Carbonell and Alain H. Litwin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Prisma Health.

  1. 1 William S. Cobb United States · #230,542 worldwide 81 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Alfredo M. Carbonell United States · #235,146 worldwide 68 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Alain H. Litwin United States · #253,266 worldwide 125 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Dawn W. Blackhurst United States · #423,402 worldwide 60 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Spence M. Taylor United States · #541,428 worldwide 45 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Kyle J. Jeray United States · #590,657 worldwide 27 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 John D. Scott United States · #615,281 worldwide 43 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 David L. Cull United States · #627,109 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 D Chenoweth United States · #677,877 worldwide 21 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 William J. Edenfield United States · #682,375 worldwide 40 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Prisma Health

Which keywords describe research at Prisma Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Primary Care and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology100▲ 3.7×103 topics
  2. Treatment34▲ 4.1×41 topics
  3. Risk Factors32▲ 4.3×32 topics
  4. Diagnosis31▲ 4.8×37 topics
  5. Complications29▲ 8.4×16 topics
  6. Quality of Life23▲ 2.3×36 topics
  7. Inflammation22▲ 1.56×51 topics
  8. Public Health21▲ 2.1×34 topics
  9. Guidelines20▲ 6.3×13 topics
  10. Management19▲ 3.4×26 topics
  11. Primary Care18▲ 7.0×12 topics
  12. Rehabilitation17▲ 6.3×10 topics
  13. Mortality16▲ 4.1×11 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 4.0×14 topics
  15. Surgical Management15▲ 5.3×18 topics
  16. Diabetes15▲ 4.3×9 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 1.92×25 topics
  18. Heart Failure14▲ 4.8×11 topics
  19. Chemotherapy14▲ 3.0×25 topics
  20. Medical Education14▲ 8.1×11 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction14▲ 6.6×9 topics
  22. Clinical Outcomes13▲ 8.9×6 topics
  23. Echocardiography13▲ 7.0×7 topics
  24. Quality Improvement13▲ 9.6×8 topics
  25. Pain Management12▲ 7.9×9 topics
  26. Prevention12▲ 4.2×16 topics
  27. Surgery12▲ 5.0×11 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors12▲ 3.9×14 topics
  29. Chronic Pain12▲ 7.6×5 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 5.7×9 topics
  31. Biomechanics11▲ 5.1×10 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations10▲ 3.5×18 topics
  33. Critical Care10▲ 6.5×8 topics
  34. Health Outcomes10▲ 5.1×6 topics
  35. Health Care Utilization9▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Mortality Risk9▲ 5.6×6 topics
  37. Prophylaxis9▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Academic Medicine8▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Healthcare-Associated Infections8▲ 9.1×5 topics
  40. Injury Prevention7▲ 8.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Prisma Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Ultrasound in Clinical Applications, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Innovations in Medical Education.

Esophageal and GI Pathol…5Esophageal and GI Pathology: 5 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical A…5Ultrasound in Clinical Applications: 5 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 5 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 5 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 5 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 5 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…4Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works
SurgeryCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOrthopedics and Sports Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  5. 5 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 5 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  8. 8 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Prisma Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% 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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