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Prisma Health

In research, Prisma Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,044 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#2,637 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#860 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine (Emergency Medicine is 10.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,662
of 22,385 · #7,824 all time
Rank in United States
#1,166
of 3,332
Research works
2.2k
▲ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.69×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Prisma Health

What is Prisma Health 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 #3,044 of 9,902 6.7%546 #2730
MedicineField #2,637 of 8,541 6.7%495 #2492
SurgerySubfield #860 of 1,532 8.6%94 #814
Life SciencesDomain #5,228 of 6,403 8.6%60 #6099

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,730 #3,044
  2. Medicine#2,492 #2,637
  3. Surgery#814 #860
  4. Life Sciences#6,099 #5,228
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Prisma Health work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Prisma Health is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 623 fractional works · 79.3% of its workMedicine: 568 fractional works · 72.3% of its workSurgery: 102 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEpidemiology: 47 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 46 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 43 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 38 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 20 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 49 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 67 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPrisma Health786fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences8%

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. Medicine56872.3%
    2. Health Professions496.2%
    3. Nursing50.6%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology364.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology172.1%
    3. Neuroscience111.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    1. Social Sciences233.0%
    2. Psychology202.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance91.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting50.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.3%
    6. Decision Sciences20.2%
    1. Engineering202.5%
    2. Computer Science81.0%
    3. Environmental Science20.2%
    4. Materials Science10.2%
    5. Chemistry10.1%
    6. Mathematics10.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Prisma Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 20.5 works11×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.36× its world share, 49 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 568 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.76×568 works
  2. Health Professions2.36×49 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.11×17 works
  4. Nursing1.19×5 works
  5. Neuroscience0.89×11 works
  6. Veterinary0.88×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×36 works
  8. Psychology0.84×20 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.54×9 works
  11. Dentistry0.27×1 works
  12. Social Sciences0.24×24 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×5 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.21×2 works
  15. Engineering0.17×20 works
  16. Computer Science0.13×8 works
  17. Chemistry0.10×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.09×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.09×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.05×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×1 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  23. Environmental Science0.04×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.04×1 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works
  26. Energy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Prisma Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Julie Martin, Alfredo Maximiliano Carbonell and Bruce H. Gray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Prisma Health.

  1. 1 Julie Martin United States · #93,200 worldwide 30k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Alfredo Maximiliano Carbonell United States · #177,118 worldwide 6.3k citations · 163 works
  3. 3 Bruce H. Gray United States · #249,105 worldwide 11k citations · 182 works
  4. 4 Jeremy A. Warren United States · #310,119 worldwide 2.9k citations · 102 works
  5. 5 Ki Young Chung United States · #346,653 worldwide 7.2k citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey Kent Giguere United States · #361,244 worldwide 8.4k citations · 90 works
  7. 7 Mark Allen O’Rourke United States · #363,925 worldwide 8.3k citations · 118 works
  8. 8 Gary A. Abrams United States · #560,167 worldwide 3.7k citations · 54 works
  9. 9 M. Whit Walker United States · #577,571 worldwide 2.6k citations · 27 works
  10. 10 John David Scott United States · #635,020 worldwide 4.7k citations · 142 works
All ranked researchers at Prisma Health

What are the most cited papers from Prisma Health?

The most cited paper from Prisma Health is "Nivolumab and Ipilimumab versus Ipilimumab in Untreated Melanoma" (Michael Andrew Postow et al., 2015), with 2,804 citations. Next come "Fracture and Dislocation Classification Compendium - 2007" (2,374) and "Global Vascular Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia" (1,569).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nivolumab and Ipilimumab versus Ipilimumab in Untreated Melanoma Michael Andrew Postow et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 20 Apr 2015 2,804
2 Fracture and Dislocation Classification Compendium - 2007 John Lawrence Marsh, Theddy F. Slongo, Julie A. Agel et al. · Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma Nov 2007 2,374
3 Global Vascular Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Michael S. Conte et al. · European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Open access 7 Jun 2019 1,569
4 Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA M.C. Liu et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access159 authors 30 Mar 2020 1,567
5 Completion Dissection or Observation for Sentinel-Node Metastasis in Melanoma Mark B. Faries et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Jun 2017 1,415
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Prisma Health?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology111▲ 3.6×105 topics
  2. Treatment38▲ 4.0×44 topics
  3. Risk Factors37▲ 4.3×34 topics
  4. Diagnosis34▲ 4.7×39 topics
  5. Complications31▲ 7.8×17 topics
  6. Quality of Life26▲ 2.3×39 topics
  7. Inflammation25▲ 1.49×52 topics
  8. Guidelines24▲ 6.5×13 topics
  9. Public Health23▲ 2.0×34 topics
  10. Management22▲ 3.4×28 topics
  11. Primary Care20▲ 6.9×13 topics
  12. Heart Failure20▲ 5.7×12 topics
  13. Rehabilitation19▲ 6.1×10 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 2.0×25 topics
  15. Echocardiography18▲ 8.4×8 topics
  16. Mortality18▲ 4.0×11 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 4.1×14 topics
  18. Chemotherapy17▲ 3.0×25 topics
  19. Diabetes17▲ 4.2×9 topics
  20. Medical Education16▲ 7.6×11 topics
  21. Surgical Management16▲ 4.9×18 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction16▲ 6.4×9 topics
  23. Clinical Outcomes15▲ 8.9×6 topics
  24. Clinical Trials14▲ 2.7×17 topics
  25. Global Burden13▲ 3.1×11 topics
  26. Prevention13▲ 4.0×16 topics
  27. Quality Improvement13▲ 8.6×8 topics
  28. Pain Management13▲ 7.2×9 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors13▲ 3.8×14 topics
  30. Surgery13▲ 4.7×12 topics
  31. Critical Care12▲ 6.5×8 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 5.2×9 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 4.8×8 topics
  34. Chronic Pain12▲ 6.9×5 topics
  35. Biomechanics11▲ 4.8×10 topics
  36. Health Outcomes11▲ 5.2×6 topics
  37. Mortality Risk10▲ 5.4×6 topics
  38. Health Care Utilization10▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Prophylaxis9▲ 9.4×4 topics
  40. Academic Medicine8▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Prisma Health publish most on?

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

Ultrasound in Clinical A…6Ultrasound in Clinical Applications: 6 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…5Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 5 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 5 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 5 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…5Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 5 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional works
Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGender Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 5 works
  6. 6 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 5 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 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 available34.6%not open65.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Prisma Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Prisma Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Prisma Health0.0028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Prisma Health 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Prisma Health7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2011.

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