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Providence Center

In research, Providence Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,104 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,112
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,920
of 7,310
Research works
259
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.7k
29.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Providence Center

What is Providence Center 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 #6,104 of 16,688 13.9%149

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Providence Center 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 Providence Center work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Providence Center is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Health Professions (9%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 38 fractional works · 59.0% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 48.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 8.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 14.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 13.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKProvidence Center64fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences13%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3148.2%
    2. Health Professions69.3%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology58.3%
    2. Neuroscience34.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Psychology45.8%
    2. Social Sciences45.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    4. Decision Sciences00.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Environmental Science58.4%
    2. Engineering22.7%
    3. Mathematics10.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    5. Computer Science00.4%
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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.46× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.69× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.53× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.51× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.53×6 works
  2. Medicine2.51×31 works
  3. Neuroscience2.46×2 works
  4. Nursing2.10×1 works
  5. Psychology1.90×4 works
  6. Environmental Science1.69×5 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.55×5 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.47×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.30×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.72×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.68×0 works
  12. Veterinary0.64×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.59×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.45×4 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×0 works
  17. Engineering0.18×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Providence Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Kevin M. Dirksen and Lisa Angus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Providence Center.

  1. 1 Kevin M. Dirksen United States · #3,304,402 worldwide 72 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Lisa Angus United States · #3,435,529 worldwide 165 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Providence Center

What are the most cited papers from Providence Center?

The most cited paper from Providence Center is "A whole-slide foundation model for digital pathology from real-world data" (Hanwen Xu et al., 2024), with 851 citations. Next come "Indications Contributing to the Increasing Cesarean Delivery Rate" (706) and "Simple measurement of femoral geometry predicts hip fracture: The study of osteoporotic fractures" (705).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A whole-slide foundation model for digital pathology from real-world data Hanwen Xu et al. · Nature Open access 22 May 2024 851
2 Indications Contributing to the Increasing Cesarean Delivery Rate Emma Longley Barber, Lisbet S. Lundsberg, Kathleen D. Belanger et al. · Obstetrics and Gynecology Open access 4 Jun 2011 706
3 Simple measurement of femoral geometry predicts hip fracture: The study of osteoporotic fractures Kenneth G. Faulkner, Steven Ron Cummings, Dennis M. Black et al. · Journal of Bone and Mineral Research Oct 1993 705
4 The Jacobian matrix and global univalence of mappings David Gale, Hukukane Nikaidô · Mathematische Annalen Apr 1965 678
5 Medicaid Increases Emergency-Department Use: Evidence from Oregon's Health Insurance Experiment Sarah L. Taubman, HEIDI L. ALLEN, Bill J. Wright et al. · Science Open access 3 Jan 2014 588
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Which keywords describe research at Providence Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Epidemiology, Maternal Mortality, Metabolic Syndrome, Inflammation, Genetics, Mental Health and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.4×29 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 3.4×14 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress4▲ 3.7×11 topics
  4. Mental Health4▲ 4.1×15 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  6. Health Effects3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  7. Maternal Mortality3▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Genetics3▲ 6.8×9 topics
  9. Public Health3▲ 3.1×9 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.5×14 topics
  11. Global Distribution2▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 15×3 topics
  13. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Fetal Development2▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Mortality2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  16. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 18×4 topics
  17. Perfluoroalkyl Substances2▲ 177×1 topic
  18. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds2▲ 177×1 topic
  19. Social Support2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  20. Heart Failure2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  21. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 78×1 topic
  22. Health2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  23. Maternal Obesity2▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Placental Development2▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Population Genetics2▲ 21×4 topics
  27. Preeclampsia2▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Chronic Disease2▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Anxiety2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  30. Genetic Variation2▲ 12×3 topics
  31. Genome-Wide Association2▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Thrombosis2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  33. Preterm Birth2▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 10×5 topics
  35. Early-Life Conditions1▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation1▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Fetal Programming1▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Left Ventricular Assist Device1▲ 44×1 topic
  39. Long-Term Care1▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 7.1×6 topics

Which research topics does Providence Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Birth, Development, and Health.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl…2Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 2 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Res…2Gestational Diabetes Research and Management: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…2Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksBirth, Development, and …1Birth, Development, and Health: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…1Asthma and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksPreterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health1COVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  2. 2 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  3. 3 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  4. 4 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Providence Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% 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 Providence Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Providence Center0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Providence Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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