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Providence Health & Services

In research, Providence Health & Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#728 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#696 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,773 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Immunology and Cancer Research (Oncology is 10.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,484
of 22,385 · #1,767 all time
Rank in United States
#430
of 3,332
Research works
5.7k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
175k
30.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Providence Health & Services

What is Providence Health & Services 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 #728 of 9,902 11.2%549 #698
MedicineField #696 of 8,541 11.4%505 #650
Life SciencesDomain #1,773 of 6,403 9.1%135 #1760
OncologySubfield #289 of 755 12.9%87 #305
SurgerySubfield #657 of 1,532 9.1%72 #523
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,329 of 2,964 7.8%72 #1584

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Providence Health & Services 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#698 #728
  2. Medicine#650 #696
  3. Life Sciences#1,760 #1,773
  4. Oncology#305 #289
  5. Surgery#523 #657
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,584 #1,329
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 Providence Health & Services work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Providence Health & Services is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 620 fractional works · 70.7% of its workMedicine: 568 fractional works · 64.7% of its workOncology: 98 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSurgery: 79 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 64 fractional works · 7.2% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeurology: 28 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 28 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 43 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 155 fractional works · 17.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 86 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCancer Research: 24 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 47 fractional works · 5.3% of its workImmunology: 44 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKProvidence Health& Services878fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences7%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine56864.7%
    2. Health Professions434.9%
    3. Nursing60.7%
    4. Dentistry30.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology869.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology475.3%
    3. Neuroscience182.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.2%
    1. Social Sciences263.0%
    2. Psychology182.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting50.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities40.5%
    6. Decision Sciences30.3%
    1. Engineering151.7%
    2. Computer Science131.5%
    3. Environmental Science60.7%
    4. Materials Science10.1%
    5. Chemistry10.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    7. Mathematics10.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Providence Health & Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 98.4 works10.0×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 44.3 works7.3×
  3. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 24.0 works6.3×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.83× its world share, 86 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.29× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 43 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.36× its world share, 568 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.29×47 works
  2. Medicine3.36×568 works
  3. Health Professions1.86×43 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.83×86 works
  5. Nursing1.34×6 works
  6. Neuroscience1.25×18 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×3 works
  8. Dentistry0.82×4 works
  9. Psychology0.68×18 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×7 works
  11. Veterinary0.35×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.33×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.24×26 works
  14. Computer Science0.19×13 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×5 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.16×4 works
  17. Environmental Science0.13×6 works
  18. Engineering0.11×15 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.08×1 works
  21. Energy0.06×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×2 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Providence Health & Services?

Ranked on the quality score, Bill J. Wright, Mansen Wang and Alison L. Christy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Providence Health & Services.

  1. 1 Bill J. Wright United States · #245,238 worldwide 6.1k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Mansen Wang United States · #658,083 worldwide 1.9k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Alison L. Christy United States · #1,804,927 worldwide 1k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 YingXing Wu United States · #1,951,172 worldwide 2.2k citations · 81 works
  5. 5 Mark W. Tomlinson United States · #2,074,040 worldwide 1.7k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 K. Bruce Bayley United States · #2,112,513 worldwide 803 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Sylvain Trepanier United States · #2,397,758 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Kari Tyne United States · #2,654,068 worldwide 1.4k citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Heather J. Martin United States · #2,696,106 worldwide 334 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Lauren Broffman United States · #2,714,023 worldwide 336 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Providence Health & Services

What are the most cited papers from Providence Health & Services?

The most cited paper from Providence Health & Services is "Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma" (Frank Stephen Hodi et al., 2010), with 15,337 citations. Next come "PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch-Repair Deficiency" (9,595) and "Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade" (6,813).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma Frank Stephen Hodi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Jun 2010 15,337
2 PD-1 Blockade in Tumors with Mismatch-Repair Deficiency Dung Thi Le et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 30 May 2015 9,595
3 Mismatch repair deficiency predicts response of solid tumors to PD-1 blockade Dung Thi Le et al. · Science Open access 27 Jul 2017 6,813
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma Cameron Brennan et al. · Cell Open access300 authors Oct 2013 5,261
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Providence Health & Services?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Epidemiology, Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Cancer Immunotherapy, Immune Checkpoint Blockade and PD-1 and PD-L1.

▲ 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. Epidemiology72▲ 2.1×104 topics
  2. Immunotherapy58▲ 9.2×17 topics
  3. Tumor Microenvironment42▲ 10×8 topics
  4. Inflammation37▲ 1.98×67 topics
  5. Chemotherapy37▲ 5.9×22 topics
  6. Radiotherapy34▲ 9.7×13 topics
  7. Quality of Life32▲ 2.5×39 topics
  8. Cancer Immunotherapy31▲ 23×3 topics
  9. Immune Checkpoint Blockade29▲ 29×1 topic
  10. PD-1 and PD-L129▲ 29×1 topic
  11. Cancer27▲ 2.3×39 topics
  12. Treatment26▲ 2.5×42 topics
  13. Risk Factors25▲ 2.6×28 topics
  14. Immunity25▲ 7.0×8 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines24▲ 4.9×14 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors23▲ 6.2×14 topics
  17. Clinical Trials23▲ 3.9×16 topics
  18. Survival Analysis23▲ 9.4×6 topics
  19. Innate Immunity22▲ 7.8×9 topics
  20. Diagnosis22▲ 2.6×33 topics
  21. Surgical Management21▲ 5.9×19 topics
  22. Biomarkers20▲ 3.3×13 topics
  23. Breast Cancer20▲ 9.2×11 topics
  24. Complications20▲ 4.6×16 topics
  25. Targeted Therapy20▲ 10×5 topics
  26. Antigen Presentation20▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy19▲ 8.9×5 topics
  28. Dendritic Cells18▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Tumor Antigen18▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Vaccine Adjuvants18▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Guidelines18▲ 4.2×13 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations17▲ 4.5×20 topics
  33. Heart Failure16▲ 4.1×11 topics
  34. Metastasis16▲ 5.3×11 topics
  35. Tumor Regression15▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Lymphoma15▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Leukemia13▲ 18×2 topics
  38. CAR T Cells13▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Chimeric Antigen Receptor13▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Molecular Subtypes12▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Providence Health & Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, CAR-T cell therapy research and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…29Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 29 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 18 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 13 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …9Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 9 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 7 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 6 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 6 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 6 fractional works
OncologyImmunologyCancer ResearchGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 29 works
  2. 2 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 18 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 13 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 9 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 9 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 9 works
  7. 7 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 7 works
  8. 8 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 6 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 6 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 6 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Providence Health & Services's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower 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 Providence Health & Services as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0033% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Providence Health & Services0.0033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Providence Health & Services 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%Providence Health & Services10.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 2012.

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