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Providence Portland Medical Center

In research, Providence Portland Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,871 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,958 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Oncology and Immunology and Microbiology — Immunology is 23.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,384
of 28,054 · #5,143 all time
Rank in United States
#733
of 4,192
Research works
806
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
31.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Providence Portland Medical Center 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 #3,871 of 10,443 15.2%104 #4106
Health SciencesDomain #4,958 of 11,982 15.0%110 #4186

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Providence Portland Medical 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Providence Portland Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 23.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 28.0 works23×
  2. OncologySubfield · 44.0 works23×
  3. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 28.9 works17×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.56× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 16.52× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.11× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 16.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Providence Portland Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Walter J. Urba, R. Bryan Bell and Bernard A. Fox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Providence Portland Medical Center.

  1. 1 Walter J. Urba United States · #6,943 worldwide 1.4k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 R. Bryan Bell United States · #40,509 worldwide 236 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Bernard A. Fox United States · #57,595 worldwide 313 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 Andrew D. Weinberg United States · #73,556 worldwide 315 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Michael J. Gough United States · #81,791 worldwide 216 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 David N. Gilbert United States · #91,233 worldwide 179 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 John E. Godwin United States · #148,928 worldwide 177 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Eric Tran United States · #160,709 worldwide 109 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Marka R. Crittenden United States · #189,233 worldwide 171 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 John W. Smith United States · #195,216 worldwide 133 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Providence Portland Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Providence Portland Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tumor Microenvironment, Cancer Immunotherapy, Immune Checkpoint Blockade, PD-1 and PD-L1, Immunotherapy, Immunity, Antigen Presentation and Innate Immunity.

▲ 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. Tumor Microenvironment24▲ 31×8 topics
  2. Cancer Immunotherapy23▲ 85×3 topics
  3. Immune Checkpoint Blockade20▲ 103×1 topic
  4. PD-1 and PD-L120▲ 103×1 topic
  5. Immunotherapy18▲ 15×15 topics
  6. Immunity16▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Antigen Presentation14▲ 94×2 topics
  8. Innate Immunity14▲ 26×5 topics
  9. Dendritic Cells13▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Tumor Antigen13▲ 122×1 topic
  11. Vaccine Adjuvants13▲ 122×1 topic
  12. Chemotherapy12▲ 9.7×17 topics
  13. Tumor Regression11▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Lymphoma10▲ 35×3 topics
  15. Epidemiology10▲ 1.40×42 topics
  16. Leukemia9▲ 63×2 topics
  17. CAR T Cells9▲ 72×1 topic
  18. Chimeric Antigen Receptor9▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Targeted Therapy8▲ 21×5 topics
  20. Cancer8▲ 3.3×23 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors8▲ 9.9×13 topics
  22. Inflammation7▲ 1.98×28 topics
  23. NK Cell Recognition6▲ 53×1 topic
  24. Natural Killer Cells6▲ 53×1 topic
  25. Radiotherapy6▲ 8.8×12 topics
  26. Precision Medicine5▲ 6.3×4 topics
  27. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.0×7 topics
  28. Cancer Therapy4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  29. Surgical Management4▲ 6.0×10 topics
  30. Genomic Instability4▲ 21×3 topics
  31. Breast Cancer4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  32. Cell-Free DNA4▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Cancer Genomics4▲ 28×1 topic
  34. Cetuximab4▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Gene Therapy4▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Monoclonal Antibodies4▲ 23×3 topics
  37. Mutational Signatures4▲ 28×1 topic
  38. PET Imaging4▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  40. Tumor Targeting3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Providence Portland Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, CAR-T cell therapy research and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…20Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 20 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 13 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 9 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 6 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…4Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 3 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 3 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional works
OncologyImmunologyCancer ResearchRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 20 works
  2. 2 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 13 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 9 works
  4. 4 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 6 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 4 works
  6. 6 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  7. 7 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 3 works
  8. 8 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 2 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available39.0%not open61.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.1%domestic only82.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Providence Portland Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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