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Reading Hospital

In research, Reading Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,554 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,351 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 10.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,766
of 28,054 · #11,254 all time
Rank in United States
#1,919
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Reading Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,554 of 11,982 2.9%307 #4448
MedicineField #7,351 of 10,443 2.2%284 #4496

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Reading Hospital 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 Reading Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 10.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 41.1 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.05× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 284 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Reading Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David Sacks, Rashmi Dhital and Anthony A. Donato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Reading Hospital.

  1. 1 David Sacks United States · #243,551 worldwide 160 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Rashmi Dhital United States · #787,260 worldwide 21 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Anthony A. Donato United States · #788,295 worldwide 50 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Dilli Ram Poudel United States · #830,451 worldwide 36 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Peter F. Schnatz United States · #856,273 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Asad Jehangir United States · #1,342,183 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Aniruddha Singh United States · #1,449,201 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Parth Desai United States · #1,455,025 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Sijan Basnet United States · #1,559,498 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Reading Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Reading Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Genetic Mutations, Management and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology49▲ 3.4×89 topics
  2. Treatment23▲ 5.1×29 topics
  3. Diagnosis22▲ 6.5×29 topics
  4. Inflammation16▲ 2.0×37 topics
  5. Management14▲ 4.7×20 topics
  6. Echocardiography13▲ 13×7 topics
  7. Heart Failure13▲ 7.9×11 topics
  8. Risk Factors12▲ 3.0×19 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations12▲ 7.6×13 topics
  10. Complications12▲ 6.5×15 topics
  11. Guidelines12▲ 6.7×10 topics
  12. Public Health11▲ 2.1×26 topics
  13. Surgical Management11▲ 7.4×15 topics
  14. Myocardial Infarction10▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.4×24 topics
  16. Surgery10▲ 7.5×10 topics
  17. Mortality9▲ 4.0×13 topics
  18. Neuroprotection8▲ 6.0×10 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.6×11 topics
  20. Prognosis7▲ 6.0×9 topics
  21. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Pathogenesis7▲ 3.7×14 topics
  23. Quality Improvement7▲ 9.5×7 topics
  24. Catheter Ablation7▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  26. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 5.5×9 topics
  27. Pathophysiology6▲ 5.6×7 topics
  28. Autoantibodies6▲ 6.9×8 topics
  29. Imaging6▲ 6.2×5 topics
  30. Arrhythmias6▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 6.3×7 topics
  33. Pregnancy5▲ 7.1×8 topics
  34. Sudden Death5▲ 34×2 topics
  35. Sudden Cardiac Death5▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Cardiomyopathy5▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Dilated Cardiomyopathy5▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Coronary Artery Disease5▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Reading Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…4Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…4Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…4Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and M…3Healthcare Quality and Management: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 3 fractional worksAdrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  8. 8 Healthcare Quality and Management Health Information Management 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors Surgery 3 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Reading Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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