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Regional Medical Center

In research, Regional Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,501 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,855 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,316
of 28,054 · #15,445 all time
Rank in United States
#2,483
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 240% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Regional 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,501 of 11,982 5.4%184 #4912
MedicineField #6,855 of 10,443 5.5%171 #5319

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Regional 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 Regional Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.7 works5.1×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 171 worksMedicineNursing: 2.24× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Regional Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark McKenney, David M Hill and Adel Elkbuli lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Regional Medical Center.

  1. 1 Mark McKenney United States · #278,007 worldwide 107 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 David M Hill United States · #410,217 worldwide 35 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Adel Elkbuli United States · #432,534 worldwide 86 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Regional Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Regional Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Resuscitation 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. Epidemiology33▲ 3.5×87 topics
  2. Treatment16▲ 5.7×33 topics
  3. Diagnosis16▲ 7.2×28 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 2.5×33 topics
  5. Risk Factors12▲ 4.6×23 topics
  6. Management12▲ 6.3×25 topics
  7. Complications8▲ 6.9×15 topics
  8. Pathophysiology8▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Resuscitation8▲ 25×4 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance8▲ 8.4×10 topics
  11. Guidelines8▲ 6.8×11 topics
  12. Diabetes7▲ 6.2×9 topics
  13. Quality of Life7▲ 2.1×29 topics
  14. Critical Care7▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  16. Sepsis6▲ 16×6 topics
  17. Pain Management6▲ 11×6 topics
  18. Wound Healing6▲ 9.8×6 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.6×14 topics
  20. Angiogenesis6▲ 7.6×7 topics
  21. Mortality6▲ 4.3×10 topics
  22. Prognosis5▲ 6.7×8 topics
  23. Surgery5▲ 6.1×10 topics
  24. Macrophages5▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Neuroprotection5▲ 5.9×8 topics
  26. Regeneration5▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Surgical Management5▲ 5.0×17 topics
  28. Growth Factors5▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Chronic Wounds5▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Echocardiography5▲ 7.1×8 topics
  31. Fibroblasts5▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Heart Failure5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  33. Prophylaxis5▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Psychological Impact5▲ 5.8×4 topics
  35. Thrombosis4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  36. Deep Vein Thrombosis4▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Burn Injury4▲ 95×1 topic
  39. Burn Wound Infections4▲ 95×1 topic
  40. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 7.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Regional Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wound Healing and Treatments, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management.

Wound Healing and Treatments: 5 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 2 fractional worksTrauma Management and Di…2Trauma Management and Diagnosis: 2 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional works
RehabilitationEpidemiologyEmergency MedicineInternal Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 5 works
  2. 2 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available39.3%not open60.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Regional Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 240% 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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