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Rhode Island Hospital

In research, Rhode Island Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,006 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,524 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,882 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine — Neurology is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,392
of 28,054 · #2,844 all time
Rank in United States
#735
of 4,192
Research works
6.8k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
241k
35.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Rhode Island 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
MedicineField #2,006 of 10,443 14.7%451 #778
Health SciencesDomain #2,524 of 11,982 14.6%485 #892
Life SciencesDomain #2,882 of 7,800 17.9%104 #1456
SurgerySubfield #1,235 of 1,816 14.4%66 #644
Social SciencesDomain #7,309 of 10,521 23.6%68 #4528

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rhode Island 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#778 #2,006
  2. Health Sciences#892 #2,524
  3. Life Sciences#1,456 #2,882
  4. Surgery#644 #1,235
  5. Social Sciences#4,528 #7,309
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Rhode Island Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 23.9 works6.1×
  2. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 20.8 works5.8×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.62× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.80× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.86× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.44× its world share, 451 worksMedicineNursing: 1.58× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rhode Island Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, David O. Williams, Damian E. Dupuy and Barry L. Sharaf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rhode Island Hospital.

  1. 1 David O. Williams United States · #22,391 worldwide 459 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Damian E. Dupuy United States · #34,487 worldwide 291 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Barry L. Sharaf United States · #38,118 worldwide 446 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Leonard A. Mermel United States · #44,205 worldwide 803 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 W. Curt LaFrance United States · #65,008 worldwide 277 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Melvin Tefft United States · #102,307 worldwide 192 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Jason T. Machan United States · #115,490 worldwide 222 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 José Behar United States · #117,638 worldwide 193 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 David A. Bereiter United States · #126,167 worldwide 136 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 James H. Herndon United States · #146,590 worldwide 105 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Rhode Island Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Rhode Island Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Treatment, Chronic Kidney Disease, Cancer, Neuroprotection and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology75▲ 2.8×107 topics
  2. Inflammation54▲ 3.8×70 topics
  3. Risk Factors30▲ 4.1×30 topics
  4. Treatment27▲ 3.2×39 topics
  5. Cancer26▲ 2.9×45 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress23▲ 2.1×39 topics
  7. Diagnosis22▲ 3.5×36 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 2.8×31 topics
  9. Mental Health21▲ 2.1×29 topics
  10. Quality of Life21▲ 2.1×36 topics
  11. Biomarkers19▲ 4.1×16 topics
  12. Chronic Kidney Disease17▲ 10×8 topics
  13. Heart Failure17▲ 5.8×11 topics
  14. Management17▲ 3.1×24 topics
  15. Immunotherapy17▲ 3.4×18 topics
  16. Neuroprotection16▲ 6.7×13 topics
  17. Mortality16▲ 4.0×11 topics
  18. Obesity16▲ 3.0×20 topics
  19. Complications15▲ 4.5×16 topics
  20. Depression15▲ 2.5×21 topics
  21. Radiotherapy15▲ 5.7×12 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors15▲ 5.0×14 topics
  23. Chemotherapy14▲ 3.0×21 topics
  24. Global Burden14▲ 3.9×12 topics
  25. Echocardiography14▲ 7.6×8 topics
  26. Clinical Outcomes13▲ 8.7×6 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction12▲ 7.9×8 topics
  28. Surgical Management12▲ 4.4×18 topics
  29. Guidelines12▲ 3.9×12 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations12▲ 4.0×21 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 5.8×9 topics
  32. Pathophysiology12▲ 5.7×11 topics
  33. Mortality Risk10▲ 6.0×6 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction10▲ 6.1×7 topics
  35. Neuroinflammation10▲ 5.1×6 topics
  36. Substance Use Disorders9▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Sepsis9▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. Biogenesis8▲ 7.0×3 topics
  39. Revascularization8▲ 7.8×3 topics
  40. Degenerative Disc Disease8▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Rhode Island Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Dialysis and Renal Disease Management and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…6Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 6 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…6Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 6 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 6 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…6Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 6 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…5Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 5 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 5 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …5Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNephrologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health6 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 6 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 5 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 5 works
  8. 8 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rhode Island Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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.

Other research institutions in Providence

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.