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Roger Williams Medical Center

In research, Roger Williams Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,673 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,045 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,460 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,175
of 28,054 · #14,776 all time
Rank in United States
#4,087
of 4,192
Research works
1k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
30.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Roger Williams Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #6,673 of 17,978 14.5%687
Health SciencesDomain #8,045 of 20,462 14.5%717
Life SciencesDomain #6,460 of 14,347 13.5%249
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #6,942 of 7,814 12.3%148

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

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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.62× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 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 Roger Williams Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Marshall E. Kadin, N. Joseph Espat and Gerald J. Elfenbein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Roger Williams Medical Center.

  1. 1 Marshall E. Kadin United States · #53,552 worldwide 290 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 N. Joseph Espat United States · #398,206 worldwide 66 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Gerald J. Elfenbein United States · #532,635 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Ponnandai Somasundar United States · #949,852 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Robert Lev United States · #991,236 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 LuGuang Luo United States · #1,046,408 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Gerald A. Colvin United States · #1,169,620 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Alan B. Weitberg United States · #1,247,557 worldwide 38 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Ritesh Rathore United States · #1,287,000 worldwide 30 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Ting C. Zhao United States · #1,501,006 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Roger Williams Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Roger Williams Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Tumor Microenvironment, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.1×29 topics
  2. Immunotherapy6▲ 12×13 topics
  3. Chemotherapy6▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Inflammation5▲ 3.4×23 topics
  5. Diagnosis4▲ 6.2×15 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors4▲ 12×11 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 9.5×8 topics
  8. Treatment4▲ 4.3×13 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 21×4 topics
  11. Pancreatic Cancer3▲ 40×3 topics
  12. Radiotherapy3▲ 11×7 topics
  13. Gemcitabine3▲ 53×1 topic
  14. Medical Education3▲ 15×3 topics
  15. Surgical Complications3▲ 47×1 topic
  16. Management3▲ 4.7×9 topics
  17. Risk Factors3▲ 3.2×8 topics
  18. Aging2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  19. Surgical Management2▲ 7.7×9 topics
  20. Rituximab2▲ 20×4 topics
  21. Survival Analysis2▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Cancer Treatment2▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Guidelines2▲ 5.7×7 topics
  26. Lymphoma2▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Mortality Risk2▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  29. Elderly Patients2▲ 14×4 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.3×8 topics
  31. Global Access2▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Health Economics2▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Radiofrequency Ablation2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Adjuvant Therapy1▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Frailty1▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Gastric Cancer1▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Geriatric Assessment1▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Liver Cancer1▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Molecular Characterization1▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Sorafenib1▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Roger Williams Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Frailty in Older Adults.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…3Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksAdvances in Oncology and Radiotherapy: 2 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…1Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 1 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional works
OncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHepatologyGeriatrics and Gerontology4 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 1 works
  4. 4 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  5. 5 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 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 available21.6%not open78.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Roger Williams Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower 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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