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Rothman Institute

In research, Rothman Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,156 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,308 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#334 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pathology and Forensic Medicine (Surgery is 19.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,041
of 22,385 · #2,325 all time
Rank in United States
#809
of 3,332
Research works
2.1k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
64k
30.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Rothman Institute

What is Rothman Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,156 of 9,902 13.0%333 #612
MedicineField #1,308 of 8,541 13.1%320 #759
SurgerySubfield #334 of 1,532 14.6%174 #200

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rothman Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#612 #1,156
  2. Medicine#759 #1,308
  3. Surgery#200 #334
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Rothman Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Rothman Institute is in Health Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (85%), Health Professions (3%), Engineering (2%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 380 fractional works · 88.3% of its workMedicine: 366 fractional works · 84.9% of its workSurgery: 199 fractional works · 46.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 27 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRothman Institute430fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences88%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine36684.9%
    2. Health Professions133.0%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance92.1%
    2. Social Sciences71.7%
    3. Psychology41.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    5. Decision Sciences20.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Engineering102.4%
    2. Computer Science20.6%
    3. Materials Science10.3%
    4. Energy10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
    7. Environmental Science00.0%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.3%
    2. Neuroscience20.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rothman Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 19.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 199.1 works20×
  2. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 27.3 works12×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.42× its world share, 366 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.42×366 works
  2. Health Professions1.14×13 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.96×9 works
  4. Veterinary0.83×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.43×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.35×2 works
  8. Psychology0.32×4 works
  9. Energy0.31×1 works
  10. Dentistry0.31×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×6 works
  12. Nursing0.23×0 works
  13. Engineering0.16×10 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.13×7 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.07×2 works
  19. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rothman Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Javad Parvizi, Timothy L. Tan and Karan Goswami lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rothman Institute.

  1. 1 Javad Parvizi United States · #13,678 worldwide 84k citations · 1,565 works
  2. 2 Timothy L. Tan United States · #85,165 worldwide 9.3k citations · 188 works
  3. 3 Karan Goswami United States · #96,901 worldwide 6.9k citations · 124 works
  4. 4 Mitchell Gil Maltenfort United States · #103,226 worldwide 14k citations · 346 works
  5. 5 William James Hozack United States · #113,476 worldwide 17k citations · 387 works
  6. 6 Michael M. Kheir United States · #119,690 worldwide 3.7k citations · 94 works
  7. 7 Richard H. Rothman United States · #144,826 worldwide 15k citations · 303 works
  8. 8 Matthew S. Austin United States · #147,244 worldwide 7.2k citations · 203 works
  9. 9 Yale A. Fillingham United States · #158,802 worldwide 5.6k citations · 194 works
  10. 10 Peter F. Sharkey United States · #171,109 worldwide 13k citations · 235 works
All ranked researchers at Rothman Institute

What are the most cited papers from Rothman Institute?

The most cited paper from Rothman Institute is "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017" (Sandra I. Berríos-Torres, Craig A. Umscheid, Dale W. Bratzler et al., 2017), with 3,599 citations. Next come "The 2018 Definition of Periprosthetic Hip and Knee Infection: An Evidence-Based and Validated Criteria" (2,166) and "New Definition for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: From the Workgroup of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society" (1,948).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 Sandra I. Berríos-Torres, Craig A. Umscheid, Dale W. Bratzler et al. · JAMA Surgery Open access 3 May 2017 3,599
2 The 2018 Definition of Periprosthetic Hip and Knee Infection: An Evidence-Based and Validated Criteria Javad Parvizi, Timothy L. Tan, Karan Goswami et al. · The Journal of Arthroplasty 26 Feb 2018 2,166
3 New Definition for Periprosthetic Joint Infection: From the Workgroup of the Musculoskeletal Infection Society Javad Parvizi, Benjamin M. Zmistowski, Elie F. Berbari et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Open access 21 Sep 2011 1,948
4 Economic Burden of Periprosthetic Joint Infection in the United States Steven Michael Kurtz, Edmund Lau, Heather N. Watson et al. · The Journal of Arthroplasty 2 May 2012 1,728
5 Periprosthetic Joint Infection: The Incidence, Timing, and Predisposing Factors Luis Fernando Pulido, Elie S Ghanem, Ashish Joshi et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Open access 17 Apr 2008 1,379
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rothman Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Degenerative Disc Disease, Arthroplasty, Rehabilitation and Spinal Fusion.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology72▲ 4.2×53 topics
  2. Complications52▲ 24×12 topics
  3. Revision Surgery51▲ 94×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement51▲ 94×2 topics
  5. Degenerative Disc Disease40▲ 96×2 topics
  6. Arthroplasty36▲ 86×2 topics
  7. Rehabilitation35▲ 20×9 topics
  8. Spinal Fusion34▲ 83×2 topics
  9. Patient Satisfaction34▲ 25×7 topics
  10. Health-related Quality of Life32▲ 32×3 topics
  11. Outcomes32▲ 89×1 topic
  12. Total Knee Replacement32▲ 108×1 topic
  13. Surgical Treatment30▲ 36×5 topics
  14. Surgical Management30▲ 17×11 topics
  15. Low Back Pain30▲ 40×4 topics
  16. Shoulder Function29▲ 79×2 topics
  17. Clinical Outcomes26▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Spinal Surgery25▲ 74×2 topics
  19. Intervertebral Disc24▲ 86×1 topic
  20. Lumbar Disc Degeneration24▲ 86×1 topic
  21. Biomechanics24▲ 18×7 topics
  22. Rotator Cuff Tears22▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Shoulder Pathology22▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Hip Arthroplasty20▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Wear Particles20▲ 77×1 topic
  26. Pain Management18▲ 18×9 topics
  27. Chronic Pain16▲ 17×4 topics
  28. Dysphagia15▲ 57×2 topics
  29. Anterior Cervical Discectomy15▲ 118×1 topic
  30. Cervical Spine Surgery15▲ 118×1 topic
  31. Mortality15▲ 6.2×7 topics
  32. Diagnostic Imaging15▲ 31×4 topics
  33. Postoperative Pain14▲ 35×3 topics
  34. Periprosthetic Joint Infection14▲ 78×1 topic
  35. Prosthetic Joint Infections14▲ 78×1 topic
  36. Distal Radius Fractures13▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Flexor Tendon Repair13▲ 58×1 topic
  38. Substance Use Disorders11▲ 35×2 topics
  39. Infection Prevention11▲ 29×3 topics
  40. Perioperative Care11▲ 21×3 topics

Which research topics does Rothman Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 32 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 24 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…22Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 22 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…20Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 20 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 15 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 14 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…13Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 13 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 10 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 10 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 10 fractional works
SurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 32 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 24 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 22 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 20 works
  5. 5 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 15 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 14 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 13 works
  8. 8 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  9. 9 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 10 works
  10. 10 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 10 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rothman Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Rothman Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Rothman Institute0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rothman Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025Rothman Institute8.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.2% in 2008.

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