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Rothman Orthopaedics

In research, Rothman Orthopaedics stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,041 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,221 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#267 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Surgery and Rehabilitation (Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 21.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,309
of 22,385 · #7,373 all time
Rank in United States
#724
of 3,332
Research works
891
▲ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Rothman Orthopaedics

What is Rothman Orthopaedics 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 #1,041 of 9,902 12.3%424 #1752
MedicineField #1,221 of 8,541 12.3%411 #1993
SurgerySubfield #267 of 1,532 13.9%229 #475

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rothman Orthopaedics 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#1,752 #1,041
  2. Medicine#1,993 #1,221
  3. Surgery#475 #267
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 Orthopaedics work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Rothman Orthopaedics is in Health Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (87%), Health Professions (2%), Engineering (2%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 469 fractional works · 89.7% of its workMedicine: 454 fractional works · 86.9% of its workSurgery: 252 fractional works · 48.1% of its workEpidemiology: 34 fractional works · 6.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 29 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 22 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRehabilitation: 21 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 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 workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRothmanOrthopaedics523fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences90%Social Sciences5%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine45486.9%
    2. Health Professions132.4%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences91.8%
    2. Decision Sciences61.1%
    3. Psychology61.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Engineering122.3%
    2. Computer Science10.2%
    3. Mathematics10.2%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Environmental Science00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology50.9%
    2. Neuroscience40.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rothman Orthopaedics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 21.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 29.3 works22×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 251.6 works21×
  3. RehabilitationSubfield · 21.2 works20×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 22.0 works8.1×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.52× its world share, 454 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.52×454 works
  2. Decision Sciences1.16×6 works
  3. Veterinary1.11×1 works
  4. Health Professions0.93×13 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×1 works
  6. Neuroscience0.42×4 works
  7. Psychology0.35×6 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.33×4 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.29×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.22×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.21×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×5 works
  13. Engineering0.16×12 works
  14. Nursing0.16×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.14×9 works
  16. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.03×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.03×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  23. Environmental Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rothman Orthopaedics?

Ranked on the quality score, Mohamad Y. Fares, Colin M. Baker and Peter Boufadel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rothman Orthopaedics.

  1. 1 Mohamad Y. Fares United States · #444,500 worldwide 5.1k citations · 150 works
  2. 2 Colin M. Baker United States · #492,138 worldwide 445 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Peter Boufadel United States · #559,531 worldwide 451 citations · 94 works
  4. 4 Ryan D. Lopez United States · #742,959 worldwide 296 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Eric Levicoff United States · #927,675 worldwide 999 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Brandon J. Erickson United States · #936,210 worldwide 8.6k citations · 384 works
  7. 7 Ocean V. Thakar United States · #992,154 worldwide 440 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Scot Andrew Brown United States · #1,046,185 worldwide 947 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Jonathan B. Ticker United States · #1,158,629 worldwide 1.8k citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Bryson R. Kemler United States · #1,209,427 worldwide 715 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Rothman Orthopaedics

What are the most cited papers from Rothman Orthopaedics?

The most cited paper from Rothman Orthopaedics is "Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation" (James N. Weinstein, Jon D. Lurie, Tor Devin Tosteson et al., 2006), with 769 citations. Next come "Propensity Score Matching" (613) and "The influence of timing of surgical decompression for acute spinal cord injury: a pooled analysis of individual patient data" (406).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Surgical vs Nonoperative Treatment for Lumbar Disk Herniation James N. Weinstein, Jon D. Lurie, Tor Devin Tosteson et al. · JAMA Open access 21 Nov 2006 769
2 Propensity Score Matching Liam T. Kane, Taolin Fang, Matthew Steven Galetta et al. · Clinical Spine Surgery A Spine Publication 3 Jan 2020 613
3 The influence of timing of surgical decompression for acute spinal cord injury: a pooled analysis of individual patient data Jetan H. Badhiwala, Jefferson R. Wilson, Christopher D. Witiw et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 21 Dec 2020 406
4 The 2019 Revised Version of Association Research Circulation Osseous Staging System of Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head Byung‐Ho Yoon et al. · The Journal of Arthroplasty 26 Nov 2019 339
5 The structure of psychopathology in adolescence and its common personality and cognitive correlates. Natalie Castellanos‐Ryan et al. · Journal of Abnormal Psychology Open access Nov 2016 319
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rothman Orthopaedics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Rehabilitation, Shoulder Function, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Surgical Management and Rotator Cuff Tears.

▲ 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. Epidemiology103▲ 4.9×53 topics
  2. Complications69▲ 27×13 topics
  3. Rehabilitation63▲ 30×10 topics
  4. Shoulder Function60▲ 133×2 topics
  5. Revision Surgery57▲ 86×2 topics
  6. Total Hip Replacement57▲ 86×2 topics
  7. Surgical Management48▲ 23×12 topics
  8. Rotator Cuff Tears47▲ 143×1 topic
  9. Shoulder Pathology47▲ 143×1 topic
  10. Arthroplasty42▲ 82×2 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction38▲ 23×7 topics
  12. Health-related Quality of Life35▲ 29×4 topics
  13. Outcomes35▲ 81×1 topic
  14. Total Knee Replacement35▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Degenerative Disc Disease34▲ 68×2 topics
  16. Biomechanics31▲ 19×6 topics
  17. Spinal Fusion28▲ 56×2 topics
  18. Low Back Pain27▲ 31×4 topics
  19. Surgical Treatment25▲ 25×6 topics
  20. Acromioclavicular Joint24▲ 190×1 topic
  21. Clavicle Fractures24▲ 190×1 topic
  22. Risk Factors23▲ 4.0×14 topics
  23. Hip Arthroplasty22▲ 72×1 topic
  24. Wear Particles22▲ 72×1 topic
  25. Distal Radius Fractures22▲ 83×1 topic
  26. Flexor Tendon Repair22▲ 83×1 topic
  27. Clinical Outcomes22▲ 19×5 topics
  28. Diagnostic Imaging20▲ 34×4 topics
  29. Intervertebral Disc20▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Lumbar Disc Degeneration20▲ 58×1 topic
  31. Pain Management20▲ 16×9 topics
  32. Periprosthetic Joint Infection19▲ 91×1 topic
  33. Prosthetic Joint Infections19▲ 91×1 topic
  34. Elbow Injuries18▲ 160×1 topic
  35. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction18▲ 160×1 topic
  36. Chronic Pain17▲ 15×5 topics
  37. Infection Prevention16▲ 34×3 topics
  38. Regeneration15▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Dysphagia14▲ 44×2 topics
  40. Anterior Cervical Discectomy14▲ 91×1 topic

Which research topics does Rothman Orthopaedics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 47 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 35 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 24 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 22 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 22 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 20 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…19Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 19 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 18 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 14 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 13 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyPathology and Forensic MedicineRehabilitation

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 47 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 35 works
  3. 3 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 24 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 22 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 22 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 20 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 19 works
  8. 8 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 18 works
  9. 9 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 14 works
  10. 10 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 13 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 available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rothman Orthopaedics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Rothman Orthopaedics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Rothman Orthopaedics0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rothman Orthopaedics 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 counting10%20%Rothman Orthopaedics12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 2020.

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