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Rush University

In research, Rush University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,250 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,243 of 8,541 worldwide) and Surgery (#595 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health (Psychiatry and Mental health is 7.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,467
of 22,385 · #2,309 all time
Rank in United States
#525
of 3,332
Research works
5.2k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
146k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Rush University

What is Rush University 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 #1,250 of 9,902 10.2%652 #1321
MedicineField #1,243 of 8,541 10.6%556 #1290
SurgerySubfield #595 of 1,532 13.0%105 #636
Life SciencesDomain #2,534 of 6,403 11.0%94 #1617
Health ProfessionsField #751 of 1,895 8.3%81 #808
Social SciencesDomain #5,414 of 9,585 9.7%132 #3832

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rush University 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#1,321 #1,250
  2. Medicine#1,290 #1,243
  3. Surgery#636 #595
  4. Life Sciences#1,617 #2,534
  5. Health Professions#808 #751
  6. Social Sciences#3,832 #5,414
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 Rush University work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Rush University is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Health Professions (9%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 739 fractional works · 70.5% of its workMedicine: 630 fractional works · 60.1% of its workSurgery: 120 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 57 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 54 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 40 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 38 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 36 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 30 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 91 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 148 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 62 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 61 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 33 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 109 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 40 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 52 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRush University1,048fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences14%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine63060.1%
    2. Health Professions918.7%
    3. Nursing151.5%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences625.9%
    2. Psychology615.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance111.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities50.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting50.5%
    6. Decision Sciences30.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology504.7%
    2. Neuroscience403.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology111.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    1. Engineering252.3%
    2. Environmental Science121.1%
    3. Computer Science111.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    5. Mathematics10.1%
    6. Chemistry10.1%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Rush University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 40.4 works7.7×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.36× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.31× its world share, 92 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.13× its world share, 630 worksMedicineNursing: 3.00× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.91× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 62 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.31×92 works
  2. Medicine3.13×630 works
  3. Nursing3.00×15 works
  4. Neuroscience2.36×40 works
  5. Psychology1.91×61 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×11 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.89×50 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.49×11 works
  9. Social Sciences0.47×62 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×2 works
  11. Veterinary0.38×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.34×3 works
  13. Dentistry0.29×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.22×12 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.18×6 works
  16. Engineering0.16×25 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×5 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×6 works
  19. Computer Science0.13×11 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.12×0 works
  21. Mathematics0.10×1 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.07×2 works
  23. Chemistry0.06×1 works
  24. Energy0.04×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×1 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rush University?

Ranked on the quality score, Lynne T. Braun, David A. A Bennett and Shawna L Strickland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rush University.

  1. 1 Lynne T. Braun United States · #126,762 worldwide 28k citations · 160 works
  2. 2 David A. A Bennett United States · #404,598 worldwide 3.2k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Shawna L Strickland United States · #476,603 worldwide 1k citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Eduardo Rı́os United States · #566,080 worldwide 11k citations · 213 works
  5. 5 Lauren M Little United States · #632,430 worldwide 3.2k citations · 140 works
  6. 6 Samuel F. Hohmann United States · #649,178 worldwide 4.8k citations · 166 works
  7. 7 Sarah L. Livesay United States · #660,922 worldwide 1.4k citations · 123 works
  8. 8 Thomas R. Shannon United States · #699,630 worldwide 5.1k citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Jie Li United States · #700,855 worldwide 7.7k citations · 540 works
  10. 10 Wrenetha A. Julion United States · #777,953 worldwide 2.1k citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at Rush University

What are the most cited papers from Rush University?

The most cited paper from Rush University is "Definitions for Sepsis and Organ Failure and Guidelines for the Use of Innovative Therapies in Sepsis" (Roger C. Bone, ROBERT A. BALK, Frank B. Cerra et al., 1992), with 13,306 citations. Next come "NIA‐AA Research Framework: Toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease" (10,885) and "Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies" (5,092).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Definitions for Sepsis and Organ Failure and Guidelines for the Use of Innovative Therapies in Sepsis Roger C. Bone, ROBERT A. BALK, Frank B. Cerra et al. · CHEST Journal Open access Jun 1992 13,306
2 NIA‐AA Research Framework: Toward a biological definition of Alzheimer's disease Clifford R. Jack et al. · Alzheimer s & Dementia Open access Apr 2018 10,885
3 Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies Ian Grant McKeith et al. · Neurology 27 Dec 2005 5,092
4 Microbial translocation is a cause of systemic immune activation in chronic HIV infection Jason M. Brenchley, David Anthony Price, Timothy W. Schacker et al. · Nature Medicine 19 Nov 2006 3,596
5 Alzheimer disease in the United States (2010–2050) estimated using the 2010 census Liesi E. Hebert, Jennifer Weuve, Paul A. Scherr et al. · Neurology Open access 7 Feb 2013 2,721
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rush University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Public Health, Inflammation, Aging, Complications, Alzheimer's Disease and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology110▲ 2.6×103 topics
  2. Inflammation62▲ 2.8×64 topics
  3. Quality of Life57▲ 3.8×47 topics
  4. Public Health56▲ 3.7×36 topics
  5. Mental Health39▲ 2.6×26 topics
  6. Aging39▲ 6.8×14 topics
  7. Risk Factors36▲ 3.1×28 topics
  8. Complications35▲ 6.8×17 topics
  9. Biomarkers32▲ 4.5×15 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease30▲ 2.5×29 topics
  11. Alzheimer's Disease29▲ 10×6 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction29▲ 8.8×9 topics
  13. Neuroimaging28▲ 9.6×10 topics
  14. Treatment27▲ 2.1×42 topics
  15. Cognitive Decline27▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Rehabilitation27▲ 6.4×12 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life25▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Social Support24▲ 4.2×15 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome24▲ 2.8×20 topics
  20. Caregiver Burden24▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Clinical Outcomes23▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Cognitive Training23▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Dementia22▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Mild Cognitive Impairment22▲ 25×1 topic
  25. Revision Surgery22▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Total Hip Replacement22▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Degenerative Disc Disease21▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Primary Care19▲ 4.9×13 topics
  29. Low Back Pain18▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Health Disparities18▲ 6.6×7 topics
  31. Arthroplasty18▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Neurodegeneration17▲ 5.3×10 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment17▲ 8.4×5 topics
  34. Outcomes17▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Spinal Fusion17▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Total Knee Replacement17▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Shoulder Function17▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Osteoarthritis16▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Regeneration16▲ 7.5×6 topics
  40. Spinal Surgery14▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Rush University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 22 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 17 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…14Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 14 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…14Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 14 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 11 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 10 fractional worksOccupational Therapy Pra…8Occupational Therapy Practice and Research: 8 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 8 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 8 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthSurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 22 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 17 works
  3. 3 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 14 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 14 works
  5. 5 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 11 works
  6. 6 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 10 works
  7. 7 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 8 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  9. 9 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 8 works
  10. 10 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 8 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 available32.9%not open67.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rush University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher 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 Rush University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0038% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Rush University0.0036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rush University 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%Rush University11.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.2% in 1995.

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