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Rush University Medical Center

In research, Rush University Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#209 of 10,443 worldwide), Surgery (#38 of 1,816 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#264 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery, Psychiatry and Mental health and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine — Surgery is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,437
of 28,054 · #970 all time
Rank in United States
#232
of 4,192
Research works
23k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
732k
32.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Rush University Medical Center 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 #209 of 10,443 15.4%2,606 #163
SurgerySubfield #38 of 1,816 18.5%731 #48
Health SciencesDomain #264 of 11,982 15.7%2,801 #179
Life SciencesDomain #922 of 7,800 17.1%410 #571
Social SciencesDomain #1,979 of 10,521 20.6%294 #827
PsychologyField #416 of 2,181 18.5%138 #226
Health ProfessionsField #439 of 1,928 19.3%163 #326
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #57 of 243 20.0%119 #49
PhysiologySubfield #134 of 548 22.0%109 #142
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,158 of 3,579 16.2%216 #920

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

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#163 #209
  2. Surgery#48 #38
  3. Health Sciences#179 #264
  4. Life Sciences#571 #922
  5. Social Sciences#827 #1,979
  6. Psychology#226 #416
  7. Health Professions#326 #439
  8. Psychiatry and Mental health#49 #57
  9. Physiology#142 #134
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#920 #1,158
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 Rush University Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 730.9 works8.6×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 119.5 works6.6×
  3. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 58.9 works6.3×
  4. RheumatologySubfield · 100.0 works6.0×
  5. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 106.3 works5.6×
  6. NeurologySubfield · 107.6 works5.2×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 216 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.32× its world share, 48 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.18× its world share, 129 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 70 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 163 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 2,606 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 138 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 110 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rush University Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Julie A. Schneider, Robert A. Weinstein and Roger C. Bone lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rush University Medical Center.

  1. 1 Julie A. Schneider United States · #1,873 worldwide 1.6k citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Robert A. Weinstein United States · #2,199 worldwide 916 citations · 127 works
  3. 3 Roger C. Bone United States · #3,179 worldwide 636 citations · 85 works
  4. 4 David A. Bennett United States · #4,339 worldwide 3k citations · 267 works
  5. 5 Jeffrey A. Borgia United States · #9,914 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Jessica Jacobson United States · #14,845 worldwide 828 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Elliott J. Mufson United States · #15,589 worldwide 589 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Ziyad M. Hijazi United States · #17,774 worldwide 617 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Mary J. Fidler United States · #18,404 worldwide 746 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Richard A. Berger United States · #19,251 worldwide 522 citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at Rush University Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Rush University Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Rehabilitation, Inflammation, Patient Satisfaction and Degenerative Disc Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology474▲ 3.3×124 topics
  2. Inflammation196▲ 2.6×76 topics
  3. Complications173▲ 9.5×17 topics
  4. Revision Surgery152▲ 33×2 topics
  5. Total Hip Replacement152▲ 33×2 topics
  6. Treatment134▲ 3.0×46 topics
  7. Quality of Life129▲ 2.5×52 topics
  8. Risk Factors122▲ 3.1×35 topics
  9. Rehabilitation120▲ 8.4×13 topics
  10. Degenerative Disc Disease104▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Patient Satisfaction104▲ 9.1×9 topics
  12. Surgical Management104▲ 6.9×20 topics
  13. Diagnosis101▲ 3.0×39 topics
  14. Aging100▲ 5.1×17 topics
  15. Biomarkers98▲ 4.0×16 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes92▲ 12×6 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life92▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Osteoarthritis92▲ 20×6 topics
  19. Arthroplasty89▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Low Back Pain87▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Shoulder Function85▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Neuroimaging84▲ 8.6×11 topics
  23. Surgical Treatment84▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Spinal Fusion83▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Outcomes81▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Total Knee Replacement81▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Alzheimer's Disease76▲ 7.4×9 topics
  28. Rotator Cuff Tears73▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Shoulder Pathology73▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Neurodegeneration72▲ 6.6×9 topics
  31. Hip Arthroplasty70▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Wear Particles70▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Neuroinflammation70▲ 6.8×6 topics
  34. Biomechanics69▲ 6.2×10 topics
  35. Spinal Surgery68▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Intervertebral Disc65▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Lumbar Disc Degeneration65▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Cognitive Decline63▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Cognitive Training62▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Caregiver Burden61▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Rush University Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …81Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 81 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…73Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 73 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…70Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 70 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…65Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 65 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 60 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 55 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…42Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 42 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 38 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 36 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 30 fractional works
SurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthRheumatology1 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 81 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 73 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 70 works
  4. 4 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 65 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 60 works
  6. 6 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 55 works
  7. 7 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 42 works
  8. 8 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 38 works
  9. 9 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 36 works
  10. 10 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 30 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 available32.7%not open67.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rush University Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.

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