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S.P.E.C.I.E.S.

In research, S.P.E.C.I.E.S. stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,549 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,464 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,401 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Complementary and alternative medicine, Rheumatology and Neurology — Complementary and alternative medicine is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,429
of 28,054 · #7,071 all time
Rank in United States
#745
of 4,192
Research works
3.7k
▲ 384% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is S.P.E.C.I.E.S. 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,549 of 11,982 10.3%818 #2193
MedicineField #1,464 of 10,443 9.8%773 #1889
Life SciencesDomain #3,401 of 7,800 8.6%173 #5442
SurgerySubfield #1,177 of 1,816 7.7%129 #683
Social SciencesDomain #8,846 of 10,521 14.7%85 #6918
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,028 of 1,144 7.3%76 #2073
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,333 of 3,579 7.4%102 #6207

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where S.P.E.C.I.E.S. 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. Health Sciences#2,193 #1,549
  2. Medicine#1,889 #1,464
  3. Life Sciences#5,442 #3,401
  4. Surgery#683 #1,177
  5. Social Sciences#6,918 #8,846
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#2,073 #1,028
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,207 #3,333
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 S.P.E.C.I.E.S. specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Complementary and alternative medicine takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Complementary and alternative medicineSubfield · 23.3 works7.0×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 26.9 works5.2×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 32.4 works5.0×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 129.3 works4.9×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.69× its world share, 102 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.24× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.42× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.27× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.39× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.02× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 773 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at S.P.E.C.I.E.S.?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas North, E. W. Maunder and Anthony J. Giordano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is S.P.E.C.I.E.S..

  1. 1 Thomas North United States · #520,526 worldwide 1 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 E. W. Maunder United States · #695,530 worldwide 19 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Anthony J. Giordano United States · #1,425,466 worldwide 34 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Sócrates Georges Petrakis United States · #1,633,741 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at S.P.E.C.I.E.S.

Which keywords describe research at S.P.E.C.I.E.S.?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cancer, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology136▲ 3.0×118 topics
  2. Inflammation92▲ 3.9×80 topics
  3. Cancer61▲ 4.0×48 topics
  4. Treatment50▲ 3.6×47 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress47▲ 2.6×55 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease46▲ 3.7×37 topics
  7. Diagnosis42▲ 4.0×39 topics
  8. Chemotherapy41▲ 5.2×24 topics
  9. Management39▲ 4.3×28 topics
  10. Quality of Life37▲ 2.3×43 topics
  11. Risk Factors35▲ 2.8×33 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome33▲ 3.6×24 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines32▲ 5.2×14 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment31▲ 6.1×8 topics
  15. Clinical Trials28▲ 3.7×18 topics
  16. Complications26▲ 4.7×16 topics
  17. Guidelines26▲ 5.0×12 topics
  18. Biomarkers24▲ 3.1×17 topics
  19. Depression24▲ 2.4×24 topics
  20. Immunotherapy23▲ 2.8×18 topics
  21. Surgical Management22▲ 4.8×20 topics
  22. Immune Response22▲ 3.5×21 topics
  23. Gene Expression22▲ 3.2×12 topics
  24. Mortality22▲ 3.3×13 topics
  25. Global Burden21▲ 3.5×12 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors21▲ 4.3×14 topics
  27. Metastasis20▲ 5.2×12 topics
  28. Rehabilitation20▲ 4.4×11 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance19▲ 3.6×10 topics
  30. Pathophysiology18▲ 5.5×11 topics
  31. Prevention18▲ 3.8×14 topics
  32. Thrombosis17▲ 5.3×7 topics
  33. Pain Management17▲ 6.5×8 topics
  34. Cell Death15▲ 5.7×6 topics
  35. Chronic Pain14▲ 5.8×5 topics
  36. Surgical Treatment14▲ 6.2×6 topics
  37. Perioperative Care13▲ 9.7×3 topics
  38. Osteoarthritis12▲ 8.7×5 topics
  39. Acupuncture12▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Lipid Peroxidation12▲ 9.9×3 topics

Which research topics does S.P.E.C.I.E.S. publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis, Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Ferroptosis and cancer p…11Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis: 11 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Re…8Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 8 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 6 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers …6Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 6 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 6 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 6 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineComplementary and alternative medicineCancer ResearchEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 8 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 7 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 6 works
  7. 7 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  8. 8 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 6 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 6 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 available77.5%not open22.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors71.0%domestic only29.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has S.P.E.C.I.E.S.'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 384% 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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