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Saint Francis Hospital

In research, Saint Francis Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,046 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,425 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,077
of 28,054 · #30,105 all time
Rank in United States
#3,619
of 4,192
Research works
294
▲ 124% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.4k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Saint Francis Hospital 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 #9,046 of 10,443 5.1%87 #11695
Health SciencesDomain #10,425 of 11,982 5.2%88 #14209

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Francis Hospital 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).

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.41× its world share, 87 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 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.

Who are the top researchers at Saint Francis Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Angkawipa Trongtorsak and Tarek Aboursheid lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Francis Hospital.

  1. 1 Angkawipa Trongtorsak United States · #1,530,346 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Tarek Aboursheid United States · #1,579,864 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Francis Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Saint Francis Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Guidelines, Echocardiography, Heart Failure and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 4.6×54 topics
  2. Diagnosis11▲ 11×24 topics
  3. Treatment10▲ 7.7×21 topics
  4. Risk Factors5▲ 4.8×13 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 8.9×10 topics
  6. Guidelines5▲ 10×9 topics
  7. Echocardiography5▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Heart Failure5▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Inflammation5▲ 2.1×24 topics
  10. Management5▲ 5.7×17 topics
  11. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.4×15 topics
  12. Prophylaxis4▲ 30×3 topics
  13. Complications4▲ 7.3×9 topics
  14. Pathogenesis4▲ 7.1×12 topics
  15. Surgery4▲ 10×7 topics
  16. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.8×14 topics
  17. Catheter Ablation3▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Immune Response3▲ 5.6×9 topics
  20. Stroke Prevention3▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 25×3 topics
  22. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Risk Stratification3▲ 39×1 topic
  24. Thromboembolism3▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  26. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Bacteremia3▲ 35×3 topics
  28. Endocarditis Guidelines2▲ 67×1 topic
  29. Infective Endocarditis2▲ 67×1 topic
  30. Clinical Management2▲ 13×6 topics
  31. Pathophysiology2▲ 7.6×6 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.2×9 topics
  33. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Thrombosis2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  36. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 10×6 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Saint Francis Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…1Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Imm…1Viral Infections and Immunology Research: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologyOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  6. 6 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 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 available45.9%not open54.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Francis Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 124% 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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