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Saint Francis Hospital

In research, Saint Francis Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,350 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#32,158
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,764
of 7,310
Research works
175
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
20.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Saint Francis Hospital

What is Saint Francis Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #12,350 of 16,688 4.9%128

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Saint Francis Hospital work in?

In all years, 74% of research at Saint Francis Hospital is in Health Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Health Professions (8%), Business, Management and Accounting (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 128 fractional works · 73.5% of its workMedicine: 112 fractional works · 64.1% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 31 fractional works · 17.7% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 7.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 15.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 6.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSaint FrancisHospital175fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11264.1%
    2. Health Professions137.5%
    3. Nursing31.9%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting116.3%
    2. Social Sciences73.9%
    3. Psychology53.0%
    4. Decision Sciences21.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.9%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    1. Engineering42.3%
    2. Computer Science10.8%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.17× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.86× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.86×11 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.17×2 works
  3. Nursing1.60×0 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.33×0 works
  5. Health Professions0.96×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.92×0 works
  7. Engineering0.39×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.32×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.18×0 works
  10. Psychology0.15×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saint Francis Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, David S. Gooden, Patricia Muller-Smith and Jacyntha A. Sterling lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Francis Hospital.

  1. 1 David S. Gooden United States · #2,661,127 worldwide 540 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Patricia Muller-Smith United States · #4,838,778 worldwide 130 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Jacyntha A. Sterling United States · #6,314,432 worldwide 11 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Francis Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Saint Francis Hospital?

The most cited paper from Saint Francis Hospital is "Effect of Captopril on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Myocardial Infarction" (Marc Alan Pfeffer, Eugene Braunwald, Lemuel A. Moyé et al., 1992), with 5,965 citations. Next come "Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Self-Expanding Valve in Low-Risk Patients" (3,692) and "Immediate versus Delayed Fluid Resuscitation for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injuries" (2,160).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of Captopril on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction after Myocardial Infarction Marc Alan Pfeffer, Eugene Braunwald, Lemuel A. Moyé et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 3 Sep 1992 5,965
2 Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement with a Self-Expanding Valve in Low-Risk Patients Jeffrey J. Popma et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Mar 2019 3,692
3 Immediate versus Delayed Fluid Resuscitation for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injuries William H Bickell, Matthew J. Wall, Paul E. Pepe et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Oct 1994 2,160
4 Safety and Cost-Effectiveness of Early Discharge After Primary Angioplasty in Low Risk Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction 11Research funding for this study was provided by unrestricted grants from Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Santa Clara, California; Mallinckrodt Medical, Inc., Saint Louis, Missouri; Datascope Corporation, Montvale, New Jersey; St. Jude Medical, Chelmsford, Massachusett Cindy Lee Grines, Dominic L. Marsalese, Bruce R. Brodie et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Apr 1998 278
5 A Prospective, Randomized Evaluation of Prophylactic Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation in High Risk Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Angioplasty fn1fn1Funding for this study was provided in part by unrestricted grants from Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Santa Clara, California; Mallinkrodt Medical, Inc., Saint Louis, Missouri; Datascope Corporation, Montval Gregg W. Stone, Dominic L. Marsalese, Bruce R. Brodie et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Jun 1997 272
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Which keywords describe research at Saint Francis Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Elderly, Inappropriate Medication Use, Polypharmacy, Leadership, Adverse Drug Reactions, Clinical Trials, Medication Adherence and Drug Development.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Elderly32▲ 75×3 topics
  2. Inappropriate Medication Use31▲ 441×1 topic
  3. Polypharmacy31▲ 441×1 topic
  4. Clinical Trials7▲ 6.7×7 topics
  5. Leadership7▲ 12×6 topics
  6. Adverse Drug Reactions7▲ 62×2 topics
  7. Drug Development6▲ 24×2 topics
  8. Employee Engagement6▲ 35×4 topics
  9. Medication Adherence6▲ 58×2 topics
  10. Off-Label Drug Use6▲ 84×1 topic
  11. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics6▲ 84×1 topic
  12. Mortality5▲ 6.3×5 topics
  13. Competitive Advantage5▲ 72×2 topics
  14. Guidelines5▲ 5.8×11 topics
  15. Management4▲ 3.4×16 topics
  16. Quality Improvement4▲ 12×6 topics
  17. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 9.6×6 topics
  18. Primary Care4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  19. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 5.8×4 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  21. Change Management4▲ 65×3 topics
  22. Critical Care3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  23. Heart Failure3▲ 4.4×8 topics
  24. Global3▲ 60×1 topic
  25. Health Outcomes3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  26. Performance Improvement3▲ 62×3 topics
  27. Radiation Exposure3▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Talent Management3▲ 74×1 topic
  29. Professional Practice3▲ 53×2 topics
  30. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  31. Echocardiography3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  32. Medical Education3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  33. Organizational Learning3▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Strategic Management3▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Collaborative Practice2▲ 33×2 topics
  37. Dietetics2▲ 171×1 topic
  38. Injury Severity2▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Nutrition Care Process2▲ 171×1 topic
  40. Trauma Center2▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Saint Francis Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Venous Thromboembolism D…0Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…0Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…0Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 0 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…0Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 0 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 0 fractional worksCancer therapeutics and …0Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms: 0 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 0 fractional worksCell death mechanisms and regulation: 0 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…0Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 0 fractional works
Internal MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  3. 3 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Cancer therapeutics and mechanisms Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Cell death mechanisms and regulation Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 0 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 available13.8%not open86.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saint Francis Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Saint Francis Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000012% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Saint Francis Hospital0.000061% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saint Francis Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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