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Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

In research, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#14,715 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#17,480 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,414
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,712
of 8,685
Research works
229
▼ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
11%
world 28%

What is Saint Francis Memorial 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
MedicineField #14,715 of 17,978 8.1%157
Health SciencesDomain #17,480 of 20,462 8.4%167

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

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 3.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 6 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.61× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ronald O. Hamburger and John L. Meyer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Francis Memorial Hospital.

  1. 1 Ronald O. Hamburger United States · #200,804 worldwide 349 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 John L. Meyer United States · #430,623 worldwide 95 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Prevention, Rehabilitation, Complications, Injury Prevention, Muscle Injuries and Sports Injury.

▲ 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. Epidemiology45▲ 4.9×49 topics
  2. Risk Factors21▲ 8.7×10 topics
  3. Prevention16▲ 17×9 topics
  4. Rehabilitation16▲ 19×7 topics
  5. Complications15▲ 13×10 topics
  6. Injury Prevention15▲ 59×3 topics
  7. Quality of Life13▲ 4.3×22 topics
  8. Muscle Injuries12▲ 100×1 topic
  9. Sports Injury12▲ 100×1 topic
  10. Biomechanics10▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Radiotherapy10▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Breast Reconstruction9▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Reconstruction8▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Wound Healing8▲ 15×6 topics
  15. Medical Education7▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Medical History7▲ 70×2 topics
  17. Psychological Impact7▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Shoulder Function7▲ 35×2 topics
  19. Pathophysiology6▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Sepsis6▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Emotional Responses6▲ 23×3 topics
  22. Acellular Dermal Matrix6▲ 136×1 topic
  23. Neuroscience6▲ 8.3×2 topics
  24. Patient-Reported Outcome Measure6▲ 136×1 topic
  25. Dance Movement Therapy6▲ 213×1 topic
  26. Diabetes6▲ 5.0×5 topics
  27. Distal Radius Fractures6▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Flexor Tendon Repair6▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Injury Patterns6▲ 213×1 topic
  30. Anatomy6▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 6.1×3 topics
  32. Burn Injury5▲ 137×1 topic
  33. Burn Wound Infections5▲ 137×1 topic
  34. Resuscitation5▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Surgical Techniques5▲ 67×2 topics
  36. Growth Factors5▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Regeneration5▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Rotator Cuff Tears5▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Shoulder Pathology5▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Craniofacial5▲ 88×1 topic

Which research topics does Saint Francis Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation and Vascular Procedures and Complications.

Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 0 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabil…0Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksVascular Procedures and …0Vascular Procedures and Complications: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksUltrasound Imaging and Elastography: 0 fractional worksTendon Structure and Tre…0Tendon Structure and Treatment: 0 fractional worksSurgical Sutures and Adhesives: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…0Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional works
Emergency Medical ServicesSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  3. 3 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  6. 6 Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  7. 7 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Surgical Sutures and Adhesives Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available10.9%not open89.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.4%domestic only94.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Francis Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% lower 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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