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Saint Louis University Hospital

In research, Saint Louis University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#1,723 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,492 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,886
of 28,054 · #10,148 all time
Rank in United States
#1,323
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Saint Louis University 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 #1,723 of 10,443 7.6%247 #2063
Health SciencesDomain #2,492 of 11,982 7.7%260 #2479

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

What does Saint Louis University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 22.2 works7.0×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 47.4 works6.7×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.01× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.27× its world share, 247 worksMedicineNursing: 1.53× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saint Louis University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Chien‐Jung Lin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Louis University Hospital.

  1. 1 Chien‐Jung Lin United States · #984,215 worldwide 40 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Louis University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Saint Louis University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Guidelines, Prognostic Factors, Graft Survival and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 3.2×92 topics
  2. Treatment20▲ 5.6×34 topics
  3. Diagnosis20▲ 7.1×30 topics
  4. Management14▲ 5.9×24 topics
  5. Inflammation13▲ 2.1×46 topics
  6. Risk Factors12▲ 3.8×21 topics
  7. Guidelines12▲ 8.3×12 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors10▲ 8.0×13 topics
  9. Graft Survival10▲ 40×3 topics
  10. Immunotherapy10▲ 4.6×16 topics
  11. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.4×21 topics
  12. Echocardiography9▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Heart Failure9▲ 7.0×10 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.7×20 topics
  15. Prognosis9▲ 9.0×9 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 3.6×15 topics
  17. Complications9▲ 5.8×15 topics
  18. Mortality9▲ 5.0×10 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations8▲ 6.3×18 topics
  20. Kidney Transplantation8▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.7×14 topics
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 9.3×8 topics
  23. Liver Transplantation7▲ 19×4 topics
  24. Transplantation6▲ 21×4 topics
  25. Neuroprotection6▲ 6.0×10 topics
  26. Immunosuppressive Therapy6▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Surgical Management6▲ 5.0×16 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance6▲ 4.5×4 topics
  29. Hepatocellular Carcinoma6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  30. Revascularization5▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  32. Immunosuppressive Drugs5▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Genetic Susceptibility5▲ 17×5 topics
  34. Antibody-Mediated Rejection5▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Coagulopathy5▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Hepatic Steatosis5▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Renal Allograft5▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury5▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Biliary Complications4▲ 36×1 topic
  40. Donor Risk Index4▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Saint Louis University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Liver Disease and Transplantation.

Renal Transplantation Ou…5Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 5 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…4Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 4 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…3Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional works
TransplantationSurgeryEpidemiologyHepatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 5 works
  2. 2 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 4 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Louis University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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