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Saint Luke's Health System

In research, Saint Luke's Health System stands highest in Medicine (#5,577 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,590 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,150
of 28,054 · #16,643 all time
Rank in United States
#2,614
of 4,192
Research works
595
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Saint Luke's Health System 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 #5,577 of 10,443 15.8%97 #4307
Health SciencesDomain #6,590 of 11,982 15.3%120 #5005

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Luke's Health System 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: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.55× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 97 worksMedicineNursing: 4.26× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 9.55× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saint Luke's Health System?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew Kao and Timothy Pluard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Luke's Health System.

  1. 1 Andrew Kao United States · #769,219 worldwide 35 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Timothy Pluard United States · #874,550 worldwide 48 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Luke's Health System

Which keywords describe research at Saint Luke's Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Heart Failure, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Primary Care, Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 3.5×59 topics
  2. Heart Failure12▲ 18×11 topics
  3. Diagnosis10▲ 7.0×20 topics
  4. Treatment9▲ 5.2×20 topics
  5. Guidelines8▲ 12×8 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.7×23 topics
  7. Risk Factors6▲ 4.0×19 topics
  8. Primary Care6▲ 12×10 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 2.9×14 topics
  10. Echocardiography6▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Inflammation6▲ 1.94×40 topics
  12. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Obesity5▲ 4.9×13 topics
  14. Depression5▲ 4.0×10 topics
  15. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 8.2×5 topics
  17. Medical Education4▲ 9.9×6 topics
  18. Renal Function4▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Anxiety4▲ 5.2×5 topics
  20. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 9.6×4 topics
  21. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide4▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Hospital Readmission4▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Nursing Education4▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Atherosclerosis3▲ 7.8×8 topics
  25. Coronary Artery Disease3▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Radiation Exposure3▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Chamber Quantification3▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Diastolic Function3▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Glycemic Control3▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Patient Care3▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Quality Improvement3▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment3▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Resuscitation3▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Interventions3▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Computed Tomography Angiography3▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Insulin Therapy3▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Myocardial Perfusion3▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Critical Care2▲ 7.3×7 topics
  40. Hypothermia2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Saint Luke's Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Heart Failure Treatment …4Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …3Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…3Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksHealth Sciences Research…2Health Sciences Research and Education: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, …2Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEmergency MedicineGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  7. 7 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Luke's Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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