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Saint Luke's Hospital

In research, Saint Luke's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,207 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,138 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 19.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,769
of 28,054 · #7,972 all time
Rank in United States
#1,598
of 4,192
Research works
1.6k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
27.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Saint Luke's 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 #2,207 of 10,443 18.5%220 #1755
Health SciencesDomain #3,138 of 11,982 18.1%232 #2189

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Luke's 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 Luke's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 19.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 55.8 works19×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEnergy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.20× its world share, 220 worksMedicineNursing: 2.45× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saint Luke's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mikhail Kosiborod, John A. Spertus and David J. Cohen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Luke's Hospital.

  1. 1 Mikhail Kosiborod United States · #3,784 worldwide 1.4k citations · 116 works
  2. 2 John A. Spertus United States · #4,075 worldwide 2.3k citations · 257 works
  3. 3 David J. Cohen United States · #11,207 worldwide 1.4k citations · 210 works
  4. 4 Paul S. Chan United States · #35,572 worldwide 362 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 James H. O’Keefe United States · #42,383 worldwide 475 citations · 68 works
  6. 6 Ben D. McCallister United States · #116,125 worldwide 334 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Amit P. Amin United States · #121,389 worldwide 168 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Philip G. Jones United States · #142,796 worldwide 199 citations · 57 works
  9. 9 Adnan K. Chhatriwalla United States · #157,575 worldwide 113 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Geoffrey O. Hartzler United States · #168,768 worldwide 247 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Luke's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Saint Luke's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Guidelines, Epidemiology, Myocardial Infarction 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. Heart Failure37▲ 32×12 topics
  2. Epidemiology33▲ 3.0×63 topics
  3. Diagnosis24▲ 9.6×21 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 7.9×27 topics
  5. Treatment24▲ 7.1×23 topics
  6. Guidelines22▲ 18×9 topics
  7. Myocardial Infarction18▲ 28×7 topics
  8. Echocardiography17▲ 24×8 topics
  9. Risk Factors15▲ 4.9×21 topics
  10. Inflammation14▲ 2.5×46 topics
  11. Obesity14▲ 6.6×14 topics
  12. Resuscitation12▲ 34×4 topics
  13. Renal Function11▲ 42×3 topics
  14. Atherosclerosis11▲ 14×8 topics
  15. Magnetic Resonance Imaging11▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Hypothermia10▲ 52×2 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk10▲ 12×8 topics
  18. Cardiac Arrest10▲ 66×1 topic
  19. Coronary Artery Disease10▲ 32×3 topics
  20. Out-of-Hospital10▲ 66×1 topic
  21. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide10▲ 75×1 topic
  22. Hospital Readmission10▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 27×4 topics
  24. Cardiac Imaging10▲ 29×3 topics
  25. Chamber Quantification9▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Diastolic Function9▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Management9▲ 4.0×16 topics
  28. Mortality8▲ 5.3×12 topics
  29. Radiation Exposure8▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment8▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Computed Tomography Angiography8▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Myocardial Perfusion8▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Prognosis8▲ 8.4×7 topics
  34. Critical Care7▲ 12×7 topics
  35. Thrombosis7▲ 9.7×4 topics
  36. Glycemic Control7▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Insulin Therapy7▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 8.6×6 topics
  39. Type 2 Diabetes6▲ 10.0×4 topics
  40. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation6▲ 28×1 topic

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

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

Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 10 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 10 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …9Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 9 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…8Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 8 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 6 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 4 fractional works
Emergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 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 available32.3%not open67.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.6%domestic only85.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Luke's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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