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Saint Thomas Health

In research, Saint Thomas Health stands highest in Medicine (#9,869 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,225 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#31,023
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,645
of 8,685
Research works
305
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
26.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Saint Thomas Health 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 #9,869 of 17,978 20.5%219
Health SciencesDomain #12,225 of 20,462 19.6%246

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Thomas Health 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 Thomas Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 40.0 works4.2×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.19× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.22× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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.

Which keywords describe research at Saint Thomas Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Epidemiology, Guidelines, Echocardiography, Treatment, Myocardial Infarction and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.8×27 topics
  2. Diagnosis4▲ 7.9×12 topics
  3. Heart Failure3▲ 15×7 topics
  4. Treatment3▲ 5.5×13 topics
  5. Guidelines3▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Echocardiography3▲ 21×7 topics
  7. Risk Factors3▲ 5.0×11 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.5×13 topics
  9. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 21×6 topics
  10. Chemotherapy2▲ 6.6×9 topics
  11. Management2▲ 5.7×10 topics
  12. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 14×4 topics
  13. Depression2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.3×6 topics
  15. Atherosclerosis2▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Pain Management2▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Primary Care2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  18. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 43×1 topic
  20. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 43×1 topic
  21. Angioplasty1▲ 47×2 topics
  22. Obesity1▲ 3.6×6 topics
  23. Renal Function1▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Immunohistochemistry1▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Anxiety1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  26. Arrhythmias1▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Mortality1▲ 4.2×4 topics
  28. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention1▲ 18×4 topics
  29. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Prophylaxis1▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Quality Improvement1▲ 13×5 topics
  32. CT Imaging1▲ 59×2 topics
  33. Catheter Ablation1▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Glycemic Control1▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Fibromuscular Dysplasia1▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Gestational Trophoblastic Disease1▲ 249×1 topic
  37. Hydatidiform Mole1▲ 249×1 topic
  38. Information Visualization1▲ 103×1 topic
  39. Renal Artery Stenosis1▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Visual Analytics1▲ 103×1 topic

Which research topics does Saint Thomas Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Trauma Management and Diagnosis, Renal and Vascular Pathologies and Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksTrauma Management and Di…1Trauma Management and Diagnosis: 1 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Pathologies: 1 fractional worksGestational Trophoblasti…1Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies: 1 fractional worksData Visualization and A…1Data Visualization and Analytics: 1 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarct…1Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Data Visualization and Analytics Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 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 available33.1%not open66.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.9%domestic only87.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Thomas Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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