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Saint Thomas West Hospital

In research, Saint Thomas West Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,131 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,814 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,857
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,769
of 8,685
Research works
220
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.7k
39.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Saint Thomas West 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 #6,131 of 17,978 22.6%163
Health SciencesDomain #7,814 of 20,462 21.0%187

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

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.16× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 15 worksMedicineVeterinary: 65.28× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 65.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which research topics does Saint Thomas West Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Veterinary Equine Medical Research, Orthopedic Infections and Treatments, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Veterinary Equine Medica…1Veterinary Equine Medical Research: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 0 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 0 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…0Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 0 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, …0Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …0Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …0Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 0 fractional works
EquineSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 1 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available23.7%not open76.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint Thomas West Hospital'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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