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Saint Vincent Hospital

In research, Saint Vincent Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,414 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,431 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 15.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,608
of 22,385 · #17,357 all time
Rank in United States
#2,404
of 3,332
Research works
875
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Saint Vincent Hospital

What is Saint Vincent Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #5,414 of 8,541 7.4%186 #5221
Health SciencesDomain #6,431 of 9,902 7.5%193 #6358

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint Vincent 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Saint Vincent Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Saint Vincent Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (80%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 219 fractional works · 84.0% of its workMedicine: 210 fractional works · 80.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 43 fractional works · 16.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 7.3% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSaint VincentHospital261fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine21080.4%
    2. Health Professions62.3%
    3. Nursing31.0%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology114.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology62.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.9%
    2. Social Sciences31.1%
    3. Psychology31.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering31.2%
    2. Computer Science20.6%
    3. Environmental Science20.6%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Saint Vincent Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 15.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 42.8 works16×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 28.2 works7.0×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.26× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 210 worksMedicineNursing: 2.01× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.18×210 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.26×6 works
  3. Nursing2.01×3 works
  4. Veterinary1.25×0 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.14×1 works
  6. Health Professions0.87×6 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.87×5 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×11 works
  9. Neuroscience0.37×2 works
  10. Psychology0.34×3 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.28×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.25×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.21×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.14×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.12×2 works
  18. Social Sciences0.09×3 works
  19. Computer Science0.08×2 works
  20. Engineering0.08×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Saint Vincent Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Kannu Bansal, Sajjadh M. J. Ali and Baltej S. Maini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint Vincent Hospital.

  1. 1 Kannu Bansal United States · #1,137,042 worldwide 6.6k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Sajjadh M. J. Ali United States · #1,456,025 worldwide 268 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Baltej S. Maini United States · #1,838,765 worldwide 2.4k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Charmi Bhanushali United States · #1,935,957 worldwide 689 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Deepti Kumar United States · #2,018,806 worldwide 275 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Yasir Akram United States · #2,252,456 worldwide 312 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Mithil Gowda Suresh United States · #2,423,169 worldwide 92 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Mythili Menon Pathiyil United States · #2,600,908 worldwide 129 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Nitin Trivedi United States · #2,688,114 worldwide 1.9k citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Safia Mohamed United States · #2,800,129 worldwide 99 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Saint Vincent Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Saint Vincent Hospital?

The most cited paper from Saint Vincent Hospital is "Olfactory neuroblastoma—A clinical analysis of 17 cases" (Sidney P. Kadish, Max Justin Goodman, C. C. Wang, 1976), with 839 citations. Next come "Acute Cardiac Tamponade" (823) and "Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023" (762).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Olfactory neuroblastoma—A clinical analysis of 17 cases Sidney P. Kadish, Max Justin Goodman, C. C. Wang · Cancer Mar 1976 839
2 Acute Cardiac Tamponade David H. Spodick · New England Journal of Medicine 14 Aug 2003 823
3 Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 Simon I Hay et al. · The Lancet Open access2,780 authors Oct 2025 762
4 Mevalonate pathway: A review of clinical and therapeutical implications Irina Buhăescu, Hassane Izzedine · Clinical Biochemistry 2 Apr 2007 627
5 Effects of perfusion pressure on tissue perfusion in septic shock David LeDoux, Mark E. Astiz, Charles Carpati et al. · Critical Care Medicine Aug 2000 614
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Saint Vincent Hospital?

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

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology35▲ 3.4×63 topics
  2. Diagnosis21▲ 8.7×27 topics
  3. Treatment17▲ 5.4×23 topics
  4. Inflammation15▲ 2.7×35 topics
  5. Risk Factors14▲ 4.9×15 topics
  6. Echocardiography14▲ 19×8 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 4.2×23 topics
  8. Management12▲ 5.8×21 topics
  9. Guidelines11▲ 9.0×10 topics
  10. Heart Failure10▲ 8.9×11 topics
  11. Myocardial Infarction10▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Prophylaxis9▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Public Health9▲ 2.3×18 topics
  14. Cardiac Imaging9▲ 28×3 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.9×18 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations8▲ 6.9×16 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.2×8 topics
  18. Immune Response7▲ 4.9×12 topics
  19. Dilated Cardiomyopathy7▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Thrombosis7▲ 9.7×5 topics
  21. Surgery7▲ 7.6×8 topics
  22. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.9×14 topics
  23. Catheter Ablation7▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 10×7 topics
  25. Atrial Fibrillation7▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Deep Vein Thrombosis6▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Pathophysiology6▲ 7.7×7 topics
  28. Atherosclerosis6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  29. SARS-CoV-26▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Stroke Prevention5▲ 17×2 topics
  31. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 8.7×2 topics
  32. Clinical Characteristics5▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Antithrombotic Therapy5▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Endothelial Dysfunction5▲ 7.9×6 topics
  36. Bacteremia5▲ 24×3 topics
  37. Rituximab5▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Pulmonary Embolism5▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  40. Venous Thromboembolism5▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Saint Vincent Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Venous Thromboembolism D…5Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…4Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi3Cardiac tumors and thrombi: 3 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 3 fractional works
Internal MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious DiseasesSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Saint Vincent Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Saint Vincent Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Saint Vincent Hospital0.00092% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Saint Vincent Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Saint Vincent Hospital8.2% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.0% in 2024.

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