Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Nonprofit · Sioux Falls · United States

Sanford Health

In research, Sanford Health stands highest in Medicine (#4,106 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,970 of 9,902 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,058 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology (Clinical Psychology is 4.6× its share of world research).

sanfordhealth.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#10,139
of 22,385 · #5,353 all time
Rank in United States
#1,392
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Sanford Health

What is Sanford Health 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 #4,106 of 8,541 6.1%262 #3197
Health SciencesDomain #4,970 of 9,902 6.4%289 #3631
Life SciencesDomain #4,058 of 6,403 7.3%80 #2826

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,197 #4,106
  2. Health Sciences#3,631 #4,970
  3. Life Sciences#2,826 #4,058
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Sanford Health work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Sanford Health is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Psychology (7%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 329 fractional works · 64.5% of its workMedicine: 300 fractional works · 58.8% of its workSurgery: 53 fractional works · 10.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEpidemiology: 22 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 19 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 92 fractional works · 18.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 59 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 61 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPsychology: 36 fractional works · 7.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 25 fractional works · 4.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSanford Health510fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences12%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine30058.8%
    2. Health Professions214.1%
    3. Nursing51.0%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5911.6%
    2. Neuroscience153.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology61.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.9%
    1. Psychology367.0%
    2. Social Sciences142.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Engineering122.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy61.1%
    3. Computer Science30.7%
    4. Mathematics20.4%
    5. Environmental Science20.3%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Chemistry10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sanford Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 24.7 works4.6×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.82× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.62× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.06× its world share, 300 worksMedicineNursing: 2.11× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.30× its world share, 36 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.06×300 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.62×5 works
  3. Psychology2.30×36 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.18×59 works
  5. Nursing2.11×5 works
  6. Neuroscience1.82×15 works
  7. Veterinary1.62×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.57×21 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.13×6 works
  10. Dentistry0.59×2 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.51×6 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×4 works
  13. Mathematics0.35×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×7 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.22×3 works
  16. Social Sciences0.21×14 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×3 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.18×1 works
  19. Engineering0.16×12 works
  20. Chemistry0.10×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×1 works
  22. Computer Science0.08×3 works
  23. Environmental Science0.07×2 works
  24. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  25. Energy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sanford Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Steven Francis Powell, Lora Jane Black and Maria C. Bell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sanford Health.

  1. 1 Steven Francis Powell United States · #133,912 worldwide 21k citations · 255 works
  2. 2 Lora Jane Black United States · #211,294 worldwide 2.1k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Maria C. Bell United States · #468,523 worldwide 4.4k citations · 138 works
  4. 4 Thomas Haldis United States · #536,748 worldwide 1.7k citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Michelle M. Moore United States · #922,416 worldwide 2k citations · 61 works
  6. 6 Lindsay J. Hines United States · #929,050 worldwide 736 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Jonathan Scott Bleeker United States · #997,834 worldwide 5k citations · 75 works
  8. 8 Megan Bell United States · #1,231,780 worldwide 466 citations · 233 works
  9. 9 Benjamin C. Noonan United States · #1,311,564 worldwide 858 citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Verle D. Valentine United States · #1,564,526 worldwide 741 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Sanford Health

What are the most cited papers from Sanford Health?

The most cited paper from Sanford Health is "Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (Leena Gandhi et al., 2018), with 6,764 citations. Next come "A promiscuous biotin ligase fusion protein identifies proximal and interacting proteins in mammalian cells" (2,636) and "Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Monotherapy in Patients With Previously Treated Advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer" (1,835).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pembrolizumab plus Chemotherapy in Metastatic Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Leena Gandhi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Apr 2018 6,764
2 A promiscuous biotin ligase fusion protein identifies proximal and interacting proteins in mammalian cells Kyle J. Roux, Dae In Kim, Manfred Raida et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access 12 Mar 2012 2,636
3 Safety and Efficacy of Pembrolizumab Monotherapy in Patients With Previously Treated Advanced Gastric and Gastroesophageal Junction Cancer Charles S. Fuchs et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access 15 Mar 2018 1,835
4 Updated Analysis From KEYNOTE-189: Pembrolizumab or Placebo Plus Pemetrexed and Platinum for Previously Untreated Metastatic Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Shirish M. Gadgeel et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 9 Mar 2020 1,181
5 Transcriptional regulation of vascular endothelial cell responses to hypoxia by HIF-1 Dominador J. Manalo, Ashley Rowan, Tera L. Lavoie et al. · Blood 17 Sep 2004 1,172
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sanford Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Obesity, Adolescents, Prevalence, Treatment, Genetics and Neurobiological Correlates.

▲ 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. Epidemiology57▲ 2.8×94 topics
  2. Risk Factors31▲ 5.6×27 topics
  3. Obesity23▲ 5.8×19 topics
  4. Treatment23▲ 3.7×32 topics
  5. Inflammation21▲ 1.93×51 topics
  6. Adolescents18▲ 9.7×7 topics
  7. Prevalence18▲ 8.6×7 topics
  8. Genetics17▲ 4.8×14 topics
  9. Cancer14▲ 2.0×36 topics
  10. Public Health14▲ 1.85×31 topics
  11. Neurobiological Correlates14▲ 26×3 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.3×30 topics
  13. Psychological Factors13▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Body Image12▲ 33×3 topics
  15. Quality of Life12▲ 1.69×36 topics
  16. Eating Disorders12▲ 53×1 topic
  17. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 2.9×19 topics
  18. Complications12▲ 4.6×16 topics
  19. Mortality11▲ 3.9×12 topics
  20. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.0×18 topics
  21. Diabetes10▲ 4.0×14 topics
  22. Diagnosis10▲ 2.1×28 topics
  23. Rehabilitation10▲ 4.8×9 topics
  24. Biomechanics10▲ 6.2×9 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations10▲ 4.2×19 topics
  26. Guidelines9▲ 3.9×11 topics
  27. Clinical Trials9▲ 2.6×13 topics
  28. Radiotherapy9▲ 4.3×13 topics
  29. Cancer Therapy8▲ 2.9×14 topics
  30. Health Outcomes8▲ 6.2×6 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors8▲ 3.7×13 topics
  32. Prevention8▲ 3.8×11 topics
  33. Weight Loss7▲ 8.8×4 topics
  34. Breast Cancer7▲ 5.4×10 topics
  35. Cognitive Impairment7▲ 5.1×9 topics
  36. Injury Prevention7▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Quality Improvement6▲ 5.9×7 topics
  38. Distal Radius Fractures5▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Flexor Tendon Repair5▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Cardiac Imaging5▲ 8.3×3 topics

Which research topics does Sanford Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Sports injuries and prevention and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Eating Disorders and Beh…12Eating Disorders and Behaviors: 12 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 4 fractional worksPharmacogenetics and Dru…3Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 3 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineEmergency Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 12 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 4 works
  7. 7 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 3 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sanford Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Sanford Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Sanford Health0.0018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sanford Health 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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sanford Health5.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2010.

Other research institutions in Sioux Falls

All research institutions in Sioux Falls

Share Sanford Health's ranking

Sanford Health on Science Explorer

A card with Sanford Health's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Sanford Health. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.