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Sanford Health

In research, Sanford Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,151 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,049 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,725
of 28,054 · #19,344 all time
Rank in United States
#2,220
of 4,192
Research works
703
▲ 85% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Sanford Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,151 of 11,982 7.5%159 #7995
MedicineField #8,049 of 10,443 6.4%144 #7645

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Sanford Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.2 works5.7×
← 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: 1.57× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.36× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.17× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.54× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.90× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sanford Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven Powell and Tim Tolan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sanford Health.

  1. 1 Steven Powell United States · #28,491 worldwide 821 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Tim Tolan United States · #1,016,429 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Sanford Health

Which keywords describe research at Sanford Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Complications, Biomechanics, Rehabilitation, Treatment, Distal Radius Fractures and Flexor Tendon Repair.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.1×75 topics
  2. Risk Factors11▲ 4.5×20 topics
  3. Inflammation8▲ 1.89×36 topics
  4. Treatment7▲ 2.9×23 topics
  5. Complications7▲ 6.6×15 topics
  6. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.5×7 topics
  7. Diabetes5▲ 5.2×12 topics
  8. Biomechanics5▲ 8.3×8 topics
  9. Public Health5▲ 1.72×26 topics
  10. Quality of Life5▲ 1.71×28 topics
  11. Diagnosis5▲ 2.6×21 topics
  12. Obesity5▲ 3.1×16 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 2.0×22 topics
  14. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.2×17 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 2.6×15 topics
  16. Distal Radius Fractures4▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Flexor Tendon Repair4▲ 40×1 topic
  18. Mortality4▲ 3.6×12 topics
  19. Guidelines4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  20. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.3×13 topics
  21. Surgical Management4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.3×13 topics
  23. Pharmacokinetics4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  24. Genetic Variation4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  25. Prevention4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  26. Adolescents3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  27. Breast Cancer3▲ 6.5×8 topics
  28. Regeneration3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  29. Echocardiography3▲ 5.7×7 topics
  30. Shoulder Function3▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Genetic Variants3▲ 8.3×6 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 4.7×6 topics
  33. Rotator Cuff Tears3▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Shoulder Pathology3▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Cytochrome P4503▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Drug Metabolism3▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Endovascular Repair3▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Growth Factors3▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Pharmacogenetics3▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Arthroplasty2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Sanford Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksPharmacogenetics and Dru…3Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases2Genomics and Rare Diseases: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEating Disorders and Beh…2Eating Disorders and Behaviors: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…2Sports injuries and prevention: 2 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…2BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPharmacologyGeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 3 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Eating Disorders and Behaviors Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 2 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sanford Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 85% 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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