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Sansum Medical Clinic

In research, Sansum Medical Clinic stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,211 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,692 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,753
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,940
of 7,310
Research works
346
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
29.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Sansum Medical Clinic

What is Sansum Medical Clinic 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,211 of 16,688 8.8%269
MedicineField #5,692 of 14,558 9.0%251

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sansum Medical Clinic 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 Sansum Medical Clinic work in?

In all years, 78% of research at Sansum Medical Clinic is in Health Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (72%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 269 fractional works · 77.6% of its workMedicine: 251 fractional works · 72.3% of its workSurgery: 47 fractional works · 13.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 35 fractional works · 10.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 29 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPhysiology: 22 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransplantation: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% 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 workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 56 fractional works · 16.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 10.2% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 3.2% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% 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 · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSansum MedicalClinic346fractional works, all years
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine25172.3%
    2. Health Professions133.6%
    3. Nursing31.0%
    4. Dentistry20.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3610.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology113.2%
    3. Neuroscience61.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Environmental Science41.2%
    2. Engineering20.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    4. Chemistry20.6%
    5. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Psychology41.1%
    2. Social Sciences31.0%
    3. Decision Sciences10.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.77× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.55×10 works
  2. Health Professions2.77×1 works
  3. Psychology1.55×1 works
  4. Environmental Science1.43×1 works
  5. Nursing1.32×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.03×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.53×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.19×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.16×0 works
  10. Engineering0.13×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sansum Medical Clinic?

Ranked on the quality score, Charles Matthew Peterson, Lois Jovanovič and John L. Petrini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sansum Medical Clinic.

  1. 1 Charles Matthew Peterson United States · #534,781 worldwide 13k citations · 290 works
  2. 2 Lois Jovanovič United States · #707,369 worldwide 3.2k citations · 42 works
  3. 3 John L. Petrini United States · #931,658 worldwide 4.8k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Lois Jovanovic‐Peterson United States · #1,352,854 worldwide 3.7k citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Bronwyn Scott United States · #1,416,623 worldwide 1.6k citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Katrina B. Mitchell United States · #1,842,817 worldwide 1.5k citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Julie Taguchi United States · #2,155,915 worldwide 1.1k citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Liberty Walker United States · #2,443,495 worldwide 870 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Eric P. Durak United States · #2,904,084 worldwide 491 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Marianna Masin United States · #2,904,747 worldwide 281 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Sansum Medical Clinic

What are the most cited papers from Sansum Medical Clinic?

The most cited paper from Sansum Medical Clinic is "Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA" (M.C. Liu et al., 2020), with 1,567 citations. Next come "Type 2 diabetes among North adolescents: An epidemiologic health perspective" (1,138) and "Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab for Heavily Pretreated Patients With Advanced, Metastatic Adenocarcinoma or Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus" (524).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA M.C. Liu et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access159 authors 30 Mar 2020 1,567
2 Type 2 diabetes among North adolescents: An epidemiologic health perspective Anne Fagot‐Campagna, David J. Pettitt, Michael Maurice Engelgau et al. · The Journal of Pediatrics May 2000 1,138
3 Efficacy and Safety of Pembrolizumab for Heavily Pretreated Patients With Advanced, Metastatic Adenocarcinoma or Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus Manish A. Shah, Takashi Kojima, Daniel Hochhauser et al. · JAMA Oncology Open access 20 Dec 2018 524
4 Maternal postprandial glucose levels and infant birth weight: The Diabetes in Early Pregnancy Study Lois Jovanovic‐Peterson, Charles Matthew Peterson, George F. Reed et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 1991 412
5 Metabolic Control and Progression of Retinopathy: The Diabetes in Early Pregnancy Study Emily Y. Chew, James L. Mills, Boyd E. Metzger et al. · Diabetes Care May 1995 403
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Which keywords describe research at Sansum Medical Clinic?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes, Hyperglycemia, Diabetes, Oxidative Stress, Type 1 Diabetes, Epidemiology and Pregnancy Outcomes.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Metabolic Syndrome50▲ 17×12 topics
  2. Epidemiology40▲ 2.9×61 topics
  3. Type 2 Diabetes35▲ 56×5 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress35▲ 5.5×25 topics
  5. Hyperglycemia32▲ 91×4 topics
  6. Inflammation32▲ 3.9×38 topics
  7. Diabetes31▲ 18×11 topics
  8. Type 1 Diabetes28▲ 88×2 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 6.7×17 topics
  10. Pregnancy Outcomes24▲ 145×2 topics
  11. Fetal Development24▲ 65×2 topics
  12. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus24▲ 217×1 topic
  13. Maternal Obesity24▲ 217×1 topic
  14. Glycemic Control24▲ 50×4 topics
  15. Insulin Therapy22▲ 59×3 topics
  16. Obesity22▲ 8.3×14 topics
  17. Complications21▲ 12×12 topics
  18. Diabetes Mellitus20▲ 25×4 topics
  19. Genetics18▲ 6.8×7 topics
  20. Immunotherapy17▲ 7.4×10 topics
  21. Weight Loss16▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Continuous Glucose Monitoring15▲ 95×1 topic
  23. Hypoglycemia15▲ 95×1 topic
  24. Autoimmunity15▲ 21×3 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance14▲ 8.7×9 topics
  26. HLA Genes13▲ 82×1 topic
  27. Insulin Production13▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Cardiovascular Risk12▲ 10×7 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Health12▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Pancreatic Islets12▲ 53×1 topic
  31. ß-Cell Dysfunction12▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Metabolism11▲ 5.1×10 topics
  33. Mortality11▲ 6.5×8 topics
  34. Neurological Disorders11▲ 4.6×6 topics
  35. Lifestyle Intervention11▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Chronic Disease10▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Cancer Risk10▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Therapeutic Targets9▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Early-Life Conditions9▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Fetal Programming9▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Sansum Medical Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Respiratory Support and Mechanisms, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Respiratory Support and …1Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksBreastfeeding Practices and Influences: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…1Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksBreast Implant and Recon…1Breast Implant and Reconstruction: 1 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksFamily Support in Illness: 0 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  3. 3 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 0 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Family Support in Illness Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 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 available12.2%not open87.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sansum Medical Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sansum Medical Clinic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000031% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Sansum Medical Clinic0.000060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sansum Medical Clinic over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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