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Scripps Clinic

In research, Scripps Clinic stands highest in Medicine (#3,352 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,268 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,401 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 13.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,771
of 28,054 · #960 all time
Rank in United States
#1,305
of 4,192
Research works
4.5k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
248k
55.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Scripps Clinic 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
MedicineField #3,352 of 10,443 11.7%224 #419
Health SciencesDomain #4,268 of 11,982 11.9%230 #550
SurgerySubfield #1,401 of 1,816 10.7%61 #638

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Scripps 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#419 #3,352
  2. Health Sciences#550 #4,268
  3. Surgery#638 #1,401
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Scripps Clinic specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 37.7 works13×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 61.1 works9.5×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.47× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.24× its world share, 224 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 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.

Who are the top researchers at Scripps Clinic?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul J. Pockros, Thomas S. Edgington and Eaton M. MacKay lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scripps Clinic.

  1. 1 Paul J. Pockros United States · #48,611 worldwide 198 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Thomas S. Edgington United States · #51,132 worldwide 452 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Eaton M. MacKay United States · #66,379 worldwide 120 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Paul S. Teirstein United States · #71,314 worldwide 228 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Ken Fujioka United States · #83,804 worldwide 189 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Clifford W. Colwell United States · #95,476 worldwide 199 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Matthew J. Price United States · #107,608 worldwide 302 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Donald D. Stevenson United States · #119,541 worldwide 112 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Arne Wick United States · #163,625 worldwide 247 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Richard G. DiScipio United States · #316,238 worldwide 144 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Scripps Clinic

Which keywords describe research at Scripps Clinic?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Management, Complications, Children and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology44▲ 4.0×65 topics
  2. Treatment24▲ 7.2×28 topics
  3. Diagnosis24▲ 9.2×27 topics
  4. Inflammation17▲ 2.9×47 topics
  5. Guidelines16▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Management16▲ 7.3×17 topics
  7. Complications12▲ 8.6×14 topics
  8. Children11▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Echocardiography11▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Catheter Ablation10▲ 31×2 topics
  11. Heart Failure9▲ 7.7×9 topics
  12. Adults8▲ 48×2 topics
  13. Spinal Fusion8▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations8▲ 6.3×13 topics
  15. Genetics7▲ 3.8×12 topics
  16. Eosinophilic Esophagitis7▲ 101×1 topic
  17. Histologic Remission7▲ 101×1 topic
  18. Revision Surgery7▲ 20×2 topics
  19. Total Hip Replacement7▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Atrial Fibrillation7▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Degenerative Disc Disease7▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Surgical Management7▲ 5.8×16 topics
  23. Arrhythmias6▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 6.7×5 topics
  25. Surgical Treatment6▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  27. Regeneration6▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Stroke Prevention6▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis6▲ 7.2×7 topics
  30. Low Back Pain6▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Cardiomyopathy6▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Radiofrequency Ablation6▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  36. Immunology5▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  38. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Risk Stratification5▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Thromboembolism5▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Scripps Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments.

Eosinophilic Esophagitis7Eosinophilic Esophagitis: 7 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…6Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…5Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …5Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 5 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment…4Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…3Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicineRheumatology1 others

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

  1. 1 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 4 works
  8. 8 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics 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 available30.4%not open69.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Scripps Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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