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Scripps Memorial Hospital

In research, Scripps Memorial Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,680 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,514 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.9× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#23,806
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,117
of 8,685
Research works
335
▲ 81% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
33.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Scripps Memorial Hospital 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
MedicineField #5,680 of 17,978 17.8%252
Health SciencesDomain #7,514 of 20,462 17.4%278

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

What does Scripps Memorial Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 26.2 works3.9×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 26 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Scripps Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, CT Imaging, Guidelines, Trauma, Pain Management, Healthcare and Quality Improvement.

▲ 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.1×33 topics
  2. Mortality3▲ 13×8 topics
  3. CT Imaging2▲ 159×2 topics
  4. Guidelines2▲ 13×6 topics
  5. Healthcare2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  6. Trauma2▲ 26×3 topics
  7. Pain Management2▲ 19×4 topics
  8. Risk Factors2▲ 4.0×10 topics
  9. Inflammation1▲ 1.93×12 topics
  10. Social Media1▲ 2.8×3 topics
  11. Complications1▲ 7.2×6 topics
  12. Health Outcomes1▲ 13×2 topics
  13. Infection Risk1▲ 101×2 topics
  14. Quality Improvement1▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Renal Injury1▲ 90×2 topics
  16. Treatment1▲ 3.1×15 topics
  17. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Diagnosis1▲ 3.5×11 topics
  19. Injury Severity1▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Management1▲ 4.3×5 topics
  21. Nonoperative Management1▲ 225×1 topic
  22. Spleen1▲ 225×1 topic
  23. Trauma Center1▲ 87×1 topic
  24. Deep Learning1◆ 0.90×5 topics
  25. Endovascular Treatment1▲ 54×2 topics
  26. Well-being1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  27. Surgery1▲ 8.3×4 topics

Which research topics does Scripps Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Abdominal Trauma and Injuries, Trauma Management and Diagnosis and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications.

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Abdominal Trauma and Injuries Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  5. 5 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Imbalanced Data Classification Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available23.2%not open76.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.6%domestic only89.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Scripps Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 81% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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