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Sentara Heart Hospital

In research, Sentara Heart Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,293 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine (Medicine is 3.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#29,952
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,308
of 7,310
Research works
170
▼ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Sentara Heart Hospital

What is Sentara Heart 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,293 of 16,688 10.2%137

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

Which fields of science does Sentara Heart Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Sentara Heart Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 42 fractional works · 82.7% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 75.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 20.7% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 16.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSentara HeartHospital50fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences6%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3875.7%
    2. Health Professions36.4%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Psychology23.1%
    2. Social Sciences11.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering23.8%
    2. Computer Science00.7%
    3. Chemistry00.3%
    4. Materials Science00.3%
    5. Environmental Science00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sentara Heart 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 · 38.0 works3.9×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.94×38 works
  2. Health Professions2.44×3 works
  3. Psychology1.02×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.76×0 works
  6. Dentistry0.68×0 works
  7. Nursing0.54×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×0 works
  9. Engineering0.25×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.23×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.11×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.08×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sentara Heart Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul D. Mahoney, Jonathan M. Philpott and Michael S. Eggert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sentara Heart Hospital.

  1. 1 Paul D. Mahoney United States · #94,207 worldwide 4.4k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 Jonathan M. Philpott United States · #1,495,918 worldwide 2.1k citations · 88 works
  3. 3 Michael S. Eggert United States · #3,052,347 worldwide 638 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Amin Yehya United States · #3,404,243 worldwide 694 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Suzanne Duncan United States · #3,595,717 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Ashleigh Long United States · #4,674,363 worldwide 223 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Sentara Heart Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Sentara Heart Hospital?

The most cited paper from Sentara Heart Hospital is "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 1—Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery" (David M. Shahian, Sean Michael O'Brien, Giovanni Filardo et al., 2009), with 1,272 citations. Next come "The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 2—Isolated Valve Surgery" (1,267) and "SCAI clinical expert consensus statement on the classification of cardiogenic shock" (1,026).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 1—Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery David M. Shahian, Sean Michael O'Brien, Giovanni Filardo et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 25 Jun 2009 1,272
2 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 2—Isolated Valve Surgery Sean Michael O'Brien, David M. Shahian, Giovanni Filardo et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 25 Jun 2009 1,267
3 SCAI clinical expert consensus statement on the classification of cardiogenic shock David Alan Baran, Cindy Lee Grines, Steven R. Bailey et al. · Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions Open access 19 May 2019 1,026
4 Cardiogenic Shock Classification to Predict Mortality in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit Jacob Colin Jentzer, Sean van Diepen, Gregory W. Barsness et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 20 Sep 2019 555
5 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2017 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Vinay Badhwar, James Scott Rankin, Ralph J. Damiano et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 19 Dec 2016 491
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sentara Heart Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Myocardial Infarction and Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 3.1×31 topics
  2. Heart Failure5▲ 24×7 topics
  3. Echocardiography4▲ 30×6 topics
  4. Treatment4▲ 6.1×10 topics
  5. Diagnosis4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  6. Guidelines3▲ 12×7 topics
  7. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 69×2 topics
  8. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 21×5 topics
  9. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 30×4 topics
  10. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 54×1 topic
  11. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 54×1 topic
  12. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.2×7 topics
  13. Complications2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  14. Prophylaxis2▲ 30×3 topics
  15. Risk Factors2▲ 3.4×10 topics
  16. Surgical Repair2▲ 93×1 topic
  17. Ventricular Reconstruction2▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Catheter Ablation2▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Transplantation2▲ 35×3 topics
  21. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation2▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  24. Lung Transplant2▲ 90×1 topic
  25. Rejection2▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Renal Function2▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  29. Endovascular Repair1▲ 31×3 topics
  30. Graft Survival1▲ 33×3 topics
  31. Thrombosis1▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Arrhythmias1▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy1▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Cardiogenic Shock1▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator1▲ 64×1 topic
  36. Kidney Transplantation1▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Left Ventricular Assist Device1▲ 54×1 topic
  38. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide1▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Hospital Readmission1▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Endothelial Dysfunction1▲ 9.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Sentara Heart Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…2Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…2Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…1Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…1Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …1Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryBiomedical EngineeringTransplantation2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 1 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available38.9%not open61.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sentara Heart Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% lower 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 Sentara Heart Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Sentara Heart Hospital0.00022% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Sentara Heart Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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