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Sentara Heart Hospital

In research, Sentara Heart Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,190 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 3.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#35,074
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,443
of 8,685
Research works
170
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
14.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

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 #13,190 of 20,462 14.4%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 31.5 works3.9×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 35.0 works3.6×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.84× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× 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.

Which keywords describe research at Sentara Heart Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology5▲ 3.1×27 topics
  2. Heart Failure4▲ 22×7 topics
  3. Echocardiography3▲ 30×6 topics
  4. Treatment3▲ 6.3×9 topics
  5. Diagnosis3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  6. Guidelines2▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 21×5 topics
  8. Complications2▲ 8.9×5 topics
  9. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 64×2 topics
  10. Prophylaxis2▲ 35×3 topics
  11. Risk Factors2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  12. Transplantation2▲ 41×3 topics
  13. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 29×4 topics
  14. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 53×1 topic
  15. Surgical Repair2▲ 93×1 topic
  16. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 53×1 topic
  17. Ventricular Reconstruction2▲ 93×1 topic
  18. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  19. Catheter Ablation2▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  22. Lung Transplant1▲ 105×1 topic
  23. Rejection1▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Depression1▲ 3.4×6 topics
  25. Graft Survival1▲ 37×3 topics
  26. Kidney Transplantation1▲ 51×2 topics
  27. Endovascular Repair1▲ 33×3 topics
  28. Renal Function1▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Sudden Cardiac Death1▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Bacteremia1▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Immunosuppressive Drugs1▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Infective Endocarditis1▲ 69×1 topic
  34. Renal Allograft1▲ 72×1 topic
  35. Surgery1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  36. Thrombosis1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. Arrhythmias1▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy1▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Deep Vein Thrombosis1▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator1▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Sentara Heart Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…2Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…1Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksClinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyTransplantation2 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 1 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 1 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Clinical Laboratory Practices and Quality Control Physiology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sentara Heart Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% 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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