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Shadyside Hospital

In research, Shadyside Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,920 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,779 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 2.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#15,070
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,294
of 8,685
Research works
717
▼ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
23.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Shadyside 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 #3,920 of 20,462 16.3%543
MedicineField #4,779 of 17,978 16.5%476

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shadyside 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 Shadyside Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 2.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 20.8 works2.9×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.87× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shadyside Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mark H. Wholey, Mark May and Gary G. Winzelberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shadyside Hospital.

  1. 1 Mark H. Wholey United States · #80,428 worldwide 214 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Mark May United States · #457,848 worldwide 54 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Gary G. Winzelberg United States · #479,171 worldwide 54 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Shadyside Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Shadyside Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgery, Historical Figures, Prognostic Factors, Pain Management, Aging, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Treatment.

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

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.3×33 topics
  2. Surgery2▲ 14×5 topics
  3. Treatment2▲ 3.5×11 topics
  4. Risk Factors1▲ 3.5×11 topics
  5. Aging1▲ 6.4×4 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 6.3×7 topics
  7. Deep Learning1◆ 0.98×7 topics
  8. Diagnosis1▲ 3.8×10 topics
  9. Historical Figures1▲ 199×2 topics
  10. Machine Learning1◆ 1.07×7 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors1▲ 7.7×6 topics
  12. Biomarkers1▲ 4.8×4 topics
  13. Pain Management1▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Echocardiography1▲ 10×4 topics
  15. Quality of Life1▲ 1.99×7 topics
  16. Alzheimer's Disease1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  17. Blood Transfusion1▲ 61×1 topic
  18. Chemotherapy1▲ 3.9×9 topics
  19. Dementia1▲ 28×1 topic
  20. Heart Failure1▲ 6.1×5 topics
  21. Mild Cognitive Impairment1▲ 32×1 topic
  22. Obstetrics1▲ 323×1 topic
  23. Precision Medicine1▲ 5.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Shadyside Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medical History and Innovations, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Political Philosophy and Ethics and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Medical History and Innovations: 1 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 1 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 0 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 0 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 0 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 0 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …0American Constitutional Law and Politics: 0 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 0 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 0 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…0Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional works
HistoryPsychiatry and Mental healthPolitical Science and International RelationsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Medical History and Innovations History 1 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  3. 3 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 0 works
  10. 10 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available18.1%not open81.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shadyside Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% lower 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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