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Smith & Nephew (United States)

In research, Smith & Nephew (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,016 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#11,286 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,824
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,609
of 7,310
Research works
231
▼ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Smith & Nephew (United States)

What is Smith & Nephew (United States) 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 #10,016 of 16,688 10.8%155
MedicineField #11,286 of 14,558 11.2%132

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Smith & Nephew (United States) 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 Smith & Nephew (United States) work in?

In all years, 67% of research at Smith & Nephew (United States) is in Health Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Engineering (15%), Health Professions (7%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 155 fractional works · 67.0% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 57.3% of its workSurgery: 80 fractional works · 34.9% of its workRehabilitation: 14 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 54 fractional works · 23.5% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 15.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSmith & Nephew(United States)231fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13257.3%
    2. Health Professions177.4%
    3. Dentistry31.5%
    4. Nursing20.7%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering3615.5%
    2. Materials Science104.5%
    3. Chemistry52.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    5. Environmental Science10.4%
    6. Computer Science10.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.8%
    2. Neuroscience41.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.4%
    2. Social Sciences21.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    4. Psychology10.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringDentistry: 2.89× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 8 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.57×2 works
  2. Medicine3.46×8 works
  3. Dentistry2.89×0 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.45×0 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×0 works
  6. Computer Science0.72×1 works
  7. Psychology0.70×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.34×0 works
  9. Engineering0.22×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Smith & Nephew (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, James A. Davidson, Robert A. Poggie and Jean Woloszko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Smith & Nephew (United States).

  1. 1 James A. Davidson United States · #717,560 worldwide 3.5k citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Robert A. Poggie United States · #858,667 worldwide 2.6k citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Jean Woloszko United States · #1,588,271 worldwide 987 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Gary Delhougne United States · #1,916,169 worldwide 456 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Patrick W. Cawley United States · #1,952,601 worldwide 1.8k citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Nicholas J. Cotton United States · #2,640,760 worldwide 316 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Abraham Salehi United States · #2,886,871 worldwide 499 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 David W. Brett United States · #3,093,291 worldwide 581 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Jacob L. Cartner United States · #3,275,748 worldwide 206 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Ankur Patel United States · #3,800,855 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Smith & Nephew (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Smith & Nephew (United States)?

The most cited paper from Smith & Nephew (United States) is "Outcome of Single-Bundle versus Double-Bundle Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament" (Richard B. Meredick, Kennan J. Vance, David Appleby et al., 2008), with 349 citations. Next come "Incidence and Economic Burden of Intertrochanteric Fracture" (259) and "The Role of Moisture Balance in Wound Healing" (231).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Outcome of Single-Bundle versus Double-Bundle Reconstruction of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament Richard B. Meredick, Kennan J. Vance, David Appleby et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 28 May 2008 349
2 Incidence and Economic Burden of Intertrochanteric Fracture Ayoade Adeyemi, Gary Delhougne · JBJS Open Access Open access 27 Feb 2019 259
3 The Role of Moisture Balance in Wound Healing Denis Okan, Kevin Y. Woo, Elizabeth A. Ayello et al. · Advances in Skin & Wound Care 2007 231
4 The Value of Patient-Matched Instrumentation in Total Knee Arthroplasty John W. Noble, Chris A. Moore, Ning Liu · The Journal of Arthroplasty 11 Sep 2011 223
5 Image-Based Computer-Assisted Total Knee Arthroplasty Leads to Lower Variability in Coronal Alignment Jan M. K. Victor, Davy Hoste · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Nov 2004 220
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Which keywords describe research at Smith & Nephew (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Hip Arthroplasty, Wear Particles, Epidemiology, Complications, Mechanical Properties and Wound Healing.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Revision Surgery42▲ 153×2 topics
  2. Total Hip Replacement42▲ 153×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology34▲ 3.6×22 topics
  4. Hip Arthroplasty25▲ 174×1 topic
  5. Wear Particles25▲ 174×1 topic
  6. Complications23▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Mechanical Properties19▲ 8.8×17 topics
  8. Quality of Life19▲ 6.0×11 topics
  9. Wound Healing18▲ 34×8 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction18▲ 30×4 topics
  11. Diabetes17▲ 14×3 topics
  12. Arthroplasty17▲ 89×2 topics
  13. Outcomes17▲ 99×1 topic
  14. Total Knee Replacement17▲ 129×1 topic
  15. Angiogenesis16▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Regeneration16▲ 39×4 topics
  17. Inflammation16▲ 2.9×11 topics
  18. Growth Factors15▲ 63×3 topics
  19. Prevention15▲ 16×5 topics
  20. Macrophages14▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Chronic Wounds13▲ 140×1 topic
  22. Fibroblasts13▲ 140×1 topic
  23. Cost Analysis13▲ 142×2 topics
  24. Treatment12▲ 4.0×9 topics
  25. Surgical Management11▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Infection Prevention10▲ 51×3 topics
  27. Etiology10▲ 68×2 topics
  28. Pressure Ulcers10▲ 275×1 topic
  29. Risk Assessment10▲ 7.5×1 topic
  30. Diagnostic Imaging9▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Periprosthetic Joint Infection9▲ 97×1 topic
  32. Prosthetic Joint Infections9▲ 97×1 topic
  33. Microstructure9▲ 7.7×7 topics
  34. Rehabilitation8▲ 9.4×7 topics
  35. Sintering8▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Biomechanics7▲ 9.1×7 topics
  37. Spark Plasma Sintering7▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Cemented Carbides7▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Nanostructured Materials7▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Chronic Venous Insufficiency6▲ 123×1 topic

Which research topics does Smith & Nephew (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Orthopedic Infections and Treatments.

Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 0 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…0Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 0 fractional worksGlobal Security and Public Health: 0 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 0 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 0 fractional works
SurgeryHealth Information ManagementSociology and Political ScienceEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 1 works
  4. 4 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Global Security and Public Health Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 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 available19.2%not open80.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Smith & Nephew (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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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 Smith & Nephew (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000073% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Smith & Nephew (United States)0.000043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Smith & Nephew (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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