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Somerville Hospital

In research, Somerville Hospital stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,580 of 16,945 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,021 of 10,206 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#2,080 of 3,836 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,162
of 28,054 · #11,008 all time
Rank in United States
#1,230
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 34% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Somerville 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,580 of 16,945 16.8%703
Social SciencesField #3,021 of 10,206 21.8%244
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,080 of 3,836 11.8%348
Life SciencesDomain #7,958 of 14,347 20.8%147
Health SciencesDomain #12,186 of 20,462 18.6%267
MedicineField #11,555 of 17,978 16.9%215
Physical SciencesDomain #14,806 of 21,541 15.5%185

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Somerville 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).

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: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.98× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.65× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.02× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Somerville Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Miriam Griffin, Katherine Duncan‐Jönes and Stephen Weatherill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Somerville Hospital.

  1. 1 Miriam Griffin United States · #23,169 worldwide 259 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Katherine Duncan‐Jönes United States · #28,718 worldwide 131 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Stephen Weatherill United States · #180,362 worldwide 64 citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Fiona Stafford United States · #270,893 worldwide 4 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Barbara Harvey United States · #318,176 worldwide 24 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Joanna Innes United States · #416,776 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Almut Suerbaum United States · #608,485 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Judith Pollmann United States · #685,824 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Elie Dolgin United States · #712,191 worldwide 193 citations · 131 works
  10. 10 Anna Morpurgo Davies United States · #726,821 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Somerville Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Somerville Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Genome Engineering, RNA-Guided, Oxidative Stress, Public Health, Data Science, Diabetes Mellitus and Tumor Regression.

▲ 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. Big Data8▲ 4.9×9 topics
  2. Epidemiology8◆ 1.05×28 topics
  3. Climate Change7▲ 1.31×12 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.0×11 topics
  5. Public Health6▲ 2.1×16 topics
  6. Inflammation5▲ 1.37×21 topics
  7. Genome Engineering4▲ 36×1 topic
  8. RNA-Guided4▲ 36×1 topic
  9. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.0×6 topics
  10. Clinical Trials4▲ 2.9×9 topics
  11. Mortality4▲ 3.4×8 topics
  12. Philosophy3▲ 4.0×5 topics
  13. Health3▲ 4.1×4 topics
  14. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  15. Data Science3▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Diabetes Mellitus3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  17. Population Dynamics3▲ 5.9×2 topics
  18. Society3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  19. Tumor Regression3▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Bioinformatics3▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  22. Glycosylation2▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Lymphoma2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  24. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Analytics2▲ 13×1 topic
  26. Business Intelligence2▲ 13×1 topic
  27. CAR T Cells2▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Mutation2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  30. Gene Therapy2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  31. Weight Loss2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  32. Particulate Matter2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  33. Academic Writing2▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Biodiversity Loss2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Genomic Instability2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  36. Library Services2▲ 106×1 topic
  37. Scholarly Publishing2▲ 272×1 topic
  38. Social Inclusion2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Air Pollution2▲ 7.9×1 topic
  40. Fine Particulate Air Pollution2▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Somerville Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Big Data and Business Intelligence, CAR-T cell therapy research and Publishing and Scholarly Communication.

CRISPR and Genetic Engin…4CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksPublishing and Scholarly Communication: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Admi…2Library Science and Administration: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyManagement Information SystemsOncologyHistory and Philosophy of Science6 others

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

  1. 1 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  2. 2 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Publishing and Scholarly Communication History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  5. 5 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 2 works
  6. 6 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  7. 7 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Somerville Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% 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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