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Soroka Medical Center

In research, Soroka Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,921 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,646 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,791 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology — Epidemiology is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,312
of 28,054 · #7,890 all time
Rank in Israel
#31
of 106
Research works
3.8k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
79k
20.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Soroka Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,921 of 11,982 11.5%359 #2512
MedicineField #3,646 of 10,443 11.3%341 #2054
Life SciencesDomain #4,791 of 7,800 17.2%66 #3788

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,512 #3,921
  2. Medicine#2,054 #3,646
  3. Life Sciences#3,788 #4,791
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Soroka Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 35.9 works5.5×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.94× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.01× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 341 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Soroka Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Rivka Carmi, David Lieberman and Micha Aviram lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Soroka Medical Center.

  1. 1 Rivka Carmi Israel · #143,658 worldwide 234 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 David Lieberman Israel · #236,241 worldwide 88 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Micha Aviram Israel · #240,019 worldwide 99 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Eli Hershkovitz Israel · #383,734 worldwide 108 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 I Charuzi Israel · #477,839 worldwide 47 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Debbie Fraser Israel · #500,289 worldwide 10 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Aviv Goldbart Israel · #511,352 worldwide 50 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 E. Peyser Israel · #557,201 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Meir Nyska Israel · #645,772 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Alexander Fich Israel · #755,303 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Soroka Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Soroka Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Guidelines, Mortality, Metabolic Syndrome and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology72▲ 3.9×105 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 2.7×57 topics
  3. Treatment22▲ 3.8×41 topics
  4. Diagnosis20▲ 4.5×37 topics
  5. Risk Factors17▲ 3.4×24 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 3.2×26 topics
  7. Mortality16▲ 6.1×13 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 4.3×17 topics
  9. Quality of Life16▲ 2.4×37 topics
  10. Guidelines16▲ 7.2×12 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress15▲ 2.0×31 topics
  12. Chemotherapy13▲ 4.0×22 topics
  13. Management13▲ 3.5×25 topics
  14. Genetics13▲ 4.0×17 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.0×14 topics
  16. Complications12▲ 5.2×16 topics
  17. Immune Response11▲ 4.2×15 topics
  18. Obesity10▲ 2.9×16 topics
  19. Maternal Mortality10▲ 9.9×5 topics
  20. Pathogenesis10▲ 4.3×22 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations10▲ 4.8×22 topics
  22. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.0×16 topics
  23. Pregnancy10▲ 10.0×9 topics
  24. SARS-CoV-28▲ 5.5×6 topics
  25. Vaccine8▲ 4.4×9 topics
  26. Vaccine Development8▲ 7.0×9 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction8▲ 7.6×7 topics
  28. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 7.5×6 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 5.5×9 topics
  30. Heart Failure8▲ 3.9×12 topics
  31. Pathophysiology8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  32. Echocardiography7▲ 5.8×8 topics
  33. Treatment Guidelines7▲ 7.1×6 topics
  34. Survival Analysis7▲ 5.5×6 topics
  35. Type 2 Diabetes7▲ 6.5×5 topics
  36. Critical Care6▲ 6.0×8 topics
  37. Host Immune Response6▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Pulmonary Hypertension6▲ 9.1×3 topics
  39. Disease Burden6▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 8.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Soroka Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Respiratory viral infections research, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, Acute Myocardial Infarction Research and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Respiratory viral infect…5Respiratory viral infections research: 5 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…5Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 5 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…4Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 4 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…4Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 4 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 3 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…3Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 3 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Research and Management: 3 fractional works
EpidemiologyObstetrics and GynecologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 5 works
  2. 2 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 5 works
  3. 3 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 3 works
  10. 10 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 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 available27.1%not open72.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Soroka Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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