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Southern Colorado Clinic

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World rank, all time
#28,699
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,035
of 7,310
Research works
126
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
108.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.32×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Southern Colorado Clinic

Which fields of science does Southern Colorado Clinic work in?

In all years, 77% of research at Southern Colorado Clinic is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 97 fractional works · 77.4% of its workMedicine: 92 fractional works · 73.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 22.5% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAnatomy: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 15.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 14.2% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSouthern ColoradoClinic126fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences77%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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9273.1%
    2. Health Professions43.4%
    3. Dentistry10.8%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1814.2%
    2. Neuroscience10.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities32.0%
    2. Psychology10.9%
    3. Social Sciences10.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Engineering32.4%
    2. Mathematics10.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    4. Computer Science00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
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.

Computer Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 6.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.27× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.79× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.67× 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, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.12×1 works
  2. Medicine3.27×3 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.79×0 works
  4. Social Sciences0.67×0 works
  5. Computer Science0.31×0 works
  6. Engineering0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Southern Colorado Clinic?

Ranked on the quality score, Harold M. Frost, Klaus Anselm and Frost Hm lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Colorado Clinic.

  1. 1 Harold M. Frost United States · #327,943 worldwide 23k citations · 335 works
  2. 2 Klaus Anselm United States · #4,255,711 worldwide 61 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Frost Hm United States · #4,577,244 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Colorado Clinic

What are the most cited papers from Southern Colorado Clinic?

The most cited paper from Southern Colorado Clinic is "Bone “mass” and the “mechanostat”: A proposal" (Harold M. Frost, 1987), with 2,125 citations. Next come "Bone's mechanostat: A 2003 update" (1,546) and "Skeletal structural adaptations to mechanical usage (SATMU): 1. Redefining Wolff's Law: The bone modeling problem" (960).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bone “mass” and the “mechanostat”: A proposal Harold M. Frost · The Anatomical Record Sep 1987 2,125
2 Bone's mechanostat: A 2003 update Harold M. Frost · The Anatomical Record Part A Discoveries in Molecular Cellular and Evolutionary Biology 3 Nov 2003 1,546
3 Skeletal structural adaptations to mechanical usage (SATMU): 1. Redefining Wolff's Law: The bone modeling problem Harold M. Frost · The Anatomical Record Apr 1990 960
4 Wolff's Law and bone's structural adaptations to mechanical usage: an overview for clinicians. Harold M. Frost · PubMed Open access 1994 845
5 A 2003 update of bone physiology and Wolff's Law for clinicians. Harold M. Frost · PubMed Feb 2004 836
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Southern Colorado Clinic?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Parathyroid Hormone, Bone Mineral Density, Fractures, Biomechanics, Infection Prevention, Bone Healing, Fracture Epidemiology and Aortic Aneurysm.

▲ 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. Parathyroid Hormone26▲ 198×2 topics
  2. Bone Mineral Density25▲ 237×1 topic
  3. Fractures25▲ 452×1 topic
  4. Biomechanics12▲ 31×8 topics
  5. Infection Prevention8▲ 73×2 topics
  6. Bone Healing8▲ 134×1 topic
  7. Fracture Epidemiology8▲ 134×1 topic
  8. Aortic Aneurysm7▲ 83×2 topics
  9. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome7▲ 207×1 topic
  10. Marfan Syndrome7▲ 207×1 topic
  11. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.5×5 topics
  12. Osteoarthritis5▲ 32×4 topics
  13. Bone Resorption5▲ 155×1 topic
  14. Osteoclast Differentiation5▲ 155×1 topic
  15. Anatomical Nomenclature4▲ 126×1 topic
  16. Eponyms4▲ 122×1 topic
  17. Breast Cancer4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  18. Cancer3▲ 1.94×3 topics
  19. Rehabilitation3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.3×2 topics
  21. Femoroacetabular Impingement3▲ 86×1 topic
  22. Hip Arthroscopy3▲ 86×1 topic
  23. Bisphosphonates3▲ 58×1 topic
  24. Osteonecrosis of the Jaw3▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Metabolism3▲ 3.3×3 topics
  26. Revision Surgery3▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Stem Cells3▲ 7.1×3 topics
  28. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Cancer Progression3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  30. IGF-12▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Insulin-like Growth Factors2▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  33. Regeneration2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  34. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Wear Particles2▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Weight Loss2▲ 9.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Southern Colorado Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity, Health, Medicine and Society, Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues and Peripheral Artery Disease Management.

Hermeneutics and Narrati…0Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 0 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…0Health, Medicine and Society: 0 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 0 fractional worksParvovirus B19 Infection Studies: 0 fractional worksCerebrovascular and genetic disorders: 0 fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders: 0 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders a…0Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 0 fractional worksIntracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research: 0 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 0 fractional works
PhilosophyGeneral Health ProfessionsSurgeryInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 0 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 0 works
  3. 3 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Parvovirus B19 Infection Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Cerebrovascular and genetic disorders Neurology 0 works
  7. 7 Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 0 works
  9. 9 Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research Neurology 0 works
  10. 10 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 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 available9.4%not open90.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.9%domestic only97.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Southern Colorado Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Southern Colorado Clinic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000045% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Southern Colorado Clinic0.000020% in 202519801990200020102020

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