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St David's Medical Center

In research, St David's Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,995 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,554 of 20,462 worldwide) and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (#904 of 1,880 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 36.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,890
of 28,054 · #23,217 all time
Rank in United States
#3,079
of 4,192
Research works
404
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.4k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is St David's Medical Center 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
MedicineField #6,995 of 17,978 22.8%253
Health SciencesDomain #8,554 of 20,462 22.3%279
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #904 of 1,880 25.7%128

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

What does St David's Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 36.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 27.3 works37×
  2. MedicineField · 51.3 works3.8×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 54.5 works3.3×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.76× its world share, 51 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× 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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St David's Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, D. J. Schove, Chen and Aravind Ramakrishnan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St David's Medical Center.

  1. 1 D. J. Schove United States · #259,748 worldwide 57 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Chen United States · #1,199,003 worldwide 27 citations · 113 works
  3. 3 Aravind Ramakrishnan United States · #1,201,220 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Ahn United States · #1,246,566 worldwide 4 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at St David's Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at St David's Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Stroke Prevention, Atrial Fibrillation, Anticoagulant Therapy, Risk Stratification, Thromboembolism and Arrhythmias.

▲ 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. Catheter Ablation18▲ 213×2 topics
  2. Guidelines11▲ 34×5 topics
  3. Atrial Fibrillation11▲ 157×2 topics
  4. Stroke Prevention11▲ 129×2 topics
  5. Anticoagulant Therapy11▲ 120×2 topics
  6. Risk Stratification10▲ 208×1 topic
  7. Thromboembolism10▲ 208×1 topic
  8. Arrhythmias9▲ 139×2 topics
  9. Radiofrequency Ablation8▲ 104×1 topic
  10. Ventricular Tachycardia8▲ 221×1 topic
  11. Echocardiography5▲ 24×6 topics
  12. Heart Failure4▲ 15×9 topics
  13. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 71×2 topics
  14. Epidemiology4▲ 1.39×28 topics
  15. Treatment3▲ 3.8×16 topics
  16. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy3▲ 99×1 topic
  17. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator3▲ 99×1 topic
  18. Lymphoma2▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.5×2 topics
  21. CAR T Cells2▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Diagnosis2▲ 2.5×9 topics
  24. Cardiac Imaging1▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 1.78×13 topics
  26. Ion Channels1▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Risk Factors1▲ 1.80×9 topics
  28. Cardiac Electrophysiology1▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Long-QT Syndrome1▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Obesity1▲ 2.4×6 topics
  31. Public Health1▲ 1.22×5 topics
  32. Classification1▲ 3.6×3 topics
  33. Genetic Mutations1▲ 3.9×5 topics
  34. Prognosis1▲ 5.0×5 topics
  35. Quality of Life1◆ 1.14×9 topics
  36. Atherosclerosis1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  37. Pain Management1▲ 7.1×5 topics
  38. Remote Sensing1▲ 1.21×4 topics
  39. 3D Printing1▲ 6.0×1 topic
  40. Concrete Extrusion1▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does St David's Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and CAR-T cell therapy research.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…10Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …8Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 8 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…3Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…2CAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…1Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 1 fractional worksMicrobial Inactivation Methods: 1 fractional worksLaser-induced spectroscopy and plasma: 1 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyBuilding and ConstructionBiotechnology2 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 1 works
  7. 7 Microbial Inactivation Methods Biotechnology 1 works
  8. 8 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  9. 9 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.8%domestic only68.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St David's Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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