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St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

In research, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,234 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,873 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,281
of 28,054 · #4,996 all time
Rank in United States
#2,316
of 4,192
Research works
1.7k
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
99k
59.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is St. Elizabeth's 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
MedicineField #6,234 of 10,443 9.2%166 #1413
Health SciencesDomain #7,873 of 11,982 9.3%175 #1820

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Elizabeth'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. Elizabeth's Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 29.4 works8.9×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.05× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 166 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Jeffrey M. Isner, Douglas W. Losordo and Athar H. Chishti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Elizabeth's Medical Center.

  1. 1 Jeffrey M. Isner United States · #14,729 worldwide 878 citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Douglas W. Losordo United States · #18,052 worldwide 497 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Athar H. Chishti United States · #122,044 worldwide 173 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Marianne Kearney United States · #194,641 worldwide 319 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Lawrence A. Garcia United States · #294,013 worldwide 129 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Elizabeth Monroe United States · #449,629 worldwide 13 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Eduardo A. Vega United States · #852,648 worldwide 32 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Peter J. Catalano United States · #1,038,881 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Michael V. Orlov United States · #1,494,072 worldwide 9 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at St. Elizabeth's Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Risk Factors, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 3.2×70 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 6.7×30 topics
  3. Treatment13▲ 4.8×31 topics
  4. Risk Factors11▲ 4.8×18 topics
  5. Chemotherapy10▲ 6.8×18 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.9×25 topics
  7. Inflammation9▲ 1.91×47 topics
  8. Immunotherapy8▲ 5.6×14 topics
  9. Public Health8▲ 2.6×18 topics
  10. Clinical Trials8▲ 5.3×12 topics
  11. Management8▲ 4.6×21 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors8▲ 8.0×13 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 6.2×10 topics
  14. Guidelines7▲ 7.1×9 topics
  15. Quality of Life7▲ 2.3×24 topics
  16. Surgical Management7▲ 7.9×12 topics
  17. Diabetes6▲ 6.1×13 topics
  18. Atherosclerosis6▲ 10×6 topics
  19. Heart Failure6▲ 6.3×11 topics
  20. Echocardiography6▲ 9.4×6 topics
  21. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 9.2×4 topics
  23. Stroke Prevention5▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Cholangiocarcinoma5▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Revascularization5▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Complications5▲ 4.2×13 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 4.6×6 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  29. Angioplasty4▲ 29×2 topics
  30. PET Imaging4▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 7.3×6 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 7.3×4 topics
  33. Carotid Artery Stenosis4▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Cerebrovascular Events4▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Endarterectomy4▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Claudication3▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Peripheral Arterial Disease3▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 21×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Peripheral Artery Disease Management, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies.

Cerebrovascular and Caro…4Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 4 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…3Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…3Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 3 fractional worksSex and Gender in Health…3Sex and Gender in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 2 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Elizabeth's Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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