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St Francis Medical Center

In research, St Francis Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,664 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#10,849 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#30,466
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,534
of 8,685
Research works
225
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
16.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is St Francis 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,664 of 20,462 11.4%179
MedicineField #10,849 of 17,978 10.9%159

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

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: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 8 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St Francis Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, John W. Hoyt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St Francis Medical Center.

  1. 1 John W. Hoyt United States · #262,965 worldwide 76 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at St Francis Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at St Francis Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Quality of Life, Treatment, Sedation, Diagnosis, Rehabilitation and Elderly.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 3.5×81 topics
  2. Quality of Life13▲ 4.2×29 topics
  3. Treatment12▲ 4.2×30 topics
  4. Diagnosis10▲ 4.5×27 topics
  5. Surgical Management10▲ 9.8×15 topics
  6. Public Health8▲ 2.7×19 topics
  7. Sedation8▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Rehabilitation8▲ 9.7×10 topics
  9. Depression7▲ 4.3×11 topics
  10. Complications7▲ 6.1×15 topics
  11. Elderly7▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Guidelines7▲ 6.3×9 topics
  13. Management6▲ 3.5×17 topics
  14. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 9.4×5 topics
  15. Anesthesia6▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.5×12 topics
  17. Primary Care5▲ 5.5×10 topics
  18. Echocardiography5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.9×11 topics
  20. Elderly Patients5▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Children5▲ 8.2×5 topics
  22. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 8.3×7 topics
  23. Heart Failure4▲ 4.3×9 topics
  24. Intensive Care Unit4▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  26. Bispectral Index Monitoring4▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Dexmedetomidine4▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Surgery4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  29. Delirium4▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Mechanically Ventilated Patients4▲ 46×1 topic
  31. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  32. Brain Development4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  33. Infectious Diseases4▲ 6.8×6 topics
  34. Medical Education4▲ 7.0×8 topics
  35. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Healthcare Workers4▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Neurotoxicity4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  38. Inappropriate Medication Use3▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Polypharmacy3▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Health Care Utilization3▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does St Francis Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac tumors and thrombi, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies.

Cardiac tumors and thrombi: 0 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 0 fractional worksInfectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Sensor Technologies: 0 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 0 fractional worksNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study: 0 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii p…0Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 0 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 0 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 0 fractional worksPeptidase Inhibition and…0Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryInfectious DiseasesBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 0 works
  3. 3 Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis Infectious Diseases 0 works
  4. 4 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 0 works
  9. 9 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 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 available16.1%not open83.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.0%domestic only97.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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