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St. Joseph Health System

In research, St. Joseph Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,377 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,434 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,737
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,475
of 7,310
Research works
343
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
St. Joseph Health System

What is St. Joseph Health System 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 #9,377 of 16,688 7.8%199
MedicineField #8,434 of 14,558 9.7%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Joseph Health System 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does St. Joseph Health System work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at St. Joseph Health System is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Health Professions (11%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 44 fractional works · 63.4% of its workMedicine: 35 fractional works · 50.9% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. Joseph HealthSystem69fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences16%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3550.9%
    2. Health Professions810.9%
    3. Dentistry11.0%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    1. Social Sciences69.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting22.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
    4. Psychology11.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology57.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering33.8%
    2. Computer Science22.2%
    3. Environmental Science11.9%
    4. Mathematics00.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    8. Energy00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.68× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.13× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.65× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.13×8 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.68×2 works
  3. Medicine2.65×35 works
  4. Dentistry1.98×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×5 works
  6. Nursing1.31×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.01×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.79×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.75×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.71×6 works
  11. Psychology0.62×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.43×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.41×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.38×1 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.34×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.28×2 works
  18. Engineering0.26×3 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  21. Energy0.10×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at St. Joseph Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Benjamin Gronowski, Liz Mitchell and Davidson Sn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Joseph Health System.

  1. 1 Benjamin Gronowski United States · #3,722,048 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Liz Mitchell United States · #4,187,839 worldwide 86 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Davidson Sn United States · #4,398,461 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Dorothy Rasinski Gregory United States · #4,574,778 worldwide 101 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 John W. Glaser United States · #5,587,769 worldwide 596 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at St. Joseph Health System

What are the most cited papers from St. Joseph Health System?

The most cited paper from St. Joseph Health System is "Multiple early factors anticipate post-acute COVID-19 sequelae" (Yapeng Su et al., 2022), with 1,238 citations. Next come "Revisiting the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate: Implications for Mixed-Methods Research" (1,082) and "Treating axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis, especially psoriatic arthritis, to target: 2017 update of recommendations by an international task force" (688).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multiple early factors anticipate post-acute COVID-19 sequelae Yapeng Su et al. · Cell Open access 25 Jan 2022 1,238
2 Revisiting the Quantitative-Qualitative Debate: Implications for Mixed-Methods Research Joanna E. M. Sale, Lynne H. Lohfeld, Kevin Brazil · Quality & Quantity Open access Feb 2002 1,082
3 Treating axial spondyloarthritis and peripheral spondyloarthritis, especially psoriatic arthritis, to target: 2017 update of recommendations by an international task force Josef S Smolen et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 7 Jul 2017 688
4 Multi-Omics Resolves a Sharp Disease-State Shift between Mild and Moderate COVID-19 Yapeng Su et al. · Cell Open access 28 Oct 2020 651
5 A wellness study of 108 individuals using personal, dense, dynamic data clouds Nathan D. Price, Andrew T. Magis, John C. Earls et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 17 Jul 2017 451
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Joseph Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Patient Satisfaction, Depression, Public Health, Diagnosis, Risk Factors and Social Support.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.6×41 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 3.5×16 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 8.5×12 topics
  4. Depression3▲ 5.1×11 topics
  5. Risk Factors3▲ 3.9×10 topics
  6. Diagnosis3▲ 4.5×16 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 1.68×19 topics
  9. Quality of Life2▲ 2.5×12 topics
  10. Mental Health2▲ 2.3×11 topics
  11. Social Support2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  12. Treatment2▲ 2.8×12 topics
  13. Primary Care2▲ 7.7×8 topics
  14. Anxiety2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.4×18 topics
  16. COVID-192▲ 2.0×10 topics
  17. Healthcare2▲ 2.3×8 topics
  18. Quality Improvement2▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  20. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.0×10 topics
  21. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 10.0×4 topics
  22. Health Equity1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  23. Medical Education1▲ 7.7×5 topics
  24. Mortality Risk1▲ 8.3×4 topics
  25. Surgical Management1▲ 5.1×8 topics
  26. Complications1▲ 3.9×6 topics
  27. Biomechanics1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  28. Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  30. Survival Analysis1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. Chronic Disease1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 6.6×5 topics
  33. Revision Surgery1▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Total Hip Replacement1▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Antithrombotic Therapy1▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Clinical Practice1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Community Health1▲ 9.0×3 topics
  38. Health Disparities1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  39. Prophylaxis1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Venous Thromboembolism1▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does St. Joseph Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Empathy and Medical Education, Innovations in Medical Education and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

Venous Thromboembolism D…1Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Educ…1Empathy and Medical Education: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksStructural Analysis and Optimization: 1 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksTree Root and Stability …1Tree Root and Stability Studies: 1 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 1 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional works
Internal MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEmergency Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Structural Analysis and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Tree Root and Stability Studies Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Health disparities and outcomes Health 1 works
  10. 10 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.9%domestic only86.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has St. Joseph Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is St. Joseph Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%St. Joseph Health System0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

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