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St. Joseph Medical Center

In research, St. Joseph Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,244 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,195 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,133
of 28,054 · #13,627 all time
Rank in United States
#3,116
of 4,192
Research works
1k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is St. Joseph 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
Health SciencesDomain #10,244 of 11,982 5.1%108 #4451
MedicineField #9,195 of 10,443 4.6%102 #5595

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.1 works5.9×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.66× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.07× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. Joseph Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul C. McAfee, Michele M. Pelter and Joseph D.V. Vu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Joseph Medical Center.

  1. 1 Paul C. McAfee United States · #322,746 worldwide 150 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Michele M. Pelter United States · #1,335,470 worldwide 12 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Joseph D.V. Vu United States · #1,448,416 worldwide 26 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Teri M. Kozik United States · #1,477,452 worldwide 4 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at St. Joseph Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at St. Joseph Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Treatment, Complications, Echocardiography, Management, Prophylaxis and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.0×56 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 9.7×25 topics
  3. Treatment10▲ 5.5×23 topics
  4. Complications7▲ 9.4×14 topics
  5. Management6▲ 4.9×15 topics
  6. COVID-195▲ 2.7×10 topics
  7. Echocardiography5▲ 13×7 topics
  8. Risk Factors5▲ 3.2×20 topics
  9. Guidelines4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.5×14 topics
  11. Prophylaxis4▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Degenerative Disc Disease4▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Surgery4▲ 7.1×8 topics
  14. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 2.9×9 topics
  17. Heart Failure3▲ 5.4×9 topics
  18. Surgical Management3▲ 5.4×12 topics
  19. Low Back Pain3▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Spinal Fusion3▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.0×13 topics
  22. Pneumothorax3▲ 57×2 topics
  23. Surgical Treatment3▲ 9.6×3 topics
  24. Autoantibodies3▲ 7.8×7 topics
  25. Intervertebral Disc3▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Lumbar Disc Degeneration3▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Catheter Ablation2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Deep Vein Thrombosis2▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-22▲ 5.1×5 topics
  31. Bacteremia2▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  33. Review2▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Critical Care2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  35. Revision Surgery2▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Antithrombotic Therapy2▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Rituximab2▲ 8.6×3 topics
  40. Endocarditis Guidelines2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does St. Joseph Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema.

Spine and Intervertebral…3Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…2Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksPneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema: 2 fractional worksPericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Analysis: 1 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…1Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineEpidemiologyInternal MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Medical Imaging and Analysis Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes 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 available25.9%not open74.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower 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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