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St. Joseph's Hospital

In research, St. Joseph's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,950 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,792 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#20,389
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,412
of 8,685
Research works
368
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.9k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

What is St. Joseph's Hospital 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 #5,950 of 20,462 15.6%265
MedicineField #9,792 of 17,978 15.8%221

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

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 3.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.21× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 6.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.09× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at St. Joseph's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, E. C. Ellett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Joseph's Hospital.

  1. 1 E. C. Ellett United States · #722,354 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at St. Joseph's Hospital

Which research topics does St. Joseph's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Peripheral Nerve Disorders, Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments, Cervical Cancer and HPV Research and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership.

Peripheral Nerve Disorders0Peripheral Nerve Disorders: 0 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…0Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 0 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 0 fractional worksNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 0 fractional worksCultural Competency in Health Care: 0 fractional worksFolate and B Vitamins Research: 0 fractional worksFacial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research: 0 fractional worksEducation, Achievement, …0Education, Achievement, and Giftedness: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 0 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 0 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingObstetrics and GynecologyEpidemiologyIssues, ethics and legal aspects5 others

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

  1. 1 Peripheral Nerve Disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  2. 2 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  3. 3 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 0 works
  4. 4 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 0 works
  5. 5 Cultural Competency in Health Care Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Folate and B Vitamins Research Rheumatology 0 works
  7. 7 Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research Neurology 0 works
  8. 8 Education, Achievement, and Giftedness Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  10. 10 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 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 available14.9%not open85.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Joseph's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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