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St. Jude Medical Center

In research, St. Jude Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,898 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,888 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,930
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,878
of 7,310
Research works
435
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
St. Jude Medical Center

What is St. Jude 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 #5,898 of 16,688 8.4%289
MedicineField #5,888 of 14,558 8.3%260

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

Which fields of science does St. Jude Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at St. Jude Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Social Sciences (24%), Health Professions (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 15 fractional works · 52.9% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 42.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 31.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 23.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. Jude MedicalCenter28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences32%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1242.8%
    2. Health Professions27.7%
    3. Dentistry12.4%
    1. Social Sciences723.9%
    2. Psychology25.8%
    3. Decision Sciences01.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    1. Computer Science27.2%
    2. Engineering12.4%
    3. Environmental Science00.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.3%
    3. Neuroscience01.0%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.96× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.91× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.23× its world share, 12 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.96×1 works
  2. Health Professions2.91×2 works
  3. Medicine2.23×12 works
  4. Psychology1.92×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.89×7 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.25×0 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.24×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.93×2 works
  9. Neuroscience0.62×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×0 works
  12. Engineering0.16×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.12×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Patrick L. Fitzgibbons, Nirav Dalal and Edward Karst lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Jude Medical Center.

  1. 1 Patrick L. Fitzgibbons United States · #189,856 worldwide 33k citations · 116 works
  2. 2 Nirav Dalal United States · #669,988 worldwide 1.1k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Edward Karst United States · #785,509 worldwide 1k citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Rupinder Bharmi United States · #1,068,901 worldwide 706 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Andrew L. Concoff United States · #1,462,885 worldwide 871 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Kyungmoo Ryu United States · #1,470,094 worldwide 3.1k citations · 98 works
  7. 7 Harry B. Peled United States · #1,730,153 worldwide 642 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Roberta B. Trieschmann United States · #2,090,405 worldwide 2.3k citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Taraneh G. Farazi United States · #2,113,043 worldwide 545 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Enrico Romano United States · #2,357,222 worldwide 425 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at St. Jude Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from St. Jude Medical Center?

The most cited paper from St. Jude Medical Center is "American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists Guideline Recommendations for Immunohistochemical Testing of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in Breast Cancer" (M. Elizabeth H. Hammond et al., 2010), with 4,301 citations. Next come "Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI versus Medical Therapy in Stable Coronary Disease" (2,784) and "Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Stroke" (2,112).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists Guideline Recommendations for Immunohistochemical Testing of Estrogen and Progesterone Receptors in Breast Cancer M. Elizabeth H. Hammond et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 19 Apr 2010 4,301
2 Fractional Flow Reserve–Guided PCI versus Medical Therapy in Stable Coronary Disease Bernard De Bruyne et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Aug 2012 2,784
3 Subclinical Atrial Fibrillation and the Risk of Stroke Jeff S. Healey, Stuart J. Connolly, Michael Robert Gold et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Jan 2012 2,112
4 Recommendations for Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 Testing in Breast Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists Clinical Practice Guideline Update Antonio C. Wolff, M. Elizabeth Hammond, David G. Hicks et al. · Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Open access 7 Oct 2013 1,808
5 Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Testing in Breast Cancer: ASCO/CAP Guideline Update Kimberly H. Allison, M. Elizabeth H. Hammond, Mitch Dowsett et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology 13 Jan 2020 1,604
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at St. Jude Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Human Rights, Healthcare, Immunotherapy, Machine Learning and Quality of Life.

▲ 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 9 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Educational Technology2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  2. Machine Learning2▲ 1.88×5 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 4.1×8 topics
  4. Epidemiology2▲ 1.46×15 topics
  5. Cybersecurity1▲ 21×3 topics
  6. Healthcare1▲ 4.4×6 topics
  7. Human Rights1▲ 4.8×6 topics
  8. Quality of Life1▲ 3.0×6 topics
  9. Immunotherapy1▲ 5.2×7 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Internet of Things and AI, Scientific and Engineering Research Topics, Network Security and Intrusion Detection and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

Internet of Things and AI1Internet of Things and AI: 1 fractional worksScientific and Engineeri…1Scientific and Engineering Research Topics: 1 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…1Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…1Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 1 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 1 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 0 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…0CAR-T cell therapy research: 0 fractional worksPolitical Dynamics in Latin America: 0 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 0 fractional worksInfant Development and Preterm Care: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsPeriodonticsComputer Networks and CommunicationsEpidemiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Internet of Things and AI Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Scientific and Engineering Research Topics Periodontics 1 works
  3. 3 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  6. 6 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 Political Dynamics in Latin America Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 0 works
  10. 10 Infant Development and Preterm Care Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available28.2%not open71.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.1%domestic only72.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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. Jude Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000059% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%St. Jude Medical Center0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Jude Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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