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St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

In research, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,751 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,473 of 20,462 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,358 of 4,227 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,880
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,606
of 8,685
Research works
1.3k
▼ 51% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
30.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is St. Luke's Episcopal 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
MedicineField #2,751 of 17,978 18.8%933
Health SciencesDomain #3,473 of 20,462 18.3%1,007
SurgerySubfield #1,358 of 4,227 20.3%212
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,617 of 2,717 22.5%121
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #1,165 of 1,880 14.5%190

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where St. Luke's Episcopal 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: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 17 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Paolo Angelini, Robert D. Leachman and Lewis S. Pilcher lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital.

  1. 1 Paolo Angelini United States · #34,714 worldwide 435 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Robert D. Leachman United States · #58,734 worldwide 215 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Lewis S. Pilcher United States · #85,716 worldwide 124 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 James J. Livesay United States · #290,525 worldwide 93 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Zvonimir Krajcer United States · #594,153 worldwide 43 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Raja Muthupillai United States · #934,616 worldwide 57 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Jack N. Alpert United States · #1,469,478 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Guilherme V. Silva United States · #1,553,970 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital

Which keywords describe research at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Treatment, Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Surgery, Prognostic Factors and Genetic Mutations.

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

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 4.7×20 topics
  2. Diagnosis3▲ 14×11 topics
  3. Management2▲ 13×9 topics
  4. Treatment2▲ 8.2×8 topics
  5. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 109×2 topics
  6. Surgery1▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations1▲ 13×3 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors1▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Cardiac Imaging1▲ 43×2 topics
  10. Human Rights1▲ 5.3×2 topics
  11. Immunotherapy1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  12. Cardiomyopathies1▲ 153×1 topic
  13. Chemotherapy1▲ 6.5×5 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 8.3×5 topics
  15. Myosin1▲ 153×1 topic
  16. Pilgrimage1▲ 234×1 topic
  17. Policy Dimensions1▲ 610×1 topic
  18. Religious Tourism1▲ 234×1 topic
  19. Transnational Law1▲ 430×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies, Legal Systems and Judicial Processes, Religious Tourism and Spaces and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Cardiomyopathy and Myosi…1Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 1 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judici…1Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 1 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Sp…1Religious Tourism and Spaces: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…1Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksMyasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 1 fractional worksLymphatic Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphyl…0Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 0 fractional worksCutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePolitical Science and International RelationsGeography, Planning and DevelopmentSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 1 works
  6. 6 Lymphatic Disorders and Treatments Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 0 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Cutaneous lymphoproliferative disorders research Dermatology 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 available26.2%not open73.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.