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St. Luke's Hospital

In research, St. Luke's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,034 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,085 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,673
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,715
of 7,310
Research works
523
▲ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.5k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
St. Luke's Hospital

What is St. Luke'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
MedicineField #7,034 of 14,558 7.4%389
Health SciencesDomain #8,085 of 16,688 7.3%431

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

Which fields of science does St. Luke's Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at St. Luke's Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (80%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 46 fractional works · 82.5% of its workMedicine: 45 fractional works · 80.2% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 16.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSt. Luke'sHospital56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences5%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4580.2%
    2. Health Professions12.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology47.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities11.4%
    2. Psychology11.4%
    3. Social Sciences11.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.7%
    1. Engineering11.3%
    2. Environmental Science00.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    4. Computer Science00.1%
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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 45 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.17×45 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.44×4 works
  4. Health Professions0.83×1 works
  5. Neuroscience0.55×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.48×1 works
  7. Psychology0.45×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.42×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×0 works
  10. Nursing0.24×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.14×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.10×1 works
  13. Engineering0.09×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.01×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Robert C Langan, Michael D. Grossman and Steven J. Schweon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is St. Luke's Hospital.

  1. 1 Robert C Langan United States · #1,440,259 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Michael D. Grossman United States · #2,192,560 worldwide 1.9k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Steven J. Schweon United States · #2,637,958 worldwide 970 citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Natalie S. Weger United States · #3,135,023 worldwide 309 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Howard O. Grundy United States · #3,253,221 worldwide 478 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Joel C. Rosenfeld United States · #3,368,405 worldwide 903 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Nathaniel McQuay United States · #3,910,647 worldwide 690 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Kevin N. Waninger United States · #4,119,940 worldwide 462 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Jeffrey W Morse United States · #4,147,277 worldwide 165 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 David G. Beckwith United States · #4,499,765 worldwide 775 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at St. Luke's Hospital

What are the most cited papers from St. Luke's Hospital?

The most cited paper from St. Luke's Hospital is "A Comparison of Multimodal Therapy and Surgery for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma" (T. N. Walsh, N. Noonan, Donal P. Hollywood et al., 1996), with 1,961 citations. Next come "Standardized outcomes reporting in metabolic and bariatric surgery" (948) and "gp100 Peptide Vaccine and Interleukin-2 in Patients with Advanced Melanoma" (904).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Comparison of Multimodal Therapy and Surgery for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma T. N. Walsh, N. Noonan, Donal P. Hollywood et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 15 Aug 1996 1,961
2 Standardized outcomes reporting in metabolic and bariatric surgery Stacy A. Brethauer, Julie Kim, Maher El Chaar et al. · Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases May 2015 948
3 gp100 Peptide Vaccine and Interleukin-2 in Patients with Advanced Melanoma Douglas J. Schwartzentruber et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Jun 2011 904
4 Comparative Determinants of 4-Year Cardiovascular Event Rates in Stable Outpatients at Risk of or With Atherothrombosis Deepak L. Bhatt, Kim Allen Eagle, E. Magnus Ohman et al. · JAMA 31 Aug 2010 756
5 A Percutaneous Treatment Algorithm for Crossing Coronary Chronic Total Occlusions Emmanouil S. Brilakis, James Aaron Grantham, Stéphane Rinfret et al. · JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions Open access Apr 2012 637
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Echocardiography, Management and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.6×39 topics
  2. Treatment3▲ 4.8×15 topics
  3. Immunotherapy3▲ 7.6×11 topics
  4. Diagnosis3▲ 5.3×14 topics
  5. Management2▲ 5.6×12 topics
  6. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.7×10 topics
  7. Guidelines2▲ 8.7×8 topics
  8. Risk Factors2▲ 3.8×16 topics
  9. Echocardiography2▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Heart Failure2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations2▲ 7.7×7 topics
  12. Inflammation2▲ 1.62×13 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 2.8×12 topics
  14. Mortality2▲ 5.8×9 topics
  15. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.5×8 topics
  16. Complications2▲ 5.7×8 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  18. Robotic Surgery2▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Risk2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  20. Surgery2▲ 7.5×7 topics
  21. Surgical Management2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  22. Genetics1▲ 3.5×6 topics
  23. Genitourinary Development1▲ 75×1 topic
  24. Obesity1▲ 2.9×7 topics
  25. Precision Medicine1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  26. Urotrauma1▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Antibiotic Prophylaxis1▲ 25×2 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 5.6×5 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 6.7×7 topics
  31. Medical Imaging1▲ 3.8×3 topics
  32. Pediatric1▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Survival Analysis1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  34. Ultrasound1▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Urinary Tract Infection1▲ 47×1 topic
  36. Vesicoureteral Reflux1▲ 75×1 topic
  37. Autoantibodies1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Genomic Profiling1▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  40. Quantitative Analysis1▲ 8.8×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Urological Disorders and Treatments, Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Urological Disorders and…1Urological Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Ne…1Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAbdominal vascular conditions and treatments: 1 fractional worksUrinary and Genital Oncology Studies: 1 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolit…1Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 1 fractional worksViral Infections and Immunology Research: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional works
UrologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 1 works
  2. 2 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  6. 6 Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory 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 available21.8%not open78.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is St. Luke's Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%St. Luke's Hospital0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of St. Luke's Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%St. Luke's Hospital11.0% in 2011all institutions10.0% in 20112010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.0% in 2011.

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