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St. Luke's Hospital

In research, St. Luke's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,233 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,992 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,203
of 28,054 · #29,144 all time
Rank in United States
#4,092
of 4,192
Research works
369
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.8k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

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
Health SciencesDomain #11,233 of 20,462 7.6%295
MedicineField #9,992 of 17,978 6.8%266

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 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.62× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.33× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Reflective Practice, Epidemiology, Competency-Based Education, Assessment Methods, Continuing Medical Education, Professional Identity Formation, Precision Medicine and Academic Medicine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.3×36 topics
  2. Reflective Practice4▲ 29×3 topics
  3. Competency-Based Education4▲ 52×2 topics
  4. Assessment Methods3▲ 43×2 topics
  5. Continuing Medical Education3▲ 72×1 topic
  6. Diagnosis3▲ 4.8×17 topics
  7. Professional Identity Formation3▲ 72×1 topic
  8. Healthcare3▲ 3.7×5 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 2.8×15 topics
  10. Depression3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  11. Academic Medicine3▲ 48×3 topics
  12. Precision Medicine3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  13. Science3▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Medical Imaging2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  15. Anxiety2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  16. Gender Bias2▲ 35×1 topic
  17. Health Care Disparities2▲ 82×1 topic
  18. Treatment2▲ 2.5×14 topics
  19. Complications2▲ 5.8×11 topics
  20. Medical Education2▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Health Equity2▲ 10×2 topics
  22. Clinical Decision Support2▲ 19×1 topic
  23. Meta-Analysis2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  24. Radiology2▲ 21×1 topic
  25. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  26. Primary Care2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  27. Surgery2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  28. Job Satisfaction2▲ 4.9×2 topics
  29. Minimal Residual Disease2▲ 31×2 topics
  30. Diagnosis Criteria2▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Heart Failure2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  32. International Myeloma Working Group2▲ 59×1 topic
  33. Patient Care2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Patient Safety2▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Critical Care1▲ 8.5×7 topics
  36. Interventions1▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Professionalism1▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Physician Burnout1▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Intravenous Immunoglobulin1▲ 25×3 topics
  40. Laparoscopic Surgery1▲ 13×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovations in Medical Education, Diversity and Career in Medicine, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments.

Innovations in Medical E…3Innovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional worksHospital Admissions and …1Hospital Admissions and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAntioxidants, Aging, Portulaca oleracea: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksMedical Education and Admissions: 1 fractional worksPotassium and Related Disorders: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGender StudiesHealth InformaticsHematology5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  2. 2 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 2 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  4. 4 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 2 works
  5. 5 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Hospital Admissions and Outcomes Emergency Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Antioxidants, Aging, Portulaca oleracea Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 Medical Education and Admissions Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Potassium and Related Disorders 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 available55.1%not open44.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher 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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