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Stanford Health Care

In research, Stanford Health Care stands highest in Health Sciences (#512 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#498 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#942 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,192
of 22,385 · #980 all time
Rank in United States
#261
of 3,332
Research works
3k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
86k
28.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Stanford Health Care

What is Stanford Health Care known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #512 of 9,902 11.4%552 #482
MedicineField #498 of 8,541 11.3%473 #456
Life SciencesDomain #942 of 6,403 16.2%89 #820
Health ProfessionsField #338 of 1,895 12.4%72 #347
Social SciencesDomain #2,075 of 9,585 14.4%97 #1259

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stanford Health Care 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#482 #512
  2. Medicine#456 #498
  3. Life Sciences#820 #942
  4. Health Professions#347 #338
  5. Social Sciences#1,259 #2,075
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Stanford Health Care work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Stanford Health Care is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Health Professions (8%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 652 fractional works · 68.6% of its workMedicine: 563 fractional works · 59.2% of its workSurgery: 75 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 49 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 47 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 40 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 34 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 29 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 23 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 21 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 80 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 43 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 119 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 106 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 62 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 25 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 74 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKStanford HealthCare951fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences12%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine56359.2%
    2. Health Professions808.5%
    3. Nursing70.7%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Social Sciences404.2%
    2. Psychology343.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance171.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting121.3%
    5. Decision Sciences80.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities70.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology626.5%
    2. Neuroscience242.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology141.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.3%
    1. Engineering222.3%
    2. Computer Science202.1%
    3. Environmental Science141.5%
    4. Mathematics70.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy30.3%
    6. Chemistry30.3%
    7. Materials Science20.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    10. Energy00.0%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.21× its world share, 80 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 563 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.85× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.21×80 works
  2. Medicine3.08×563 works
  3. Neuroscience1.55×24 works
  4. Nursing1.45×7 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.43×14 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×62 works
  7. Psychology1.19×34 works
  8. Veterinary0.97×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×3 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×17 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.82×8 works
  12. Mathematics0.62×7 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×12 works
  14. Social Sciences0.33×40 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.32×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.30×14 works
  17. Computer Science0.27×20 works
  18. Dentistry0.26×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.26×7 works
  20. Chemistry0.17×3 works
  21. Engineering0.16×22 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.15×3 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×4 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.06×2 works
  26. Energy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Stanford Health Care?

Ranked on the quality score, Theresa Mallick‐Searle, Joshua Jay Reicher and P. D. S. Wood lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stanford Health Care.

  1. 1 Theresa Mallick‐Searle United States · #941,109 worldwide 784 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Joshua Jay Reicher United States · #964,624 worldwide 6.5k citations · 50 works
  3. 3 P. D. S. Wood United States · #965,524 worldwide 2.5k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Nerissa Ambers United States · #1,124,158 worldwide 68 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Michelle Y. Williams United States · #1,178,994 worldwide 338 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Michael B. Clay United States · #1,188,762 worldwide 540 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Mary E. Lough United States · #1,215,385 worldwide 1.6k citations · 62 works
  8. 8 Maria Yefimova United States · #1,709,728 worldwide 844 citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Eric Hadhazy United States · #1,729,541 worldwide 830 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Carol A. Barch United States · #1,801,645 worldwide 526 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Stanford Health Care

What are the most cited papers from Stanford Health Care?

The most cited paper from Stanford Health Care is "Self-management education: History, definition, outcomes, and mechanisms" (Kate R. Lorig, Halsted R. Holman, 2003), with 4,192 citations. Next come "Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities" (4,140) and "Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU" (4,050).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self-management education: History, definition, outcomes, and mechanisms Kate R. Lorig, Halsted R. Holman · Annals of Behavioral Medicine Aug 2003 4,192
2 Compendium of Physical Activities: classification of energy costs of human physical activities Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Arthur S. Leon et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 1993 4,140
3 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Prevention and Management of Pain, Agitation/Sedation, Delirium, Immobility, and Sleep Disruption in Adult Patients in the ICU John W. Devlin et al. · Critical Care Medicine Open access 16 Aug 2018 4,050
4 A manifesto for reproducible science Marcus Robert Munafo, Brian A. Nosek, Dorothy Bishop et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access 10 Jan 2017 3,631
5 Comparative Efficacy and Acceptability of 21 Antidepressant Drugs for the Acute Treatment of Adults With Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis Andrea Cipriani, Toshi A. Furukawa, Georgia Salanti et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access 21 Feb 2018 3,587
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stanford Health Care?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Precision Medicine, Primary Care, Clinical Trials, Healthcare and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology100▲ 2.6×112 topics
  2. Quality of Life38▲ 2.8×43 topics
  3. Risk Factors33▲ 3.2×31 topics
  4. Inflammation31▲ 1.55×64 topics
  5. Healthcare31▲ 2.9×13 topics
  6. Treatment30▲ 2.6×41 topics
  7. Public Health28▲ 2.1×38 topics
  8. Clinical Trials26▲ 4.1×17 topics
  9. Diagnosis26▲ 2.9×37 topics
  10. Precision Medicine26▲ 5.4×8 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease23▲ 2.1×33 topics
  12. Primary Care22▲ 6.3×13 topics
  13. Depression20▲ 2.5×18 topics
  14. Mortality20▲ 3.6×13 topics
  15. Chemotherapy19▲ 2.8×22 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction19▲ 6.4×9 topics
  17. Management18▲ 2.4×27 topics
  18. Guidelines18▲ 4.0×12 topics
  19. Immunotherapy18▲ 2.6×17 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 3.4×14 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 2.3×23 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations17▲ 5.2×10 topics
  23. Anxiety17▲ 3.8×10 topics
  24. Biomarkers17▲ 2.5×14 topics
  25. Heart Failure17▲ 3.9×13 topics
  26. Medical Education17▲ 6.5×10 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders16▲ 3.0×19 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management16▲ 8.6×5 topics
  29. Rehabilitation16▲ 4.1×12 topics
  30. Medical Imaging15▲ 3.0×8 topics
  31. Quality Improvement15▲ 8.1×8 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors14▲ 3.4×14 topics
  33. Radiotherapy14▲ 3.6×13 topics
  34. Health Equity14▲ 4.9×5 topics
  35. Electronic Health Records13▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Critical Care12▲ 5.4×8 topics
  37. Health-related Quality of Life12▲ 5.3×5 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes11▲ 5.5×6 topics
  39. Immunosuppressive Therapy11▲ 6.1×8 topics
  40. Clinical Decision Support11▲ 7.1×1 topic

Which research topics does Stanford Health Care publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Machine Learning in Healthcare, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Artificial Intelligence …11Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 11 fractional worksMachine Learning in Heal…7Machine Learning in Healthcare: 7 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…6Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…6Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 6 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 6 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 5 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…5Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 5 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 5 fractional worksElectronic Health Records Systems: 5 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehea…5Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 5 fractional works
Health InformaticsArtificial IntelligenceSurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 11 works
  2. 2 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  3. 3 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 5 works
  7. 7 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  8. 8 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 5 works
  9. 9 Electronic Health Records Systems Health Information Management 5 works
  10. 10 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stanford Health Care's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Stanford Health Care as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0037% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Stanford Health Care0.0042% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stanford Health Care 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.

still counting10%20%30%Stanford Health Care12.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.6% in 2008.

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