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Stanford Health Care

In research, Stanford Health Care stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,093 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,144 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,132 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,564
of 28,054 · #3,747 all time
Rank in United States
#502
of 4,192
Research works
3k
▲ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
86k
28.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Stanford Health Care known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,093 of 11,982 16.3%552 #1069
MedicineField #1,144 of 10,443 15.1%473 #1164
Life SciencesDomain #3,132 of 7,800 21.6%89 #3088
Health ProfessionsField #959 of 1,928 23.0%72 #986
Social SciencesDomain #5,499 of 10,521 25.7%97 #4199

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,069 #1,093
  2. Medicine#1,164 #1,144
  3. Life Sciences#3,088 #3,132
  4. Health Professions#986 #959
  5. Social Sciences#4,199 #5,499
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.18× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.44× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.64× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.41× its world share, 72 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.08× its world share, 473 worksMedicineNursing: 1.50× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.09× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Stanford Health Care?

Ranked on the composite score, M Abdelmonem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stanford Health Care.

  1. 1 M Abdelmonem · #1,623,040 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Stanford Health Care

Which keywords describe research at Stanford Health Care?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Clinical Trials, Risk Factors, Primary Care, Patient Satisfaction, Precision Medicine and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology84▲ 2.6×109 topics
  2. Quality of Life32▲ 2.8×42 topics
  3. Risk Factors28▲ 3.2×31 topics
  4. Inflammation26▲ 1.60×61 topics
  5. Treatment25▲ 2.6×39 topics
  6. Healthcare24▲ 2.7×13 topics
  7. Clinical Trials24▲ 4.5×17 topics
  8. Public Health23▲ 2.0×36 topics
  9. Diagnosis22▲ 2.9×34 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 2.2×31 topics
  11. Primary Care19▲ 6.3×13 topics
  12. Precision Medicine19▲ 5.0×8 topics
  13. Mortality18▲ 3.8×13 topics
  14. Depression18▲ 2.5×18 topics
  15. Patient Satisfaction17▲ 6.7×9 topics
  16. Chemotherapy16▲ 2.8×22 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 2.4×21 topics
  18. Immunotherapy15▲ 2.7×17 topics
  19. Management15▲ 2.4×26 topics
  20. Ethical Considerations15▲ 5.5×10 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders15▲ 3.3×17 topics
  22. Anxiety15▲ 3.9×10 topics
  23. Guidelines15▲ 4.0×12 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 3.3×13 topics
  25. Chronic Disease Management14▲ 9.2×5 topics
  26. Heart Failure13▲ 3.9×13 topics
  27. Medical Education13▲ 6.5×10 topics
  28. Quality Improvement13▲ 8.6×8 topics
  29. Rehabilitation13▲ 4.1×12 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations12▲ 3.5×22 topics
  31. Radiotherapy12▲ 3.9×13 topics
  32. Electronic Health Records10▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Critical Care10▲ 5.4×8 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 5.7×6 topics
  36. Healthcare Quality8▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Blood Transfusion8▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Anemia8▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Patient Engagement8▲ 7.6×4 topics
  40. Academic Medicine8▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Stanford Health Care publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Machine Learning in Healthcare, Innovations in Medical Education and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Artificial Intelligence …7Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 7 fractional worksMachine Learning in Heal…6Machine Learning in Healthcare: 6 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 5 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 5 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 5 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…4Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 4 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 4 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 4 fractional works
Health InformaticsArtificial IntelligencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGender Studies4 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 7 works
  2. 2 Machine Learning in HealthcareArtificial Intelligence 6 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  5. 5 Diversity and Career in MedicineGender Studies 5 works
  6. 6 Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesSurgery 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Economic and Financial Impacts of CancerEconomics and Econometrics 4 works
  9. 9 Telemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  10. 10 Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsGeneral Health Professions 4 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Stanford Health Care's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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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