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Stony Brook Medicine

In research, Stony Brook Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#1,850 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,192 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,140
of 22,385 · #2,138 all time
Rank in United States
#822
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
33k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Stony Brook Medicine

What is Stony Brook Medicine 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
MedicineField #1,850 of 8,541 7.2%233 #1099
Health SciencesDomain #2,192 of 9,902 7.6%251 #1216

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stony Brook Medicine 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 Stony Brook Medicine work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Stony Brook Medicine is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Health Professions (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 292 fractional works · 68.1% of its workMedicine: 270 fractional works · 63.1% of its workSurgery: 42 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 6.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 23 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 63 fractional works · 14.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 40 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 38 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKStony BrookMedicine428fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences8%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine27063.1%
    2. Health Professions174.0%
    3. Nursing30.7%
    4. Dentistry20.4%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology409.3%
    2. Neuroscience122.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology81.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Engineering143.3%
    2. Computer Science71.5%
    3. Environmental Science61.4%
    4. Materials Science40.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.6%
    6. Chemistry20.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Psychology163.8%
    2. Social Sciences143.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Stony Brook Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.2 works5.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.53× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.28× its world share, 270 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.28×270 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.80×8 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.73×40 works
  4. Neuroscience1.72×12 works
  5. Health Professions1.53×17 works
  6. Nursing1.39×3 works
  7. Psychology1.24×16 works
  8. Dentistry0.74×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.53×1 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.39×1 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.28×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.27×6 works
  13. Chemistry0.26×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.26×4 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.26×2 works
  16. Social Sciences0.26×14 works
  17. Engineering0.22×14 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.20×7 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.17×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×3 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.13×2 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  25. Veterinary0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Stony Brook Medicine?

Ranked on the quality score, Kenneth R. Shroyer, Ramon E. Abola and Xiaoyu Duan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stony Brook Medicine.

  1. 1 Kenneth R. Shroyer United States · #1,024,082 worldwide 3.1k citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Ramon E. Abola United States · #1,959,202 worldwide 444 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Xiaoyu Duan United States · #2,034,910 worldwide 339 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Margaret Kasschau United States · #2,153,587 worldwide 537 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Jamie Lee Romeiser United States · #2,261,832 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Howard L. Adler United States · #2,321,750 worldwide 2.1k citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Jonathan J. Melquist United States · #2,349,558 worldwide 2.1k citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Patrick T. Jasinski United States · #2,555,707 worldwide 265 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 William Travis Berg United States · #3,030,483 worldwide 1.4k citations · 100 works
  10. 10 Saadat Aleem United States · #3,142,359 worldwide 197 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Stony Brook Medicine

What are the most cited papers from Stony Brook Medicine?

The most cited paper from Stony Brook Medicine is "The Immune Landscape of Cancer" (Vésteinn Thórsson et al., 2018), with 6,328 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023) and "A Paravascular Pathway Facilitates CSF Flow Through the Brain Parenchyma and the Clearance of Interstitial Solutes, Including Amyloid β" (5,906).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Immune Landscape of Cancer Vésteinn Thórsson et al. · Immunity Open access784 authors Apr 2018 6,328
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
3 A Paravascular Pathway Facilitates CSF Flow Through the Brain Parenchyma and the Clearance of Interstitial Solutes, Including Amyloid β Jeffrey J. Iliff, Minghuan Wang, Yonghong Liao et al. · Science Translational Medicine Open access 15 Aug 2012 5,906
4 Describing Textures in the Wild Mircea Cimpoi, Subhransu Maji, Iasonas Kokkinos et al. Conference paperOpen access Jun 2014 2,382
5 Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Handbook for Diagnosis and Treatment Joyce N. Sprafkin, Gabrielle A. Carlson · American Journal of Psychiatry Sep 1992 1,912
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stony Brook Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Treatment, Heart Failure and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology49▲ 2.9×96 topics
  2. Risk Factors19▲ 4.1×27 topics
  3. Quality of Life19▲ 3.1×36 topics
  4. Inflammation19▲ 2.1×55 topics
  5. Treatment17▲ 3.2×37 topics
  6. Diagnosis16▲ 4.0×32 topics
  7. Cancer14▲ 2.4×35 topics
  8. Guidelines14▲ 6.8×10 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 2.6×26 topics
  10. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.8×21 topics
  11. Heart Failure11▲ 5.8×11 topics
  12. Public Health11▲ 1.77×33 topics
  13. Mortality11▲ 4.4×11 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.4×13 topics
  15. Immunotherapy10▲ 3.4×16 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders10▲ 4.0×15 topics
  17. Management9▲ 2.8×21 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis9▲ 3.6×12 topics
  19. Complications9▲ 4.2×17 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 2.4×21 topics
  21. Prognosis8▲ 5.8×9 topics
  22. Obesity8▲ 2.4×16 topics
  23. Clinical Trials8▲ 2.7×15 topics
  24. Diabetes8▲ 3.5×13 topics
  25. Rehabilitation8▲ 4.4×9 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  27. Echocardiography7▲ 6.1×6 topics
  28. Radiotherapy7▲ 4.2×11 topics
  29. Surgery6▲ 4.2×7 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 4.6×8 topics
  31. Neuroprotection6▲ 3.8×12 topics
  32. Pain Management6▲ 5.9×8 topics
  33. Chronic Pain5▲ 5.5×5 topics
  34. Circadian Rhythms5▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Reconstruction5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Revascularization5▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Psychometric Evaluation4▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Tumor Staging4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Endovascular Repair4▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Stony Brook Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sleep and related disorders, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

Sleep and related disord…4Sleep and related disorders: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksDigital Radiography and Breast Imaging: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…2Anesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stony Brook Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower 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 Stony Brook Medicine as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Stony Brook Medicine0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stony Brook Medicine 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Stony Brook Medicine8.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 2011.

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