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Summa Akron City Hospital

In research, Summa Akron City Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,988 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,240 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#27,987
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,008
of 8,685
Research works
408
▼ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Summa Akron City 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 #7,988 of 17,978 10.6%302
Health SciencesDomain #10,240 of 20,462 11.2%333

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Summa Akron City 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 5.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.36× its world share, 10 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Summa Akron City Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas R. Kelly and Victoria Wells lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Summa Akron City Hospital.

  1. 1 Thomas R. Kelly United States · #499,340 worldwide 46 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Victoria Wells United States · #1,589,517 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Summa Akron City Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Summa Akron City Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Complications, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Surgical Management, Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology58▲ 3.5×81 topics
  2. Treatment24▲ 4.6×34 topics
  3. Diagnosis22▲ 5.3×30 topics
  4. Complications19▲ 9.0×16 topics
  5. Inflammation17▲ 1.79×39 topics
  6. Immunotherapy15▲ 5.5×14 topics
  7. Chemotherapy14▲ 5.0×20 topics
  8. Guidelines14▲ 7.1×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management13▲ 7.2×16 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.6×13 topics
  11. Risk Factors13▲ 3.0×21 topics
  12. Management12▲ 3.7×22 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.5×20 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors10▲ 5.3×11 topics
  15. Rehabilitation10▲ 6.4×9 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction9▲ 9.1×7 topics
  17. Antimicrobial Resistance9▲ 8.7×7 topics
  18. Mortality8▲ 4.2×10 topics
  19. Echocardiography8▲ 7.4×8 topics
  20. Primary Care8▲ 4.8×9 topics
  21. Radiotherapy8▲ 5.2×12 topics
  22. Surgery8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations8▲ 3.7×14 topics
  24. Tissue Engineering8▲ 3.5×5 topics
  25. Heart Failure7▲ 4.0×11 topics
  26. Prognosis7▲ 5.6×8 topics
  27. Regenerative Medicine7▲ 8.0×2 topics
  28. Medical Education7▲ 7.3×8 topics
  29. Critical Care7▲ 7.5×7 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 7.8×4 topics
  31. Revision Surgery7▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Total Hip Replacement7▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Prophylaxis6▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Virulence Factors6▲ 7.6×6 topics
  35. Electrospinning6▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Nanofibers6▲ 7.9×1 topic
  37. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Arthroplasty5▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Health Care Utilization5▲ 9.7×3 topics
  40. Bacteremia5▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Summa Akron City Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Bone health and osteoporosis research, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases and Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management.

Heart Rate Variability a…1Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 1 fractional worksBone health and osteopor…1Bone health and osteoporosis research: 1 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 0 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Immunology Research: 0 fractional worksAcne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects: 0 fractional worksOral Health Pathology and Treatment: 0 fractional worksHemostasis and retained surgical items: 0 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInternal Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects Dermatology 0 works
  8. 8 Oral Health Pathology and Treatment Periodontics 0 works
  9. 9 Hemostasis and retained surgical items Hematology 0 works
  10. 10 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 0 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 available20.7%not open79.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.5%domestic only95.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Summa Akron City Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% lower 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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