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Summa Health System

In research, Summa Health System stands highest in Medicine (#4,959 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,980 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,182
of 22,385 · #13,585 all time
Rank in United States
#2,341
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Summa Health System

What is Summa Health System 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 #4,959 of 8,541 5.9%144 #4534
Health SciencesDomain #5,980 of 9,902 6.3%154 #5157

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Summa Health System 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 Summa Health System work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Summa Health System is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 177 fractional works · 81.9% of its workMedicine: 166 fractional works · 76.8% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSumma HealthSystem216fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences82%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine16676.8%
    2. Health Professions104.6%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology62.9%
    3. Neuroscience31.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology83.6%
    2. Social Sciences52.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.3%
    4. Decision Sciences10.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Engineering21.1%
    2. Environmental Science10.5%
    3. Computer Science10.3%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.85× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 166 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.00×166 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.85×6 works
  3. Health Professions1.73×10 works
  4. Veterinary1.42×0 works
  5. Psychology1.19×8 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.91×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×8 works
  8. Neuroscience0.72×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×3 works
  10. Nursing0.44×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.27×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.26×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.18×5 works
  14. Environmental Science0.10×1 works
  15. Engineering0.08×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Summa Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Patrick A. Palmieri, Thomas M. File and Michael J. Tan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Summa Health System.

  1. 1 Patrick A. Palmieri United States · #361,133 worldwide 7.4k citations · 140 works
  2. 2 Thomas M. File United States · #553,068 worldwide 33k citations · 389 works
  3. 3 Michael J. Tan United States · #703,981 worldwide 777 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Joseph Pastore United States · #863,232 worldwide 2.4k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Michael S. Beeson United States · #1,208,607 worldwide 2.1k citations · 87 works
  6. 6 Kevin H. Silver United States · #1,386,522 worldwide 1.5k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Desiree E. Doncals United States · #1,435,435 worldwide 760 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Joseph R. DiPersio United States · #1,436,746 worldwide 1.9k citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Jonathan J. Oskvarek United States · #1,446,763 worldwide 293 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 George Kallstrom United States · #1,588,285 worldwide 2.3k citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Summa Health System

What are the most cited papers from Summa Health System?

The most cited paper from Summa Health System is "Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults" (Lionel A. Mandell, Richard G. Wunderink, Antonio Anzueto et al., 2007), with 6,286 citations. Next come "Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society" (4,027) and "Whole brain radiation therapy with or without stereotactic radiosurgery boost for patients with one to three brain metastases: phase III results of the RTOG 9508 randomised trial" (2,435).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults Lionel A. Mandell, Richard G. Wunderink, Antonio Anzueto et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 3 Feb 2007 6,286
2 Management of Adults With Hospital-acquired and Ventilator-associated Pneumonia: 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American Thoracic Society André C. Kalil, Mark L. Metersky, Michael Klompas et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 14 Jul 2016 4,027
3 Whole brain radiation therapy with or without stereotactic radiosurgery boost for patients with one to three brain metastases: phase III results of the RTOG 9508 randomised trial David William Andrews, Charles Scott, Paul W. Sperduto et al. · The Lancet May 2004 2,435
4 Prevalence of Inappropriate Antibiotic Prescriptions Among US Ambulatory Care Visits, 2010-2011 Katherine E. Fleming-Dutra et al. · JAMA Open access 3 May 2016 1,763
5 Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infections Benjamin Alan Lipsky, Anthony Robert Berendt, H. Gunner Deery et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 21 Sep 2004 1,150
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Summa Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Echocardiography, Management and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 4.1×74 topics
  2. Treatment14▲ 5.1×24 topics
  3. Diagnosis13▲ 6.6×21 topics
  4. Quality of Life9▲ 2.8×21 topics
  5. Complications8▲ 7.6×14 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.7×11 topics
  7. Risk Factors8▲ 3.2×14 topics
  8. Management7▲ 4.2×14 topics
  9. Echocardiography7▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Public Health6▲ 1.82×20 topics
  11. Heart Failure5▲ 5.4×10 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations5▲ 5.3×14 topics
  13. Mortality5▲ 3.8×10 topics
  14. Prognosis5▲ 6.5×9 topics
  15. Neuroimaging5▲ 7.8×4 topics
  16. Primary Care5▲ 5.7×9 topics
  17. Stroke5▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Diabetes4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  19. Prophylaxis4▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Guidelines4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  22. Surgical Management4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 5.9×8 topics
  26. Mortality Risk4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  27. Surgery4▲ 4.8×6 topics
  28. Basal Ganglia3▲ 28×2 topics
  29. Seizures3▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Hyperglycemia3▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Bacteremia3▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Chorea3▲ 100×1 topic
  33. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  34. MRI3▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Pain Management3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  36. Antifungal Therapy3▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Dilated Cardiomyopathy3▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Prevention Guidelines3▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Summa Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neurological and metabolic disorders, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Neurological and metabol…3Neurological and metabolic disorders: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…2Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksPericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 2 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 2 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Neurological and metabolic disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  2. 2 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 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 available29.2%not open70.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Summa Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher 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 Summa Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00084% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Summa Health System0.00094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Summa Health System 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Summa Health System7.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.9% in 2014.

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