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Summa Health System

In research, Summa Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,010 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,908 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,449
of 28,054 · #17,145 all time
Rank in United States
#2,675
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Summa Health System 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 #7,010 of 11,982 6.8%154 #6846
MedicineField #7,908 of 10,443 5.8%144 #7281

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 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.83× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 144 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.21× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 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.

Who are the top researchers at Summa Health System?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven P. Schmidt, Michael S. Beeson and Joseph P. Myers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Summa Health System.

  1. 1 Steven P. Schmidt United States · #435,149 worldwide 74 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Michael S. Beeson United States · #511,397 worldwide 67 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Joseph P. Myers United States · #915,214 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Steven Radwany United States · #1,143,679 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 David C. Seaberg United States · #1,157,065 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Nicholas Jourıles United States · #1,341,754 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Warren Sherman United States · #1,538,660 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Summa Health System

Which keywords describe research at Summa Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Complications, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Echocardiography, Quality of Life and Neuroimaging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology31▲ 4.2×73 topics
  2. Diagnosis12▲ 6.7×21 topics
  3. Treatment12▲ 5.0×23 topics
  4. Quality of Life8▲ 2.9×20 topics
  5. Complications8▲ 8.3×14 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 6.6×11 topics
  7. Risk Factors6▲ 3.0×14 topics
  8. Echocardiography6▲ 12×6 topics
  9. Management5▲ 3.5×14 topics
  10. Public Health5▲ 1.85×20 topics
  11. Mental Health5▲ 1.79×13 topics
  12. Neuroimaging5▲ 9.1×4 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.5×13 topics
  14. Stroke4▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Heart Failure4▲ 5.2×10 topics
  16. Prophylaxis4▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Diabetes4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  19. Primary Care4▲ 5.7×8 topics
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  21. Surgical Management4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  22. Guidelines4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  23. Mortality Risk4▲ 7.8×6 topics
  24. Surgery4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  25. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 5.7×7 topics
  26. Basal Ganglia3▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Resilience3▲ 3.7×4 topics
  28. Seizures3▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Hyperglycemia3▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Prognosis3▲ 5.2×9 topics
  31. Chorea3▲ 114×1 topic
  32. MRI3▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Bacteremia3▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  35. Trauma3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  36. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Endocarditis Guidelines2▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Health Care Utilization2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Infective Endocarditis2▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Summa Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neurological and metabolic disorders, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management, Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade and Opioid Use Disorder Treatment.

Neurological and metabol…3Neurological and metabolic disorders: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…2Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksPericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…2Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…2Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksInterprofessional Education and Collaboration: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…2Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 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 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Interprofessional Education and Collaboration General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Summa Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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