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SUNY Upstate Medical University

In research, SUNY Upstate Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#968 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#854 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#912 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Emergency Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Psychiatry and Mental health (Emergency Medicine is 5.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,747
of 22,385 · #1,368 all time
Rank in United States
#341
of 3,332
Research works
16k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
341k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.73×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
SUNY Upstate Medical University

What is SUNY Upstate Medical University 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
Health SciencesDomain #968 of 9,902 7.7%1,774 #1002
MedicineField #854 of 8,541 7.6%1,676 #879
Life SciencesDomain #912 of 6,403 8.2%477 #750
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #773 of 2,964 8.2%301 #564
Health ProfessionsField #609 of 1,895 8.3%80 #697
SurgerySubfield #505 of 1,532 7.8%249 #508
Molecular BiologySubfield #711 of 1,880 8.1%178 #582
Social SciencesDomain #3,910 of 9,585 10.6%185 #3033
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #461 of 1,037 8.6%194 #513
NeuroscienceField #487 of 1,092 8.7%93 #463

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where SUNY Upstate Medical University 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#1,002 #968
  2. Medicine#879 #854
  3. Life Sciences#750 #912
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#564 #773
  5. Health Professions#697 #609
  6. Surgery#508 #505
  7. Molecular Biology#582 #711
  8. Social Sciences#3,033 #3,910
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#513 #461
  10. Neuroscience#463 #487
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does SUNY Upstate Medical University work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at SUNY Upstate Medical University is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Psychology (4%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,030 fractional works · 70.4% of its workMedicine: 1,920 fractional works · 66.6% of its workSurgery: 278 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 227 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEpidemiology: 156 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 145 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOncology: 115 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 104 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 80 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 73 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 59 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 59 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 52 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 49 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 48 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 41 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 38 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 37 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 35 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 29 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 88 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 47 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 550 fractional works · 19.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 349 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 201 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGenetics: 70 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCell Biology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 25 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 106 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 33 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 72 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 46 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 213 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPsychology: 107 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 59 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 89 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEngineering: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSUNY UpstateMedical…2,883fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences7%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences2,03070.4%
    1. Medicine1,92066.6%
    2. Health Professions883.1%
    3. Nursing110.4%
    4. Dentistry80.3%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34912.1%
    2. Neuroscience1063.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology722.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences140.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.3%
    1. Psychology1073.7%
    2. Social Sciences642.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance190.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities130.5%
    5. Decision Sciences50.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting40.1%
    1. Engineering331.1%
    2. Environmental Science180.6%
    3. Computer Science140.5%
    4. Materials Science80.3%
    5. Chemistry70.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy50.2%
    7. Mathematics40.1%
    8. Energy10.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does SUNY Upstate Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Emergency Medicine takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 37.8 works5.4×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 227.2 works5.1×
  3. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 73.2 works5.1×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 80.4 works4.9×
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 145.3 works4.8×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.27× its world share, 349 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.48× its world share, 72 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 106 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 88 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 1,920 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.22× its world share, 107 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.46×1,920 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.48×72 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.27×349 works
  4. Neuroscience2.26×106 works
  5. Psychology1.22×107 works
  6. Health Professions1.16×88 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×10 works
  8. Nursing0.80×11 works
  9. Veterinary0.73×3 works
  10. Dentistry0.54×8 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×20 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.19×5 works
  13. Social Sciences0.17×64 works
  14. Chemistry0.16×7 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.16×13 works
  16. Environmental Science0.12×18 works
  17. Mathematics0.11×4 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×14 works
  19. Engineering0.08×33 works
  20. Materials Science0.08×8 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.07×5 works
  22. Computer Science0.06×14 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×4 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works
  25. Energy0.02×1 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University?

Ranked on the quality score, Smita Kittur, Stephen V. Faraone and Anna-Luise A. Katzenstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SUNY Upstate Medical University.

  1. 1 Smita Kittur United States · #25,719 worldwide 12k citations · 143 works
  2. 2 Stephen V. Faraone United States · #36,263 worldwide 169k citations · 1,829 works
  3. 3 Anna-Luise A. Katzenstein United States · #39,387 worldwide 7.9k citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Auyon Ghosh United States · #77,366 worldwide 6.2k citations · 117 works
  5. 5 Chunyu Liu United States · #77,953 worldwide 39k citations · 618 works
  6. 6 Andrew K. Palmer United States · #79,568 worldwide 11k citations · 109 works
  7. 7 András Perl United States · #102,387 worldwide 22k citations · 286 works
  8. 8 Ruth S. Weinstock United States · #107,716 worldwide 19k citations · 498 works
  9. 9 Stephen James Thomas United States · #109,716 worldwide 30k citations · 299 works
  10. 10 Russell T. Matthews United States · #136,328 worldwide 9.7k citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at SUNY Upstate Medical University

What are the most cited papers from SUNY Upstate Medical University?

The most cited paper from SUNY Upstate Medical University is "Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine" (Fernando P. Polack et al., 2020), with 15,741 citations. Next come "Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans" (10,439) and "The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans" (10,422).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Safety and Efficacy of the BNT162b2 mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Fernando P. Polack et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Dec 2020 15,741
2 Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans Monkol Lek et al. · Nature Open access Aug 2016 10,439
3 The mutational constraint spectrum quantified from variation in 141,456 humans Konrad J. Karczewski et al. · Nature Open access177 authors 27 May 2020 10,422
4 Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder Shaun Purcell et al. · Nature Open access Jul 2009 5,082
5 ISB recommendation on definitions of joint coordinate systems of various joints for the reporting of human joint motion—Part II: shoulder, elbow, wrist and hand Ge Wu, Frans C. T. van der Helm, H.E.J. Veeger et al. · Journal of Biomechanics 21 Aug 2004 4,574
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at SUNY Upstate Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Chemotherapy, Risk Factors and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology350▲ 3.0×128 topics
  2. Treatment142▲ 4.0×49 topics
  3. Inflammation124▲ 2.0×75 topics
  4. Diagnosis111▲ 4.1×40 topics
  5. Risk Factors102▲ 3.2×34 topics
  6. Immunotherapy99▲ 4.8×19 topics
  7. Chemotherapy91▲ 4.5×24 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress87▲ 1.83×49 topics
  9. Genetics82▲ 4.0×22 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations80▲ 6.3×23 topics
  11. Management72▲ 3.1×29 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors72▲ 5.7×14 topics
  13. Quality of Life71▲ 1.70×47 topics
  14. Cancer70▲ 1.81×44 topics
  15. Guidelines69▲ 5.1×12 topics
  16. Public Health67▲ 1.60×46 topics
  17. Depression66▲ 2.6×22 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease65▲ 1.97×34 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines61▲ 3.9×14 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders60▲ 3.7×20 topics
  21. Surgical Management59▲ 5.0×20 topics
  22. Clinical Trials56▲ 2.9×18 topics
  23. Complications56▲ 3.9×17 topics
  24. Heart Failure56▲ 4.3×13 topics
  25. Radiotherapy56▲ 4.9×13 topics
  26. Global Burden55▲ 3.5×12 topics
  27. Metabolic Syndrome53▲ 2.3×22 topics
  28. Pathogenesis51▲ 3.5×22 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines51▲ 6.0×9 topics
  30. Meta-Analysis48▲ 2.8×14 topics
  31. Immune Response46▲ 2.8×20 topics
  32. Prevalence46▲ 4.0×14 topics
  33. Cancer Therapy46▲ 2.8×18 topics
  34. Neurobiology45▲ 6.0×9 topics
  35. Prognosis43▲ 4.5×9 topics
  36. Neuroprotection41▲ 4.0×14 topics
  37. Echocardiography38▲ 4.8×8 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes36▲ 5.8×6 topics
  39. Revascularization33▲ 7.3×4 topics
  40. Comorbidity29▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does SUNY Upstate Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Attention Deficit Hypera…22Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 22 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…19Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 19 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 16 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 15 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 14 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 13 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 12 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…12Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 12 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 12 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthEpidemiologyTransplantationCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 22 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 19 works
  3. 3 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 16 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  5. 5 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 14 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  7. 7 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 12 works
  8. 8 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 12 works
  10. 10 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 11 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SUNY Upstate Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is SUNY Upstate Medical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%SUNY Upstate Medical University0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of SUNY Upstate Medical University 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 2025SUNY Upstate Medical University8.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 1993.

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