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Sutter Health

In research, Sutter Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,370 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,242 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 6.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,111
of 22,385 · #3,822 all time
Rank in United States
#693
of 3,332
Research works
2.5k
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
25.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Sutter Health

What is Sutter Health 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 #1,370 of 9,902 10.9%378 #1623
MedicineField #1,242 of 8,541 10.8%345 #1521

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

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Sutter Health is in Health Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (6%), Engineering (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 443 fractional works · 73.1% of its workMedicine: 404 fractional works · 66.7% of its workSurgery: 55 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 45 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOncology: 32 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 30 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 26 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 35 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 70 fractional works · 11.6% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 5.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 38 fractional works · 6.3% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSutter Health607fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine40466.7%
    2. Health Professions355.8%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Engineering325.2%
    2. Computer Science162.7%
    3. Materials Science71.1%
    4. Environmental Science61.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy50.9%
    6. Chemical Engineering20.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology305.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology101.7%
    3. Neuroscience61.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Psychology142.2%
    2. Social Sciences132.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    5. Decision Sciences20.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sutter Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 22.2 works6.7×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.18× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 404 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 13 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 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.47×404 works
  2. Health Professions2.18×35 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.70×10 works
  4. Veterinary0.97×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.94×30 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.84×2 works
  7. Nursing0.84×2 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.79×2 works
  9. Psychology0.74×14 works
  10. Neuroscience0.65×6 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.47×6 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.39×5 works
  13. Computer Science0.35×16 works
  14. Engineering0.35×32 works
  15. Materials Science0.32×7 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.32×2 works
  17. Dentistry0.24×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×5 works
  19. Environmental Science0.19×6 works
  20. Social Sciences0.17×13 works
  21. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×2 works
  24. Chemistry0.08×1 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.08×2 works

Who are the top researchers at Sutter Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Ellis C. Dillon, Anqi Jin and Kristen M.J. Azar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sutter Health.

  1. 1 Ellis C. Dillon United States · #689,450 worldwide 1.3k citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Anqi Jin United States · #827,002 worldwide 581 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Kristen M.J. Azar United States · #877,798 worldwide 2.1k citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Veena Goel Jones United States · #889,499 worldwide 1.4k citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Sarah C. Robinson United States · #920,004 worldwide 1.2k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey M. Newman United States · #1,010,089 worldwide 1.3k citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Sylvia E.K. Sudat United States · #1,031,018 worldwide 524 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Albert Solomon Chan United States · #1,072,385 worldwide 1.8k citations · 54 works
  9. 9 Meghan C. Martinez United States · #1,263,441 worldwide 553 citations · 63 works
  10. 10 Dafang Wu United States · #1,499,047 worldwide 482 citations · 98 works
All ranked researchers at Sutter Health

What are the most cited papers from Sutter Health?

The most cited paper from Sutter Health is "Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8" (Eli Coleman et al., 2022), with 2,672 citations. Next come "A Phase 2 Study of Bortezomib in Relapsed, Refractory Myeloma" (2,656) and "Bortezomib or High-Dose Dexamethasone for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma" (2,514).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People, Version 8 Eli Coleman et al. · International Journal of Transgender Health Open access119 authors 19 Aug 2022 2,672
2 A Phase 2 Study of Bortezomib in Relapsed, Refractory Myeloma Paul Gerard Guy Richardson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Jun 2003 2,656
3 Bortezomib or High-Dose Dexamethasone for Relapsed Multiple Myeloma Paul Gerard Guy Richardson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 15 Jun 2005 2,514
4 Descriptive analysis of estrogen receptor (ER)‐negative, progesterone receptor (PR)‐negative, and HER2‐negative invasive breast cancer, the so‐called triple‐negative phenotype Katrina R. Bauer, Monica M. Brown, Rosemary Donaldson Cress et al. · Cancer 26 Mar 2007 2,107
5 Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA M.C. Liu et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access159 authors 30 Mar 2020 1,567
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sutter Health?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology72▲ 3.0×107 topics
  2. Risk Factors30▲ 4.5×28 topics
  3. Diagnosis26▲ 4.6×35 topics
  4. Treatment26▲ 3.5×43 topics
  5. Chemotherapy24▲ 5.6×23 topics
  6. Clinical Trials20▲ 5.0×15 topics
  7. Complications20▲ 6.7×16 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease20▲ 2.9×28 topics
  9. Immunotherapy19▲ 4.3×18 topics
  10. Public Health19▲ 2.1×33 topics
  11. Inflammation18▲ 1.43×49 topics
  12. Quality of Life17▲ 1.92×41 topics
  13. Diabetes17▲ 5.5×12 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 4.8×14 topics
  15. Mortality14▲ 4.2×11 topics
  16. Guidelines14▲ 5.0×11 topics
  17. Radiotherapy14▲ 6.0×13 topics
  18. Management14▲ 2.9×25 topics
  19. Glycemic Control13▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Biomarkers13▲ 3.1×12 topics
  21. Heart Failure12▲ 4.5×9 topics
  22. Prevention12▲ 4.7×16 topics
  23. Insulin Therapy11▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Survival Analysis11▲ 6.5×7 topics
  25. Precision Medicine11▲ 3.5×6 topics
  26. Chronic Disease Management10▲ 8.7×5 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations10▲ 3.8×15 topics
  28. Global Burden10▲ 3.1×10 topics
  29. Metastasis10▲ 4.7×10 topics
  30. Critical Care10▲ 6.5×8 topics
  31. Primary Care9▲ 4.2×12 topics
  32. Quality Improvement9▲ 8.0×8 topics
  33. Surgery9▲ 4.4×9 topics
  34. Cancer Incidence9▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Neuroprotection9▲ 4.1×9 topics
  36. Molecular Profiling8▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Type 1 Diabetes8▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Gene Expression Profiling7▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Molecular Classification7▲ 7.8×4 topics
  40. Rituximab7▲ 7.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Sutter Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diabetes Management and Research, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening.

Diabetes Management and …6Diabetes Management and Research: 6 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…5Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …5Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 5 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…4Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 4 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 4 fractional worksMedication Adherence and…4Medication Adherence and Compliance: 4 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 3 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPathology and Forensic MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncology5 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6 works
  2. 2 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 5 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 4 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sutter Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Sutter Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Sutter Health0.0023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sutter Health 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%Sutter Health12.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.6% in 2007.

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