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Sutter Health

In research, Sutter Health stands highest in Medicine (#3,225 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,941 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,856
of 28,054 · #12,936 all time
Rank in United States
#1,772
of 4,192
Research works
748
▲ 109% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Sutter Health 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
MedicineField #3,225 of 10,443 13.2%153 #4299
Health SciencesDomain #3,941 of 11,982 14.1%171 #4083

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 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.86× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.86× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.71× its world share, 154 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× 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, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sutter Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Thomas Gibson, Eugene S. Kilgore and Owen Renik lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sutter Health.

  1. 1 Thomas Gibson United States · #89,819 worldwide 127 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Eugene S. Kilgore United States · #204,055 worldwide 93 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Owen Renik United States · #682,496 worldwide 45 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Ching Yee Oliver Wong United States · #1,398,454 worldwide 10 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Dafang Wu United States · #1,469,038 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Robert J. Romanelli United States · #1,534,747 worldwide 11 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sutter Health

Which keywords describe research at Sutter Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Clinical Trials, Risk Factors, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Molecular Profiling and Cancer Incidence.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 2.9×69 topics
  2. Chemotherapy13▲ 8.7×20 topics
  3. Risk Factors13▲ 5.4×20 topics
  4. Clinical Trials12▲ 8.2×15 topics
  5. Immunotherapy11▲ 7.3×17 topics
  6. Radiotherapy10▲ 12×10 topics
  7. Public Health7▲ 2.3×22 topics
  8. Molecular Profiling7▲ 34×3 topics
  9. Biomarkers7▲ 4.8×8 topics
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 3.4×29 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations6▲ 7.0×11 topics
  12. Cancer Incidence6▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Gene Expression Profiling6▲ 36×2 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.3×13 topics
  15. Precision Medicine6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  16. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Survival Analysis6▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Metastasis6▲ 7.5×8 topics
  19. Classification5▲ 5.5×5 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  21. Lymphoma5▲ 15×3 topics
  22. PET Imaging5▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Genomic Profiling5▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Primary Care5▲ 5.9×9 topics
  25. Prevention5▲ 5.1×13 topics
  26. Quality Improvement5▲ 11×7 topics
  27. Rituximab5▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Breast Cancer4▲ 8.8×10 topics
  29. Targeted Therapy4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  30. Molecular Classification4▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  32. Health Promotion4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Health4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  34. Genetic Pathogenesis4▲ 35×1 topic
  35. Hodgkin's Lymphoma4▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Population-Based Study4▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Prostate Cancer4▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Community Health4▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Ideal Cardiovascular Health4▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Preventive Medicine4▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does Sutter Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies.

Lymphoma Diagnosis and T…4Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…4Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 3 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksCNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksCancer Diagnosis and Tre…2Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sutter Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 109% 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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