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Sutter Medical Center

In research, Sutter Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#8,105 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,551 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,391
of 28,054 · #25,842 all time
Rank in United States
#3,320
of 4,192
Research works
375
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.1k
21.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Sutter Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #8,105 of 17,978 17.1%271
Health SciencesDomain #9,551 of 20,462 17.2%298

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sutter Medical Center 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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.23× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 53 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sutter Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Guidelines, Revascularization, Treatment and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.0×42 topics
  2. Risk Factors6▲ 7.8×14 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 4.1×19 topics
  4. Chemotherapy3▲ 6.7×14 topics
  5. Treatment3▲ 3.7×20 topics
  6. Inflammation3▲ 1.96×20 topics
  7. Diagnosis3▲ 4.2×18 topics
  8. Guidelines2▲ 8.0×8 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  10. Global Burden2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  11. Revascularization2▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Prevention2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  13. Rehabilitation2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  14. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  15. Complications2▲ 5.5×12 topics
  16. Heart Failure2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  17. Stroke Prevention2▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Echocardiography2▲ 9.5×6 topics
  19. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 18×3 topics
  21. Diabetes2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  22. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  23. Maternal Mortality2▲ 10×4 topics
  24. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Biomechanics2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  26. Cervical Cancer2▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Mortality Risk2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  28. Arthroplasty1▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis1▲ 7.5×4 topics
  30. Cancer Incidence1▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Carotid Artery Stenosis1▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Critical Care1▲ 8.9×6 topics
  33. Endarterectomy1▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Endovascular Treatment1▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Metastasis1▲ 6.1×5 topics
  36. Neuroprotection1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  37. Survival Analysis1▲ 7.5×5 topics
  38. Ischemic Stroke1▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Prophylaxis1▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Thrombolysis1▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Sutter Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Foot and Ankle Surgery and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications.

Cerebrovascular and Caro…1Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…1Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery1Foot and Ankle Surgery: 1 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …1Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …1Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…1Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicineNeurology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  3. 3 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  5. 5 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  9. 9 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sutter Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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