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Swedish American Hospital

In research, Swedish American Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,612 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,405 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,180
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,913
of 7,310
Research works
219
▲ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Swedish American Hospital

What is Swedish American Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,612 of 16,688 7.3%167
MedicineField #8,405 of 14,558 7.9%146

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swedish American Hospital 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 Swedish American Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Swedish American Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (5%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 34 fractional works · 82.5% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 74.9% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 14.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSwedish AmericanHospital41fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences83%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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3174.9%
    2. Health Professions25.2%
    3. Nursing11.9%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology13.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences13.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.4%
    3. Psychology00.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Environmental Science11.8%
    2. Mathematics01.2%
    3. Engineering00.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.19× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.90× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 3.97× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.16×1 works
  2. Nursing3.97×1 works
  3. Medicine3.90×31 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology3.19×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.98×2 works
  6. Mathematics1.03×0 works
  7. Dentistry0.89×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.84×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.47×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.37×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.24×1 works
  12. Psychology0.15×0 works
  13. Energy0.11×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  17. Engineering0.03×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Swedish American Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Carol J. Swenson, Sandra Toro Martell and Ema Lumi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish American Hospital.

  1. 1 Carol J. Swenson United States · #1,925,735 worldwide 3.1k citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Sandra Toro Martell United States · #2,343,112 worldwide 276 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Ema Lumi United States · #2,696,130 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 William Schulz United States · #3,392,279 worldwide 50 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Luke Theodore Curtis United States · #3,639,093 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish American Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Swedish American Hospital?

The most cited paper from Swedish American Hospital is "Adverse health effects of outdoor air pollutants" (Luke Theodore Curtis, William Rea, Patricia Smith-Willis et al., 2006), with 592 citations. Next come "Accuracy of Self‐Reported Height and Weight in Women: An Integrative Review of the Literature" (396) and "Lower pregnancy rate with premature luteinization during pituitary suppression with leuprolide acetate." (215).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Adverse health effects of outdoor air pollutants Luke Theodore Curtis, William Rea, Patricia Smith-Willis et al. · Environment International Jun 2006 592
2 Accuracy of Self‐Reported Height and Weight in Women: An Integrative Review of the Literature Janet L. Engstrom, Susan Paterson, Anastasia Doherty et al. · Journal of Midwifery & Women s Health 10 Sep 2003 396
3 Lower pregnancy rate with premature luteinization during pituitary suppression with leuprolide acetate. William B. Schoolcraft, Eleanor Sinton, Terry Schlenker et al. · PubMed Mar 1991 215
4 Prevention of hospital-acquired infections: review of non-pharmacological interventions Luke Theodore Curtis · Journal of Hospital Infection Open access 3 Jun 2008 162
5 Inappropriate emergency department visits Don P. Buesching, Alexander Jablonowski, Ernest Vesta et al. · Annals of Emergency Medicine Jul 1985 147
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Swedish American Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Treatment, Echocardiography, Quality of Life, Management, Mortality and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.6×26 topics
  2. Diagnosis3▲ 8.9×12 topics
  3. Treatment3▲ 5.2×12 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 3.8×12 topics
  5. Inflammation2▲ 2.5×17 topics
  6. Echocardiography2▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Management2▲ 5.5×9 topics
  8. Risk Factors2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  9. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.5×10 topics
  10. Mortality2▲ 6.7×8 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.0×14 topics
  12. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 5.8×7 topics
  14. Medical Education1▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Heart Failure1▲ 6.3×4 topics
  16. Rehabilitation1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  17. Cancer1▲ 2.0×10 topics
  18. Precision Medicine1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  19. Public Health1▲ 1.77×9 topics
  20. Obesity1▲ 3.2×4 topics
  21. Scandinavia1▲ 174×1 topic
  22. Viking Age1▲ 174×1 topic

Which research topics does Swedish American Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Historical and Archaeological Studies, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Health Literacy and Information Accessibility and Social Media in Health Education.

Historical and Archaeolo…1Historical and Archaeological Studies: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Information Accessibility: 1 fractional worksSocial Media in Health E…1Social Media in Health Education: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…1Esophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…1Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksFacial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional works
HistoryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingGeneral Health ProfessionsHealth4 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 1 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  3. 3 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 1 works
  4. 4 Social Media in Health Education Health 1 works
  5. 5 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research Neurology 1 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 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 available19.3%not open80.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Swedish American Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Swedish American Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Swedish American Hospital0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Swedish American Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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