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Swedish American Hospital

In research, Swedish American Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#19,437 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#17,297 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#39,649
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,275
of 8,685
Research works
219
▲ 158% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

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 #19,437 of 20,462 5.7%167
MedicineField #17,297 of 17,978 5.7%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 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.11× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× 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, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swedish American Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Max Thorek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish American Hospital.

  1. 1 Max Thorek United States · #466,432 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish American Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Swedish American Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Treatment, Echocardiography, Quality of Life, Mortality, Inflammation and Chronic Kidney Disease.

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

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.8×25 topics
  2. Diagnosis3▲ 9.2×11 topics
  3. Treatment3▲ 5.8×12 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 2.8×16 topics
  5. Quality of Life2▲ 3.8×11 topics
  6. Echocardiography2▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Mortality2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  8. Risk Factors2▲ 3.8×9 topics
  9. Management1▲ 4.8×7 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.3×14 topics
  11. Chemotherapy1▲ 5.1×9 topics
  12. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 14×3 topics
  13. Heart Failure1▲ 7.3×4 topics
  14. Cancer1▲ 2.2×9 topics
  15. Rehabilitation1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  16. Obesity1▲ 3.7×4 topics
  17. Scandinavia1▲ 180×1 topic
  18. Viking Age1▲ 180×1 topic

Which research topics does Swedish American Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical and Archaeological Studies, Esophageal and GI Pathology, Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Historical and Archaeolo…1Historical and Archaeological Studies: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…1Esophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…1Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksSocial Media in Health E…1Social Media in Health Education: 1 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Information Accessibility: 1 fractional worksFacial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…1Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional works
HistorySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

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

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swedish American Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 158% 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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