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Swedish Medical Center

In research, Swedish Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,453 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,252 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,471
of 28,054 · #9,992 all time
Rank in United States
#2,030
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
26.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Swedish Medical Center 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 #7,453 of 10,443 14.2%99 #4347
Health SciencesDomain #9,252 of 11,982 14.2%102 #5720

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Swedish 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).

What does Swedish Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 23.4 works7.9×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.85× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.73× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 99 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Swedish Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Jens R. Chapman, Charles Cobbs and Rod J. Oskouian lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Swedish Medical Center.

  1. 1 Jens R. Chapman United States · #37,504 worldwide 301 citations · 72 works
  2. 2 Charles Cobbs United States · #112,744 worldwide 232 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Rod J. Oskouian United States · #168,450 worldwide 85 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Saul E. Rivkin United States · #270,775 worldwide 138 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Robert G. Resta United States · #299,738 worldwide 57 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Ryder P. Gwinn United States · #323,009 worldwide 151 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 John W. Henson United States · #415,144 worldwide 73 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Fernanda Musa United States · #1,071,488 worldwide 18 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Henry G. Kaplan United States · #1,075,306 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Swedish Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Swedish Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Degenerative Disc Disease, Immunotherapy, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Spondyloarthritis, Breast Cancer and Spinal Fusion.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.6×54 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 2.3×26 topics
  3. Surgical Management6▲ 11×13 topics
  4. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 44×2 topics
  5. Risk Factors5▲ 3.7×8 topics
  6. Treatment5▲ 3.4×21 topics
  7. Immunotherapy5▲ 5.7×15 topics
  8. Chemotherapy5▲ 5.3×14 topics
  9. Ankylosing Spondylitis4▲ 121×1 topic
  10. Clinical Trials4▲ 5.1×11 topics
  11. Complications4▲ 6.8×13 topics
  12. Spondyloarthritis4▲ 121×1 topic
  13. Breast Cancer4▲ 14×9 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.0×10 topics
  15. Spinal Fusion4▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders4▲ 5.5×13 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors4▲ 7.2×11 topics
  19. Autoantibodies4▲ 13×7 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 9.7×3 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.8×13 topics
  22. Radiotherapy4▲ 7.7×9 topics
  23. TGF-ß4▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Inflammatory Cytokines3▲ 33×2 topics
  25. Immune System3▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Cytokines3▲ 8.9×3 topics
  27. Dysphagia3▲ 42×2 topics
  28. IL-173▲ 75×1 topic
  29. Rheumatoid Arthritis3▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Surgical Treatment3▲ 13×5 topics
  31. TH17 Cells3▲ 75×1 topic
  32. Anterior Cervical Discectomy3▲ 84×1 topic
  33. Biological Therapy3▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Cervical Spine Surgery3▲ 84×1 topic
  35. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs3▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Endovascular Treatment3▲ 41×2 topics
  37. Low Back Pain3▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Ovarian Cancer3▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Spinal Surgery3▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 8.9×7 topics

Which research topics does Swedish Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments, Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

Spondyloarthritis Studie…4Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 4 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and…3Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 3 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…3Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 3 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic My…3Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …2Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 2 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and …2Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional works
RheumatologyImmunologySurgeryPathology and Forensic Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 4 works
  2. 2 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 3 works
  3. 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 3 works
  4. 4 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.6%domestic only70.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swedish Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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