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Temple University Health System

In research, Temple University Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#865 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#834 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,082 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Oncology is 13.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,279
of 22,385 · #1,437 all time
Rank in United States
#407
of 3,332
Research works
11k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
487k
45.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Temple University Health System

What is Temple University Health System known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #865 of 9,902 11.6%648 #676
MedicineField #834 of 8,541 11.5%624 #668
Life SciencesDomain #1,082 of 6,403 10.7%227 #836
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #801 of 2,964 10.5%182 #656
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #370 of 1,037 11.8%105 #374
SurgerySubfield #562 of 1,532 12.1%80 #634
OncologySubfield #293 of 755 10.2%150 #248
Molecular BiologySubfield #752 of 1,880 12.1%94 #662

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Temple University Health System 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#676 #865
  2. Medicine#668 #834
  3. Life Sciences#836 #1,082
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#656 #801
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#374 #370
  6. Surgery#634 #562
  7. Oncology#248 #293
  8. Molecular Biology#662 #752
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Temple University Health System work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Temple University Health System is in Health Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (19%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 742 fractional works · 67.8% of its workMedicine: 714 fractional works · 65.3% of its workOncology: 172 fractional works · 15.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 116 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSurgery: 95 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEpidemiology: 35 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 30 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 27 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 21 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 260 fractional works · 23.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 210 fractional works · 19.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 111 fractional works · 10.1% of its workCancer Research: 48 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 40 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 37 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTemple UniversityHealth System1,094fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences4%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine71465.3%
    2. Health Professions212.0%
    3. Dentistry30.3%
    4. Nursing20.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21019.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology403.6%
    3. Neuroscience60.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance201.8%
    2. Social Sciences161.5%
    3. Psychology70.6%
    4. Decision Sciences20.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities20.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    1. Engineering151.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy111.0%
    3. Environmental Science60.6%
    4. Computer Science50.4%
    5. Chemistry30.3%
    6. Mathematics20.2%
    7. Materials Science20.2%
    8. Energy00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Temple University Health System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 171.7 works14×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 47.8 works10×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 116.2 works6.9×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.59× its world share, 210 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.61× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.40× its world share, 714 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.61×40 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.59×210 works
  3. Medicine3.40×714 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.84×20 works
  5. Health Professions0.74×22 works
  6. Dentistry0.63×3 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.46×11 works
  8. Veterinary0.43×1 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.36×1 works
  10. Nursing0.35×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.32×6 works
  12. Psychology0.21×7 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.19×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.18×3 works
  15. Mathematics0.18×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.12×6 works
  17. Social Sciences0.12×16 works
  18. Engineering0.09×15 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×3 works
  20. Materials Science0.06×2 works
  21. Computer Science0.05×4 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.05×2 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×1 works
  24. Energy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Temple University Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Fang Du, Yijun Yang and Sameer Patel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Temple University Health System.

  1. 1 Fang Du United States · #2,025,821 worldwide 817 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Yijun Yang United States · #5,153,190 worldwide 269 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Sameer Patel United States · #5,410,448 worldwide 83 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Thomas Reinke United States · #7,595,849 worldwide 148 citations · 126 works
All ranked researchers at Temple University Health System

What are the most cited papers from Temple University Health System?

The most cited paper from Temple University Health System is "Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (H. Borghaei et al., 2015), with 9,557 citations. Next come "Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma" (8,268) and "Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018" (6,760).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nivolumab versus Docetaxel in Advanced Nonsquamous Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer H. Borghaei et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Sep 2015 9,557
2 Integrated genomic analyses of ovarian carcinoma Debra Bell et al. · Nature Open access255 authors 28 Jun 2011 8,268
3 Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018 Lorenzo Galluzzi et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation Open access169 authors 23 Jan 2018 6,760
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 Nivolumab versus Everolimus in Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma Robert John Motzer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Sep 2015 5,972
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Temple University Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Radiotherapy, Targeted Therapy and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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 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. Immunotherapy111▲ 14×18 topics
  2. Chemotherapy108▲ 14×23 topics
  3. Epidemiology70▲ 1.60×97 topics
  4. Cancer67▲ 4.5×45 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors65▲ 14×14 topics
  6. Neoadjuvant Therapy58▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment57▲ 12×8 topics
  8. Clinical Trials54▲ 7.4×12 topics
  9. Radiotherapy54▲ 12×12 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy53▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Molecular Characterization51▲ 27×5 topics
  12. Quality of Life48▲ 3.0×36 topics
  13. Inflammation45▲ 1.93×63 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations41▲ 8.7×18 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines41▲ 6.8×13 topics
  16. Risk Factors36▲ 3.0×24 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy36▲ 5.8×15 topics
  18. Treatment35▲ 2.6×33 topics
  19. Biomarkers34▲ 4.4×15 topics
  20. Breast Cancer34▲ 12×11 topics
  21. Guidelines34▲ 6.5×13 topics
  22. Survival Analysis31▲ 10×7 topics
  23. Gene Expression29▲ 4.2×13 topics
  24. Metastasis29▲ 7.8×12 topics
  25. Precision Medicine29▲ 5.3×7 topics
  26. Genomic Profiling28▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Cancer Incidence26▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Cancer Risk26▲ 11×9 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines26▲ 8.0×7 topics
  30. Genomic Instability25▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Immune Checkpoint Blockade24▲ 19×1 topic
  32. PD-1 and PD-L124▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Lymphoma23▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Treatment Guidelines22▲ 9.2×5 topics
  35. Bladder Cancer21▲ 51×1 topic
  36. Therapy21▲ 10×7 topics
  37. Urothelial Carcinoma21▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Health Disparities21▲ 7.4×7 topics
  39. Population-Based Study21▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Genetic Testing20▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Temple University Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…24Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 24 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…21Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 21 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…20Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 20 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…18Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 18 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 16 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma treatment: 14 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…13Lung Cancer Research Studies: 13 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 12 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 12 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…12Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 12 fractional works
OncologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCancer Research1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 24 works
  2. 2 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 21 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 18 works
  5. 5 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 16 works
  6. 6 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 13 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 12 works
  9. 9 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 12 works
  10. 10 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 12 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 available34.3%not open65.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Temple University Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Temple University Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0043% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Temple University Health System0.0047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Temple University Health System over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Temple University Health System9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.4% in 1991.

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