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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

In research, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#795 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,160 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#419 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Neurology and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Hepatology is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,421
of 28,054 · #4,391 all time
Rank in United States
#744
of 4,192
Research works
8.4k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
158k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Thomas Jefferson University Hospital 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 #795 of 10,443 8.0%1,262 #669
Health SciencesDomain #1,160 of 11,982 8.2%1,335 #806
SurgerySubfield #419 of 1,816 10.6%262 #296
Life SciencesDomain #4,821 of 7,800 8.0%117 #4457
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #830 of 1,144 6.3%130 #561
EpidemiologySubfield #816 of 976 7.4%87 #1199
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #621 of 738 5.7%120 #843
Social SciencesDomain #9,068 of 10,521 13.7%67 #10758
Health ProfessionsField #1,665 of 1,928 12.2%61 #1226
NeurologySubfield #306 of 336 8.6%65 #596

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#669 #795
  2. Health Sciences#806 #1,160
  3. Surgery#296 #419
  4. Life Sciences#4,457 #4,821
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#561 #830
  6. Epidemiology#1,199 #816
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#843 #621
  8. Social Sciences#10,758 #9,068
  9. Health Professions#1,226 #1,665
  10. Neurology#596 #306
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Thomas Jefferson University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 25.1 works8.3×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 65.5 works7.3×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 119.6 works7.2×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 262.0 works7.1×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 67 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 1,262 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Donald G. Mitchell, Simon Krämer and James M. Galvin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

  1. 1 Donald G. Mitchell United States · #18,065 worldwide 362 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Simon Krämer United States · #27,483 worldwide 410 citations · 55 works
  3. 3 James M. Galvin United States · #46,865 worldwide 176 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Barry B. Goldberg United States · #67,078 worldwide 206 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 James M. Hunter United States · #97,837 worldwide 158 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Mark E. Schweitzer United States · #106,833 worldwide 164 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Arthur S. Patchefsky United States · #136,967 worldwide 170 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Baskaran Sundaram United States · #142,289 worldwide 765 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 David Karasick United States · #172,910 worldwide 104 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Matthew D. Rifkin United States · #179,921 worldwide 157 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Complications, Heart Failure and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology188▲ 3.0×111 topics
  2. Treatment88▲ 4.6×42 topics
  3. Diagnosis78▲ 5.4×37 topics
  4. Risk Factors74▲ 4.3×26 topics
  5. Guidelines58▲ 7.9×12 topics
  6. Complications57▲ 7.3×17 topics
  7. Quality of Life57▲ 2.5×41 topics
  8. Inflammation54▲ 1.65×64 topics
  9. Chemotherapy54▲ 4.9×22 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines48▲ 5.6×14 topics
  11. Heart Failure48▲ 7.0×14 topics
  12. Surgical Management47▲ 7.2×19 topics
  13. Management44▲ 3.5×27 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors42▲ 6.1×14 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations39▲ 5.7×23 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease38▲ 2.2×31 topics
  17. Immunotherapy38▲ 3.4×19 topics
  18. Mortality38▲ 4.1×12 topics
  19. Clinical Trials37▲ 3.5×17 topics
  20. Radiotherapy36▲ 6.0×13 topics
  21. Echocardiography36▲ 8.4×7 topics
  22. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention30▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Rehabilitation29▲ 4.6×11 topics
  24. Surgery28▲ 5.1×11 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes27▲ 8.1×6 topics
  26. Myocardial Infarction27▲ 7.3×7 topics
  27. Thrombosis26▲ 5.9×7 topics
  28. Prognosis26▲ 5.0×9 topics
  29. Stroke Prevention25▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Magnetic Resonance Imaging25▲ 6.2×6 topics
  31. Medical Education24▲ 6.0×10 topics
  32. Anticoagulant Therapy24▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Endoscopic Surgery24▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Prophylaxis23▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines23▲ 5.1×9 topics
  36. Revascularization22▲ 9.3×3 topics
  37. Catheter Ablation22▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Endovascular Treatment22▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Degenerative Disc Disease21▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Radiosurgery20▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Thomas Jefferson University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications.

Mechanical Circulatory S…17Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 17 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…16Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 16 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 14 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 13 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 13 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 13 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 12 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…12Esophageal and GI Pathology: 12 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 12 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 11 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNeurology3 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 17 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  3. 3 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  4. 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 13 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 13 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 13 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 12 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 12 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 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 available25.0%not open75.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Thomas Jefferson University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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