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Tucson Medical Center

In research, Tucson Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,857 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,955 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,621
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,285
of 8,685
Research works
451
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
8k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Tucson Medical Center 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 #9,857 of 20,462 12.1%327
MedicineField #8,955 of 17,978 12.1%286

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

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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.56× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.53× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.88× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 2.12× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Tucson Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Catheter Ablation, Treatment, Anticoagulant Therapy, Atrial Fibrillation and Postoperative Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 2.8×33 topics
  2. Guidelines5▲ 19×8 topics
  3. Diagnosis4▲ 7.2×14 topics
  4. Treatment3▲ 5.0×15 topics
  5. Catheter Ablation3▲ 42×2 topics
  6. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 36×1 topic
  7. Atrial Fibrillation2▲ 45×1 topic
  8. Postoperative Complications2▲ 33×4 topics
  9. Management2▲ 4.9×13 topics
  10. Mortality2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  11. Risk Factors2▲ 3.2×12 topics
  12. Academic Medicine2▲ 40×2 topics
  13. Science2▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Cardiac Risk2▲ 35×1 topic
  15. Perioperative2▲ 35×1 topic
  16. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 40×1 topic
  18. Complications2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  19. Gender Bias2▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Mentorship2▲ 67×2 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations1▲ 5.6×8 topics
  22. Health Care Disparities1▲ 70×1 topic
  23. Pathophysiology1▲ 8.6×5 topics
  24. Physician Workforce1▲ 70×1 topic
  25. Chemotherapy1▲ 3.3×10 topics
  26. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.4×3 topics
  27. Prognosis1▲ 7.1×6 topics
  28. Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis1▲ 88×1 topic
  29. Pulmonary Sclerosing Hemangioma1▲ 88×1 topic
  30. Rituximab1▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Thrombosis1▲ 8.1×4 topics
  32. Classification1▲ 4.7×3 topics
  33. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 3.9×6 topics
  34. Healthcare Quality1▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Radio Astronomy1▲ 96×1 topic
  36. Transits of Venus1▲ 224×1 topic
  37. Trauma1▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Prophylaxis1▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Regenerative Medicine1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  40. Robotic Surgery1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Tucson Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …1Diversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 1 fractional worksHistory and Developments in Astronomy: 1 fractional worksMedical Education and Ad…1Medical Education and Admissions: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 1 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksPregnancy-related medical research: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGender StudiesPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAstronomy and Astrophysics3 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Medical Education and Admissions Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  8. 8 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Pregnancy-related medical research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available17.5%not open82.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tucson Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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