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Tufts Medical Center

In research, Tufts Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#638 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#832 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,311 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Emergency Medicine — Nephrology is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,166
of 28,054 · #682 all time
Rank in United States
#450
of 4,192
Research works
14k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
647k
45.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Tufts 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 #638 of 10,443 13.0%1,117 #129
Health SciencesDomain #832 of 11,982 13.2%1,190 #143
Life SciencesDomain #2,311 of 7,800 14.2%187 #323
SurgerySubfield #554 of 1,816 10.9%180 #154
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #287 of 738 12.6%137 #79
Social SciencesDomain #5,432 of 10,521 23.1%144 #1405
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #962 of 1,775 28.8%68 #438
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #777 of 1,272 27.5%64 #350
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #556 of 828 18.5%60 #246
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,422 of 3,579 14.3%114 #467

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

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#129 #638
  2. Health Sciences#143 #832
  3. Life Sciences#323 #2,311
  4. Surgery#154 #554
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#79 #287
  6. Social Sciences#1,405 #5,432
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#438 #962
  8. Economics and Econometrics#350 #777
  9. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#246 #556
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#467 #2,422
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 Tufts Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 30.9 works8.9×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 136.9 works8.2×
  3. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 21.2 works5.5×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 180.1 works4.8×
← 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: 1.34× its world share, 114 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.64× its world share, 1,117 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.99× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Tufts Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew S. Levey, James E. Udelson and William H. Rogers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tufts Medical Center.

  1. 1 Andrew S. Levey United States · #272 worldwide 2.8k citations · 188 works
  2. 2 James E. Udelson United States · #4,373 worldwide 1.2k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 William H. Rogers United States · #6,228 worldwide 1.1k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Ronald M. Lechan United States · #6,771 worldwide 1.5k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Mark S. Link United States · #9,640 worldwide 1.5k citations · 169 works
  6. 6 Jerome P. Kassirer United States · #13,720 worldwide 595 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Arthur S. Tischler United States · #14,445 worldwide 1.6k citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Peter J. Neumann United States · #17,876 worldwide 602 citations · 74 works
  9. 9 Raveendhara R. Bannuru United States · #21,172 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Johanna M. Seddon United States · #22,865 worldwide 503 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Tufts Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Tufts Medical Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology185▲ 2.9×121 topics
  2. Heart Failure93▲ 14×13 topics
  3. Inflammation93▲ 2.8×72 topics
  4. Quality of Life86▲ 3.8×42 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease77▲ 4.3×33 topics
  6. Treatment71▲ 3.7×44 topics
  7. Diagnosis68▲ 4.6×39 topics
  8. Risk Factors56▲ 3.2×32 topics
  9. Echocardiography55▲ 13×8 topics
  10. Chronic Kidney Disease47▲ 12×9 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress46▲ 1.78×43 topics
  12. Mortality45▲ 4.9×12 topics
  13. Obesity45▲ 3.7×23 topics
  14. Guidelines43▲ 5.8×12 topics
  15. Thrombosis43▲ 9.6×7 topics
  16. Complications41▲ 5.1×16 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction39▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome38▲ 3.0×23 topics
  19. Clinical Trials38▲ 3.6×17 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention36▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations35▲ 5.1×23 topics
  22. Economic Evaluation35▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Cost-effectiveness Analysis35▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Health Utility Measures35▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Global Burden33▲ 3.9×11 topics
  26. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation31▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk30▲ 6.2×9 topics
  28. Endothelial Dysfunction30▲ 8.0×8 topics
  29. Cardiogenic Shock30▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 3.4×14 topics
  31. Left Ventricular Assist Device30▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Prognosis27▲ 5.2×9 topics
  33. Dilated Cardiomyopathy27▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Immunosuppressive Therapy26▲ 8.6×8 topics
  35. Hypertension24▲ 5.3×14 topics
  36. Treatment Guidelines24▲ 6.9×6 topics
  37. Fibrosis24▲ 8.0×8 topics
  38. Cardiac Imaging21▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Chamber Quantification20▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Diastolic Function20▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Tufts Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 35 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 30 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 20 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 16 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 15 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 15 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…13Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 13 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 11 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 11 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsBiomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 35 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 30 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 20 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 16 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  7. 7 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 13 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 13 works
  9. 9 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  10. 10 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tufts Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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