Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
Hospital / health system · Rochester · United States

Unity Health System

In research, Unity Health System stands highest in Medicine (#2,882 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,359 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.2× its share of world research).

rochesterregional.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#10,257
of 22,385 · #10,406 all time
Rank in United States
#1,411
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▲ 88% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Unity Health System

What is Unity 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
MedicineField #2,882 of 8,541 5.4%291 #3659
Health SciencesDomain #3,359 of 9,902 5.8%322 #3851

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Unity 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 fields of science does Unity Health System work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Unity Health System is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 363 fractional works · 78.1% of its workMedicine: 328 fractional works · 70.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 45 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 29 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOncology: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 15 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInternal Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 28 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 45 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 9.4% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKUnity HealthSystem465fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences9%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine32870.7%
    2. Health Professions286.1%
    3. Nursing40.9%
    4. Dentistry20.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology245.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology102.2%
    3. Neuroscience61.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
    1. Psychology204.3%
    2. Social Sciences163.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.7%
    4. Decision Sciences20.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    1. Engineering81.7%
    2. Environmental Science20.4%
    3. Computer Science20.4%
    4. Chemistry10.2%
    5. Mathematics10.1%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Unity Health System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 44.6 works9.2×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.99× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.31× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 328 worksMedicineNursing: 1.78× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.68×328 works
  2. Health Professions2.31×28 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.17×10 works
  4. Nursing1.78×4 works
  5. Psychology1.43×20 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.29×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.99×24 works
  8. Neuroscience0.85×6 works
  9. Dentistry0.79×2 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.52×2 works
  11. Veterinary0.44×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.28×16 works
  14. Engineering0.11×8 works
  15. Chemistry0.10×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.09×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×2 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.06×2 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Unity Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Allison Clare Ramsey, David Christian Corteville and S. Shahzad Mustafa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Unity Health System.

  1. 1 Allison Clare Ramsey United States · #791,154 worldwide 1.7k citations · 146 works
  2. 2 David Christian Corteville United States · #1,245,359 worldwide 447 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 S. Shahzad Mustafa United States · #1,663,513 worldwide 1.9k citations · 167 works
  4. 4 Karthik Vadamalai United States · #2,440,213 worldwide 350 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Hemant Kalia United States · #2,565,798 worldwide 550 citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Jennifer West United States · #2,966,666 worldwide 37 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Garba Rimamskep Shamaki United States · #3,101,122 worldwide 265 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Deborah C. Stamps United States · #3,187,408 worldwide 166 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Suman Biswas United States · #3,490,963 worldwide 79 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Zhiting Tang United States · #3,634,914 worldwide 48 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Unity Health System

What are the most cited papers from Unity Health System?

The most cited paper from Unity Health System is "Experiencing Transitions: An Emerging Middle-Range Theory" (Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Linda M. Sawyer, Eun‐Ok Im et al., 2000), with 1,698 citations. Next come "2012 American College of Rheumatology guidelines for management of gout. Part 1: Systematic nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapeutic approaches to hyperuricemia" (1,542) and "Plasma phospholipids identify antecedent memory impairment in older adults" (1,064).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Experiencing Transitions: An Emerging Middle-Range Theory Afaf Ibrahim Meleis, Linda M. Sawyer, Eun‐Ok Im et al. · Advances in Nursing Science Sep 2000 1,698
2 2012 American College of Rheumatology guidelines for management of gout. Part 1: Systematic nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapeutic approaches to hyperuricemia Dinesh Khanna et al. · Arthritis Care & Research Open access 28 Sep 2012 1,542
3 Plasma phospholipids identify antecedent memory impairment in older adults Mark E. Mapstone, Amrita K. Cheema, Massimo S. Fiandaca et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 9 Mar 2014 1,064
4 The Effectiveness of Web-Based vs. Non-Web-Based Interventions: A Meta-Analysis of Behavioral Change Outcomes Dean J. Wantland, Carmen J. Portillo, William L. Holzemer et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research ReviewOpen access 10 Nov 2004 1,005
5 Greening the Rust Belt: A Green Infrastructure Model for Right Sizing America's Shrinking Cities Joseph Schilling, Jonathan Logan · Journal of the American Planning Association 9 Sep 2008 765
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Unity Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology60▲ 3.2×94 topics
  2. Diagnosis34▲ 7.8×32 topics
  3. Treatment32▲ 5.6×39 topics
  4. Risk Factors21▲ 4.1×26 topics
  5. Heart Failure20▲ 9.8×12 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 3.6×31 topics
  7. Inflammation17▲ 1.77×45 topics
  8. Management17▲ 4.5×22 topics
  9. Guidelines16▲ 7.5×12 topics
  10. Public Health16▲ 2.4×28 topics
  11. Depression15▲ 3.7×18 topics
  12. Quality of Life14▲ 2.2×36 topics
  13. Mental Health14▲ 2.1×27 topics
  14. Echocardiography14▲ 11×8 topics
  15. Myocardial Infarction13▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 5.0×11 topics
  17. Clinical Trials13▲ 4.1×17 topics
  18. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.5×20 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations11▲ 5.6×16 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors11▲ 5.4×14 topics
  21. Prophylaxis10▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Thrombosis9▲ 7.1×7 topics
  23. Complications9▲ 3.9×11 topics
  24. Catheter Ablation9▲ 15×2 topics
  25. Prognosis8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy8▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.5×9 topics
  28. Health Disparities7▲ 6.2×8 topics
  29. Autoantibodies7▲ 6.7×8 topics
  30. Children7▲ 6.8×6 topics
  31. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 6.0×8 topics
  33. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention7▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Atrial Fibrillation7▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 10×4 topics
  36. Antithrombotic Therapy6▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Stroke Prevention6▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Dilated Cardiomyopathy6▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Glycemic Control6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  40. Rituximab6▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Unity Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…6Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…5Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 4 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 4 fractional worksDrug-Induced Adverse Rea…4Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal MedicineInfectious DiseasesEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions Pharmacology 4 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Unity Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 88% 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 Unity Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Unity Health System0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Unity 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 2025Unity Health System5.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.3% in 2017.

Other research institutions in Rochester

All research institutions in Rochester

Share Unity Health System's ranking

Unity Health System on Science Explorer

A card with Unity Health System's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Unity Health System. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.