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Unity Health System

In research, Unity Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,780 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,310 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,244
of 28,054 · #10,775 all time
Rank in United States
#1,377
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 83% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Unity Health System 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,780 of 11,982 8.1%322 #2256
MedicineField #3,310 of 10,443 7.3%291 #5019

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 39.6 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.15× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.41× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 291 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 15 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.

Who are the top researchers at Unity Health System?

Ranked on the composite score, Tarun Kothari, Allison Ramsey and S. Shahzad Mustafa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Unity Health System.

  1. 1 Tarun Kothari · #704,426 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Allison Ramsey · #794,289 worldwide 28 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 S. Shahzad Mustafa · #1,124,532 worldwide 27 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 James E. Szalados · #1,239,619 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Prakash Upreti · #1,486,872 worldwide 0 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Unity Health System

Which keywords describe research at Unity Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Heart Failure, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Echocardiography and 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. Epidemiology52▲ 3.2×93 topics
  2. Diagnosis31▲ 8.1×32 topics
  3. Treatment29▲ 5.8×36 topics
  4. Risk Factors19▲ 4.2×25 topics
  5. Heart Failure18▲ 10×11 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.6×29 topics
  7. Inflammation16▲ 1.84×44 topics
  8. Management15▲ 4.7×22 topics
  9. Public Health14▲ 2.3×28 topics
  10. Guidelines14▲ 7.2×12 topics
  11. Mental Health13▲ 2.2×25 topics
  12. Depression13▲ 3.6×17 topics
  13. Quality of Life13▲ 2.1×35 topics
  14. Echocardiography12▲ 11×8 topics
  15. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 4.9×11 topics
  17. Clinical Trials11▲ 4.0×16 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations11▲ 6.0×15 topics
  19. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.6×20 topics
  20. Prophylaxis10▲ 19×4 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors9▲ 5.0×13 topics
  22. Complications8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  23. Thrombosis8▲ 7.3×7 topics
  24. Prognosis8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  25. Catheter Ablation7▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Health Disparities7▲ 6.5×7 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines7▲ 5.8×9 topics
  28. Autoantibodies7▲ 6.9×8 topics
  29. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 9.6×6 topics
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Children6▲ 6.5×6 topics
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 6.4×7 topics
  34. Antithrombotic Therapy6▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Dilated Cardiomyopathy6▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Glycemic Control6▲ 8.7×4 topics
  38. Deep Vein Thrombosis5▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Rituximab5▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Unity Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management and HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions.

Venous Thromboembolism D…5Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 4 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksDrug-Induced Adverse Rea…3Drug-Induced Adverse Reactions: 3 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional works
Internal MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologyInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementInternal Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementEpidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsInfectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairSurgery 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  8. 8 Drug-Induced Adverse ReactionsPharmacology 3 works
  9. 9 Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesBiomedical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Unity Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 83% 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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