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UnityPoint Health

In research, UnityPoint Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,441 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#13,579 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#32,053
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,847
of 8,685
Research works
253
▲ 107% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6k
10.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is UnityPoint Health 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 #13,441 of 20,462 8.3%197
MedicineField #13,579 of 17,978 7.7%160

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

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.98× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 2.59× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× 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, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at UnityPoint Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Quality Improvement, Health Outcomes, Treatment, Risk Factors, Antibiotic Resistance and Antifungal Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 5.1×46 topics
  2. Mortality3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  3. Treatment2▲ 3.5×10 topics
  4. Risk Factors2▲ 3.7×15 topics
  5. Quality Improvement2▲ 20×5 topics
  6. Quality of Life2▲ 2.6×14 topics
  7. COVID-192▲ 2.6×9 topics
  8. Diagnosis2▲ 3.8×8 topics
  9. Health Outcomes2▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 7.5×7 topics
  11. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.2×12 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.4×8 topics
  13. Management2▲ 3.4×6 topics
  14. Antifungal Therapy2▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Glaucoma2▲ 18×2 topics
  16. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  17. Clinical Management1▲ 14×5 topics
  18. Healthcare-Associated Infections1▲ 21×4 topics
  19. SARS-CoV-21▲ 7.2×4 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 7.5×4 topics
  21. Complications1▲ 4.3×6 topics
  22. Endophthalmitis1▲ 67×2 topics
  23. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  24. Primary Care1▲ 6.0×9 topics
  25. Virulence Factors1▲ 15×4 topics
  26. Global Burden1▲ 3.9×4 topics
  27. Injury Severity1▲ 26×1 topic
  28. Intraocular Pressure1▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Prophylaxis1▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Trauma Center1▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 9.9×4 topics
  32. Elderly1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  33. Guidelines1▲ 4.1×7 topics
  34. Reflective Practice1▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Bacteremia1▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Femtosecond Laser1▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Intraocular Foreign Bodies1▲ 93×1 topic
  38. Intraocular Lens Implantation1▲ 65×1 topic
  39. Ocular Trauma Score1▲ 93×1 topic
  40. Optical Coherence Tomography1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does UnityPoint Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries, Intraocular Surgery and Lenses and Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes.

Trauma and Emergency Car…1Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Ocular and For…1Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries: 1 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 1 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 1 fractional worksAntimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…1Innovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 1 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineOphthalmologyGeriatrics and GerontologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Ophthalmology 1 works
  3. 3 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 1 works
  4. 4 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  5. 5 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UnityPoint Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 107% 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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