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University Health System

In research, University Health System stands highest in Medicine (#2,521 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,302 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,014
of 28,054 · #11,571 all time
Rank in United States
#1,498
of 4,192
Research works
1.7k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is University 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
MedicineField #2,521 of 10,443 11.8%239 #2983
Health SciencesDomain #3,302 of 11,982 11.6%260 #3145

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

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: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.74× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 239 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at University Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Prognostic Factors and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.0×97 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 2.0×55 topics
  3. Treatment14▲ 3.4×35 topics
  4. Quality of Life12▲ 2.5×33 topics
  5. Diagnosis12▲ 3.8×31 topics
  6. Chemotherapy10▲ 4.4×22 topics
  7. Risk Factors10▲ 2.8×25 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 5.4×13 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.5×28 topics
  10. Management9▲ 3.4×23 topics
  11. Complications8▲ 4.8×16 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors8▲ 5.5×14 topics
  13. Mortality8▲ 4.0×12 topics
  14. Heart Failure8▲ 5.2×12 topics
  15. Guidelines7▲ 4.7×12 topics
  16. Immunotherapy7▲ 3.0×17 topics
  17. Surgical Management7▲ 5.1×18 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 2.5×17 topics
  19. Radiotherapy7▲ 5.3×11 topics
  20. Rehabilitation7▲ 5.2×10 topics
  21. Critical Care7▲ 8.6×8 topics
  22. Biomarkers6▲ 2.8×13 topics
  23. Immune Response6▲ 3.2×17 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines6▲ 6.1×9 topics
  25. Primary Care6▲ 4.4×11 topics
  26. Graft Survival5▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Hepatocellular Carcinoma5▲ 7.6×3 topics
  28. Survival Analysis5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  29. Immunosuppressive Therapy5▲ 7.8×6 topics
  30. Prognosis5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  31. Quality Improvement5▲ 7.1×7 topics
  32. Sepsis5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  33. Transplantation5▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Functional Recovery4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  35. Glycemic Control4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  36. Elderly Patients4▲ 7.1×4 topics
  37. Coagulopathy4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Kidney Transplantation4▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Perioperative Care4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  40. Rejection4▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does University Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery and Liver Disease and Transplantation.

Transplantation: Methods…4Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…3Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 3 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…2Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 2 fractional works
SurgeryTransplantationRehabilitationHepatology2 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 3 works
  3. 3 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 3 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 3 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 2 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.7%domestic only70.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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