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University of Pennsylvania Health System

In research, University of Pennsylvania Health System stands highest in Medicine (#1,843 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,144 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,136 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,438
of 28,054 · #4,876 all time
Rank in United States
#983
of 4,192
Research works
2.9k
▲ 76% vs 2013–17
Citations
76k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is University of Pennsylvania 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 #1,843 of 10,443 12.9%374 #1009
Health SciencesDomain #2,144 of 11,982 13.9%423 #1074
Social SciencesDomain #8,136 of 10,521 22.8%69 #5549

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

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#1,009 #1,843
  2. Health Sciences#1,074 #2,144
  3. Social Sciences#5,549 #8,136
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.

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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.92× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.00× its world share, 45 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.42× its world share, 374 worksMedicineNursing: 1.14× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Pennsylvania Health System?

Ranked on the composite score, Joshua M. Cooper, Matthew D. Mitchell and Maureen Byrne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Pennsylvania Health System.

  1. 1 Joshua M. Cooper United States · #310,123 worldwide 166 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Matthew D. Mitchell United States · #568,457 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Maureen Byrne United States · #1,139,411 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at University of Pennsylvania Health System

Which keywords describe research at University of Pennsylvania Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Mortality, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Medical Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology53▲ 2.4×99 topics
  2. Risk Factors27▲ 4.4×30 topics
  3. Quality of Life27▲ 3.3×40 topics
  4. Chemotherapy21▲ 5.3×20 topics
  5. Guidelines18▲ 7.0×12 topics
  6. Mortality16▲ 5.0×12 topics
  7. Treatment16▲ 2.4×38 topics
  8. Mental Health16▲ 1.94×28 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 5.1×13 topics
  10. Depression15▲ 3.0×16 topics
  11. Clinical Trials14▲ 3.8×15 topics
  12. Diagnosis14▲ 2.7×30 topics
  13. Management14▲ 3.0×24 topics
  14. Primary Care14▲ 6.3×11 topics
  15. Immunotherapy13▲ 3.3×15 topics
  16. Ethical Considerations13▲ 6.7×11 topics
  17. Precision Medicine13▲ 4.9×7 topics
  18. Chronic Disease Management13▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Medical Education13▲ 8.7×10 topics
  20. Survival Analysis12▲ 8.1×7 topics
  21. Radiotherapy12▲ 5.7×12 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 6.9×9 topics
  23. Quality Improvement12▲ 11×8 topics
  24. Complications12▲ 4.3×16 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations12▲ 4.9×18 topics
  26. Anxiety11▲ 4.1×9 topics
  27. Cancer Incidence11▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Robotic Surgery10▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Health Disparities10▲ 7.0×6 topics
  30. Molecular Classification10▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Health Outcomes9▲ 6.0×7 topics
  32. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 7.6×6 topics
  33. Breast Cancer9▲ 6.8×10 topics
  34. Health Care Utilization9▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Ovarian Cancer9▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Mortality Risk9▲ 6.5×5 topics
  37. Cervical Cancer8▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Population-Based Study8▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Cost of Care8▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Financial Toxicity8▲ 46×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Pennsylvania Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments.

Economic and Financial I…8Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 8 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …7Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 7 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…6Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 6 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…6Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 6 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…5BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 5 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 4 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…4Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsOncologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  2. 2 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 7 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  4. 4 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 6 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 5 works
  8. 8 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Pennsylvania Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 76% 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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