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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

In research, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#146 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#225 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#111 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Internal Medicine and Surgery — Transplantation is 17.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,283
of 28,054 · #813 all time
Rank in United States
#211
of 4,192
Research works
20k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
674k
34.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 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 #146 of 10,443 13.7%2,597 #85
Health SciencesDomain #225 of 11,982 13.7%2,734 #112
SurgerySubfield #111 of 1,816 13.2%563 #57
Life SciencesDomain #699 of 7,800 19.2%429 #430
EpidemiologySubfield #202 of 976 14.4%226 #175
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #305 of 1,144 12.3%242 #185
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #961 of 3,579 19.3%247 #670
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #215 of 738 13.4%177 #226
OncologySubfield #240 of 772 16.1%170 #183
Health ProfessionsField #974 of 1,928 12.8%115 #520

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Pittsburgh Medical Center 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#85 #146
  2. Health Sciences#112 #225
  3. Surgery#57 #111
  4. Life Sciences#430 #699
  5. Epidemiology#175 #202
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#185 #305
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#670 #961
  8. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#226 #215
  9. Oncology#183 #240
  10. Health Professions#520 #974
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.

What does University of Pittsburgh Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 17.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 26.3 works17×
  2. Internal MedicineSubfield · 22.9 works11×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 563.1 works6.9×
  4. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 20.4 works5.9×
  5. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 49.3 works5.8×
  6. HepatologySubfield · 38.2 works5.7×
  7. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 27.3 works5.3×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 247 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 67 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 97 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 74 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 115 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 2,597 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 83 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 47 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, James D. Luketich, Michael E. Thase and Tudor G. Jovin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

  1. 1 James D. Luketich United States · #912 worldwide 1.8k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 Michael E. Thase United States · #30,879 worldwide 396 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Tudor G. Jovin United States · #32,189 worldwide 412 citations · 91 works
  4. 4 Christopher D. Harner United States · #35,617 worldwide 298 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Victor L. Yu United States · #40,880 worldwide 327 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Michel S. Makaroun United States · #42,799 worldwide 378 citations · 75 works
  7. 7 J. Wallis Marsh United States · #51,167 worldwide 270 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Jan Drappatz United States · #56,524 worldwide 249 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Michael P. Federle United States · #57,449 worldwide 234 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Suresh Mulukutla United States · #60,449 worldwide 238 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Surgical Management, Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology429▲ 3.1×122 topics
  2. Inflammation184▲ 2.5×79 topics
  3. Treatment158▲ 3.8×47 topics
  4. Risk Factors144▲ 3.8×35 topics
  5. Quality of Life130▲ 2.6×48 topics
  6. Diagnosis130▲ 4.0×37 topics
  7. Complications125▲ 7.2×17 topics
  8. Immunotherapy121▲ 4.9×19 topics
  9. Chemotherapy120▲ 4.9×25 topics
  10. Surgical Management104▲ 7.3×20 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors96▲ 6.4×14 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines96▲ 5.0×14 topics
  13. Management92▲ 3.4×28 topics
  14. Rehabilitation88▲ 6.4×12 topics
  15. Radiotherapy88▲ 6.6×13 topics
  16. Guidelines82▲ 5.1×13 topics
  17. Cancer82▲ 1.77×51 topics
  18. Mortality79▲ 4.0×13 topics
  19. Heart Failure79▲ 5.2×13 topics
  20. Tumor Microenvironment70▲ 4.6×8 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations69▲ 4.6×23 topics
  22. Echocardiography69▲ 7.3×8 topics
  23. Neurological Disorders63▲ 3.2×20 topics
  24. Prognosis60▲ 5.2×9 topics
  25. Immunosuppressive Therapy55▲ 8.6×8 topics
  26. Surgery55▲ 4.5×12 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy52▲ 6.5×5 topics
  28. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention52▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Graft Survival52▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Transplantation52▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Biomechanics51▲ 4.9×10 topics
  32. Radiosurgery51▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Shoulder Function49▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Pathophysiology49▲ 4.7×11 topics
  35. Survival Analysis47▲ 5.0×7 topics
  36. Endoscopic Surgery46▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Resuscitation44▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Prophylaxis42▲ 9.5×4 topics
  39. Rejection41▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Endovascular Repair41▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does University of Pittsburgh Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…36Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 36 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…36Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 36 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 30 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…30Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 30 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…29Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 29 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 28 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 27 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannom…24Meningioma and schwannoma management: 24 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 23 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 23 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineBiomedical EngineeringOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 36 works
  2. 2 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 36 works
  3. 3 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 30 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 30 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 29 works
  6. 6 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 28 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 27 works
  8. 8 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 24 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 23 works
  10. 10 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 23 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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