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University of Tennessee Health Science Center

In research, University of Tennessee Health Science Center stands highest in Medicine (#407 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#509 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#701 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geriatrics and Gerontology and Emergency Medicine — Geriatrics and Gerontology is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,490
of 28,054 · #826 all time
Rank in United States
#236
of 4,192
Research works
23k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
745k
31.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is University of Tennessee Health Science 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 #407 of 10,443 13.3%1,639 #227
Health SciencesDomain #509 of 11,982 13.5%1,831 #242
Life SciencesDomain #701 of 7,800 17.0%602 #324
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #748 of 3,579 17.5%371 #379
SurgerySubfield #427 of 1,816 11.6%224 #313
Molecular BiologySubfield #605 of 2,175 18.3%226 #384
EpidemiologySubfield #379 of 976 14.5%140 #174
Social SciencesDomain #4,311 of 10,521 17.3%170 #2011
Health ProfessionsField #831 of 1,928 16.0%122 #459
NeuroscienceField #565 of 1,168 12.6%117 #260

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Tennessee Health Science 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#227 #407
  2. Health Sciences#242 #509
  3. Life Sciences#324 #701
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#379 #748
  5. Surgery#313 #427
  6. Molecular Biology#384 #605
  7. Epidemiology#174 #379
  8. Social Sciences#2,011 #4,311
  9. Health Professions#459 #831
  10. Neuroscience#260 #565
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 Tennessee Health Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geriatrics and Gerontology takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 21.0 works7.2×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 33.8 works5.1×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.55× its world share, 371 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.93× its world share, 80 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.64× its world share, 117 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.56× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.36× its world share, 44 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.70× its world share, 122 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.13× its world share, 1,639 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.74× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Tennessee Health Science Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Csaba P. Kövesdy, William C. Cushman and Karen Johnson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

  1. 1 Csaba P. Kövesdy United States · #2,601 worldwide 1.6k citations · 121 works
  2. 2 William C. Cushman United States · #7,061 worldwide 1.8k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Karen Johnson United States · #13,420 worldwide 623 citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Robert L. Davis United States · #23,001 worldwide 446 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Anton Reiner United States · #29,554 worldwide 382 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Elani Streja United States · #30,119 worldwide 437 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 David R. Nelson United States · #30,133 worldwide 841 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Alan L. Bisno United States · #32,102 worldwide 256 citations · 101 works
  9. 9 Abbas E. Kitabchi United States · #34,039 worldwide 337 citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Suzanne Satterfield United States · #39,379 worldwide 403 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Which keywords describe research at University of Tennessee Health Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Treatment, Risk Factors and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology310▲ 2.9×122 topics
  2. Inflammation199▲ 3.5×81 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress106▲ 2.4×57 topics
  4. Cancer100▲ 2.7×50 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease96▲ 3.2×38 topics
  6. Quality of Life96▲ 2.4×50 topics
  7. Treatment95▲ 2.9×51 topics
  8. Risk Factors91▲ 3.0×35 topics
  9. Diagnosis84▲ 3.3×39 topics
  10. Management65▲ 3.0×29 topics
  11. Chemotherapy62▲ 3.2×24 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome62▲ 2.8×23 topics
  13. Public Health59▲ 1.50×45 topics
  14. Immunotherapy59▲ 3.1×19 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations57▲ 4.8×23 topics
  16. Global Burden57▲ 3.9×12 topics
  17. Mortality54▲ 3.5×13 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors54▲ 4.5×14 topics
  19. Biomarkers53▲ 2.9×16 topics
  20. Neuroprotection50▲ 5.3×15 topics
  21. Diabetes50▲ 3.7×20 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders49▲ 3.2×20 topics
  23. Hypertension48▲ 6.1×14 topics
  24. Clinical Trials45▲ 2.5×19 topics
  25. Surgical Management45▲ 4.0×20 topics
  26. Complications45▲ 3.3×17 topics
  27. Guidelines45▲ 3.5×12 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines41▲ 2.8×14 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance41▲ 3.3×10 topics
  30. Heart Failure40▲ 3.4×13 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines35▲ 4.5×9 topics
  32. Pathophysiology34▲ 4.2×11 topics
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease34▲ 5.2×8 topics
  34. Neuroinflammation34▲ 4.4×6 topics
  35. Prognosis34▲ 3.8×9 topics
  36. Health Outcomes33▲ 4.4×7 topics
  37. Pain Management31▲ 5.1×9 topics
  38. Ion Channels29▲ 9.9×5 topics
  39. Ischemic Stroke29▲ 7.0×4 topics
  40. Revascularization29▲ 6.9×4 topics

Which research topics does University of Tennessee Health Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education and Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…19Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 19 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…18Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 18 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 14 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 14 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 11 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 11 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 11 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…11Innovations in Medical Education: 11 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 11 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 11 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeriatrics and GerontologyHealth InformaticsGenetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 19 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 18 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 14 works
  4. 4 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 14 works
  5. 5 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 11 works
  6. 6 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 11 works
  7. 7 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 11 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 11 works
  9. 9 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 11 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 11 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 available32.4%not open67.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Tennessee Health Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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