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University of Tennessee Medical Center

In research, University of Tennessee Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,849 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,921 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,581
of 28,054 · #9,773 all time
Rank in United States
#2,047
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
21.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is University of Tennessee 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 #4,849 of 10,443 7.4%112 #4595
Health SciencesDomain #5,921 of 11,982 7.1%128 #5277

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

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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.24× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.60× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at University of Tennessee Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Medical Education, Epidemiology, Treatment, Information Seeking Behavior, Evidence-Based Practice, Healthcare Professionals and Knowledge Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.5×73 topics
  2. Diagnosis10▲ 6.8×27 topics
  3. Medical Education9▲ 22×9 topics
  4. Treatment9▲ 4.7×26 topics
  5. Risk Factors7▲ 4.0×17 topics
  6. Information Seeking Behavior7▲ 91×2 topics
  7. Knowledge Management6▲ 6.8×2 topics
  8. Evidence-Based Practice6▲ 28×1 topic
  9. Healthcare Professionals6▲ 196×1 topic
  10. Complications5▲ 6.7×13 topics
  11. Radiotherapy5▲ 8.4×10 topics
  12. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.4×17 topics
  13. Mortality5▲ 5.3×11 topics
  14. Prognosis5▲ 9.3×7 topics
  15. Management5▲ 3.9×19 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.0×12 topics
  17. Guidelines4▲ 5.7×12 topics
  18. Echocardiography4▲ 8.6×7 topics
  19. Global Burden4▲ 4.2×8 topics
  20. Surgery4▲ 6.5×8 topics
  21. Health Outcomes3▲ 7.5×5 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance3▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Prophylaxis3▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Cardiac Amyloidosis3▲ 87×1 topic
  26. Transthyretin3▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Quality Improvement3▲ 9.4×5 topics
  28. Critical Care3▲ 7.4×6 topics
  29. Digital Divide3▲ 6.4×3 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors3▲ 3.8×10 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  33. Pain Management2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  34. Tumor Staging2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Revascularization2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  36. Elderly Patients2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  37. Robotic Surgery2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Perioperative Care2▲ 11×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Sciences Research and Education, Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies.

Health Sciences Research…6Health Sciences Research and Education: 6 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, …3Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…2Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Pathology Studies: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsMolecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEmergency Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 6 works
  2. 2 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 1 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 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 available24.1%not open75.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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