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University of Utah Health Care

In research, University of Utah Health Care stands highest in Medicine (#6,079 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,191 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,437
of 28,054 · #13,663 all time
Rank in United States
#2,673
of 4,192
Research works
617
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
28.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is University of Utah Health Care 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 #6,079 of 10,443 13.2%93 #4127
Health SciencesDomain #7,191 of 11,982 14.2%101 #4373

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Utah Health Care 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.18× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 92 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at University of Utah Health Care?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Rehabilitation, Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.3×81 topics
  2. Treatment6▲ 4.0×27 topics
  3. Diagnosis6▲ 5.0×25 topics
  4. Inflammation5▲ 1.91×33 topics
  5. Risk Factors5▲ 3.5×21 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.3×23 topics
  7. Quality of Life5▲ 2.6×30 topics
  8. Guidelines4▲ 7.1×9 topics
  9. Management4▲ 3.8×19 topics
  10. Heart Failure4▲ 6.9×9 topics
  11. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.0×13 topics
  12. Rehabilitation4▲ 7.2×10 topics
  13. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.1×15 topics
  14. Biomarkers4▲ 3.9×9 topics
  15. Complications3▲ 4.7×13 topics
  16. Mortality3▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.3×14 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations3▲ 5.1×12 topics
  19. Critical Care3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  20. Revision Surgery3▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Cancer Risk2▲ 8.8×9 topics
  23. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  24. Primary Care2▲ 4.8×9 topics
  25. Echocardiography2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  26. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  27. Medical Education2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  28. Resuscitation2▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Rituximab2▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Health Care Costs2▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  32. Mortality Risk2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  33. Osteoarthritis2▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Sepsis2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  35. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Wear Particles2▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Advance Care Planning2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Femoroacetabular Impingement2▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Hip Arthroscopy2▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Palliative Care2▲ 8.6×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Utah Health Care publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Hip disorders and treatments, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Orthopaedic implants and…2Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksHip disorders and treatm…2Hip disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…1Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…1BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 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 available38.6%not open61.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Utah Health Care'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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