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University of Washington Medical Center

In research, University of Washington Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,560 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,022 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,679 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,515
of 28,054 · #1,543 all time
Rank in United States
#496
of 4,192
Research works
6.3k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
279k
44.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is University of Washington 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 #1,560 of 10,443 17.5%385 #455
Health SciencesDomain #2,022 of 11,982 17.2%417 #529
Life SciencesDomain #1,679 of 7,800 33.7%96 #638
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,489 of 3,579 34.9%67 #726

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Washington 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#455 #1,560
  2. Health Sciences#529 #2,022
  3. Life Sciences#638 #1,679
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#726 #1,489
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 Washington Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 35.9 works5.5×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 48.1 works5.4×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 67 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.23× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 385 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Michael K. Brawer, George Stamatoyannopoulos and James D. Perkins lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Washington Medical Center.

  1. 1 Michael K. Brawer United States · #27,244 worldwide 375 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 George Stamatoyannopoulos United States · #96,392 worldwide 412 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 James D. Perkins United States · #156,714 worldwide 162 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 John R. Stratton United States · #213,482 worldwide 135 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 David R. Crosslin United States · #273,115 worldwide 84 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Michael D. Weiss United States · #336,423 worldwide 101 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Renata R. Urban United States · #553,073 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Joanna M. Cain United States · #605,282 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 G. Stamatoyannopoulos United States · #660,714 worldwide 81 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Charles Chestnut United States · #1,240,388 worldwide 18 citations · 209 works
All ranked researchers at University of Washington Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at University of Washington Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Chemotherapy, Echocardiography, Treatment, Medical Education, Diagnosis and Lymphoma.

▲ 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▲ 2.3×101 topics
  2. Immunotherapy24▲ 5.9×16 topics
  3. Chemotherapy22▲ 5.4×25 topics
  4. Treatment20▲ 2.9×40 topics
  5. Quality of Life20▲ 2.4×34 topics
  6. Diagnosis18▲ 3.3×34 topics
  7. Inflammation18▲ 1.49×60 topics
  8. Echocardiography16▲ 10×7 topics
  9. Risk Factors14▲ 2.2×26 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors14▲ 5.5×14 topics
  11. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.4×16 topics
  12. Precision Medicine13▲ 4.7×8 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 3.9×14 topics
  14. Medical Education12▲ 8.2×10 topics
  15. Management12▲ 2.7×23 topics
  16. Lymphoma12▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations12▲ 4.8×21 topics
  18. Heart Failure12▲ 4.7×12 topics
  19. Radiotherapy11▲ 5.1×12 topics
  20. Cancer Immunotherapy11▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Guidelines11▲ 4.0×12 topics
  22. Surgical Management10▲ 4.1×16 topics
  23. Complications10▲ 3.3×13 topics
  24. Rehabilitation10▲ 4.2×10 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations9▲ 4.7×8 topics
  26. Breast Cancer9▲ 6.4×10 topics
  27. Tumor Regression9▲ 14×2 topics
  28. CAR T Cells8▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Chimeric Antigen Receptor8▲ 20×1 topic
  30. Treatment Guidelines8▲ 6.7×6 topics
  31. Targeted Therapy8▲ 6.4×5 topics
  32. Thrombosis8▲ 5.0×7 topics
  33. Cancer Risk8▲ 6.0×8 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 5.4×5 topics
  35. Shoulder Function7▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Rituximab7▲ 7.9×4 topics
  37. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Hematopoietic Stem Cells6▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 7.9×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

CAR-T cell therapy research: 8 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…5Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 5 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…4Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 4 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 4 fractional worksHistory of Medical Pract…4History of Medical Practice: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 4 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…3BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 3 fractional works
OncologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 8 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 History of Medical Practice Neurology 4 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 3 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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