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University Orthopedics Center

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World rank, all time
#26,593
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,559
of 7,310
Research works
149
▲ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
16.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
University Orthopedics Center

Which fields of science does University Orthopedics Center work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at University Orthopedics Center is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Social Sciences (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 43.3% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 38.4% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 31.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 17.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversityOrthopedics…52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2038.4%
    2. Health Professions23.7%
    3. Nursing11.1%
    1. Social Sciences917.2%
    2. Psychology35.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting24.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities23.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.8%
    1. Computer Science35.9%
    2. Engineering34.9%
    3. Materials Science11.0%
    4. Environmental Science11.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.4%
    2. Neuroscience12.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.00× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.84× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing2.31×1 works
  2. Medicine2.00×20 works
  3. Psychology1.84×3 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.50×2 works
  5. Health Professions1.41×2 works
  6. Neuroscience1.37×1 works
  7. Social Sciences1.36×9 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×3 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.12×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.75×3 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.61×0 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.45×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×0 works
  15. Engineering0.33×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.29×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.27×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.20×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at University Orthopedics Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Shaun K. Stinton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Orthopedics Center.

  1. 1 Shaun K. Stinton United States · #4,552,109 worldwide 173 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at University Orthopedics Center

What are the most cited papers from University Orthopedics Center?

The most cited paper from University Orthopedics Center is "The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5): Background and rationale" (Ruben J. Echemendía et al., 2017), with 843 citations. Next come "Heterogeneous Multiscale Methods: A Review" (696) and "North American Contact Dermatitis Group Patch Test Results: 2015–2016" (278).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5): Background and rationale Ruben J. Echemendía et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 26 Apr 2017 843
2 Heterogeneous Multiscale Methods: A Review E Weinan, Bjorn E. Engquist, Xiantao Li et al. · Communications in Computational Physics Feb 2007 696
3 North American Contact Dermatitis Group Patch Test Results: 2015–2016 Joel G. DeKoven, Erin M. Warshaw, Kathryn A. Zug et al. · Dermatitis 13 Nov 2018 278
4 What tests and measures should be added to the SCAT3 and related tests to improve their reliability, sensitivity and/or specificity in sideline concussion diagnosis? A systematic review Ruben J. Echemendía, Steven P. Broglio, Gavin A Davis et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine ReviewOpen access 25 May 2017 260
5 Toxicological considerations when creating nanoparticle-based drugs and drug delivery systems Arati K. Sharma, SubbaRao V. Madhunapantula, Gavin P. Robertson · Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology Open access 19 Nov 2011 241
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Which keywords describe research at University Orthopedics Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Race, Epidemiology, Entrepreneurship, Culture, Literature, Complications, Gender and Colonialism.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology4▲ 1.99×30 topics
  2. Race3▲ 49×5 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 2.2×14 topics
  4. Culture2▲ 7.4×4 topics
  5. Entrepreneurship2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  6. Literature2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  7. Identity2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  8. Qualitative Research2▲ 4.1×5 topics
  9. Colonialism2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  10. Complications2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  11. Gender2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  12. Globalization2▲ 1.64×3 topics
  13. Degenerative Disc Disease2▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Innovation2▲ 2.9×3 topics
  15. Public Health2▲ 2.1×11 topics
  16. Corporate Governance2▲ 4.0×2 topics
  17. Spinal Fusion2▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Feminism1▲ 9.2×4 topics
  19. Treatment1▲ 2.2×6 topics
  20. Gender Equality1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  21. Genetics1▲ 3.2×4 topics
  22. Low Back Pain1▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.42×10 topics
  24. Social Justice1▲ 3.8×3 topics
  25. Spinal Surgery1▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Surgical Treatment1▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Biomechanics1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  28. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Intervertebral Disc1▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Lumbar Disc Degeneration1▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Mental Health1▲ 1.49×12 topics
  32. Meta-Analysis1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  33. Regeneration1▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.3×4 topics
  35. Depression1▲ 2.3×5 topics
  36. Family Firms1▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Intersectionality1▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Narrative1▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Socioemotional Wealth1▲ 81×1 topic
  40. Violence1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does University Orthopedics Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Family Business Performance and Succession, Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Spine and Intervertebral…1Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksFamily Business Performa…1Family Business Performance and Succession: 1 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 1 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 1 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 1 fractional worksGothic Literature and Media Analysis: 1 fractional worksFeminist Theory and Gend…1Feminist Theory and Gender Studies: 1 fractional worksInterdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  3. 3 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  5. 5 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Law in Society and Culture Law 1 works
  7. 7 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Cultural Studies 1 works
  8. 8 Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Gender Studies 1 works
  9. 9 Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 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 available44.0%not open56.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has University Orthopedics Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is University Orthopedics Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%University Orthopedics Center0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

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