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UPMC Central Pa

In research, UPMC Central Pa stands highest in Medicine (#5,378 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,125 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 12.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,020
of 28,054 · #27,162 all time
Rank in United States
#2,596
of 4,192
Research works
489
▲ 350% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
6.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is UPMC Central Pa 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 #5,378 of 10,443 4.7%169 #9255
Health SciencesDomain #7,125 of 11,982 4.5%177 #10952

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UPMC Central Pa 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).

What does UPMC Central Pa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 12.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 27.7 works13×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 168 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at UPMC Central Pa?

Ranked on the composite score, Mubashir Mumtaz, Hemal Gada and Kripa Rajak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UPMC Central Pa.

  1. 1 Mubashir Mumtaz United States · #519,985 worldwide 84 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Hemal Gada United States · #689,133 worldwide 51 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Kripa Rajak United States · #1,521,043 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Vinod Nookala United States · #1,573,837 worldwide 2 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Bibek Timilsina United States · #1,631,793 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at UPMC Central Pa

Which keywords describe research at UPMC Central Pa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Treatment, Echocardiography, Complications, Guidelines, Heart Failure and Surgical 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. Epidemiology25▲ 3.0×67 topics
  2. Diagnosis17▲ 8.7×23 topics
  3. Treatment16▲ 6.1×26 topics
  4. Echocardiography10▲ 17×7 topics
  5. Complications9▲ 9.0×14 topics
  6. Guidelines9▲ 9.4×9 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.8×17 topics
  8. Heart Failure9▲ 9.6×10 topics
  9. Management8▲ 5.0×16 topics
  10. Inflammation7▲ 1.59×25 topics
  11. Surgical Management7▲ 8.0×14 topics
  12. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Risk Factors7▲ 3.0×16 topics
  14. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 44×1 topic
  15. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 44×1 topic
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.2×12 topics
  17. Surgery6▲ 7.8×8 topics
  18. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.7×16 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  20. Clinical Trials5▲ 3.6×10 topics
  21. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.1×13 topics
  22. Mortality5▲ 3.9×8 topics
  23. Catheter Ablation4▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Genetic Susceptibility4▲ 22×4 topics
  25. Prognosis4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  26. Endovascular Repair4▲ 24×3 topics
  27. Diabetes4▲ 4.1×8 topics
  28. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  31. Stroke Prevention4▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Prophylaxis4▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  34. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Imaging3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  36. Renal Function3▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Risk Stratification3▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Thromboembolism3▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Coronary Artery Disease3▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Rituximab3▲ 9.3×3 topics

Which research topics does UPMC Central Pa publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair and Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…7Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…2Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…2Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPhysiologyEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 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 available32.5%not open67.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UPMC Central Pa's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 350% 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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