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UPMC Health System

In research, UPMC Health System stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,129 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,017 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,781 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,525
of 22,385 · #1,765 all time
Rank in United States
#531
of 3,332
Research works
2.3k
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
77k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
UPMC Health System

What is UPMC Health System known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,129 of 9,902 10.6%436 #883
MedicineField #1,017 of 8,541 10.6%404 #802
Life SciencesDomain #1,781 of 6,403 10.8%83 #1177
SurgerySubfield #672 of 1,532 12.0%61 #543

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where UPMC Health System 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#883 #1,129
  2. Medicine#802 #1,017
  3. Life Sciences#1,177 #1,781
  4. Surgery#543 #672
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does UPMC Health System work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at UPMC Health System is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Neuroscience (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 510 fractional works · 74.5% of its workMedicine: 472 fractional works · 68.9% of its workSurgery: 71 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEpidemiology: 55 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 46 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 46 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOncology: 23 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 15 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 99 fractional works · 14.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 34 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPsychology: 28 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUPMC HealthSystem685fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences7%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine47268.9%
    2. Health Professions324.6%
    3. Nursing50.7%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology497.1%
    2. Neuroscience345.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology121.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
    1. Psychology284.1%
    2. Social Sciences91.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.3%
    5. Decision Sciences20.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    1. Engineering121.8%
    2. Computer Science30.5%
    3. Environmental Science30.4%
    4. Mathematics20.3%
    5. Chemistry20.3%
    6. Materials Science20.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does UPMC Health System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 46.4 works6.5×
  2. EpidemiologySubfield · 54.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.71× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.08× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 472 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 28 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 9 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.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.59×472 works
  2. Neuroscience3.08×34 works
  3. Health Professions1.76×32 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.71×12 works
  5. Nursing1.45×5 works
  6. Psychology1.35×28 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×48 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.09×3 works
  9. Veterinary0.59×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×8 works
  11. Mathematics0.28×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.27×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.27×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.19×2 works
  15. Engineering0.12×12 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.10×2 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×2 works
  18. Social Sciences0.10×9 works
  19. Environmental Science0.08×3 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×2 works
  21. Computer Science0.06×3 works
  22. Materials Science0.06×2 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at UPMC Health System?

Ranked on the quality score, Joseph T. Bertino, Mohamed Doheim and Prabhjot Singh Bedi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UPMC Health System.

  1. 1 Joseph T. Bertino United States · #1,888,851 worldwide 377 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Mohamed Doheim United States · #2,104,237 worldwide 19 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Prabhjot Singh Bedi United States · #3,359,504 worldwide 186 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Lucas Rios Rocha United States · #3,490,371 worldwide 12 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Benjamin G. Williams United States · #3,560,030 worldwide 255 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Chronis H. Manolis United States · #3,761,185 worldwide 179 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Michel Pompeu United States · #4,267,198 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Heidi J. Stevenson United States · #4,498,849 worldwide 135 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 John Naumovski United States · #4,688,318 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at UPMC Health System

What are the most cited papers from UPMC Health System?

The most cited paper from UPMC Health System is "The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)" (Mervyn Singer, Clifford Scott Deutschman, Christopher W. Seymour et al., 2016), with 29,012 citations. Next come "Mechanisms of Bone Metastasis" (2,764) and "Asthma phenotypes: the evolution from clinical to molecular approaches" (2,446).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3) Mervyn Singer, Clifford Scott Deutschman, Christopher W. Seymour et al. · JAMA Open access 22 Feb 2016 29,012
2 Mechanisms of Bone Metastasis Garson David Roodman · New England Journal of Medicine 14 Apr 2004 2,764
3 Asthma phenotypes: the evolution from clinical to molecular approaches Sally E. Wenzel · Nature Medicine May 2012 2,446
4 Historical (1850–2000) gridded anthropogenic and biomass burning emissions of reactive gases and aerosols: methodology and application Jean‐François Lamarque et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics Open access 3 Aug 2010 2,430
5 STROCSS 2021: Strengthening the reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery Ginimol Mathew et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 10 Nov 2021 2,166
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at UPMC Health System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Neuroprotection, Revascularization, Inflammation, Global Burden and Clinical Outcomes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology86▲ 3.2×96 topics
  2. Risk Factors39▲ 5.2×25 topics
  3. Inflammation36▲ 2.4×69 topics
  4. Quality of Life26▲ 2.6×39 topics
  5. Treatment26▲ 3.1×39 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress24▲ 2.1×44 topics
  7. Guidelines23▲ 7.2×12 topics
  8. Neuroprotection22▲ 8.9×12 topics
  9. Diagnosis21▲ 3.3×33 topics
  10. Revascularization21▲ 19×3 topics
  11. Global Burden20▲ 5.4×10 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 2.4×31 topics
  13. Immunotherapy18▲ 3.6×16 topics
  14. Heart Failure18▲ 5.7×12 topics
  15. Clinical Outcomes17▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Management17▲ 3.0×25 topics
  17. Ischemic Stroke16▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Echocardiography15▲ 8.0×8 topics
  19. Prevention Guidelines14▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Stroke Prevention14▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders14▲ 3.5×16 topics
  22. Complications14▲ 4.0×14 topics
  23. Endovascular Therapy14▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Thrombolysis14▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Biomarkers13▲ 2.8×15 topics
  26. Surgical Management13▲ 4.7×18 topics
  27. Primary Care13▲ 5.0×14 topics
  28. Rehabilitation13▲ 4.6×11 topics
  29. Prognosis13▲ 5.6×8 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations12▲ 4.2×18 topics
  31. Mortality12▲ 3.2×12 topics
  32. Catheter Ablation12▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Diabetes12▲ 3.5×15 topics
  34. Atherosclerosis11▲ 5.4×9 topics
  35. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 5.8×7 topics
  36. Atrial Fibrillation10▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Neuroinflammation10▲ 5.0×6 topics
  38. Neuroimaging10▲ 5.1×10 topics
  39. Anticoagulant Therapy10▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Angioplasty9▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does UPMC Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases and Peripheral Artery Disease Management.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…14Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 14 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 7 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 6 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 6 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods…4Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 14 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 4 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.4%domestic only83.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has UPMC Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is UPMC Health System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%UPMC Health System0.0024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of UPMC Health System over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%UPMC Health System12.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.7% in 2008.

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