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UPMC Health System

In research, UPMC Health System stands highest in Medicine (#2,149 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,546 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,498 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,188
of 28,054 · #4,472 all time
Rank in United States
#831
of 4,192
Research works
2.3k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
77k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is UPMC Health System 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 #2,149 of 10,443 12.6%404 #1449
Health SciencesDomain #2,546 of 11,982 12.5%436 #1719
Life SciencesDomain #3,498 of 7,800 18.8%83 #2688
SurgerySubfield #1,147 of 1,816 13.6%61 #1367

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 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#1,449 #2,149
  2. Health Sciences#1,719 #2,546
  3. Life Sciences#2,688 #3,498
  4. Surgery#1,367 #1,147
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 UPMC Health System specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 42.5 works7.0×
  2. EpidemiologySubfield · 48.0 works5.8×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.08× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 404 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 7 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.

Which keywords describe research at UPMC Health System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Neuroprotection, Revascularization, Inflammation, Global Burden and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology76▲ 3.3×95 topics
  2. Risk Factors33▲ 5.2×24 topics
  3. Inflammation30▲ 2.5×65 topics
  4. Quality of Life23▲ 2.8×37 topics
  5. Treatment22▲ 3.2×37 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress20▲ 2.1×41 topics
  7. Guidelines20▲ 7.4×12 topics
  8. Diagnosis19▲ 3.4×33 topics
  9. Neuroprotection18▲ 9.0×11 topics
  10. Global Burden18▲ 5.8×10 topics
  11. Revascularization17▲ 19×3 topics
  12. Heart Failure16▲ 6.5×11 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.5×30 topics
  14. Immunotherapy16▲ 3.8×16 topics
  15. Ischemic Stroke15▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes14▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Management14▲ 3.1×25 topics
  18. Echocardiography13▲ 8.4×7 topics
  19. Stroke Prevention13▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Complications13▲ 4.3×14 topics
  21. Prevention Guidelines13▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations12▲ 4.7×17 topics
  23. Catheter Ablation12▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Endovascular Therapy12▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Thrombolysis12▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Neurological Disorders12▲ 3.5×16 topics
  27. Rehabilitation12▲ 5.0×10 topics
  28. Surgical Management12▲ 4.8×17 topics
  29. Biomarkers11▲ 2.9×14 topics
  30. Primary Care11▲ 5.2×14 topics
  31. Mortality11▲ 3.2×11 topics
  32. Prognosis11▲ 5.6×8 topics
  33. Atrial Fibrillation9▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Anticoagulant Therapy9▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Patient Satisfaction8▲ 4.7×8 topics
  36. Atherosclerosis8▲ 5.1×9 topics
  37. Neuroinflammation8▲ 5.1×6 topics
  38. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 5.5×7 topics
  39. Risk Stratification7▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Thromboembolism7▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does UPMC Health System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 12 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 6 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 5 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…5Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…4Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 12 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 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 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UPMC Health System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% 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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