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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

In research, Vanderbilt University Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#28 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#43 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#25 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Family Practice and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine — Transplantation is 11.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#388
of 28,054 · #541 all time
Rank in United States
#76
of 4,192
Research works
29k
▲ 66% vs 2013–17
Citations
918k
32.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Vanderbilt University 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 #28 of 10,443 16.6%4,146 #86
Health SciencesDomain #43 of 11,982 16.8%4,543 #101
SurgerySubfield #25 of 1,816 17.7%632 #49
Life SciencesDomain #145 of 7,800 19.7%1,247 #212
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #58 of 1,144 15.1%369 #78
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #38 of 738 16.8%296 #89
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #232 of 3,579 20.7%720 #240
EpidemiologySubfield #80 of 976 16.7%305 #146
Health ProfessionsField #175 of 1,928 19.9%304 #173
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #83 of 682 19.8%178 #156

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vanderbilt University 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#86 #28
  2. Health Sciences#101 #43
  3. Surgery#49 #25
  4. Life Sciences#212 #145
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#78 #58
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#89 #38
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#240 #232
  8. Epidemiology#146 #80
  9. Health Professions#173 #175
  10. Immunology and Microbiology#156 #83
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 Vanderbilt University Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 11.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 32.3 works11×
  2. Family PracticeSubfield · 20.8 works6.6×
  3. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 58.2 works5.9×
  4. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 40.7 works5.6×
  5. Immunology and AllergySubfield · 26.8 works5.1×
  6. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 82.1 works5.1×
  7. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 33.6 works5.1×
  8. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 24.8 works4.9×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.05× its world share, 720 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.68× its world share, 178 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.78× its world share, 297 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 28 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 89 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 111 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 43 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 304 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.27× its world share, 4,146 worksMedicineNursing: 2.29× its world share, 74 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 67 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.01× its world share, 204 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 145 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Christopher S. Williams, Joshua A. Beckman and Elizabeth J. Phillips lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

  1. 1 Christopher S. Williams United States · #5,408 worldwide 1.1k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Joshua A. Beckman United States · #5,598 worldwide 1.4k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Elizabeth J. Phillips United States · #6,442 worldwide 823 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Natasha Halasa United States · #10,939 worldwide 794 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Lea K. Davis United States · #12,975 worldwide 579 citations · 52 works
  6. 6 Carlos G. Grijalva United States · #13,234 worldwide 730 citations · 62 works
  7. 7 Agnes B. Fogo United States · #14,162 worldwide 1.3k citations · 148 works
  8. 8 Eric R. Gamazon United States · #14,310 worldwide 888 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Michael S. Cookson United States · #15,880 worldwide 497 citations · 82 works
  10. 10 Matthew W. Semler United States · #19,021 worldwide 458 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Diagnosis, Management 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. Epidemiology742▲ 2.9×127 topics
  2. Inflammation435▲ 3.2×82 topics
  3. Quality of Life276▲ 2.9×50 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease249▲ 3.4×38 topics
  5. Treatment240▲ 3.0×49 topics
  6. Diagnosis204▲ 3.3×41 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress192▲ 1.78×58 topics
  8. Management180▲ 3.5×33 topics
  9. Cancer180▲ 2.0×49 topics
  10. Risk Factors176▲ 2.4×34 topics
  11. Public Health171▲ 1.78×47 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome156▲ 2.9×22 topics
  13. Biomarkers150▲ 3.3×18 topics
  14. Chemotherapy150▲ 3.2×25 topics
  15. Heart Failure146▲ 5.1×13 topics
  16. Immunotherapy142▲ 3.0×19 topics
  17. Clinical Trials139▲ 3.1×19 topics
  18. Genetics138▲ 3.0×22 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders138▲ 3.7×20 topics
  20. Complications137▲ 4.2×17 topics
  21. Mortality136▲ 3.6×13 topics
  22. Guidelines126▲ 4.1×13 topics
  23. Precision Medicine119▲ 3.9×8 topics
  24. Obesity116▲ 2.3×24 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations111▲ 3.9×23 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines110▲ 3.1×14 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors103▲ 3.6×14 topics
  28. Radiotherapy102▲ 4.0×13 topics
  29. Rehabilitation99▲ 3.8×13 topics
  30. Chronic Kidney Disease96▲ 6.0×9 topics
  31. Echocardiography88▲ 4.9×8 topics
  32. Prognosis86▲ 4.0×9 topics
  33. Hypertension86▲ 4.5×15 topics
  34. Medical Education82▲ 4.8×11 topics
  35. Critical Care80▲ 5.2×8 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life74▲ 4.8×5 topics
  37. Immunosuppressive Therapy73▲ 6.0×8 topics
  38. Hearing Loss66▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension64▲ 6.9×3 topics
  40. Transplantation60▲ 9.0×4 topics

Which research topics does Vanderbilt University Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Transplantation: Methods…42Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 42 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…35Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 35 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 32 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 31 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 30 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 28 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 28 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …28Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 28 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 28 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 28 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineGender Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 42 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 35 works
  3. 3 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 32 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 31 works
  5. 5 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 30 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 28 works
  7. 7 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 28 works
  8. 8 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 28 works
  9. 9 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 28 works
  10. 10 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 28 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vanderbilt University Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 66% 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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