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Virginia Mason Medical Center

In research, Virginia Mason Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,277 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,567 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,390
of 28,054 · #2,852 all time
Rank in United States
#980
of 4,192
Research works
3.9k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
125k
32.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Virginia Mason 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 #4,277 of 10,443 13.3%150 #760
Health SciencesDomain #5,567 of 11,982 14.0%154 #846

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Virginia Mason 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).

What does Virginia Mason Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 44.9 works9.0×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.74× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.60× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 150 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Virginia Mason Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Seth Schwartz, Lucius D. Hill and Daniel C. Moore lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Mason Medical Center.

  1. 1 Seth Schwartz United States · #58,460 worldwide 272 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Lucius D. Hill United States · #90,701 worldwide 140 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Daniel C. Moore United States · #99,132 worldwide 170 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Gale E. Thompson United States · #106,985 worldwide 179 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 S. Ian Gan United States · #124,985 worldwide 124 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Donald E. Low United States · #131,854 worldwide 244 citations · 85 works
  7. 7 Michael F. Mulroy United States · #133,174 worldwide 152 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 John M. Corman United States · #141,941 worldwide 124 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Randall L. Carpenter United States · #142,065 worldwide 186 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Samuel P. Hammar United States · #142,609 worldwide 169 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Virginia Mason Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Mason Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Diagnosis, Complications, Quality of Life and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 4.2×66 topics
  2. Chemotherapy14▲ 9.4×14 topics
  3. Immunotherapy12▲ 8.2×12 topics
  4. Quality of Life11▲ 3.6×26 topics
  5. Diagnosis11▲ 5.6×26 topics
  6. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 21×5 topics
  7. Treatment10▲ 3.8×25 topics
  8. Inflammation10▲ 2.1×32 topics
  9. Complications9▲ 8.7×12 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 6.6×11 topics
  11. Management7▲ 4.4×23 topics
  12. Autoimmunity6▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Surgical Treatment6▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 6.4×6 topics
  15. Guidelines6▲ 5.8×11 topics
  16. Palliative Treatment6▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Endoscopic Stenting6▲ 57×1 topic
  18. Esophageal Perforation6▲ 57×1 topic
  19. Cholangiocarcinoma5▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Survival Analysis5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  23. Pancreatic Cancer5▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy5▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Surgical Management5▲ 5.6×12 topics
  26. Gemcitabine5▲ 31×1 topic
  27. Surgical Complications5▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.1×11 topics
  29. Spinal Fusion5▲ 23×2 topics
  30. TGF-ß5▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Molecular Characterization4▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Low Back Pain4▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Children4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  36. Cholecystitis4▲ 42×1 topic
  37. ERCP4▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Gastric Cancer4▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Type 1 Diabetes4▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Tumor Markers4▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Virginia Mason Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

Esophageal and GI Pathol…6Esophageal and GI Pathology: 6 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…5Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 5 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…4Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 4 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…3T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 3 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 3 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…2Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 3 works
  5. 5 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 3 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 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 available22.9%not open77.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Mason Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower 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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