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Virginia Mason Memorial

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Research works
32
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
331
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Virginia Mason Memorial

Not ranked overall: Virginia Mason Memorial is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Virginia Mason Memorial work in?

In all years, 80% of research at Virginia Mason Memorial is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Health Professions (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 26 fractional works · 80.0% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 66.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 12.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 8.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 10.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVirginia MasonMemorial32fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2266.8%
    2. Health Professions310.6%
    3. Dentistry11.9%
    4. Nursing00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology39.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    3. Neuroscience01.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Chemistry12.9%
    2. Computer Science12.0%
    3. Environmental Science01.4%
    4. Engineering00.3%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences01.1%
    2. Psychology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.66× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 3.81× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 4 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry3.81×0 works
  2. Medicine3.67×4 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.66×1 works
  4. Psychology0.39×0 works
  5. Social Sciences0.35×0 works
  6. Environmental Science0.30×0 works
  7. Engineering0.14×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Virginia Mason Memorial?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas E. Boyd lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Mason Memorial.

  1. 1 Thomas E. Boyd United States · #821,770 worldwide 3.9k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Virginia Mason Memorial

What are the most cited papers from Virginia Mason Memorial?

The most cited paper from Virginia Mason Memorial is "Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Genomic Disorders and Rare Copy-Number Variants" (Santhosh Girirajan et al., 2012), with 645 citations. Next come "Chlorambucil plus ofatumumab versus chlorambucil alone in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (COMPLEMENT 1): a randomised, multicentre, open-label phase 3 trial" (342) and "Disease severity, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal deaths among pregnant patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Washington State" (287).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Genomic Disorders and Rare Copy-Number Variants Santhosh Girirajan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Sep 2012 645
2 Chlorambucil plus ofatumumab versus chlorambucil alone in previously untreated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (COMPLEMENT 1): a randomised, multicentre, open-label phase 3 trial Peter Hillmen et al. · The Lancet 15 Apr 2015 342
3 Disease severity, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal deaths among pregnant patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Washington State Erica M. Lokken et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Open access 26 Jan 2021 287
4 Investigation ofNRXN1deletions: Clinical and molecular characterization Mindy Preston Dabell et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A Open access 12 Mar 2013 112
5 Higher severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection rate in pregnant patients Erica M. Lokken et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Open access 16 Feb 2021 109
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Mason Memorial?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy, Primary Care, Prevalence, Diagnosis and Rituximab.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.2×23 topics
  2. Quality of Life2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors2▲ 13×8 topics
  4. Chemotherapy2▲ 7.5×13 topics
  5. Diagnosis2▲ 5.2×9 topics
  6. Primary Care2▲ 12×3 topics
  7. Public Health2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  8. Prevalence2▲ 12×2 topics
  9. Health Care Costs1▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Mental Health1▲ 3.8×3 topics
  11. Rituximab1▲ 27×2 topics
  12. End-of-Life1▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.2×4 topics
  14. Palliative Care1▲ 25×1 topic
  15. Treatment1▲ 3.2×9 topics
  16. Down Syndrome1▲ 411×1 topic
  17. Intellectual Disability1▲ 194×1 topic
  18. Risk Factors1▲ 3.6×9 topics
  19. Social Determinants1▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Health Equity1▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Immune Response1▲ 5.6×8 topics
  22. Community Health1▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Pediatrics1▲ 72×1 topic
  24. Physical Activity1▲ 8.7×4 topics
  25. Thiamine Deficiency1▲ 165×1 topic
  26. Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome1▲ 165×1 topic

Which research topics does Virginia Mason Memorial publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fungal Infections and Studies, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Nail Diseases and Treatments and Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing.

Fungal Infections and St…0Fungal Infections and Studies: 0 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…0Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 0 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksBacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: 0 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 0 fractional worksManagement of metastatic bone disease: 0 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…0Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 0 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 0 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesMolecular BiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  2. 2 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 0 works
  3. 3 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 0 works
  4. 4 Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  7. 7 Management of metastatic bone disease Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 0 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.1%domestic only83.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Mason Memorial's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Virginia Mason Memorial as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000025% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Virginia Mason Memorial0.0000022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Virginia Mason Memorial over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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