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Vitalant

In research, Vitalant stands highest in Medicine (#9,325 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,083 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,761
of 28,054 · #30,304 all time
Rank in United States
#2,726
of 4,192
Research works
206
▲ 1758% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.4k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Vitalant 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 #9,325 of 10,443 12.0%65 #15548
Health SciencesDomain #11,083 of 11,982 11.9%66 #18494

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

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: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.32× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.53× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.51× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vitalant?

Ranked on the composite score, Mars Stone and Eduard Grebe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vitalant.

  1. 1 Mars Stone United States · #327,005 worldwide 97 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Eduard Grebe United States · #1,029,513 worldwide 30 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Vitalant

Which keywords describe research at Vitalant?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Anemia, Blood Transfusion, Hemorrhage, Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Immune Response, Thrombosis and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Anemia13▲ 139×4 topics
  2. Epidemiology13▲ 3.3×43 topics
  3. Blood Transfusion12▲ 262×2 topics
  4. Hemorrhage10▲ 155×3 topics
  5. Inflammation10▲ 4.6×23 topics
  6. SARS-CoV-29▲ 26×4 topics
  7. Immune Response8▲ 15×15 topics
  8. Thrombosis8▲ 29×6 topics
  9. Vaccine8▲ 18×9 topics
  10. Critical Care7▲ 30×4 topics
  11. Pandemic7▲ 6.5×5 topics
  12. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 28×3 topics
  13. Cardiac Surgery7▲ 93×1 topic
  14. Tranexamic Acid7▲ 357×1 topic
  15. Immunity6▲ 14×6 topics
  16. Alloimmunization5▲ 218×1 topic
  17. Blood Groups5▲ 218×1 topic
  18. Risk Factors5▲ 4.8×7 topics
  19. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 32×5 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management5▲ 5.4×2 topics
  21. Hemostasis5▲ 52×3 topics
  22. Disaster Response5▲ 64×2 topics
  23. Blood Donation5▲ 284×1 topic
  24. Donor Behavior5▲ 284×1 topic
  25. Platelets4▲ 66×2 topics
  26. Viral Transmission4▲ 30×3 topics
  27. Coronavirus4▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Sepsis4▲ 25×5 topics
  29. Vascular Biology4▲ 96×2 topics
  30. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura4▲ 155×1 topic
  31. Resuscitation4▲ 31×3 topics
  32. von Willebrand Disease4▲ 155×1 topic
  33. Trauma4▲ 19×2 topics
  34. antibody4▲ 36×1 topic
  35. spike protein4▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Coagulopathy4▲ 47×1 topic
  37. Glycocalyx4▲ 149×1 topic
  38. Pathophysiology3▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Viral Load3▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Clinical Characteristics3▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Vitalant publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Blood transfusion and management, Blood groups and transfusion, Blood donation and transfusion practices and Platelet Disorders and Treatments.

Blood transfusion and management: 7 fractional worksBlood groups and transfusion: 5 fractional worksBlood donation and trans…5Blood donation and transfusion practices: 5 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and T…4Platelet Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional works
BiochemistryHematologyManagement of Technology and InnovationInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 7 works
  2. 2 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 5 works
  3. 3 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 5 works
  4. 4 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 4 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  6. 6 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 2 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 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 available67.5%not open32.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.0%domestic only58.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vitalant's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1758% 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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