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Washington Hospital

In research, Washington Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,157 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,774 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 11.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,757
of 28,054 · #9,216 all time
Rank in United States
#2,545
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

What is Washington Hospital 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 #5,157 of 10,443 9.2%155 #2153
Health SciencesDomain #6,774 of 11,982 9.0%164 #2372

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Washington Hospital 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 Washington Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 11.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.1 works11×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 32.0 works7.1×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.19× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Washington Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, B. Roehr, Frank R. Spellman and Fang Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Washington Hospital.

  1. 1 B. Roehr United States · #1,086,156 worldwide 42 citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Frank R. Spellman United States · #1,311,610 worldwide 8 citations · 201 works
  3. 3 Fang Chen United States · #1,469,322 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Marco A. Magalhães United States · #1,493,793 worldwide 3 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Washington Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Washington Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Diagnosis, Myocardial Infarction, Mortality and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 3.6×79 topics
  2. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention11▲ 42×4 topics
  3. Diagnosis10▲ 5.6×25 topics
  4. Guidelines10▲ 11×10 topics
  5. Treatment10▲ 4.2×29 topics
  6. Risk Factors10▲ 4.5×23 topics
  7. Heart Failure10▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 19×7 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.7×23 topics
  10. Mortality8▲ 7.1×11 topics
  11. Inflammation7▲ 1.82×38 topics
  12. Atherosclerosis7▲ 13×5 topics
  13. Management7▲ 4.7×21 topics
  14. Quality of Life7▲ 2.5×23 topics
  15. Complications6▲ 6.5×16 topics
  16. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Coronary Stents5▲ 63×1 topic
  18. Myocardial Revascularization5▲ 63×1 topic
  19. Coronary Artery Disease5▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 36×1 topic
  22. Cardiac Imaging5▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Resuscitation5▲ 19×4 topics
  24. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.4×18 topics
  25. Rehabilitation5▲ 6.0×10 topics
  26. Thrombosis4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  27. Echocardiography4▲ 8.1×6 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 3.9×13 topics
  29. Radiation Exposure4▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Computed Tomography Angiography4▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Myocardial Perfusion4▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Surgery4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  33. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation4▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Left Ventricular Assist Device4▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Postoperative Complications4▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Health Outcomes4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment4▲ 9.5×6 topics
  38. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.2×8 topics
  39. Quality Improvement3▲ 9.2×6 topics
  40. Sepsis3▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Washington Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…4Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…4Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 4 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…3Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 3 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 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 available23.4%not open76.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Washington Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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