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Weill Cornell Medicine

In research, Weill Cornell Medicine stands highest in Life Sciences (#179 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#261 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#363 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Reproductive Medicine, Genetics and Dermatology — Reproductive Medicine is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#669
of 28,054 · #1,734 all time
Rank in United States
#132
of 4,192
Research works
5.8k
▲ 427% vs 2013–17
Citations
113k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Weill Cornell Medicine 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
Life SciencesDomain #179 of 7,800 24.7%596 #650
MedicineField #261 of 10,443 19.7%1,630 #698
Health SciencesDomain #363 of 11,982 20.0%1,736 #873
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #295 of 3,579 24.7%381 #871
Molecular BiologySubfield #262 of 2,175 25.6%210 #807
PsychologyField #307 of 2,181 27.5%85 #1002
Social SciencesDomain #1,550 of 10,521 28.2%200 #2985
SurgerySubfield #311 of 1,816 18.3%199 #793
OncologySubfield #138 of 772 22.2%149 #402
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #260 of 1,144 20.5%136 #509

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Weill Cornell Medicine 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. Life Sciences#650 #179
  2. Medicine#698 #261
  3. Health Sciences#873 #363
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#871 #295
  5. Molecular Biology#807 #262
  6. Psychology#1,002 #307
  7. Social Sciences#2,985 #1,550
  8. Surgery#793 #311
  9. Oncology#402 #138
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#509 #260
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 Weill Cornell Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Reproductive Medicine takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 36.1 works6.0×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 40.7 works5.6×
  3. DermatologySubfield · 37.5 works5.3×
  4. OncologySubfield · 148.9 works5.0×
  5. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 55.1 works4.8×
  6. HematologySubfield · 36.5 works4.5×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.68× its world share, 381 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.69× its world share, 99 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.17× its world share, 94 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.26× its world share, 88 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.17× its world share, 1,630 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 85 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Weill Cornell Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Cancer, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Treatment and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology263▲ 2.5×123 topics
  2. Inflammation137▲ 2.5×79 topics
  3. Cancer98▲ 2.8×50 topics
  4. Immunotherapy98▲ 5.1×19 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress93▲ 2.1×57 topics
  6. Quality of Life90▲ 2.3×49 topics
  7. Treatment86▲ 2.6×45 topics
  8. Risk Factors85▲ 2.9×34 topics
  9. Diagnosis82▲ 3.3×38 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease67▲ 2.3×37 topics
  11. Biomarkers66▲ 3.6×17 topics
  12. Chemotherapy65▲ 3.5×25 topics
  13. Clinical Trials65▲ 3.6×17 topics
  14. Depression56▲ 2.4×20 topics
  15. Guidelines56▲ 4.5×13 topics
  16. Immune Response54▲ 3.5×20 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors54▲ 4.6×14 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome52▲ 2.4×22 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment52▲ 4.4×8 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders52▲ 3.4×19 topics
  21. Complications48▲ 3.6×17 topics
  22. Precision Medicine48▲ 3.9×7 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations48▲ 4.2×22 topics
  24. Gene Expression45▲ 2.8×18 topics
  25. Radiotherapy44▲ 4.3×13 topics
  26. Aging43▲ 3.0×16 topics
  27. Targeted Therapy42▲ 7.1×5 topics
  28. Global Burden42▲ 2.9×11 topics
  29. Immunity42▲ 3.9×10 topics
  30. Breast Cancer39▲ 6.2×11 topics
  31. Lymphoma37▲ 8.5×4 topics
  32. Cancer Immunotherapy35▲ 8.5×3 topics
  33. Neuroinflammation35▲ 4.6×6 topics
  34. Rituximab34▲ 8.4×4 topics
  35. Androgen Receptor33▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Cancer Risk32▲ 5.5×10 topics
  37. Prostate Cancer31▲ 9.0×6 topics
  38. PET Imaging29▲ 6.4×4 topics
  39. Cell-Free DNA28▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Genomic Instability27▲ 9.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Weill Cornell Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, CAR-T cell therapy research and Reproductive Biology and Fertility.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…23Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 23 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…22Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 22 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 20 fractional worksReproductive Biology and…19Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 19 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…17Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 17 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatments: 16 fractional worksSperm and Testicular Function: 16 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…14Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 14 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 13 fractional works
OncologyCancer ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 23 works
  2. 2 Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Research 22 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy researchOncology 20 works
  4. 4 Reproductive Biology and FertilityPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 works
  6. 6 Nail Diseases and TreatmentsEpidemiology 16 works
  7. 7 Sperm and Testicular FunctionReproductive Medicine 16 works
  8. 8 Lymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentPathology and Forensic Medicine 14 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  10. 10 BRCA gene mutations in cancerGenetics 13 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 available58.7%not open41.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.4%domestic only75.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Weill Cornell Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 427% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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