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WellSpan Health

In research, WellSpan Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,273 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,038 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 12.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,751
of 22,385 · #23,443 all time
Rank in United States
#2,268
of 3,332
Research works
325
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
WellSpan Health

What is WellSpan Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,273 of 9,902 10.5%105 #7940
MedicineField #4,038 of 8,541 10.6%91 #6977

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where WellSpan Health 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does WellSpan Health work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at WellSpan Health is in Health Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Health Professions (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 124 fractional works · 78.8% of its workMedicine: 108 fractional works · 68.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 6.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWellSpan Health157fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10868.6%
    2. Health Professions159.5%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences53.0%
    2. Psychology52.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.7%
    2. Neuroscience21.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering32.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy21.0%
    3. Computer Science10.5%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does WellSpan Health specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 21.1 works13×
← 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: 0.88× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.61× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.61×15 works
  2. Medicine3.57×108 works
  3. Nursing0.99×1 works
  4. Psychology0.95×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×7 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.82×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.82×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×3 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×0 works
  10. Veterinary0.52×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.49×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.44×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.32×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.24×5 works
  15. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  17. Engineering0.13×3 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  22. Energy0.05×0 works
  23. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at WellSpan Health?

Ranked on the quality score, C. Anwar A. Chahal, Ravi A. Shah and Mohamad A. Alkhayat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is WellSpan Health.

  1. 1 C. Anwar A. Chahal United States · #827,000 worldwide 4.7k citations · 307 works
  2. 2 Ravi A. Shah United States · #874,363 worldwide 949 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Mohamad A. Alkhayat United States · #2,396,752 worldwide 158 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jonathan Liss United States · #2,516,095 worldwide 3.2k citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Roopali Dahiya United States · #2,631,524 worldwide 282 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Megan N. Betts United States · #2,682,517 worldwide 224 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Theodore D. Bell United States · #2,725,691 worldwide 1.2k citations · 71 works
  8. 8 Jackie Birmingham United States · #2,918,728 worldwide 263 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Mahdi R. Veillet-Chowdhury United States · #2,954,279 worldwide 388 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Ghaith Sharaf Dabbagh United States · #3,195,725 worldwide 443 citations · 55 works
All ranked researchers at WellSpan Health

What are the most cited papers from WellSpan Health?

The most cited paper from WellSpan Health is "Guiding Principles for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention" (Emmanouil S. Brilakis et al., 2019), with 460 citations. Next come "Changing Epidemiology of Acute Appendicitis in the United States: Study Period 1993–2008" (318) and "Definitions and Clinical Trial Design Principles for Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion Therapies: CTO-ARC Consensus Recommendations" (311).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guiding Principles for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Emmanouil S. Brilakis et al. · Circulation Open access101 authors 29 Jul 2019 460
2 Changing Epidemiology of Acute Appendicitis in the United States: Study Period 1993–2008 Michelle T. Buckius, Brian J. McGrath, John Monk et al. · Journal of Surgical Research 13 Aug 2011 318
3 Definitions and Clinical Trial Design Principles for Coronary Artery Chronic Total Occlusion Therapies: CTO-ARC Consensus Recommendations Luiz F. Ybarra et al. · Circulation Open access 2 Feb 2021 311
4 Mental health issues and psychological factors in athletes: detection, management, effect on performance and prevention: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement—Executive Summary Cindy J. Chang, Margot Putukian, Giselle A. Aerni et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 6 Dec 2019 276
5 A non-invasive test for prenatal diagnosis based on fetal DNA present in maternal blood: a preliminary study Ravinder Dhallan, Xin Guo, Sarah Emche et al. · The Lancet Feb 2007 201
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at WellSpan Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Medical Education, Patient Satisfaction, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis and Mortality.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.5×64 topics
  2. Guidelines8▲ 11×10 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 4.1×20 topics
  4. Heart Failure7▲ 10×11 topics
  5. Diagnosis6▲ 4.5×21 topics
  6. Risk Factors6▲ 3.6×18 topics
  7. Public Health6▲ 2.6×25 topics
  8. Medical Education6▲ 14×9 topics
  9. Mortality6▲ 6.3×12 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 11×8 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations5▲ 7.3×12 topics
  12. Treatment5▲ 2.6×22 topics
  13. Primary Care5▲ 7.8×11 topics
  14. Quality Improvement5▲ 15×8 topics
  15. Healthcare4▲ 2.3×8 topics
  16. Management4▲ 3.1×18 topics
  17. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Complications4▲ 4.9×13 topics
  19. Atherosclerosis4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  20. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Echocardiography4▲ 8.6×8 topics
  22. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 9.9×5 topics
  23. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.5×9 topics
  25. Catheter Ablation3▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Prevention3▲ 4.7×10 topics
  28. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  29. Stroke Prevention3▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Arrhythmias3▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  32. Health Care Utilization3▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Health Policy2▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Glycemic Control2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  39. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Genetic Variants2▲ 8.3×5 topics

Which research topics does WellSpan Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Emergency and Acute Care Studies and Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 2 fractional worksRadiology practices and education: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEmergency MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Radiology practices and education Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has WellSpan Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 WellSpan Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%WellSpan Health0.00062% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of WellSpan Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%WellSpan Health11.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.1% in 2025.

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