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WellSpan York Hospital

In research, WellSpan York Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,593 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,720 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,579
of 22,385 · #29,873 all time
Rank in United States
#3,195
of 3,332
Research works
306
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
WellSpan York Hospital

What is WellSpan York Hospital 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
MedicineField #6,593 of 8,541 5.7%67 #9798
Health SciencesDomain #7,720 of 9,902 5.5%72 #11260

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

Which fields of science does WellSpan York Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at WellSpan York Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (82%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 91 fractional works · 87.1% of its workMedicine: 85 fractional works · 81.5% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 12.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 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 · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWellSpan YorkHospital105fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences87%Social Sciences5%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8581.5%
    2. Health Professions54.6%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Psychology22.3%
    2. Social Sciences11.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering11.3%
    2. Environmental Science00.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    4. Computer Science00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.75× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.24× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 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.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.24×85 works
  2. Nursing1.90×1 works
  3. Health Professions1.75×5 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×5 works
  6. Psychology0.75×2 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.18×0 works
  12. Engineering0.09×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at WellSpan York Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael H. Goodstein, Jayaram Thimmapuram and Erik I. Kochert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is WellSpan York Hospital.

  1. 1 Michael H. Goodstein United States · #1,794,778 worldwide 1.1k citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Jayaram Thimmapuram United States · #2,195,276 worldwide 360 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Erik I. Kochert United States · #2,225,767 worldwide 489 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Carolyn E. Smith United States · #2,557,812 worldwide 141 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Barbara A. Stahlman United States · #3,656,118 worldwide 164 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Thompson Kehrl United States · #3,854,223 worldwide 208 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Abhinav Hoskote United States · #3,949,315 worldwide 52 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Ashish Nepal United States · #4,176,623 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Brent A. Becker United States · #4,178,988 worldwide 225 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Michelle A. Hieger United States · #4,394,494 worldwide 232 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at WellSpan York Hospital

What are the most cited papers from WellSpan York Hospital?

The most cited paper from WellSpan York Hospital is "Efficacy and Safety of Therapeutic-Dose Heparin vs Standard Prophylactic or Intermediate-Dose Heparins for Thromboprophylaxis in High-risk Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19" (Alex C. Spyropoulos et al., 2021), with 489 citations. Next come "Association of Bariatric Surgery With Major Adverse Liver and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis" (367) and "The Emergency Severity Index Triage Algorithm Version 2 Is Reliable and Valid" (294).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Efficacy and Safety of Therapeutic-Dose Heparin vs Standard Prophylactic or Intermediate-Dose Heparins for Thromboprophylaxis in High-risk Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Alex C. Spyropoulos et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine Open access 10 Oct 2021 489
2 Association of Bariatric Surgery With Major Adverse Liver and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Biopsy-Proven Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Ali Aminian, Abbas Al‐Kurd, Rickesha L. Wilson et al. · JAMA Open access 11 Nov 2021 367
3 The Emergency Severity Index Triage Algorithm Version 2 Is Reliable and Valid David R. Eitel, Debbie A. Travers, Alexander M. Rosenau et al. · Academic Emergency Medicine Oct 2003 294
4 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
5 Nail abnormalities: clues to systemic disease. Robert S. Fawcett, Sean Linford, Daniel L. Stulberg · PubMed 15 Mar 2004 158
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at WellSpan York Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Myocardial Infarction 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.2×51 topics
  2. Diagnosis7▲ 7.6×16 topics
  3. Treatment6▲ 5.1×15 topics
  4. Guidelines6▲ 12×9 topics
  5. Heart Failure5▲ 10×8 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.9×11 topics
  7. Risk Factors4▲ 3.8×13 topics
  8. Echocardiography4▲ 15×7 topics
  9. Mortality4▲ 6.9×8 topics
  10. Management4▲ 4.8×16 topics
  11. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 16×6 topics
  12. Public Health4▲ 2.3×14 topics
  13. Quality Improvement4▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Complications3▲ 6.5×10 topics
  15. Atherosclerosis3▲ 10×3 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.1×8 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  18. Health Outcomes3▲ 9.8×4 topics
  19. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.6×13 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  21. Surgical Management3▲ 6.4×12 topics
  22. Medical Education3▲ 9.1×8 topics
  23. Injury Severity2▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 18×4 topics
  25. Trauma Center2▲ 57×1 topic
  26. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  29. Surgery2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  30. Prophylaxis2▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Renal Function2▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Maternal Mortality2▲ 8.3×5 topics
  33. Resuscitation2▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Virulence Factors2▲ 12×4 topics
  37. Coronary Stents2▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Myocardial Revascularization2▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Radiation Exposure2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Radiosurgery2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does WellSpan York Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Heart Failure Treatment and Management and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research.

Trauma and Emergency Car…2Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…2Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…1Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksTrauma Management and Diagnosis: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…1Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInternal Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has WellSpan York Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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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 WellSpan York Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%WellSpan York Hospital0.00033% in 202520102020

Fractional works of WellSpan York Hospital 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024WellSpan York Hospital4.2% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.5% in 2021.

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