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West Suburban Medical Center

In research, West Suburban Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,937 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.3× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#34,018
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,243
of 8,685
Research works
178
▲ 177% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is West Suburban Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #13,937 of 20,462 11.6%137

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Suburban Medical Center 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 West Suburban Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 31.3 works4.3×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.33× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West Suburban Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Frederick Tiesenga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Suburban Medical Center.

  1. 1 Frederick Tiesenga United States · #1,479,135 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at West Suburban Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at West Suburban Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Complications, Management, Treatment, Diagnosis, Children and CT Diagnosis.

▲ 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.3×27 topics
  2. Surgical Management2▲ 16×7 topics
  3. Treatment2▲ 5.3×13 topics
  4. Diagnosis2▲ 6.3×12 topics
  5. Management2▲ 7.4×11 topics
  6. Complications2▲ 11×6 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 3.5×9 topics
  8. Children2▲ 21×5 topics
  9. Inflammation2▲ 2.2×12 topics
  10. CT Diagnosis1▲ 129×3 topics
  11. Chemotherapy1▲ 5.5×8 topics
  12. Cancer1▲ 2.6×5 topics
  13. Risk Factors1▲ 3.2×8 topics
  14. Diabetes1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  15. Guidelines1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  16. Laparoscopic Surgery1▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Obesity1▲ 3.9×5 topics
  18. Pathophysiology1▲ 10×2 topics
  19. Primary Care1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  20. Survival Analysis1▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Weight Loss1▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Adolescents1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  24. Cholangiocarcinoma1▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 4.9×6 topics
  26. Family1▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Parental Illness1▲ 91×1 topic

Which research topics does West Suburban Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Family Support in Illness, Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes and Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders.

  1. 1 Family Support in Illness Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Hernia repair and management Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 1 works
  9. 9 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Case Reports on Hematomas Surgery 0 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Suburban Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 177% higher 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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