Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Hospital / health system · Morgantown · United States

West Virginia University Hospitals

In research, West Virginia University Hospitals stands highest in Medicine (#1,908 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,662 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,586 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.5× its share of world research.

wvumedicine.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#7,633
of 28,054 · #8,987 all time
Rank in United States
#1,012
of 4,192
Research works
2.1k
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
39k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is West Virginia University Hospitals 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 #1,908 of 10,443 12.1%300 #2959
Health SciencesDomain #2,662 of 11,982 12.1%327 #3111
Life SciencesDomain #4,586 of 7,800 16.6%73 #6245

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Virginia University Hospitals 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. Medicine#2,959 #1,908
  2. Health Sciences#3,111 #2,662
  3. Life Sciences#6,245 #4,586
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 West Virginia University Hospitals specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 32.9 works6.5×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.52× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.63× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.24× its world share, 300 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at West Virginia University Hospitals?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Heart Failure, Inflammation, Risk Factors 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology55▲ 2.9×101 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 2.4×63 topics
  3. Treatment21▲ 3.6×39 topics
  4. Diagnosis21▲ 4.6×34 topics
  5. Quality of Life17▲ 2.5×36 topics
  6. Risk Factors17▲ 3.1×26 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 3.0×27 topics
  8. Guidelines15▲ 6.9×12 topics
  9. Heart Failure15▲ 7.2×13 topics
  10. Chemotherapy13▲ 4.0×24 topics
  11. Management13▲ 3.5×23 topics
  12. Mortality13▲ 4.6×12 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress12▲ 1.58×34 topics
  14. Public Health12▲ 1.66×26 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations11▲ 5.4×22 topics
  16. Complications11▲ 4.4×16 topics
  17. Obesity10▲ 2.8×16 topics
  18. Genetics10▲ 2.8×19 topics
  19. Immunotherapy9▲ 2.7×17 topics
  20. Depression9▲ 2.2×18 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 5.9×9 topics
  22. Echocardiography9▲ 6.7×8 topics
  23. Surgical Management9▲ 4.5×18 topics
  24. Global Burden9▲ 3.4×11 topics
  25. Clinical Trials9▲ 2.7×18 topics
  26. Thrombosis8▲ 5.9×7 topics
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Surgery8▲ 4.4×9 topics
  29. Primary Care7▲ 3.9×11 topics
  30. Health Outcomes7▲ 5.3×5 topics
  31. Neuroprotection7▲ 4.0×12 topics
  32. Catheter Ablation6▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Mortality Risk6▲ 5.3×5 topics
  34. Prophylaxis6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  35. Treatment Guidelines6▲ 5.5×6 topics
  36. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation6▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 9.2×4 topics
  38. Stroke Prevention5▲ 8.5×2 topics
  39. Resuscitation5▲ 7.6×3 topics
  40. Cardiogenic Shock5▲ 21×1 topic

Which research topics does West Virginia University Hospitals publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research.

Mechanical Circulatory S…5Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksObstructive Sleep Apnea …3Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 3 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal conditions: 3 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…3Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…2Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePhysiologySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 3 works
  5. 5 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 3 works
  7. 7 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Virginia University Hospitals's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Morgantown

All research institutions in Morgantown

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.