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Woman's Hospital

In research, Woman's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,833 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,319 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,082
of 22,385 · #8,723 all time
Rank in United States
#2,486
of 3,332
Research works
850
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Woman's Hospital

What is Woman's 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,833 of 9,902 9.8%76 #3358
MedicineField #5,319 of 8,541 10.9%65 #3029

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Woman's 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 Woman's Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Woman's Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Health Professions (8%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 85 fractional works · 72.0% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 61.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 12.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWoman's Hospital117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences72%Social Sciences12%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7261.7%
    2. Health Professions108.3%
    3. Nursing21.6%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences75.9%
    2. Psychology54.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology65.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology32.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering32.4%
    2. Computer Science11.2%
    3. Environmental Science11.0%
    4. Materials Science10.5%
    5. Mathematics00.4%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.15× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.21× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 3.35× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.37× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.35×2 works
  2. Medicine3.21×72 works
  3. Health Professions3.15×10 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.30×3 works
  5. Psychology1.37×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×6 works
  7. Veterinary0.96×0 works
  8. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.47×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.47×7 works
  11. Mathematics0.36×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.25×1 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.20×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.16×0 works
  18. Engineering0.16×3 works
  19. Computer Science0.15×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Woman's Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Elizabeth F. Sutton, Karen E Elkind-Hirsch and Albert H. Aldridge lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Woman's Hospital.

  1. 1 Elizabeth F. Sutton United States · #586,855 worldwide 2.8k citations · 79 works
  2. 2 Karen E Elkind-Hirsch United States · #1,422,069 worldwide 3.8k citations · 115 works
  3. 3 Albert H. Aldridge United States · #1,907,968 worldwide 813 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Maurice Sones United States · #2,001,728 worldwide 588 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Mary DeWitt Pettit United States · #2,244,905 worldwide 369 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Steven B. Spedale United States · #2,476,777 worldwide 284 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Catharine Macfarlane United States · #2,703,633 worldwide 62 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 William T. Kennedy United States · #2,904,620 worldwide 381 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 B. B. Kendrick United States · #2,941,445 worldwide 177 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Albert S. Keister United States · #2,968,267 worldwide 72 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Woman's Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Woman's Hospital?

The most cited paper from Woman's Hospital is "Heart rate variability: Origins, methods, and interpretive caveats" (Gary G. Berntson, J. Thomas Bigger, Dwain L. Eckberg et al., 1997), with 4,010 citations. Next come "Clonal neoantigens elicit T cell immunoreactivity and sensitivity to immune checkpoint blockade" (3,177) and "Knockout of Glutamate Transporters Reveals a Major Role for Astroglial Transport in Excitotoxicity and Clearance of Glutamate" (2,556).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Heart rate variability: Origins, methods, and interpretive caveats Gary G. Berntson, J. Thomas Bigger, Dwain L. Eckberg et al. · Psychophysiology Open access Nov 1997 4,010
2 Clonal neoantigens elicit T cell immunoreactivity and sensitivity to immune checkpoint blockade Nicholas McGranahan et al. · Science Open access 3 Mar 2016 3,177
3 Knockout of Glutamate Transporters Reveals a Major Role for Astroglial Transport in Excitotoxicity and Clearance of Glutamate Jeffrey D. Rothstein, Margaret Dykes‐Hoberg, Carlos A. Pardo et al. · Neuron Open access Mar 1996 2,556
4 Pain catastrophizing: a critical review Phillip J. Quartana, Claudia M. Campbell, Robert Randolph Edwards · Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics Open access 29 Apr 2009 1,409
5 Rescue of exhausted CD8 T cells by PD-1–targeted therapies is CD28-dependent Alice Oliffson Kamphorst, Andreas Wieland, Tahseen H. Nasti et al. · Science Open access 9 Mar 2017 1,042
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Woman's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maternal Mortality, Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Maternal Outcomes, Perinatal Outcomes, Self-Efficacy, Pregnancy and Social Support.

▲ 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▲ 2.8×50 topics
  2. Maternal Mortality8▲ 32×5 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 5.0×23 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 2.2×32 topics
  5. Maternal Outcomes4▲ 51×2 topics
  6. Perinatal Outcomes4▲ 51×2 topics
  7. Self-Efficacy4▲ 15×3 topics
  8. Social Support4▲ 6.7×7 topics
  9. Global Burden4▲ 6.6×7 topics
  10. Pregnancy4▲ 17×7 topics
  11. COVID-194▲ 2.6×9 topics
  12. Mental Health4▲ 2.3×11 topics
  13. Risk Factors4▲ 2.8×16 topics
  14. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.3×10 topics
  15. Child Development3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  16. Low Back Pain3▲ 17×3 topics
  17. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Cancer Incidence3▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Cervical Cancer3▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Surgical Treatment3▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Human Papillomavirus3▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 18×4 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-23▲ 8.0×3 topics
  24. Mortality3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  25. Global Trends3▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Psychological Interventions3▲ 16×3 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 10×3 topics
  28. Psychological Impact2▲ 6.4×7 topics
  29. Cesarean Section2▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Cytology Screening2▲ 40×1 topic
  31. HPV Vaccination2▲ 40×1 topic
  32. Maternal Health2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Vaginal Birth2▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Health Inequalities2▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Neonatal Infection2▲ 55×1 topic
  36. Placenta Accreta2▲ 60×1 topic
  37. Postpartum Hemorrhage2▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Vertical Transmission2▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Nursing2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  40. Type 2 Diabetes2▲ 7.7×5 topics

Which research topics does Woman's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cervical Cancer and HPV Research, Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction and Maternal and fetal healthcare.

Cervical Cancer and HPV …2Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 2 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…2Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…2Maternal and fetal healthcare: 2 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…2Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 2 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 2 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…2Global Maternal and Child Health: 2 fractional worksHealth and Well-being Studies: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyObstetrics and GynecologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  4. 4 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  5. 5 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  6. 6 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Health and Well-being Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available34.3%not open65.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Woman's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Woman's Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Woman's Hospital0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Woman's 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2024Woman's Hospital8.4% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2020.

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