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Women's Hospital

In research, Women's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,229 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,585 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 13.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,682
of 22,385 · #10,111 all time
Rank in United States
#1,921
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
26k
22.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Women's Hospital

What is Women'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 #3,229 of 9,902 6.4%95 #3614
MedicineField #3,585 of 8,541 6.3%90 #3460

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

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Women's Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Psychology (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 100 fractional works · 77.5% of its workMedicine: 94 fractional works · 73.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 17.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 7.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWomen's Hospital129fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences77%Social Sciences11%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9473.1%
    2. Health Professions53.9%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Psychology75.2%
    2. Social Sciences64.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology75.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology32.5%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science10.7%
    2. Computer Science10.4%
    3. Materials Science00.4%
    4. Engineering00.3%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Women's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 13.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 22.5 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.52× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 94 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.71× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.80×94 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.52×3 works
  3. Psychology1.71×7 works
  4. Health Professions1.48×5 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.45×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×7 works
  7. Nursing0.94×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.36×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.36×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.36×6 works
  11. Environmental Science0.13×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  22. Engineering0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Women's Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Hildred M. Butler, Sangeeta Shrestha and Arthur M. Hill lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Women's Hospital.

  1. 1 Hildred M. Butler United States · #2,577,618 worldwide 357 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Sangeeta Shrestha United States · #2,718,203 worldwide 329 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Arthur M. Hill United States · #2,883,200 worldwide 204 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Reg. S. Ellery United States · #3,183,230 worldwide 59 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Margaret D. Larkins-Pettigrew United States · #3,415,089 worldwide 326 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 D. G. Maitland United States · #3,835,049 worldwide 43 citations · 14 works
  7. 7 James Sumners United States · #3,837,982 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Alan P Grant United States · #3,838,432 worldwide 1.4k citations · 132 works
  9. 9 H. F. Bettinger United States · #3,963,257 worldwide 180 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Colin F. MacDonald United States · #3,989,648 worldwide 158 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Women's Hospital

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

The most cited paper from Women's Hospital is "Neonatal MRI to Predict Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants" (Lianne J. Woodward, Peter J. Anderson, Nicola C. Austin et al., 2006), with 1,360 citations. Next come "Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Guiding Adjuvant Therapy in Stage II Colon Cancer" (1,076) and "Minocycline inhibits cytochrome c release and delays progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice" (1,074).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Neonatal MRI to Predict Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants Lianne J. Woodward, Peter J. Anderson, Nicola C. Austin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 16 Aug 2006 1,360
2 Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Guiding Adjuvant Therapy in Stage II Colon Cancer Jeanne Tie et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jun 2022 1,076
3 Minocycline inhibits cytochrome c release and delays progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in mice Shan Zhu, Irina G. Stavrovskaya, Martin Drozda et al. · Nature May 2002 1,074
4 The phagocytes: neutrophils and monocytes David C. Dale, Laurence A. Boxer, W. Conrad Liles · Blood Open access 6 Aug 2008 741
5 Survival after Minimally Invasive Radical Hysterectomy for Early-Stage Cervical Cancer Alexander Melamed, Daniel J. Margul, Ling Chen et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 Oct 2018 730
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Women's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Family Planning, Reproductive Health, Maternal Mortality, Contraception, Unintended Pregnancy, Infertility and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.8×41 topics
  2. Family Planning10▲ 140×3 topics
  3. Reproductive Health10▲ 153×3 topics
  4. Maternal Mortality9▲ 32×5 topics
  5. Quality of Life9▲ 5.0×13 topics
  6. Contraception9▲ 268×1 topic
  7. Unintended Pregnancy9▲ 268×1 topic
  8. Infertility8▲ 47×4 topics
  9. Risk Factors8▲ 5.8×17 topics
  10. Psychological Impact8▲ 18×7 topics
  11. Global Trends7▲ 70×2 topics
  12. Mental Health6▲ 3.5×17 topics
  13. Pregnancy6▲ 24×7 topics
  14. Gender Differences6▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Reproductive Outcome6▲ 124×2 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 4.2×11 topics
  17. Assisted Reproductive Technology6▲ 74×2 topics
  18. Fertility5▲ 48×3 topics
  19. Stress5▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Psychological Interventions5▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Access to Care5▲ 91×1 topic
  22. Health Inequalities5▲ 29×3 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 4.5×11 topics
  24. Reproductive Technologies5▲ 91×1 topic
  25. Child Mortality4▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Health Systems4▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Surgical Treatment4▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Hysteroscopic Treatment4▲ 131×1 topic
  29. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 21×6 topics
  30. Uterine Anomalies4▲ 131×1 topic
  31. Immunosuppressive Drugs4▲ 48×2 topics
  32. Teratogenicity4▲ 56×2 topics
  33. Menopause4▲ 56×2 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Medication Use4▲ 112×1 topic
  37. Rheumatoid Arthritis4▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Endothelial Function3▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Stigma3▲ 18×4 topics
  40. Erectile Dysfunction3▲ 77×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Reproductive Health and Contraception, Reproductive Health and Technologies, Global Maternal and Child Health and Gynecological conditions and treatments.

Reproductive Health and …9Reproductive Health and Contraception: 9 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 5 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Chil…4Global Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksGynecological conditions…4Gynecological conditions and treatments: 4 fractional worksPregnancy and Medication Impact: 4 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 3 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treat…3Uterine Myomas and Treatments: 3 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 3 fractional worksEctopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthReproductive MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and Gynecology2 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Gynecological conditions and treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  5. 5 Pregnancy and Medication Impact Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  7. 7 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  8. 8 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  9. 9 Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower 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 Women's Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00077% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Women's Hospital0.00036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Women'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.

still counting10%20%30%Women's Hospital10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.6% in 1990.

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