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Worcester Memorial Hospital

In research, Worcester Memorial Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,727 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,529 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#18,998
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,945
of 7,310
Research works
368
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.3k
25.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Worcester Memorial Hospital

What is Worcester Memorial Hospital 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
MedicineField #4,727 of 14,558 9.0%244
Health SciencesDomain #5,529 of 16,688 8.8%272

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

In all years, 74% of research at Worcester Memorial Hospital is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 272 fractional works · 74.0% of its workMedicine: 244 fractional works · 66.3% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 23 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 23 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 14.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWorcesterMemorial Hospital368fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine24466.3%
    2. Health Professions236.1%
    3. Nursing51.2%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology246.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology113.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences92.5%
    4. Neuroscience72.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.6%
    1. Social Sciences113.1%
    2. Psychology71.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities51.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Environmental Science51.5%
    2. Engineering30.8%
    3. Chemistry30.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    5. Mathematics10.1%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Computer Science00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
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: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryMathematics: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.78× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 11 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.01×11 works
  2. Health Professions2.78×1 works
  3. Veterinary1.57×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology0.93×0 works
  5. Mathematics0.89×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×1 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×0 works
  8. Psychology0.61×0 works
  9. Chemistry0.37×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.27×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.23×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Worcester Memorial Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter H. Levine, James J. Carlo and Isador H. Coriat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Worcester Memorial Hospital.

  1. 1 Peter H. Levine United States · #799,223 worldwide 5.1k citations · 123 works
  2. 2 James J. Carlo United States · #1,732,423 worldwide 742 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Isador H. Coriat United States · #2,249,432 worldwide 785 citations · 152 works
  4. 4 I.N. Likar United States · #2,942,816 worldwide 976 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 EUGENIA ROSEMBERG United States · #3,182,812 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
  6. 6 Gordon W. Josephson United States · #3,264,769 worldwide 608 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Roger W. Robinson United States · #3,297,402 worldwide 1.1k citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Norio Higano United States · #3,410,740 worldwide 320 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 John E. Talbot United States · #3,487,173 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 John T. B. Carmody United States · #3,847,650 worldwide 34 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Worcester Memorial Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Worcester Memorial Hospital?

The most cited paper from Worcester Memorial Hospital is "Presentation, Diagnosis, and Outcomes of Acute Aortic Dissection" (Linda A. Pape, Mazen Awais, Elise M. Woznicki et al., 2015), with 1,098 citations. Next come "Absence of Intact nef Sequences in a Long-Term Survivor with Nonprogressive HIV-1 Infection" (1,020) and "Long-Term Survival in Patients Presenting With Type B Acute Aortic Dissection" (769).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Presentation, Diagnosis, and Outcomes of Acute Aortic Dissection Linda A. Pape, Mazen Awais, Elise M. Woznicki et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Jul 2015 1,098
2 Absence of Intact nef Sequences in a Long-Term Survivor with Nonprogressive HIV-1 Infection Frank Kirchhoff, Thomas C. Greenough, Doreen B. Brettler et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Jan 1995 1,020
3 Long-Term Survival in Patients Presenting With Type B Acute Aortic Dissection Thomas T. Tsai, Rossella Fattori, Santi Trimarchi et al. · Circulation Open access 14 Nov 2006 769
4 Effect of hypothermia on the coagulation cascade Michael J. Rohrer, A Natale · Critical Care Medicine Oct 1992 651
5 Gender-Related Differences in Acute Aortic Dissection Christoph Anton Nienaber, Rossella Fattori, Rajendra H. Mehta et al. · Circulation 15 Jun 2004 545
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Worcester Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Metabolic Syndrome, Risk Factors, Prophylaxis, Breast Cancer, Treatment and 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 all years 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. Epidemiology32▲ 2.1×81 topics
  2. Inflammation27▲ 3.1×50 topics
  3. Risk Factors18▲ 4.8×21 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 5.7×17 topics
  5. Treatment15▲ 3.1×30 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.1×29 topics
  7. Diagnosis14▲ 3.6×26 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 3.3×19 topics
  9. Prophylaxis11▲ 21×4 topics
  10. Diabetes11▲ 5.7×10 topics
  11. Breast Cancer10▲ 10.0×9 topics
  12. Management10▲ 3.6×21 topics
  13. Obesity10▲ 3.6×15 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 7.3×8 topics
  15. Guidelines9▲ 5.3×12 topics
  16. Recombinant Factor VIIa9▲ 57×2 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 4.3×12 topics
  18. Inhibitors9▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.3×17 topics
  20. Primary Care8▲ 5.5×10 topics
  21. Efficacy8▲ 49×2 topics
  22. Estrogen8▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Gene Therapy8▲ 8.4×2 topics
  24. Safety8▲ 87×2 topics
  25. Factor VIII8▲ 127×1 topic
  26. Hemophilia8▲ 127×1 topic
  27. Hemostasis8▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Signaling7▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis7▲ 5.1×9 topics
  30. Receptor7▲ 26×2 topics
  31. G Protein-Coupled Receptor7▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Infertility7▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Glucocorticoids7▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Hormone Therapy7▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Nuclear Receptors7▲ 9.8×1 topic
  36. Transcriptional Regulation7▲ 7.2×2 topics
  37. Thrombosis6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 7.5×6 topics
  39. Ischemic Stroke6▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Revascularization6▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Worcester Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Poisoning and overdose treatments, Reproductive Health and Contraception, Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Poisoning and overdose t…0Poisoning and overdose treatments: 0 fractional worksReproductive Health and …0Reproductive Health and Contraception: 0 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 0 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 0 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…0Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 0 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 0 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…0Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 0 fractional worksRenal and Vascular Pathologies: 0 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional works
Emergency MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Poisoning and overdose treatments Emergency Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  4. 4 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Renal and Vascular Pathologies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 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 available14.2%not open85.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Worcester Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Worcester Memorial Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000032% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Worcester Memorial Hospital0.000059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Worcester Memorial Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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