The 1st edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the discipline
of Medicine relies os data combined from
multiple data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for
estimating the citation-based metrics were collected on 06-12-2021.
Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking
scientist's affiliated with a given institution. D-index
includes exclusively publications and citation
metrics for an examined discipline.
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The range of our Medicine research
Our best universities ranking is a trustworthy list of
leading researchers from the discipline of Medicine ,
established by means of a detailed examination
of 166,880 scientists determined from
various bibliometric data sources. For the field of
Medicine, over 65743 scientists were
examined.
What is D-index acceptance threshold for Medicine
The D-index threshold for accepting a scholar to be
evaluated is established at 70 if
the majority of of their publications are in the discipline of Medicine. The
inclusion factors for researchers to be
considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index,
ratio of the publications made within the specific
discipline as well as the awards and achievements of the
researchers. The D-index threshold for considering best
scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of
researchers estimated for each
scientific field whilst making sure that the top 1% of
best scholars are incorporated into the list.
There should be a proximity of 30% or less between a
researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.
Other verification methods
As our main goal is to make sure that only
actual researchers are listed in
the ranking we believe that raw data are never
supposed to be a full means to evaluate the
work of researchers. For that reason
we manually verify every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
broad range of credible sources. Although it’s not a
factor contributing to a scientist’s position in
our ranking, the quantity of papers published in
well-known journals and conference proceedings should form a
reliable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a
specific field of study. Position in the ranking is
determined by every scholar’s D-index
according to information gathered from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-established bibliometric
databases of this kind accessible to the research community. A
thorough definition of our research process
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our goal
Our aim is to inspire scholars,
entrepreneurs and politicians
worldwide to investigate where prominent experts are heading
and to give an opportunity for the entire scientific community to
get to know who the leading experts in specific
fields of research, in various countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Medicine
With 197 universities United States ranks in spot 1
in the world.
As far as institutions are concerned, the institution with the highest number of top researchers in United States is Harvard University with 794 scientists affiliated with it being listed in the Medicine ranking. It is followed by Johns Hopkins University with 250 scientists and University of California, San Francisco with 240 scholars.
The most prominent researchers in the area of Medicine in United States are representing SUNY Upstate Medical University, Oakland University, VA Boston Healthcare System, Yale Cancer Center, CVPath Institute, Ludwig Cancer Research, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. Harvard University is highlighted as the best university in the United States in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scholars at 79488. Ranking second is Johns Hopkins University with a total D-index of 23260. The third position is occupied by University of California, San Francisco with a total D-index of 22100.
The average total D-index for the top 3% universities is 31782 in comparison to an average of 2615 for all 197 institutions listed in our ranking.
The average number of published papers in the field of Medicine by scientists affiliated with the top 1% of scientists in the ranking is 301060 in comparison to an average of 9544 for all 197 universities.
The average number of citations of researchers affiliated with the top 3% universities is 14202388 against an average of 1110825 for all 197 universities.
