Mayo Clinic

United States of America (USA)

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Mayo Clinic's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Mayo Clinic is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global United States of America (USA)
Overall 147 39
Healthcare 1 1

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global United States of America (USA)
Applied sciences 873 135
Health sciences 19 9
Natural sciences 646 135
Biological sciences 197 62
Chemistry 1919 294
Earth & environmental sciences 1722 349
Social sciences 691 165

Research

Mayo Clinic has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 576 174.62

Overall Count and Share for 'Mayo Clinic' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 15 4.58
Biological sciences 52 17.45
Chemistry 4 0.48
Earth & environmental sciences 1 0.18
Health sciences 500 150.84
Social sciences 4 1.09

Note: Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.

Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Mayo Clinic published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 71 152 135 158 171
Applied sciences 2 7 1 9 6
Health sciences 44 125 112 128 147
Natural sciences 25 17 19 18 18
Biological sciences 22 13 18 17 17
Chemistry 3 1 0 0 0
Physical sciences 0 3 1 0 0
Social sciences 0 3 3 2 1
Nature & Science 3 2 1 1 2

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Mayo Clinic.

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (117 institutions) 35.8%
Domestic (90 institutions) 64.2%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Mayo Clinic by Share

Collaborating institutions

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Harvard University 15.08 / 20.64 35.72
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 7.96 / 5.45 13.41
Stanford University 7.38 / 5.56 12.93
Yale University 7.99 / 3.60 11.59
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) 6.35 / 5.24 11.58

Top 5 international collaborators with Mayo Clinic by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Mayo Clinic. All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.