Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)
United States of America (USA)
Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026Profile
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 Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) is listed.
Position by research output Share
Research
Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) 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 | 995 | 158.62 |
Overall Count and Share for 'Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.
Research outputs by subject area
| Subject | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Applied sciences | 53 | 7.76 |
| Biological sciences | 144 | 16.02 |
| Chemistry | 15 | 1.84 |
| Earth & environmental sciences | 2 | 0.32 |
| Health sciences | 757 | 127.53 |
| Physical sciences | 2 | 0.18 |
| Social sciences | 22 | 4.97 |
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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 Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH).
International vs domestic collaboration by Share
| Type | Percentage |
|---|---|
| International (360 institutions) | 15.7% |
| Domestic (276 institutions) | 84.3% |
Note: Hover over the pie chart to view the Share for each collaboration type.
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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) 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 | 158.62 / 387.23 | 545.86 |
| Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) | 54.44 / 51.96 | 106.40 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 34.27 / 34.35 | 68.62 |
| Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard | 26.11 / 29.21 | 55.33 |
| Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) | 26.72 / 27.45 | 54.16 |
Top 5 international collaborators with Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| University of Toronto (U of T) | 6.43 / 3.92 | 10.35 |
| Charité - University Medicine Berlin | 7.01 / 2.95 | 9.96 |
| Humboldt University of Berlin (HU Berlin) | 7.01 / 1.63 | 8.64 |
| Free University of Berlin (FU Berlin) | 7.02 / 1.60 | 8.62 |
| National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) | 5.62 / 1.09 | 6.71 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH). 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.
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Harvard University
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Harvard Medical School (HMS)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC)
- Boston Children's Hospital (BCH)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
- Harvard Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCC)
- Harvard Joslin Diabetes Center
- Hebrew SeniorLife (HSL)
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (MEEI)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)
- McLean Hospital
- Mount Auburn Hospital
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Harvard Medical School (HMS)
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.
- Ariadne Labs
- Boston Center for Endometriosis
- Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (OAIC)
- CKDGen Consortium
- Center for Glycoscience
- Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT)
- Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences (CICS)
- Center for Molecular Imaging Research (CMIR)
- Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER)
- Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD)
- DIAGRAM Consortium
- Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center (DF/BWCC)
- Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS)
- GUGC Consortium
- Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO)
- Genetics of Liver Disease (GOLD) Consortium
- Hansjorg Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
- Harvard BWH/BCH/BMC Med-Peds Residency Program
- Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program
- Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI)
- Harvard-MIT Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology (SHBT)
- ImmGen Consortium
- Inflammation and the Host Response to Injury
- International Consortium for Blood Pressure (ICBP)
- International Headache Genetics Consortium (IHGC)
- International Multiple Sclerosis Genetics Consortium (IMSGC)
- International Stroke Genetics Consortium (ISGC)
- Joint Center for Cancer Precision Medicine
- KACST-BWH/Harvard Center of Excellence for Biomedicine (CEBM)
- MIT-Harvard Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (CCNE)
- Mass General Brigham
- Massachusetts Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (MADRC)
- Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MASSCPR)
- Myocardial Infarction Genetics Consortium (MIGen)
- The 1000 Genomes Project
- The AMD Gene Consortium
- The Gene Lay Institute of Immunology and Inflammation
- The QT Interval International GWAS Consortium (QT-IGC)
- Tobacco and Genetics Consortium (TAG)