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Deakin University vs Kaiser Permanente

On research quality in 2022-now, Kaiser Permanente ranks #426 in the world and Deakin University #428, of 22,385 institutions. Deakin University stands higher in 10 of the 14 fields both publish in, Kaiser Permanente in 4.

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Deakin University

Australia · Burwood

World rank, 2022-now
#428
#567 all time
Works, 2022-now
10k
fractional
Top-10% rate
17.2%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
60%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Research and Theory, Applied Psychology, Public Administration.

Kaiser Permanente

United States · Oakland

World rank, 2022-now
#426
#302 all time
Works, 2022-now
4.5k
fractional
Top-10% rate
11.6%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
34%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Family Practice, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Internal Medicine.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Deakin University leads on 5 of 8 measures: citation excellence for its fields, output, top-10% rate, open access and international co-authorship. Kaiser Permanente leads on 3 of 8 measures: research quality, citations per work and growth.

Deakin University 53 Kaiser Permanente
  1. #428Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#426
  2. 1.43×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.04×
  3. 10kOutputfractional works, 2022-now4.5k
  4. 17.2%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited11.6%
  5. 25.1Citations per workall time, per fractional work34.3
  6. 60%Open accessof its works free to read, all time34%
  7. 25%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time8%
  8. +2%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+5%

A rank is drawn as its standing: the longer the bar, the nearer the top. Anything else is drawn against the larger of the two, and two values a hair apart are called level. Quality, citation excellence and the top-10% rate are explained in the methodology.

Who leads in each field?

Deakin University stands higher in 10 of 14 fields, Kaiser Permanente in 4. Deakin University leads most in Engineering (#426 against #1,928); Kaiser Permanente leads most in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (#451 against #606). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Deakin University 104 Kaiser Permanente
  1. #557Agricultural and Biological Sciences-
  2. #567Arts and Humanities-
  3. #871Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#739
  4. #427Business, Management and Accounting-
  5. #319Computer Science-
  6. #203Decision Sciences-
  7. #606Economics, Econometrics and Finance#451
  8. #426Engineering#1,928
  9. #359Environmental Science-
  10. #200Health Professions#157
  11. #617Materials Science-
  12. #605Medicine#93
  13. #211Psychology#482
  14. #204Social Sciences#926

Standing is the percentile of world rank within each field, 2022-now; the printed number is the rank itself. A dash means the field is too small there to rank. How sides are compared.

The numbers behind each field

Click a heading to sort. The side that does better in a pair of columns is shaded: a lower rank, a higher rate, more works.

Field Deakin University rankKaiser Permanente rank Deakin University top 10%Kaiser Permanente top 10% Deakin University worksKaiser Permanente works
Agricultural and Biological Sciences #557 - 20.3% - 222 -
Arts and Humanities #567 - 16.1% - 297 -
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #871 #739 14.7% 9.7% 220 193
Business, Management and Accounting #427 - 20.2% - 285 -
Computer Science #319 - 19.3% - 934 -
Decision Sciences #203 - 20.6% - 142 -
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #606 #451 14.4% 11.0% 184 74
Engineering #426 #1,928 16.9% 3.6% 1.2k 74
Environmental Science #359 - 17.1% - 527 -
Health Professions #200 #157 19.9% 13.4% 486 238
Materials Science #617 - 15.5% - 254 -
Medicine #605 #93 16.6% 12.1% 1.3k 2.7k
Psychology #211 #482 19.8% 10.3% 688 159
Social Sciences #204 #926 17.1% 13.9% 2k 130

Where does each put its research?

Not who is better, but what each side chooses to work on. A country or institution that puts twice the world's share of its research into a field sits at 2×, whatever its size.

  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.4× 0.0×
  2. Energy0.8× 0.0×
  3. Materials Science0.8× 0.1×
  4. Computer Science1.3× 0.1×
  5. Chemical Engineering0.8× 0.1×
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.9× 0.1×
  7. Arts and Humanities1.1× 0.1×
  8. Engineering0.8× 0.1×
  9. Social Sciences1.7× 0.3×
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.5× 0.1×
  11. Decision Sciences1.5× 0.3×
  12. Environmental Science1.1× 0.2×
  13. Chemistry0.4× 0.1×
  14. Psychology2.5× 1.3×
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.2× 0.1×
  16. Nursing1.4× 1.0×
  17. Neuroscience1.0× 0.8×
  18. Veterinary0.7× 0.7×
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.9× 0.8×
  20. Mathematics0.3× 0.3×
  21. Health Professions2.0× 2.3×
  22. Dentistry0.3× 0.4×
  23. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.5× 0.9×
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.3× 0.8×
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.3× 1.5×
  26. Medicine0.7× 3.6×
Deakin UniversityKaiser Permanente

Location quotient in 2022-now: the share of each side's research in the field over the world's share. 1× is the world's balance; the axis runs from a quarter of it to four times. Fields where Deakin University leans further are at the top, Kaiser Permanente's at the bottom. How research profiles are compared.

What is each known for?

The keywords that describe each side's research, by fractional works in 2022-now and weighted toward what it does more of than the world.

Deakin University

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning520▲ 1.45×81 topics
  2. Machine Learning420▲ 1.22×91 topics
  3. Globalization401▲ 1.97×118 topics
  4. Mental Health370▲ 2.5×42 topics
  5. Epidemiology370◆ 0.90×123 topics
  6. Public Health355▲ 2.4×61 topics
  7. Climate Change345▲ 1.22×99 topics
  8. Sustainability318▲ 1.26×90 topics
  9. Social Media230▲ 1.61×35 topics
  10. Prevalence224▲ 5.3×14 topics
  11. Obesity218▲ 2.7×22 topics
  12. Environmental Impact216▲ 1.22×57 topics
  13. Neural Networks211▲ 1.32×38 topics
  14. Physical Activity207▲ 4.1×12 topics
  15. Adolescents189▲ 5.0×10 topics
  16. Depression189▲ 2.1×25 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease178▲ 1.51×37 topics
  18. Healthcare167▲ 1.41×28 topics
  19. Human Rights167▲ 1.57×61 topics
  20. Mechanical Properties163▲ 1.60×33 topics
  21. Neoliberalism161▲ 4.3×25 topics
  22. Security158▲ 2.3×27 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome157▲ 1.88×23 topics
  24. Risk Factors157▲ 1.38×36 topics
  25. Health Effects152▲ 2.4×23 topics
  26. Identity135▲ 1.80×46 topics
  27. Social Justice131▲ 2.1×38 topics
  28. Nationalism130▲ 2.8×25 topics
  29. Resilience124▲ 2.4×15 topics
  30. Gender120▲ 2.2×38 topics
  31. Child Development115▲ 2.7×9 topics
  32. Well-being112▲ 2.8×14 topics
  33. Feminism106▲ 3.5×21 topics
  34. Chronic Diseases101▲ 3.9×10 topics
  35. IoT Security100▲ 3.2×3 topics
  36. Childhood92▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Dietary Risks91▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Overweight91▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Reflective Practice84▲ 4.3×7 topics
  40. National Identity73▲ 6.1×7 topics

Kaiser Permanente

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's
All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology625▲ 3.5×130 topics
  2. Risk Factors280▲ 5.7×35 topics
  3. Quality of Life196▲ 3.0×52 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease196▲ 3.8×36 topics
  5. Inflammation192▲ 2.0×80 topics
  6. Public Health179▲ 2.7×56 topics
  7. Treatment175▲ 3.2×49 topics
  8. Diagnosis157▲ 3.7×40 topics
  9. Chemotherapy147▲ 4.6×25 topics
  10. Mortality144▲ 5.6×13 topics
  11. Guidelines142▲ 6.7×13 topics
  12. Depression135▲ 3.4×20 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome130▲ 3.6×22 topics
  14. Mental Health123▲ 1.91×34 topics
  15. COVID-19119▲ 2.0×24 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines116▲ 4.7×14 topics
  17. Global Burden112▲ 4.6×12 topics
  18. Clinical Trials112▲ 3.7×19 topics
  19. Management110▲ 3.1×33 topics
  20. Primary Care104▲ 6.2×15 topics
  21. Obesity102▲ 3.0×23 topics
  22. Complications102▲ 4.6×17 topics
  23. Heart Failure95▲ 4.7×13 topics
  24. Immunotherapy94▲ 2.9×19 topics
  25. Health Disparities84▲ 7.2×8 topics
  26. Anxiety84▲ 3.9×12 topics
  27. Chronic Disease Management83▲ 9.4×5 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction79▲ 5.6×10 topics
  29. Prevention78▲ 4.1×15 topics
  30. Radiotherapy77▲ 4.3×13 topics
  31. Health-related Quality of Life74▲ 6.9×5 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines70▲ 5.3×9 topics
  33. Cancer Incidence70▲ 11×4 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-269▲ 5.1×6 topics
  35. Global Burden of Disease67▲ 6.0×4 topics
  36. Breast Cancer66▲ 5.8×11 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Health62▲ 7.1×7 topics
  38. Mortality Risk61▲ 5.7×6 topics
  39. Quality Improvement60▲ 6.9×8 topics
  40. Clinical Outcomes60▲ 6.2×6 topics

Size is fractional works in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of the side's work against its share of the world's. Each word links to the topic it comes from most.

How has their output grown?

Deakin University has out-published Kaiser Permanente every year since 2000, when it overtook it.

still counting1k2k3kDeakin University2,239 in 2025Kaiser Permanente999 in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works per year.

Their share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share, because all of science grows. Each line is a side as a percentage of every work published that year.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Deakin University0.038% in 2025Kaiser Permanente0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

The share of each side's works, year by year, that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. The average of all institutions is 10.0% (why not 10%).

still counting10%20%Deakin University16.4% in 2025Kaiser Permanente11.4% in 2025200020102020

A year with under 1% of the side's peak output is left out: a rate over a handful of papers says nothing. The latest years are still being cited.

Which publishes more research, Deakin University or Kaiser Permanente?

Deakin University publishes 2.3× as much research as Kaiser Permanente in 2022-now (10k against 4.5k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Deakin University or Kaiser Permanente?

17.2% of Deakin University's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 11.6% for Kaiser Permanente.

Is Deakin University or Kaiser Permanente growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +5% against 2018-21 for Kaiser Permanente, and +2% for Deakin University.

Which has more open access research, Deakin University or Kaiser Permanente?

60% of Deakin University's research is free to read, against 34% of Kaiser Permanente's.

Who are the top researchers on each side?

The most cited researchers on each side, among those ranked.

Deakin University

  1. 1 Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam #4,546 worldwide 195k citations · 569 works
  2. 2 Andre Ferrer Carvalho #5,304 worldwide 35k citations · 318 works
  3. 3 Phillip Dawson #8,905 worldwide 9.1k citations · 164 works
  4. 4 Jake Linardon #9,105 worldwide 12k citations · 191 works
  5. 5 Peter Ian Macreadie #9,767 worldwide 19k citations · 336 works

Kaiser Permanente

  1. 1 Louis Fehrenbacher #3,426 worldwide 59k citations · 217 works
  2. 2 Russell E. Glasgow #7,631 worldwide 76k citations · 686 works
  3. 3 Alan S. Go #8,278 worldwide 178k citations · 928 works
  4. 4 Ousseny Zerbo #15,416 worldwide 9.4k citations · 176 works
  5. 5 Eric Jorgenson #16,753 worldwide 23k citations · 266 works