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Kaiser Permanente vs Zhejiang Lab

On research quality in 2022-now, Zhejiang Lab ranks #424 in the world and Kaiser Permanente #426, of 22,385 institutions. Kaiser Permanente stands higher in 5 of the 13 fields both publish in, Zhejiang Lab in 8.

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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.

Zhejiang Lab

China · Hangzhou

World rank, 2022-now
#424
#540 all time
Works, 2022-now
4.1k
fractional
Top-10% rate
16.1%
share of its work among the world's most cited
Open access
39%
of its works free to read

Strongest relative focus: Acoustics and Ultrasonics, General Engineering, Biophysics.

Who leads, measure by measure?

Zhejiang Lab leads on 6 of 8 measures: research quality, citation excellence for its fields, top-10% rate, open access, international co-authorship and growth. Kaiser Permanente leads on 2 of 8 measures: output and citations per work.

Kaiser Permanente 26 Zhejiang Lab
  1. #426Research qualityworld rank of 22,385 institutions, 2022-now#424
  2. 1.04×Citation excellence for its fieldsits top-10% rate against what its topics predict; 1.00× is as expected1.42×
  3. 4.5kOutputfractional works, 2022-now4.1k
  4. 11.6%Top-10% rateshare of its works among the world's most cited16.1%
  5. 34.3Citations per workall time, per fractional work13.1
  6. 34%Open accessof its works free to read, all time39%
  7. 8%Internationalof its works written with co-authors abroad, all time24%
  8. +5%Growthworks in 2022-25 against 2018-21; half a bar is no change+478%

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?

Kaiser Permanente stands higher in 5 of 13 fields, Zhejiang Lab in 8. Zhejiang Lab leads most in Engineering (#212 against #1,928); Kaiser Permanente leads most in Medicine (#93 against #526). Each bar is that side's standing among all institutions ranked in the field: the full bar is first place.

Kaiser Permanente 58 Zhejiang Lab
  1. #739Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#333
  2. -Chemistry#341
  3. -Computer Science#164
  4. #451Economics, Econometrics and Finance-
  5. #1,928Engineering#212
  6. -Environmental Science#928
  7. #157Health Professions-
  8. -Materials Science#265
  9. #93Medicine#526
  10. -Neuroscience#193
  11. -Physics and Astronomy#355
  12. #482Psychology-
  13. #926Social Sciences-

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 Kaiser Permanente rankZhejiang Lab rank Kaiser Permanente top 10%Zhejiang Lab top 10% Kaiser Permanente worksZhejiang Lab works
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology #739 #333 9.7% 20.1% 193 247
Chemistry - #341 - 20.0% - 70
Computer Science - #164 - 15.3% - 723
Economics, Econometrics and Finance #451 - 11.0% - 74 -
Engineering #1,928 #212 3.6% 14.6% 74 1.2k
Environmental Science - #928 - 19.6% - 67
Health Professions #157 - 13.4% - 238 -
Materials Science - #265 - 17.7% - 225
Medicine #93 #526 12.1% 20.0% 2.7k 341
Neuroscience - #193 - 17.3% - 172
Physics and Astronomy - #355 - 13.4% - 205
Psychology #482 - 10.3% - 159 -
Social Sciences #926 - 13.9% - 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. Health Professions2.3× 0.1×
  2. Medicine3.6× 0.5×
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.8× 0.1×
  4. Arts and Humanities0.1× 0.0×
  5. Nursing1.0× 0.3×
  6. Psychology1.3× 0.5×
  7. Social Sciences0.3× 0.1×
  8. Dentistry0.4× 0.2×
  9. Veterinary0.7× 0.4×
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.5× 0.8×
  11. Mathematics0.3× 0.3×
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.8× 0.8×
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.9× 1.3×
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.1× 0.2×
  15. Environmental Science0.2× 0.4×
  16. Decision Sciences0.3× 0.7×
  17. Neuroscience0.8× 2.9×
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.1× 0.3×
  19. Chemistry0.1× 1.3×
  20. Chemical Engineering0.1× 1.4×
  21. Engineering0.1× 2.1×
  22. Computer Science0.1× 2.6×
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.1× 2.5×
  24. Energy0.0× 0.7×
  25. Materials Science0.1× 1.8×
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.0× 0.6×
Kaiser PermanenteZhejiang Lab

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 Kaiser Permanente leans further are at the top, Zhejiang Lab'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.

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

Zhejiang Lab

▲ 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 Learning512▲ 3.7×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning269▲ 1.99×85 topics
  3. Neural Networks242▲ 3.9×35 topics
  4. Biosensors109▲ 5.5×12 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications98▲ 2.0×35 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks97▲ 3.3×14 topics
  7. Nanoparticles75▲ 1.46×43 topics
  8. Optical Modulators64▲ 11×3 topics
  9. Data Mining62▲ 2.1×16 topics
  10. Feature Extraction59▲ 3.2×10 topics
  11. Representation Learning57▲ 8.8×3 topics
  12. Integrated Circuits55▲ 9.4×3 topics
  13. Microcavities54▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Silicon Photonics53▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Raman Lasers52▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Nanophotonic Waveguides51▲ 14×1 topic
  17. Optical Fiber51▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Whispering Gallery Mode51▲ 14×1 topic
  19. Semi-Supervised Learning49▲ 9.8×3 topics
  20. Unsupervised Learning47▲ 7.7×3 topics
  21. Neuromorphic Computing46▲ 9.9×2 topics
  22. Microwave Photonics44▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Synaptic Plasticity41▲ 4.6×6 topics
  24. Metamaterials38▲ 6.6×5 topics
  25. Energy Harvesting38▲ 5.2×3 topics
  26. Photonic Crystals38▲ 7.6×5 topics
  27. Transfer Learning37▲ 4.8×3 topics
  28. Graph Convolutional Networks36▲ 7.6×2 topics
  29. Motor Imagery35▲ 7.1×2 topics
  30. Brain-Computer Interfaces35▲ 9.1×1 topic
  31. EEG Analysis35▲ 9.1×1 topic
  32. Nonlinear Optics34▲ 7.9×4 topics
  33. Non-Volatile Memory32▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Nanophotonics32▲ 8.1×3 topics
  35. Meta-Learning31▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Heterogeneous Networks31▲ 7.5×2 topics
  37. Microresonators30▲ 9.5×3 topics
  38. Structural Health Monitoring30▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Memristor30▲ 9.0×1 topic
  40. Resistive Switching30▲ 9.0×1 topic

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?

Kaiser Permanente has out-published Zhejiang Lab every year since 1981.

still counting5001k1.5kKaiser Permanente999 in 2025Zhejiang Lab961 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%Kaiser Permanente0.017% in 2025Zhejiang Lab0.016% 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%Zhejiang Lab16.4% 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, Kaiser Permanente or Zhejiang Lab?

Kaiser Permanente publishes 1.1× as much research as Zhejiang Lab in 2022-now (4.5k against 4.1k fractional works).

Whose research has more impact, Kaiser Permanente or Zhejiang Lab?

16.1% of Zhejiang Lab's research reaches the world's top 10% most cited, against 11.6% for Kaiser Permanente.

Is Kaiser Permanente or Zhejiang Lab growing faster?

Output in 2022-25 was +478% against 2018-21 for Zhejiang Lab, and +5% for Kaiser Permanente.

Which has more open access research, Kaiser Permanente or Zhejiang Lab?

39% of Zhejiang Lab'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.

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

Zhejiang Lab

  1. 1 Zhiguo Wan #115,304 worldwide 5k citations · 147 works
  2. 2 Hongyang Chen #139,274 worldwide 9.2k citations · 464 works
  3. 3 Longteng Yu #181,778 worldwide 1.8k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Xiaoran Yan #245,391 worldwide 2.9k citations · 114 works
  5. 5 Yongdong Zhu #277,927 worldwide 1.1k citations · 73 works