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APLA Health

In research, APLA Health stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,385 of 14,347 worldwide), Health Sciences (#12,205 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#13,908 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,163
of 28,054 · #15,788 all time
Rank in United States
#2,143
of 4,192
Research works
582
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.1k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is APLA Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #7,385 of 14,347 8.6%145
Health SciencesDomain #12,205 of 20,462 10.2%285
MedicineField #13,908 of 17,978 8.5%250

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where APLA Health sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.24× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.20× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.89× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at APLA Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Matt G. Mutchler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is APLA Health.

  1. 1 Matt G. Mutchler · #1,408,180 worldwide 23 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at APLA Health

Which keywords describe research at APLA Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Tumor Regression, Cancer Immunotherapy, Cancer, Tumor Targeting, Immune Checkpoint Blockade and PD-1 and PD-L1.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Immunotherapy15▲ 17×13 topics
  2. Tumor Microenvironment11▲ 20×8 topics
  3. Tumor Regression9▲ 65×2 topics
  4. Cancer8▲ 5.1×19 topics
  5. Cancer Immunotherapy8▲ 43×2 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 2.4×21 topics
  7. Tumor Targeting6▲ 28×3 topics
  8. Immune Checkpoint Blockade6▲ 43×1 topic
  9. PD-1 and PD-L16▲ 43×1 topic
  10. Innate Immunity6▲ 14×5 topics
  11. Immunity5▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Lymphoma5▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Antigen Presentation5▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Leukemia5▲ 45×2 topics
  15. Gene Therapy5▲ 20×4 topics
  16. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.2×13 topics
  17. Arginine Deprivation4▲ 98×1 topic
  18. Bacterial Therapy4▲ 98×1 topic
  19. CAR T Cells4▲ 48×1 topic
  20. Chimeric Antigen Receptor4▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Dendritic Cells4▲ 34×1 topic
  22. Tumor Antigen4▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 18×5 topics
  24. Cell Death4▲ 13×5 topics
  25. Security4▲ 4.3×4 topics
  26. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  27. Gene Expression3▲ 4.5×6 topics
  28. Cancer Therapy3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  29. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.3×8 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  31. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.8×8 topics
  32. Reactive Oxygen Species3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  33. Mortality Rates3▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  35. Genomic Profiling2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Targeted Therapy2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  37. Statistical Analysis2▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Breast Cancer2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  39. Viral Load2▲ 21×2 topics
  40. HIV Transmission2▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does APLA Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Research and Treatments and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 4 fractional worksCancer Research and Trea…4Cancer Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…4Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 4 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 2 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 2 fractional worksSpreadsheets and End-User Computing: 2 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 2 fractional works
OncologyBiotechnologyImmunologyInformation Systems4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 4 works
  4. 4 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 4 works
  5. 5 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 2 works
  9. 9 Spreadsheets and End-User Computing Software 2 works
  10. 10 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available20.7%not open79.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has APLA Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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