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Berkeley Public Health Division

In research, Berkeley Public Health Division stands highest in Health Sciences (#940 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,193 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (General Health Professions is 7.0× its share of world research).

publichealth.berkeley.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#2,758
of 22,385 · #1,640 all time
Rank in United States
#461
of 3,332
Research works
1.3k
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
65k
49.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.21×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Berkeley Public Health Division

What is Berkeley Public Health Division known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #940 of 9,902 18.3%115 #832
MedicineField #1,193 of 8,541 17.9%80 #1002

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Berkeley Public Health Division 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Berkeley Public Health Division work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Berkeley Public Health Division is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Environmental Science (13%), Health Professions (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 130 fractional works · 49.7% of its workMedicine: 91 fractional works · 34.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 25 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 22.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 7.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 33 fractional works · 12.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBerkeley PublicHealth Division262fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9134.7%
    2. Health Professions3212.2%
    3. Nursing62.3%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2911.2%
    2. Psychology197.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    1. Environmental Science3312.7%
    2. Mathematics41.4%
    3. Engineering31.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    5. Computer Science10.5%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology134.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences83.0%
    3. Neuroscience41.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology41.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Berkeley Public Health Division specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 25.3 works7.0×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 22.4 works6.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.63× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.56× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.64× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 4.68× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.39× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.68×6 works
  2. Health Professions4.64×32 works
  3. Environmental Science2.56×33 works
  4. Psychology2.39×19 works
  5. Medicine1.81×91 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.45×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×7 works
  8. Mathematics1.16×4 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.95×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.93×13 works
  11. Neuroscience0.91×4 works
  12. Social Sciences0.89×29 works
  13. Veterinary0.86×0 works
  14. Dentistry0.77×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×8 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.32×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  19. Energy0.15×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  24. Engineering0.08×3 works
  25. Computer Science0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Berkeley Public Health Division?

Ranked on the quality score, Lori Dorfman, Dorothy T. Chiu and Thomas H. Milby lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Berkeley Public Health Division.

  1. 1 Lori Dorfman United States · #402,426 worldwide 2.7k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Dorothy T. Chiu United States · #868,075 worldwide 1k citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Thomas H. Milby United States · #1,071,637 worldwide 1.6k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Eleanor P. Hunt United States · #3,078,795 worldwide 89 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Jennifer K. Linchey United States · #3,431,946 worldwide 343 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Malcolm H. Merrill United States · #3,736,370 worldwide 446 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Jonas N. Muller United States · #4,484,185 worldwide 27 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Berwyn F. Mattison United States · #5,447,978 worldwide 120 citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at Berkeley Public Health Division

What are the most cited papers from Berkeley Public Health Division?

The most cited paper from Berkeley Public Health Division is "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Stephen S Lim et al., 2012), with 12,027 citations. Next come "Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations" (7,007) and "SOCIAL NETWORKS, HOST RESISTANCE, AND MORTALITY: A NINE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTS" (5,396).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Stephen S Lim et al. · The Lancet Open access209 authors Dec 2012 12,027
2 Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations Ziad Obermeyer, Brian W. Powers, Christine Vogeli et al. · Science Open access 24 Oct 2019 7,007
3 SOCIAL NETWORKS, HOST RESISTANCE, AND MORTALITY: A NINE-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF ALAMEDA COUNTY RESIDENTS Lisa F. Berkman, S. Leonard Syme · American Journal of Epidemiology Feb 1979 5,396
4 The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants Neil E. Klepeis, William C. Nelson, Wayne R. Ott et al. · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology Open access Jul 2001 4,843
5 Fruit, vegetables, and cancer prevention: A review of the epidemiological evidence Gladys Block, Blossom H. Patterson, Amy F. Subar · Nutrition and Cancer 1992 3,262
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Berkeley Public Health Division?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Health Effects, Global Burden of Disease, Health Disparities, Mortality and Chronic Disease.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology32▲ 3.1×76 topics
  2. Public Health27▲ 7.1×34 topics
  3. Mental Health24▲ 6.3×27 topics
  4. Health Effects19▲ 12×15 topics
  5. Global Burden of Disease12▲ 19×4 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.7×26 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress11▲ 2.6×27 topics
  8. Mortality11▲ 7.1×10 topics
  9. Health Disparities10▲ 15×8 topics
  10. Chronic Disease9▲ 21×4 topics
  11. Child Development9▲ 8.5×6 topics
  12. Health Outcomes9▲ 12×7 topics
  13. COVID-198▲ 2.5×16 topics
  14. Primary Care8▲ 8.4×11 topics
  15. Risk Factors8▲ 2.9×21 topics
  16. Depression8▲ 3.5×13 topics
  17. Health8▲ 7.3×10 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.5×17 topics
  19. Obesity7▲ 3.5×17 topics
  20. Infectious Diseases7▲ 7.9×7 topics
  21. Prevalence7▲ 6.3×9 topics
  22. Health Care Utilization7▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Maternal Mortality7▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Social Determinants7▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Adolescents6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  26. Social Support6▲ 4.5×10 topics
  27. Particulate Matter6▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Environmental Exposure6▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Physical Activity6▲ 4.7×7 topics
  30. Food Insecurity6▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Nutritional Consequences6▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Acculturation6▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Toxicity6▲ 4.9×11 topics
  34. Air Pollution5▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Fine Particulate Air Pollution5▲ 22×1 topic
  36. SARS-CoV-25▲ 6.3×6 topics
  37. Mortality Risk5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  38. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  39. Substance Abuse5▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Berkeley Public Health Division publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Global Maternal and Child Health.

Food Security and Health…6Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 6 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…5Air Quality and Health Impacts: 5 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 4 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…3Climate Change and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 3 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisNutrition and DieteticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 6 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 5 works
  3. 3 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  4. 4 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 3 works
  7. 7 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  9. 9 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 3 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Berkeley Public Health Division's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Berkeley Public Health Division as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Berkeley Public Health Division0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Berkeley Public Health Division over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Berkeley Public Health Division15.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.9% in 1994.

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