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Berkeley Public Health Division

In research, Berkeley Public Health Division stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,868 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,208 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions — General Health Professions is 7.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,225
of 28,054 · #6,327 all time
Rank in United States
#1,237
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
65k
49.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
32.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Berkeley Public Health Division known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,868 of 11,982 32.4%115 #2862
MedicineField #5,208 of 10,443 31.5%80 #4482

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Berkeley Public Health Division specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 22.9 works7.3×
← 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: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.45× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.86× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 4.67× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.43× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Berkeley Public Health Division?

Ranked on the composite score, Berwyn F. Mattison and Hannah R. Thompson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Berkeley Public Health Division.

  1. 1 Berwyn F. Mattison United States · #672,150 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Hannah R. Thompson United States · #868,806 worldwide 38 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Berkeley Public Health Division

Which keywords describe research at Berkeley Public Health Division?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Mental Health, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology29▲ 3.2×74 topics
  2. Public Health24▲ 7.3×34 topics
  3. Mental Health21▲ 6.3×26 topics
  4. Health Effects16▲ 12×14 topics
  5. Global Burden of Disease10▲ 18×4 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress10▲ 2.6×27 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.8×26 topics
  8. Mortality10▲ 7.2×10 topics
  9. Health Disparities9▲ 15×8 topics
  10. Chronic Disease9▲ 22×4 topics
  11. Health Outcomes8▲ 12×7 topics
  12. COVID-198▲ 2.5×16 topics
  13. Child Development8▲ 8.0×6 topics
  14. Primary Care8▲ 8.6×11 topics
  15. Risk Factors7▲ 2.9×21 topics
  16. Health7▲ 7.5×9 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 3.5×17 topics
  18. Depression6▲ 3.2×13 topics
  19. Infectious Diseases6▲ 8.6×7 topics
  20. Health Care Utilization6▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality6▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Obesity6▲ 3.4×17 topics
  23. Prevalence6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  24. Social Determinants6▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Social Support6▲ 4.6×10 topics
  26. Adolescents6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  27. Environmental Exposure6▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Acculturation5▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Toxicity5▲ 5.5×11 topics
  30. Food Insecurity5▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Nutritional Consequences5▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Particulate Matter5▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Air Pollution4▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Fine Particulate Air Pollution4▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Mortality Risk4▲ 7.9×6 topics
  36. Substance Abuse4▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Socio-economic Factors4▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 8.9×5 topics
  40. Psychiatric Disorders4▲ 13×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Global Maternal and Child Health and Healthcare Policy and Management.

Food Security and Health…5Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 5 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…4Air Quality and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 4 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 3 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 3 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cog…3Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 3 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthEconomics and Econometrics4 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 5 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  3. 3 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  7. 7 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  9. 9 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 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 available51.3%not open48.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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