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Blue Shield of California Foundation

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Research works
29
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
333
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Blue Shield of California Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Health Professions: 5.45× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 2.95× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.48× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.24× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Blue Shield of California Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Health Care Utilization, Health Care Spending, Insurance Markets, Quality Improvement, Health Care Costs, Chronic Disease Management and Quality of Life.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Primary Care8▲ 66×6 topics
  2. Health Care Utilization6▲ 142×2 topics
  3. Health Care Spending6▲ 295×1 topic
  4. Insurance Markets6▲ 295×1 topic
  5. Quality Improvement3▲ 52×5 topics
  6. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 61×4 topics
  7. Health Care Costs3▲ 118×2 topics
  8. Quality of Life3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  9. Economic Growth2▲ 10×3 topics
  10. Continuity of Care2▲ 116×1 topic
  11. Patient-Centered Medical Home2▲ 144×1 topic
  12. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Health Utility Measures2▲ 85×1 topic
  14. End-of-Life2▲ 71×1 topic
  15. Palliative Care2▲ 36×1 topic
  16. Mental Health2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  17. Health Equity1▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Risk Factors1▲ 4.0×6 topics
  19. Nursing Home1▲ 100×1 topic
  20. Public Health1▲ 2.8×3 topics
  21. Quality of Care1▲ 49×1 topic
  22. Healthcare1▲ 4.9×6 topics
  23. Height1▲ 106×1 topic
  24. Insurance1▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Risk Management1▲ 9.9×1 topic
  26. Treatment1▲ 2.7×5 topics
  27. Wages1▲ 106×1 topic

Which research topics does Blue Shield of California Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child Abuse and Trauma, Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse and Health disparities and outcomes.

Child Abuse and Trauma0Child Abuse and Trauma: 0 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Fam…0Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 0 fractional worksHomicide, Infanticide, a…0Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse: 0 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…0Health disparities and outcomes: 0 fractional worksCultural Competency in Health Care: 0 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence and Screening: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…0Education Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyHealthSociology and Political ScienceOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 0 works
  2. 2 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 0 works
  3. 3 Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Health disparities and outcomes Health 0 works
  5. 5 Cultural Competency in Health Care Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 0 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Blue Shield of California Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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