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Cal Humanities

In research, Cal Humanities stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,499 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#5,506 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,709 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and General Health Professions — Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,101
of 28,054 · #14,721 all time
Rank in United States
#1,812
of 4,192
Research works
1.8k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
8.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is Cal Humanities 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 #4,499 of 11,982 20.0%95 #5334
MedicineField #5,506 of 10,443 19.3%65 #6090
Social SciencesDomain #6,709 of 10,521 14.6%144 #4567
Social SciencesField #5,521 of 6,365 13.9%72 #5155

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cal Humanities 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#5,334 #4,499
  2. Medicine#6,090 #5,506
  3. Social Sciences#4,567 #6,709
  4. Social Sciences#5,155 #5,521
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Cal Humanities specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 22.7 works6.1×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 22.0 works5.6×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.64× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.87× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.19× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.70× its world share, 30 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.41× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cal Humanities?

Ranked on the composite score, A.K. Oderwald, Tineke Abma and Guy Widdershoven lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cal Humanities.

  1. 1 A.K. Oderwald United States · #717,534 worldwide 1 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Tineke Abma United States · #731,232 worldwide 120 citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Guy Widdershoven United States · #739,576 worldwide 66 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Petra Verdonk United States · #1,142,336 worldwide 16 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Frans J. Meijman United States · #1,303,394 worldwide 17 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Kerstin Schipper United States · #1,598,777 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Cal Humanities

Which keywords describe research at Cal Humanities?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Neuroscience, Healthcare, Ethical Considerations, Embodiment, Palliative Care, End-of-Life and Ethical Guidelines.

▲ 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. Mental Health16▲ 3.9×29 topics
  2. Healthcare14▲ 4.3×19 topics
  3. Education12▲ 2.5×25 topics
  4. Quality of Life12▲ 3.0×25 topics
  5. Neuroscience11▲ 13×9 topics
  6. Public Health10▲ 2.5×34 topics
  7. Ethical Considerations10▲ 10×11 topics
  8. Human Rights9▲ 3.2×16 topics
  9. Clinical Trials9▲ 4.8×13 topics
  10. Embodiment9▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Gender9▲ 5.8×20 topics
  12. Palliative Care9▲ 19×4 topics
  13. Religion9▲ 6.4×17 topics
  14. History8▲ 4.3×18 topics
  15. Literature8▲ 5.5×21 topics
  16. End-of-Life8▲ 31×3 topics
  17. Ethical Guidelines8▲ 52×2 topics
  18. Gender Differences8▲ 7.1×6 topics
  19. Burnout7▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Ethics7▲ 5.3×22 topics
  21. Clinical Practice7▲ 16×5 topics
  22. Ethical Climate7▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Moral Distress7▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Culture7▲ 4.6×14 topics
  25. Philosophy7▲ 5.3×15 topics
  26. Social Support7▲ 4.2×13 topics
  27. Community Engagement6▲ 7.0×8 topics
  28. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 7.1×5 topics
  29. Medical Education6▲ 8.3×7 topics
  30. Empathy6▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Psychological Impact6▲ 6.0×7 topics
  32. Ethical Issues6▲ 18×5 topics
  33. Health Care Costs5▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Informed Consent5▲ 25×3 topics
  35. Narrative Medicine5▲ 65×1 topic
  36. Physician5▲ 65×1 topic
  37. Phenomenology5▲ 16×5 topics
  38. Elderly Care5▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Race5▲ 14×7 topics
  40. Advance Care Planning4▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Cal Humanities publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ethics in medical practice, Empathy and Medical Education, Ethics in Clinical Research and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Ethics in medical practice7Ethics in medical practice: 7 fractional worksEmpathy and Medical Educ…5Empathy and Medical Education: 5 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Resea…4Ethics in Clinical Research: 4 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…4Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 4 fractional worksMental Health and Psychiatry: 4 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 4 fractional worksPatient Dignity and Priv…3Patient Dignity and Privacy: 3 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultural Studies: 2 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 2 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPsychiatry and Mental healthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 7 works
  2. 2 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 5 works
  3. 3 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  5. 5 Mental Health and Psychiatry Philosophy 4 works
  6. 6 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  8. 8 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 2 works
  9. 9 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 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 available33.3%not open66.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.8%domestic only72.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cal Humanities's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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