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California Pacific Medical Center

In research, California Pacific Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,808 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,185 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physiology — Physiology is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,845
of 28,054 · #4,032 all time
Rank in United States
#1,180
of 4,192
Research works
3.1k
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
117k
38.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is California Pacific Medical Center 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
MedicineField #3,808 of 10,443 13.9%199 #937
Health SciencesDomain #5,185 of 11,982 13.8%210 #1166

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where California Pacific Medical Center 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 California Pacific Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physiology takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhysiologySubfield · 21.0 works8.7×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.58× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 199 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at California Pacific Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Arthur Selzer, Katie L. Stone and Robert G. Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is California Pacific Medical Center.

  1. 1 Arthur Selzer United States · #46,347 worldwide 235 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Katie L. Stone United States · #47,372 worldwide 447 citations · 81 works
  3. 3 Robert G. Miller United States · #52,223 worldwide 323 citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Dan H. Moore United States · #59,509 worldwide 591 citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Lowell S. Young United States · #62,734 worldwide 208 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Frank Gerbode United States · #65,089 worldwide 335 citations · 69 works
  7. 7 Terri Blackwell United States · #65,898 worldwide 309 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 David R. Minor United States · #77,912 worldwide 439 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Keith Cohn United States · #115,537 worldwide 303 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 J. Donald Hill United States · #117,700 worldwide 217 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at California Pacific Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at California Pacific Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Aging, Risk Factors, Circadian Rhythms, Prognosis, Muscle Mass and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology37▲ 3.4×79 topics
  2. Inflammation22▲ 3.8×42 topics
  3. Aging15▲ 10×9 topics
  4. Risk Factors13▲ 4.2×21 topics
  5. Treatment12▲ 3.6×31 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 3.8×27 topics
  7. Diagnosis10▲ 4.0×25 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress10▲ 2.2×28 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 4.2×15 topics
  10. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.8×18 topics
  11. Public Health9▲ 2.3×21 topics
  12. Meta-Analysis9▲ 5.6×8 topics
  13. Circadian Rhythms9▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Obesity9▲ 4.3×16 topics
  15. Prognosis9▲ 9.9×9 topics
  16. Muscle Mass9▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Immunotherapy8▲ 4.3×17 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.5×10 topics
  19. Psychometric Evaluation7▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Health Consequences7▲ 9.0×2 topics
  21. Heart Failure7▲ 6.0×7 topics
  22. Insomnia7▲ 38×1 topic
  23. Sleep Duration7▲ 40×1 topic
  24. Complications7▲ 5.0×13 topics
  25. Biomarkers7▲ 3.5×14 topics
  26. Cancer Cachexia6▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Sarcopenia6▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Cancer Therapy6▲ 3.9×7 topics
  29. Mortality6▲ 3.9×11 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance6▲ 4.8×7 topics
  31. Breast Cancer6▲ 9.1×7 topics
  32. Melanoma6▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Guidelines6▲ 4.4×8 topics
  34. Metastasis6▲ 5.9×10 topics
  35. Survival Analysis6▲ 7.5×6 topics
  36. Mortality Risk6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  37. Surgery5▲ 5.6×8 topics
  38. Cancer Incidence5▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy5▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention5▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does California Pacific Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sleep and related disorders, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Sleep and related disorders: 7 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 3 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 3 fractional worksMelanoma and MAPK Pathways3Melanoma and MAPK Pathways: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 3 fractional worksBody Composition Measure…2Body Composition Measurement Techniques: 2 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyPhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7 works
  2. 2 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 works
  3. 3 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Melanoma and MAPK Pathways Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 3 works
  9. 9 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 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 available30.3%not open69.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.7%domestic only86.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has California Pacific Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower 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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