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City College of San Francisco

In research, City College of San Francisco stands highest in Medicine (#9,429 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,181 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,711
of 28,054 · #15,807 all time
Rank in United States
#2,872
of 4,192
Research works
748
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is City College of San Francisco 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 #9,429 of 10,443 1.8%115 #15396
Health SciencesDomain #11,181 of 11,982 1.7%120 #11443

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where City College of San Francisco 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).

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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.31× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.30× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.67× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.91× its world share, 115 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at City College of San Francisco?

Ranked on the composite score, Gerald Amada, M. M. O’Shaughnessy and Paul Hewitt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is City College of San Francisco.

  1. 1 Gerald Amada United States · #159,225 worldwide 181 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 M. M. O’Shaughnessy United States · #1,269,139 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Paul Hewitt United States · #1,273,083 worldwide 15 citations · 106 works
  4. 4 J. B. Lippincott United States · #1,298,007 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at City College of San Francisco

Which keywords describe research at City College of San Francisco?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Cancer, Radiotherapy, Molecular Classification, Tumor Microenvironment, Glioblastoma, Temozolomide and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy25▲ 17×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology16▲ 1.98×35 topics
  3. Cancer14▲ 5.0×25 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 2.7×34 topics
  5. Radiotherapy10▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Molecular Classification9▲ 29×2 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 9.7×6 topics
  8. Glioblastoma9▲ 62×1 topic
  9. Temozolomide9▲ 62×1 topic
  10. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.5×23 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations8▲ 8.5×11 topics
  12. Risk Factors7▲ 3.2×15 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors7▲ 7.6×12 topics
  14. Public Health6▲ 2.1×17 topics
  15. Tumor Regression6▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Chemotherapy6▲ 4.2×14 topics
  17. Radiosurgery5▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Obesity5▲ 3.4×9 topics
  19. Lymphoma5▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Gene Expression5▲ 4.1×6 topics
  21. Biomarkers5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  22. Cancer Immunotherapy5▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Heart Failure5▲ 5.4×7 topics
  24. CAR T Cells5▲ 31×1 topic
  25. Chimeric Antigen Receptor5▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Health Promotion5▲ 7.2×5 topics
  27. Atherosclerosis5▲ 7.9×7 topics
  28. Cardiovascular Health4▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  30. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 8.3×2 topics
  31. Ideal Cardiovascular Health4▲ 65×1 topic
  32. Preventive Medicine4▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 8.4×7 topics
  34. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Epigenetic Regulation4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  36. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition4▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Gene Therapy4▲ 8.9×5 topics
  38. Genomic Analysis4▲ 6.8×3 topics
  39. DNA Methylation3▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Tumor Suppressor3▲ 39×2 topics

Which research topics does City College of San Francisco publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, CAR-T cell therapy research, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors and Meningioma and schwannoma management.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…9Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 3 fractional worksNeurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 2 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 2 fractional worksinterferon and immune responses: 2 fractional works
GeneticsOncologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 9 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 2 works
  10. 10 interferon and immune responses Immunology 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 available24.1%not open75.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has City College of San Francisco's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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