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Colorado Permanente Medical Group

In research, Colorado Permanente Medical Group stands highest in Medicine (#2,227 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,678 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,822
of 28,054 · #9,580 all time
Rank in United States
#1,471
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 85% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Colorado Permanente Medical Group 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 #2,227 of 10,443 15.6%202 #2563
Health SciencesDomain #2,678 of 11,982 16.8%226 #2294

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colorado Permanente Medical Group 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.94× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.90× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.64× its world share, 202 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Colorado Permanente Medical Group?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert W. Chang, Morris F. Collen and Heather A. Prentice lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colorado Permanente Medical Group.

  1. 1 Robert W. Chang United States · #133,160 worldwide 142 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Morris F. Collen United States · #421,239 worldwide 65 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Heather A. Prentice United States · #547,114 worldwide 45 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Colorado Permanente Medical Group

Which keywords describe research at Colorado Permanente Medical Group?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Complications, Patient Satisfaction, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Chronic Disease Management and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology38▲ 3.3×89 topics
  2. Quality of Life15▲ 3.7×29 topics
  3. Mortality13▲ 7.5×13 topics
  4. Diagnosis12▲ 4.5×27 topics
  5. Treatment12▲ 3.4×31 topics
  6. Risk Factors12▲ 3.7×22 topics
  7. Complications11▲ 7.9×14 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 12×8 topics
  9. COVID-1910▲ 2.6×12 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.2×22 topics
  11. Inflammation10▲ 1.60×33 topics
  12. Chronic Disease Management9▲ 16×5 topics
  13. Depression9▲ 3.5×16 topics
  14. Management8▲ 3.6×23 topics
  15. Rehabilitation8▲ 7.1×7 topics
  16. Primary Care8▲ 7.4×13 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.9×12 topics
  18. Surgery7▲ 7.3×7 topics
  19. Chemotherapy7▲ 3.6×20 topics
  20. Pandemic7▲ 2.3×6 topics
  21. Guidelines7▲ 5.0×10 topics
  22. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 9.9×4 topics
  23. Mortality Risk7▲ 9.8×6 topics
  24. Substance Use Disorders7▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.3×13 topics
  26. Quality Improvement6▲ 11×8 topics
  27. Elderly Patients6▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Anxiety6▲ 4.4×9 topics
  29. Revision Surgery6▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 7.8×5 topics
  32. Patient Engagement5▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Behavior Change5▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Health Care Utilization5▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Arthroplasty4▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Autoantibodies4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  37. Cancer Incidence4▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Chronic Pain Management4▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Opioid Prescribing4▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Psychiatric Disorders4▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Colorado Permanente Medical Group publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation and Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer.

Opioid Use Disorder Trea…4Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …4Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…3Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare …3COVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…2Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryEconomics and EconometricsOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  4. 4 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  7. 7 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Colorado Permanente Medical Group's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 85% 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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