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El Camino Hospital

In research, El Camino Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,636 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,259 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Sciences (Health Sciences is 3.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#21,176
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,392
of 7,310
Research works
282
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
El Camino Hospital

What is El Camino Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #6,636 of 16,688 8.0%216
MedicineField #6,259 of 14,558 9.4%169

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where El Camino Hospital 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does El Camino Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at El Camino Hospital is in Health Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 21 fractional works · 69.5% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 63.6% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 16.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEl CaminoHospital30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1963.6%
    2. Health Professions13.7%
    3. Dentistry01.5%
    4. Nursing00.7%
    1. Environmental Science14.7%
    2. Engineering14.1%
    3. Computer Science11.9%
    4. Materials Science01.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.6%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.8%
    2. Neuroscience14.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    1. Psychology13.3%
    2. Social Sciences01.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does El Camino Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Sciences takes 3.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health SciencesDomain · 20.5 works3.0×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.43× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.31×19 works
  2. Dentistry3.10×0 works
  3. Neuroscience2.43×1 works
  4. Nursing1.54×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.39×1 works
  6. Psychology1.08×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.95×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.75×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.39×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.32×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.28×0 works
  14. Engineering0.27×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.24×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.23×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at El Camino Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, PAUL A. OVERLIE, James D. Joye and George O. Ting lead among researchers whose main affiliation is El Camino Hospital.

  1. 1 PAUL A. OVERLIE United States · #346,930 worldwide 5.2k citations · 48 works
  2. 2 James D. Joye United States · #645,740 worldwide 1.8k citations · 40 works
  3. 3 George O. Ting United States · #1,743,624 worldwide 1.2k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Bijayee Shrestha United States · #1,877,572 worldwide 453 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 César R. Molina United States · #2,039,069 worldwide 1.4k citations · 72 works
  6. 6 Fábio Komlós United States · #3,985,450 worldwide 211 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Edward M. Farrell United States · #4,322,279 worldwide 392 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Franklin R. Elevitch United States · #4,621,129 worldwide 262 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at El Camino Hospital

What are the most cited papers from El Camino Hospital?

The most cited paper from El Camino Hospital is "A Comparison of Immediate Angioplasty with Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction" (Cindy Lee Grines, Kevin F. Browne, Jean Marco et al., 1993), with 2,004 citations. Next come "Systematic Analysis of Breast Cancer Morphology Uncovers Stromal Features Associated with Survival" (804) and "Development and validation of a deep learning algorithm for improving Gleason scoring of prostate cancer" (511).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Comparison of Immediate Angioplasty with Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Myocardial Infarction Cindy Lee Grines, Kevin F. Browne, Jean Marco et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Mar 1993 2,004
2 Systematic Analysis of Breast Cancer Morphology Uncovers Stromal Features Associated with Survival Andrew H. Beck, Ankur R. Sangoi, Samuel C. Y. Leung et al. · Science Translational Medicine 9 Nov 2011 804
3 Development and validation of a deep learning algorithm for improving Gleason scoring of prostate cancer Kunal Nagpal, Davis Foote, Yun Liu et al. · npj Digital Medicine Open access 7 Jun 2019 511
4 A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial of Zephyr Endobronchial Valve Treatment in Heterogeneous Emphysema (LIBERATE) Gerard J. Criner et al. · American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine Open access 22 May 2018 445
5 The NCDR Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Registry James V. Freeman, Paul D. Varosy, Matthew J. Price et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 29 Mar 2020 417
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at El Camino Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Health Effects, Guidelines, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease and Inflammation.

▲ 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-now 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.6×21 topics
  2. Inflammation2▲ 3.1×13 topics
  3. Risk Factors2▲ 5.4×11 topics
  4. Diagnosis2▲ 6.1×14 topics
  5. Health Effects2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  6. Treatment2▲ 4.8×15 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.6×8 topics
  8. Guidelines2▲ 11×6 topics
  9. Quality of Life2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  10. Public Health1▲ 3.0×9 topics
  11. Obesity1▲ 5.0×7 topics
  12. Chemotherapy1▲ 4.8×8 topics
  13. Deep Learning1◆ 1.02×5 topics

Which research topics does El Camino Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Olfactory and Sensory Fu…0Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies: 0 fractional worksEnhanced Recovery After …0Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: 0 fractional worksAutoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases: 0 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…0Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksNausea and vomiting mana…0Nausea and vomiting management: 0 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disinfection: 0 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 0 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…0Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal conditions: 0 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional works
Sensory SystemsSurgeryPathology and Forensic MedicineObstetrics and Gynecology5 others

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

  1. 1 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 0 works
  2. 2 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Surgery 0 works
  3. 3 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  5. 5 Nausea and vomiting management Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  7. 7 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 0 works
  10. 10 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has El Camino Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is El Camino Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000071% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%El Camino Hospital0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of El Camino Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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