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John Muir Health

In research, John Muir Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,602 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,460
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,778
of 7,310
Research works
327
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.7k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
John Muir Health

What is John Muir Health 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 #7,602 of 16,688 9.5%136

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where John Muir Health 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 John Muir Health work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at John Muir Health is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (44%), Social Sciences (15%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 26 fractional works · 52.4% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 43.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 7.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 18.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 12.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKJohn Muir Health49fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences22%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2143.7%
    2. Health Professions37.0%
    3. Nursing11.5%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences815.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting13.0%
    3. Psychology11.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Environmental Science612.2%
    2. Engineering12.4%
    3. Computer Science11.6%
    4. Materials Science11.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.0%
    2. Neuroscience11.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.46× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.66× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.27× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 3.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.22× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing3.02×1 works
  2. Health Professions2.66×3 works
  3. Environmental Science2.46×6 works
  4. Medicine2.27×21 works
  5. Social Sciences1.22×8 works
  6. Neuroscience1.02×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.97×0 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.97×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.92×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.57×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.47×0 works
  13. Psychology0.47×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.43×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.23×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.22×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.21×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×0 works
  20. Engineering0.16×1 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.14×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at John Muir Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Jerry A. Peterson, Lana Hilling and Ira J. Finch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Muir Health.

  1. 1 Jerry A. Peterson United States · #933,929 worldwide 3.9k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Lana Hilling United States · #1,222,314 worldwide 760 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Ira J. Finch United States · #1,800,979 worldwide 395 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Ramesh S. Veeragandham United States · #1,948,255 worldwide 429 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 B Yim United States · #2,135,991 worldwide 109 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 ARNOLD F. JACOBSON United States · #2,779,527 worldwide 946 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Roberto Ceriani United States · #2,867,474 worldwide 4.6k citations · 246 works
  8. 8 Edward W. Blank United States · #3,213,045 worldwide 921 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Roberto L. Ceriani United States · #3,231,735 worldwide 1.2k citations · 35 works
  10. 10 Victor Alterescu United States · #4,890,714 worldwide 42 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at John Muir Health

What are the most cited papers from John Muir Health?

The most cited paper from John Muir Health is "Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species" (Arang Rhie et al., 2021), with 3,311 citations. Next come "Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19" (2,914) and "Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions" (2,094).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Towards complete and error-free genome assemblies of all vertebrate species Arang Rhie et al. · Nature Open access129 authors 28 Apr 2021 3,311
2 Compassionate Use of Remdesivir for Patients with Severe Covid-19 Jonathan D. Grein et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Apr 2020 2,914
3 Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions Antoine Guisan et al. · Ecology Letters Open access 17 Oct 2013 2,094
4 Lakes as sentinels of climate change Rita Adrian, Catherine M. O’Reilly, Horacio E. Zagarese et al. · Limnology and Oceanography Open access Nov 2009 1,976
5 Silver nanoparticles: Behaviour and effects in the aquatic environment Julia Fabrega, Samuel N. Luoma, Charles R. Tyler et al. · Environment International 15 Dec 2010 1,202
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at John Muir Health?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Transformational Leadership, Climate Change, Organizational Commitment, Heart Failure, Primary Care, Character Education, Clinical Guidelines and Educational Leadership.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change4▲ 2.9×24 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.49×20 topics
  3. Transformational Leadership3▲ 32×2 topics
  4. Organizational Commitment2▲ 21×2 topics
  5. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  6. Heart Failure2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  7. Primary Care2▲ 10×9 topics
  8. Character Education2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  9. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Diabetes2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  11. Educational Leadership2▲ 27×1 topic
  12. Teacher Performance2▲ 24×1 topic
  13. Glycemic Control1▲ 19×2 topics
  14. Qualitative Research1▲ 3.4×2 topics
  15. Quality of Life1▲ 1.98×11 topics
  16. Type 2 Diabetes1▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Antiepileptic Drugs1▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Curriculum Development1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  19. Job Satisfaction1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  20. Learning Outcomes1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.1×9 topics
  22. Global Burden1▲ 4.4×6 topics
  23. Islamic Education1▲ 7.2×1 topic
  24. Religious Values1▲ 13×1 topic
  25. Risk Factors1▲ 2.3×8 topics
  26. Student Motivation1▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Ecosystem Resilience1▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Knowledge Sharing1▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Organizational Culture1▲ 5.9×3 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 6.9×4 topics
  31. Quality Improvement1▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Biodiversity1▲ 2.7×4 topics
  33. Conservation1▲ 4.8×5 topics
  34. Instructional Leadership1▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Leadership1▲ 4.2×1 topic
  36. Neurobiology1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  37. Risk Perception1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  38. Safety Climate1▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Skills1▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Teacher Readiness1▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does John Muir Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: School Leadership and Teacher Performance, Education and Character Development, Employee Performance and Leadership and Education and Communication Studies.

School Leadership and Te…2School Leadership and Teacher Performance: 2 fractional worksEducation and Character …1Education and Character Development: 1 fractional worksEmployee Performance and…1Employee Performance and Leadership: 1 fractional worksEducation and Communicat…1Education and Communication Studies: 1 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 1 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…1Diabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 1 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …1Diabetes Management and Education: 1 fractional works
EducationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementGlobal and Planetary ChangeCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 School Leadership and Teacher Performance Education 2 works
  2. 2 Education and Character Development Education 1 works
  3. 3 Employee Performance and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  4. 4 Education and Communication Studies Education 1 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  8. 8 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  9. 9 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 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 available27.8%not open72.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has John Muir Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is John Muir Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%John Muir Health0.000097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of John Muir Health over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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