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John Muir Medical Center

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Research works
57
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
987
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
John Muir Medical Center

Not ranked overall: John Muir Medical Center is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does John Muir Medical Center work in?

In all years, 66% of research at John Muir Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 15% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Health Professions (8%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 38 fractional works · 65.7% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 55.7% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKJohn Muir MedicalCenter57fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences15%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine3255.7%
    2. Health Professions58.2%
    3. Nursing11.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences58.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting23.3%
    3. Psychology12.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities11.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Environmental Science47.3%
    2. Engineering11.2%
    3. Computer Science00.9%
    4. Chemistry00.6%
    5. Mathematics00.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.4%
    2. Neuroscience12.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.95× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.95× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.83× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 3.03× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.95×1 works
  2. Nursing3.03×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.95×0 works
  4. Medicine2.83×3 works
  5. Psychology1.85×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.20×0 works
  7. Computer Science1.15×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.51×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.40×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.15×0 works
  14. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at John Muir Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Gary Gershony and Steven L. McNabb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Muir Medical Center.

  1. 1 Gary Gershony United States · #3,286,752 worldwide 797 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Steven L. McNabb United States · #4,398,461 worldwide 76 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at John Muir Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from John Muir Medical Center?

The most cited paper from John Muir Medical Center is "Organ preservation for clinical T2N0 distal rectal cancer using neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and local excision (ACOSOG Z6041): results of an open-label, single-arm, multi-institutional, phase 2 trial" (Julio García‐Aguilar, Lindsay Anne Renfro, Oliver S. Chow et al., 2015), with 439 citations. Next come "Randomized Phase II Trial of Carboplatin–Paclitaxel Compared with Carboplatin–Paclitaxel–Trastuzumab in Advanced (Stage III–IV) or Recurrent Uterine Serous Carcinomas that Overexpress Her2/Neu (NCT01367002): Updated Overall Survival Analysis" (320) and "International Prevalence of Indoor Tanning" (263).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Organ preservation for clinical T2N0 distal rectal cancer using neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and local excision (ACOSOG Z6041): results of an open-label, single-arm, multi-institutional, phase 2 trial Julio García‐Aguilar, Lindsay Anne Renfro, Oliver S. Chow et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 25 Oct 2015 439
2 Randomized Phase II Trial of Carboplatin–Paclitaxel Compared with Carboplatin–Paclitaxel–Trastuzumab in Advanced (Stage III–IV) or Recurrent Uterine Serous Carcinomas that Overexpress Her2/Neu (NCT01367002): Updated Overall Survival Analysis Amanda N. Fader et al. · Clinical Cancer Research Open access 29 Jun 2020 320
3 International Prevalence of Indoor Tanning Mackenzie R. Wehner, Mary‐Margaret Chren, Danielle J. Nameth et al. · JAMA Dermatology Open access 29 Jan 2014 263
4 ATP-dependent protein kinase-catalyzed phosphorylation of a seryl residue in HPr, a phosphate carrier protein of the phosphotransferase system in Streptococcus pyogenes. Joseph Deutscher, Milton H. Saier · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access Nov 1983 241
5 Strengthening to Promote Functional Recovery Poststroke: An Evidence-Based Review Sang S. Pak, Carolynn Patten · Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation May 2008 140
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at John Muir Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Mortality, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Guidelines, Public Health, Quality of Life 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 all years 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 2.6×28 topics
  2. Public Health2▲ 3.2×7 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 3.2×15 topics
  4. Complications2▲ 8.0×8 topics
  5. Treatment2▲ 3.2×11 topics
  6. Mortality2▲ 8.2×8 topics
  7. Risk Factors2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  9. Diagnosis2▲ 3.1×8 topics
  10. Guidelines2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  11. Climate Change2◆ 1.11×7 topics
  12. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 27×4 topics
  13. Diabetes2▲ 5.0×8 topics
  14. Surgical Treatment2▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Surgical Management1▲ 5.4×7 topics
  16. Biomechanics1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  17. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention1▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Resuscitation1▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Critical Care1▲ 9.2×7 topics
  20. Ecosystem Services1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  21. Pulmonary Hypertension1▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.9×6 topics
  23. Community Health1▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Ethical Considerations1▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Infectious Diseases1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  26. Management1▲ 2.4×8 topics
  27. Physical Activity1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  28. Remote Sensing1▲ 1.67×3 topics
  29. Digital Mammography1▲ 106×1 topic
  30. Environmental Justice1▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Ethics1▲ 3.7×2 topics
  32. Mammographic Density1▲ 106×1 topic
  33. Open Innovation1▲ 36×1 topic
  34. Quality Improvement1▲ 8.5×6 topics
  35. Sickle-cell Disease1▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Thalassemia1▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Urban Green Space1▲ 58×1 topic
  38. User-Centric Design1▲ 101×1 topic

Which research topics does John Muir Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Currency Recognition and Detection, Infection Control in Healthcare, Environmental Philosophy and Ethics and Environmental law and policy.

Currency Recognition and Detection: 0 fractional worksInfection Control in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Philosophy…0Environmental Philosophy and Ethics: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental law and policy: 0 fractional worksImage Retrieval and Classification Techniques: 0 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 0 fractional worksPressure Ulcer Prevention and Management: 0 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Su…0Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 0 fractional worksDigital Imaging for Blood Diseases: 0 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoengineering: 0 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionInfectious DiseasesNature and Landscape ConservationLaw3 others

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

  1. 1 Currency Recognition and Detection Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  2. 2 Infection Control in Healthcare Infectious Diseases 0 works
  3. 3 Environmental Philosophy and Ethics Nature and Landscape Conservation 0 works
  4. 4 Environmental law and policy Law 0 works
  5. 5 Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  6. 6 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management Occupational Therapy 0 works
  8. 8 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Digital Imaging for Blood Diseases Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  10. 10 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 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 available24.0%not open76.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has John Muir Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% 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 John Muir Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000039% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%John Muir Medical Center0.000010% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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