Kaiser Permanente
In research, Kaiser Permanente stands highest in Health Sciences (#99 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#93 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#781 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Emergency Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynecology is 7.5× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #426 of 22,385 · #302 all time
- Rank in United States
- #106 of 3,332
- Research works
- 25k ▲ 5% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 857k 34.3 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 11.6% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 1.04× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 34% world 40%
- International
- 8% world 18%
What is Kaiser Permanente known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health SciencesDomain | #99 of 9,902 | 12.3% | 2,966 | #52 | |
| MedicineField | #93 of 8,541 | 12.1% | 2,699 | #52 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #781 of 9,585 | 11.9% | 401 | #498 | |
| Health ProfessionsField | #157 of 1,895 | 13.4% | 238 | #48 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #132 of 1,532 | 11.0% | 337 | #57 | |
| EpidemiologySubfield | #87 of 927 | 12.2% | 253 | #46 | |
| General Health ProfessionsSubfield | #98 of 944 | 13.9% | 161 | #52 | |
| OncologySubfield | #82 of 755 | 13.6% | 214 | #53 | |
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield | #80 of 736 | 13.6% | 225 | #64 | |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield | #100 of 858 | 12.1% | 203 | #62 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser Permanente 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Health Sciences#52 #99
- Medicine#52 #93
- Social Sciences#498 #781
- Health Professions#48 #157
- Surgery#57 #132
- Epidemiology#46 #87
- General Health Professions#52 #98
- Oncology#53 #82
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#64 #80
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#62 #100
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Kaiser Permanente work in?
In 2022-now, 76% of research at Kaiser Permanente is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences3,43076.2%
- Medicine3,12669.5%
- Health Professions2685.9%
- Nursing220.5%
- Dentistry100.2%
- Veterinary40.1%
- Social Sciences46310.3%
- Psychology1824.0%
- Social Sciences1503.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance821.8%
- Arts and Humanities190.4%
- Business, Management and Accounting170.4%
- Decision Sciences130.3%
- Life Sciences3838.5%
- Physical Sciences2255.0%
- Engineering801.8%
- Environmental Science481.1%
- Computer Science451.0%
- Mathematics190.4%
- Physics and Astronomy120.3%
- Materials Science100.2%
- Chemistry60.1%
- Chemical Engineering10.0%
- Energy10.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences10.0%
What does Kaiser Permanente specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Obstetrics and Gynecology takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 97.4 works7.5×
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 271.3 works5.7×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 57.5 works5.2×
- Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 24.1 works5.0×
- OncologySubfield · 243.8 works4.8×
- EpidemiologySubfield · 289.7 works4.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Medicine3.61×3,126 works
- Health Professions2.26×268 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.46×66 works
- Psychology1.32×182 works
- Nursing1.01×22 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×228 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.85×82 works
- Neuroscience0.82×60 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×12 works
- Veterinary0.66×4 works
- Dentistry0.44×10 works
- Mathematics0.35×19 works
- Decision Sciences0.29×13 works
- Social Sciences0.26×150 works
- Environmental Science0.22×48 works
- Arts and Humanities0.15×19 works
- Computer Science0.13×46 works
- Engineering0.12×80 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.12×12 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.12×17 works
- Chemical Engineering0.09×2 works
- Chemistry0.09×6 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×17 works
- Materials Science0.07×10 works
- Energy0.03×1 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.01×1 works
- Medicine 3.6×
- Health Professions 2.3×
- Immunology and Microbiology 1.5×
- Psychology 1.3×
- Nursing 1.0×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.8×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.8×
- Veterinary 0.7×
- Dentistry 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Decision Sciences 0.3×
- Social Sciences 0.3×
- Environmental Science 0.2×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.1×
- Chemistry 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Energy 0.0×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Kaiser Permanente?
Ranked on the quality score, Louis Fehrenbacher, Russell E. Glasgow and Alan S. Go lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaiser Permanente.
- 1
Louis Fehrenbacher
United States · #3,426 worldwide 59k citations · 217 works
- 2
Russell E. Glasgow
United States · #7,631 worldwide 76k citations · 686 works
- 3
Alan S. Go
United States · #8,278 worldwide 178k citations · 928 works
- 4
Ousseny Zerbo
United States · #15,416 worldwide 9.4k citations · 176 works
- 5
Eric Jorgenson
United States · #16,753 worldwide 23k citations · 266 works
- 6
BRUCE H. FIREMAN
United States · #18,174 worldwide 27k citations · 351 works
- 7
Charles P. Quesenberry
United States · #19,531 worldwide 49k citations · 746 works
- 8
Bette Jane Caan
United States · #21,113 worldwide 47k citations · 751 works
- 9
Stephen S Sidney
United States · #28,267 worldwide 25k citations · 342 works
- 10
Catherine A. Schaefer
United States · #28,930 worldwide 24k citations · 226 works
Which keywords describe research at Kaiser Permanente?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Guidelines, Quality of Life, Mortality, Chemotherapy and Treatment.
- Clinical Outcomes
- Mortality Risk
- Breast Cancer
- SARS-CoV-2
- Clinical Guidelines
- Radiotherapy
- Patient Satisfaction
- Anxiety
- Immunotherapy
- Complications
- Primary Care
- Clinical Trials
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Mental Health
- Depression
- Mortality
- Diagnosis
- Public Health
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Risk Factors
- Epidemiology
- Quality of Life
- Inflammation
- Treatment
- Chemotherapy
- Guidelines
- Metabolic Syndrome
- COVID-19
- Global Burden
- Management
- Obesity
- Heart Failure
- Health Disparities
- Chronic Disease Management
- Prevention
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Cancer Incidence
- Global Burden of Disease
- Cardiovascular Health
- Quality Improvement
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
- Epidemiology625▲ 3.5×130 topics
- Risk Factors280▲ 5.7×35 topics
- Quality of Life196▲ 3.0×52 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease196▲ 3.8×36 topics
- Inflammation192▲ 2.0×80 topics
- Public Health179▲ 2.7×56 topics
- Treatment175▲ 3.2×49 topics
- Diagnosis157▲ 3.7×40 topics
- Chemotherapy147▲ 4.6×25 topics
- Mortality144▲ 5.6×13 topics
- Guidelines142▲ 6.7×13 topics
- Depression135▲ 3.4×20 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome130▲ 3.6×22 topics
- Mental Health123▲ 1.91×34 topics
- COVID-19119▲ 2.0×24 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines116▲ 4.7×14 topics
- Global Burden112▲ 4.6×12 topics
- Clinical Trials112▲ 3.7×19 topics
- Management110▲ 3.1×33 topics
- Primary Care104▲ 6.2×15 topics
- Obesity102▲ 3.0×23 topics
- Complications102▲ 4.6×17 topics
- Heart Failure95▲ 4.7×13 topics
- Immunotherapy94▲ 2.9×19 topics
- Health Disparities84▲ 7.2×8 topics
- Anxiety84▲ 3.9×12 topics
- Chronic Disease Management83▲ 9.4×5 topics
- Patient Satisfaction79▲ 5.6×10 topics
- Prevention78▲ 4.1×15 topics
- Radiotherapy77▲ 4.3×13 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life74▲ 6.9×5 topics
- Clinical Guidelines70▲ 5.3×9 topics
- Cancer Incidence70▲ 11×4 topics
- SARS-CoV-269▲ 5.1×6 topics
- Global Burden of Disease67▲ 6.0×4 topics
- Breast Cancer66▲ 5.8×11 topics
- Cardiovascular Health62▲ 7.1×7 topics
- Mortality Risk61▲ 5.7×6 topics
- Quality Improvement60▲ 6.9×8 topics
- Clinical Outcomes60▲ 6.2×6 topics
Which research topics does Kaiser Permanente publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Acute Ischemic Stroke Management.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 42 works
- 2 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 39 works
- 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 32 works
- 4 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 31 works
- 5 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 29 works
- 6 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 28 works
- 7 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
- 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 24 works
- 9 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 24 works
- 10 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 23 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Kaiser Permanente's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Kaiser Permanente as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.
Fractional works of Kaiser Permanente over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.7% in 2009.
Other research institutions in Oakland
- University of California System
- Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
- Center for Environmental Health
- Public Health Institute
- Prevention Institute
- Social Policy Research Associates (United States)
- University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Highland Hospital
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