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Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center

In research, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,437 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,576 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,145
of 28,054 · #8,432 all time
Rank in United States
#1,822
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
50k
36.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center 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 #3,437 of 10,443 13.4%152 #1972
Health SciencesDomain #4,576 of 11,982 13.6%167 #2045

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.39× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.87× its world share, 152 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Arthur L. Klatsky, Edgar J. Schoen and Kedar K. Adour lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center.

  1. 1 Arthur L. Klatsky United States · #161,298 worldwide 185 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Edgar J. Schoen United States · #263,570 worldwide 97 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Kedar K. Adour United States · #326,414 worldwide 149 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Edward K. Markell United States · #479,196 worldwide 56 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Deborah McBride United States · #803,793 worldwide 11 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Ha Tran United States · #1,465,762 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Patient Satisfaction and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 4.4×80 topics
  2. Quality of Life13▲ 4.5×34 topics
  3. Risk Factors11▲ 4.9×22 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 4.8×22 topics
  5. Diagnosis11▲ 5.7×25 topics
  6. Public Health10▲ 3.2×22 topics
  7. Treatment9▲ 3.7×23 topics
  8. Inflammation9▲ 2.0×38 topics
  9. Management7▲ 4.5×21 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 4.3×16 topics
  11. Mortality7▲ 5.8×11 topics
  12. Chemotherapy7▲ 4.7×16 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction6▲ 10×9 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.3×13 topics
  15. Depression6▲ 3.2×11 topics
  16. Pandemic6▲ 2.6×6 topics
  17. Obesity6▲ 3.6×13 topics
  18. Guidelines5▲ 5.7×10 topics
  19. Health Disparities5▲ 9.1×8 topics
  20. Complications5▲ 4.7×15 topics
  21. Primary Care5▲ 6.2×11 topics
  22. Diabetes5▲ 4.5×11 topics
  23. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 9.1×3 topics
  24. Immune Response5▲ 4.0×9 topics
  25. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.1×14 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Health4▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations4▲ 4.7×16 topics
  31. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.1×9 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-24▲ 6.2×5 topics
  33. Community Health4▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Health Promotion4▲ 5.8×4 topics
  35. Prognosis4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  36. Ideal Cardiovascular Health3▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Preventive Medicine3▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.3×7 topics
  39. Health Care Utilization3▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Surgical Treatment3▲ 8.1×6 topics

Which research topics does Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMyasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…2Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …1Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineInfectious Diseases4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  5. 5 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  6. 6 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% 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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