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Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center

In research, Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,568 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,891 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,444
of 28,054 · #16,761 all time
Rank in United States
#3,332
of 4,192
Research works
535
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
46.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center 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
MedicineField #3,568 of 17,978 25.1%411
Health SciencesDomain #4,891 of 20,462 24.8%439

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser Permanente San Diego 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.53× its world share, 58 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Schätz, George F. Longstreth and Ellen K. Quick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center.

  1. 1 Michael Schätz United States · #171,022 worldwide 140 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 George F. Longstreth United States · #245,427 worldwide 68 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Ellen K. Quick United States · #1,075,446 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Patient Satisfaction, Health-related Quality of Life, Rehabilitation and Arthroplasty.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 4.7×36 topics
  2. Complications9▲ 27×10 topics
  3. Revision Surgery6▲ 65×2 topics
  4. Total Hip Replacement6▲ 65×2 topics
  5. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 22×4 topics
  6. Quality of Life4▲ 4.5×19 topics
  7. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 26×4 topics
  8. Rehabilitation4▲ 15×6 topics
  9. Arthroplasty4▲ 55×2 topics
  10. Outcomes4▲ 64×1 topic
  11. Total Knee Replacement4▲ 78×1 topic
  12. Surgical Treatment3▲ 21×4 topics
  13. Diagnosis3▲ 4.3×11 topics
  14. Surgical Management3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  15. Management2▲ 4.8×10 topics
  16. Mortality2▲ 6.2×6 topics
  17. Risk Factors2▲ 3.1×8 topics
  18. Shoulder Function2▲ 38×2 topics
  19. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 52×1 topic
  20. Wear Particles2▲ 52×1 topic
  21. Chronic Pain2▲ 14×4 topics
  22. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Difficult Airway Society2▲ 91×1 topic
  24. Pain Management2▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Tracheal Intubation2▲ 91×1 topic
  26. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  28. Urinary Incontinence2▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Biomechanics2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  30. Cardiac Arrest2▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Low Back Pain2▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Resuscitation2▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Survival Rates2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Antibiotic Prophylaxis2▲ 29×2 topics
  36. Medical Education2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  37. Periprosthetic Joint Infection2▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Prosthetic Joint Infections2▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 35×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Airway Management and Intubation Techniques and Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …4Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksAirway Management and In…2Airway Management and Intubation Techniques: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…2Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…1Tracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksTrauma Management and Diagnosis: 1 fractional works
SurgeryAnesthesiology and Pain MedicineEmergency MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Airway Management and Intubation Techniques Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower 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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