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Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center

In research, Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,752 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,742
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,373
of 8,685
Research works
294
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Kaiser Permanente San Rafael 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
Health SciencesDomain #12,752 of 20,462 15.8%141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser Permanente San Rafael 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: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.36× its world share, 14 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Michael Young, E. Gorin and John Hamel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center.

  1. 1 Michael Young United States · #72,494 worldwide 199 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 E. Gorin United States · #357,531 worldwide 52 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 John Hamel United States · #1,385,573 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ionic Liquids, Desulfurization, Hydrodeoxygenation, Endovascular Treatment, Guidelines, Mortality, Treatment and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 8 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 8 words, with their numbers
  1. Ionic Liquids3▲ 37×2 topics
  2. Desulfurization3▲ 238×1 topic
  3. Hydrodeoxygenation3▲ 238×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology2▲ 1.30×18 topics
  5. Endovascular Treatment1▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Guidelines1▲ 7.7×5 topics
  7. Mortality1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  8. Treatment1▲ 2.9×7 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies, Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications.

Catalysis and Hydrodesul…3Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies: 3 fractional worksVascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 0 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 0 fractional worksThermal and Kinetic Analysis: 0 fractional worksCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 0 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 0 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksMaterial Properties and Applications: 0 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringNeurologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineMaterials Chemistry5 others

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

  1. 1 Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 0 works
  5. 5 Thermal and Kinetic Analysis Materials Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 0 works
  10. 10 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 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 available23.7%not open76.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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