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Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center

In research, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,389 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,068 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,010
of 28,054 · #21,185 all time
Rank in United States
#3,101
of 4,192
Research works
453
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.8k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara 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 #6,389 of 10,443 13.3%83 #5807
Health SciencesDomain #8,068 of 11,982 13.5%88 #6645

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara 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: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 83 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease, Chemotherapy, Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Primary Care and Pregnancy.

▲ 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▲ 2.9×51 topics
  2. Risk Factors8▲ 6.6×17 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  4. Inflammation5▲ 2.3×20 topics
  5. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.6×15 topics
  6. Public Health4▲ 2.6×8 topics
  7. Diagnosis4▲ 3.8×16 topics
  8. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 15×5 topics
  9. Treatment4▲ 2.8×16 topics
  10. Heart Failure4▲ 7.8×9 topics
  11. Management4▲ 4.3×12 topics
  12. Mortality4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  13. Quality of Life4▲ 2.4×16 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.1×11 topics
  15. Primary Care3▲ 8.5×9 topics
  16. Echocardiography3▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Guidelines3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  18. Pregnancy3▲ 15×8 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.9×10 topics
  20. Surgical Management3▲ 6.2×8 topics
  21. Obesity3▲ 3.4×6 topics
  22. Prevention2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  23. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Diseases2▲ 26×2 topics
  25. Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks2▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.3×8 topics
  27. Breast Cancer2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  28. Cancer Risk2▲ 8.5×6 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Health2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  30. Catheter Ablation2▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Genetic Testing2▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury2▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Medical Education2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  34. Critical Care2▲ 7.3×7 topics
  35. Graft Survival2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  37. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications2▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Therapy2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  40. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 23×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes.

Cardiac Structural Anoma…2Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…2Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…2Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…1Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 1 fractional worksNeurosurgical Procedures…1Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy: 1 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 1 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNephrologyEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 1 works
  8. 8 Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications Neurology 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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