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Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center

In research, Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,260 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,870 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,190
of 28,054 · #15,987 all time
Rank in United States
#3,125
of 4,192
Research works
567
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek 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 #4,260 of 20,462 20.2%365
MedicineField #3,870 of 17,978 19.9%338

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek 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: 0.77× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.01× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 49 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Sakti Das, Arjan D. Amar and Sara Wasserbauer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center.

  1. 1 Sakti Das United States · #191,348 worldwide 73 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Arjan D. Amar United States · #222,725 worldwide 64 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Sara Wasserbauer United States · #1,275,277 worldwide 5 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kaiser Permanente Walnut Creek Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Control Systems, Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions, Stem Cells, Regeneration, Wnt Signaling, Epidermal Niche, Hair Follicle and Vibration Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 1.75×38 topics
  2. Control Systems7▲ 29×3 topics
  3. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions6▲ 119×2 topics
  4. Stem Cells6▲ 18×3 topics
  5. Regeneration6▲ 22×2 topics
  6. Wnt Signaling6▲ 42×2 topics
  7. Epidermal Niche5▲ 227×1 topic
  8. Hair Follicle5▲ 227×1 topic
  9. Vibration Analysis5▲ 15×2 topics
  10. Active Magnetic Bearings5▲ 134×1 topic
  11. Magnetic Levitation5▲ 134×1 topic
  12. Energy Efficiency4▲ 3.6×7 topics
  13. Quality of Life4▲ 2.2×20 topics
  14. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  15. Risk Factors4▲ 2.5×12 topics
  16. Treatment4▲ 2.2×18 topics
  17. Neural Networks3▲ 1.67×3 topics
  18. Diagnosis3▲ 2.5×14 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 1.99×15 topics
  20. Complications3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  21. Lithium-ion Batteries3▲ 5.2×2 topics
  22. Reliability3▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Mortality3▲ 3.5×7 topics
  24. IEEE 14512▲ 79×1 topic
  25. Laser Surface Texturing2▲ 66×1 topic
  26. Smart Sensors2▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Tribological Performance2▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Chemotherapy2▲ 2.6×11 topics
  29. Electric Vehicles2▲ 5.7×2 topics
  30. Optimization2▲ 3.6×2 topics
  31. Thermal Management2▲ 5.0×2 topics
  32. Cancer Treatment2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  33. Peer Review2▲ 53×2 topics
  34. Scholarly Communication2▲ 61×2 topics
  35. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  36. Battery Management Systems2▲ 9.2×1 topic
  37. Electric Drives2▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Power Supply2▲ 87×1 topic
  39. Thermal Runaway2▲ 9.2×1 topic
  40. Ethical Issues2▲ 12×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Hair Growth and Disorders, Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics, Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems and Tribology and Lubrication Engineering.

Hair Growth and Disorders5Hair Growth and Disorders: 5 fractional worksMagnetic Bearings and Le…5Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics: 5 fractional worksSensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 2 fractional worksTribology and Lubrication Engineering: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 2 fractional worksElectric Power Systems a…2Electric Power Systems and Control: 2 fractional worksPolymer composites and self-healing: 1 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 1 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology Studies History: 1 fractional worksSex and Gender in Healthcare: 1 fractional works
UrologyControl and Systems EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsMechanical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Hair Growth and Disorders Urology 5 works
  2. 2 Magnetic Bearings and Levitation Dynamics Control and Systems Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  4. 4 Tribology and Lubrication Engineering Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Electric Power Systems and Control Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Polymer composites and self-healing Polymers and Plastics 1 works
  8. 8 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 1 works
  9. 9 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 1 works
  10. 10 Sex and Gender in Healthcare Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available27.1%not open72.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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