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Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center

In research, Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,028 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,704 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,070
of 28,054 · #20,151 all time
Rank in United States
#2,925
of 4,192
Research works
596
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
27.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles 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 #5,028 of 10,443 10.5%70 #5206
Health SciencesDomain #6,704 of 11,982 10.4%73 #6767

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.15× its world share, 70 worksMedicineNursing: 2.27× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Gary E. Leach, Theodore X. O'Connell and Dean K. Matsuda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center.

  1. 1 Gary E. Leach United States · #54,128 worldwide 183 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Theodore X. O'Connell United States · #404,658 worldwide 44 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Dean K. Matsuda United States · #861,105 worldwide 24 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Maternal Mortality, Inflammation and Clinical Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 3.2×53 topics
  2. Risk Factors7▲ 7.1×15 topics
  3. Inflammation4▲ 2.5×27 topics
  4. Guidelines4▲ 9.9×9 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 4.0×15 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.3×10 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 2.3×22 topics
  8. Treatment3▲ 2.8×16 topics
  9. Global Burden3▲ 5.9×5 topics
  10. Maternal Mortality3▲ 14×5 topics
  11. Immunotherapy3▲ 4.2×12 topics
  12. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  13. Diagnosis2▲ 3.0×16 topics
  14. Management2▲ 3.7×12 topics
  15. Mortality2▲ 4.9×8 topics
  16. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.8×12 topics
  17. Diabetes Mellitus2▲ 13×3 topics
  18. Heart Failure2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  19. Hypertension2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Events2▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Diabetes2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.8×9 topics
  23. Revascularization2▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Complications2▲ 4.8×13 topics
  25. Blood Pressure2▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Surgery2▲ 6.3×9 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  28. Prevention2▲ 5.2×6 topics
  29. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.4×7 topics
  30. Catheter Ablation2▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Echocardiography2▲ 7.4×7 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 7.8×7 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. Stroke Prevention2▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Antihypertensive Drugs2▲ 40×1 topic
  37. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Renal Denervation2▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Surgical Treatment2▲ 9.3×5 topics

Which research topics does Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Maternal and fetal healthcare and Peripheral Artery Disease Management.

Blood Pressure and Hyper…2Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksMaternal and fetal healt…1Maternal and fetal healthcare: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…1Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksInfections and bacterial resistance: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions1Cancer and Skin Lesions: 1 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…1Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgeryEndocrinology5 others

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

  1. 1 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Maternal and fetal healthcare Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Infections and bacterial resistance Endocrinology 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 1 works
  8. 8 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 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 available24.7%not open75.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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