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Keck Hospital of USC

In research, Keck Hospital of USC stands highest in Medicine (#1,781 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,274 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#492 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Neurology — Surgery is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,726
of 28,054 · #8,233 all time
Rank in United States
#897
of 4,192
Research works
2.5k
▲ 73% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Keck Hospital of USC 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 #1,781 of 10,443 10.6%577 #2338
Health SciencesDomain #2,274 of 11,982 11.0%617 #2916
SurgerySubfield #492 of 1,816 15.3%144 #1010
Life SciencesDomain #4,296 of 7,800 11.9%102 #4622
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,417 of 3,579 8.6%64 #4073

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Keck Hospital of USC 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#2,338 #1,781
  2. Health Sciences#2,916 #2,274
  3. Surgery#1,010 #492
  4. Life Sciences#4,622 #4,296
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,073 #3,417
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Keck Hospital of USC specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 144.4 works7.7×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 22.9 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.48× its world share, 64 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.62× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 34 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 577 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Keck Hospital of USC?

Ranked on the composite score, Lawrence D. Dorr, George F. Rick Hatch and Rayudu Gopalakrishna lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Keck Hospital of USC.

  1. 1 Lawrence D. Dorr United States · #61,077 worldwide 208 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 George F. Rick Hatch United States · #581,137 worldwide 54 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Rayudu Gopalakrishna United States · #647,034 worldwide 84 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Rahul N. Doshi United States · #1,178,079 worldwide 44 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 A. Wolfson United States · #1,357,922 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Ilene C. Weitz United States · #1,360,970 worldwide 18 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Priyanka Naidu United States · #1,574,046 worldwide 2 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Keck Hospital of USC

Which keywords describe research at Keck Hospital of USC?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Risk Factors, Rehabilitation, Patient Satisfaction, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology116▲ 3.6×104 topics
  2. Complications44▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Risk Factors41▲ 4.7×28 topics
  4. Inflammation37▲ 2.2×62 topics
  5. Treatment34▲ 3.5×39 topics
  6. Quality of Life33▲ 2.8×43 topics
  7. Rehabilitation29▲ 9.2×12 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction24▲ 9.3×9 topics
  9. Revision Surgery24▲ 23×2 topics
  10. Total Hip Replacement24▲ 23×2 topics
  11. Diagnosis23▲ 3.1×31 topics
  12. Health-related Quality of Life23▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Mortality20▲ 4.3×12 topics
  14. Genetics20▲ 3.5×18 topics
  15. Arthroplasty20▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Guidelines19▲ 5.1×12 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders18▲ 4.0×18 topics
  18. Immunotherapy18▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Clinical Trials18▲ 3.4×14 topics
  20. Surgical Management18▲ 5.5×16 topics
  21. Biomechanics18▲ 7.2×7 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations18▲ 5.1×18 topics
  23. Outcomes18▲ 27×1 topic
  24. Total Knee Replacement18▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Management18▲ 2.8×26 topics
  26. Chemotherapy17▲ 3.0×21 topics
  27. Aging15▲ 3.5×12 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 3.3×14 topics
  29. Shoulder Function14▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Neuroimaging14▲ 6.2×8 topics
  31. Pathophysiology14▲ 5.6×9 topics
  32. Psychological Impact13▲ 5.0×7 topics
  33. Surgery12▲ 4.4×11 topics
  34. Rotator Cuff Tears12▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Shoulder Pathology12▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Resuscitation12▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Infection Prevention12▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Fetal Development10▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Sepsis10▲ 7.6×7 topics
  40. Treatment Outcomes10▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Keck Hospital of USC publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Cleft Lip and Palate Research and Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …18Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 18 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 12 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Research: 9 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 8 fractional worksBurn Injury Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 7 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders a…6Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 6 fractional worksBone fractures and treatments: 6 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 6 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…6Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 6 fractional works
SurgeryGeneticsEpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental health

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 18 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 12 works
  3. 3 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 9 works
  4. 4 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 8 works
  5. 5 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 7 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 7 works
  7. 7 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 6 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 6 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 6 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 6 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Keck Hospital of USC's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 73% 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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