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Long Beach Medical Center

In research, Long Beach Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,021 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#7,771 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,298 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#13,519
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,965
of 8,685
Research works
932
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
36k
38.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Long Beach 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
MedicineField #6,021 of 17,978 19.1%605
Health SciencesDomain #7,771 of 20,462 19.2%652
Life SciencesDomain #6,298 of 14,347 22.9%183

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Long Beach 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).

What does Long Beach Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 22.0 works3.3×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.34× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 2.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× 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, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Long Beach Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Treatment, Epidemiology, Neurological Disorders, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Diagnosis, Chronic Disease Management and Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement.

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

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.3×25 topics
  2. Treatment2▲ 5.3×12 topics
  3. Neurological Disorders2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  4. Guidelines2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  5. Diagnosis1▲ 4.4×9 topics
  6. Inflammation1▲ 1.98×13 topics
  7. Heart Failure1▲ 8.5×7 topics
  8. Quality of Life1▲ 2.5×7 topics
  9. Risk Factors1▲ 3.2×9 topics
  10. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 16×4 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention1▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Cerebrospinal Fluid1▲ 96×1 topic
  13. Glymphatic System1▲ 96×1 topic
  14. Prophylaxis1▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 41×1 topic
  16. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does Long Beach Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications and Medication Adherence and Compliance.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…1Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and …1Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 1 fractional worksUltrasound and Hyperther…1Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications: 1 fractional worksMedication Adherence and…1Medication Adherence and Compliance: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 0 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…0Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 0 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism D…0Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceBiomedical EngineeringFamily Practice4 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  3. 3 Ultrasound and Hyperthermia Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 1 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 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 available18.1%not open81.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Long Beach Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.