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Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

In research, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,075 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,400 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,062
of 28,054 · #14,905 all time
Rank in United States
#3,104
of 4,192
Research works
609
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
30.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Los Angeles County Department of Health Services 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 #6,075 of 20,462 25.4%378
MedicineField #6,400 of 17,978 23.1%269

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Los Angeles County Department of Health Services 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.29× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.70× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.43× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Los Angeles County Department of Health Services?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter R. Kerndt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.

  1. 1 Peter R. Kerndt United States · #1,099,870 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Los Angeles County Department of Health Services

Which keywords describe research at Los Angeles County Department of Health Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Mortality, Primary Care, Substance Use Disorders, Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Mortality Risk.

▲ 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▲ 3.2×40 topics
  2. Public Health6▲ 6.2×19 topics
  3. Mental Health4▲ 3.5×15 topics
  4. Mortality3▲ 8.3×10 topics
  5. Primary Care3▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Risk Factors3▲ 3.9×15 topics
  7. COVID-193▲ 3.0×8 topics
  8. Pandemic3▲ 3.7×6 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 2.7×14 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.4×13 topics
  11. Substance Use Disorders3▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Depression2▲ 4.1×7 topics
  13. Healthcare2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  14. Substance Abuse2▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Mortality Risk2▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Social Support2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  17. Quality Improvement2▲ 15×7 topics
  18. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.9×7 topics
  19. Global Burden2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  20. Health Care Utilization2▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 8.3×7 topics
  22. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Community Health2▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Prevalence2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  25. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Surgery2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  27. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 12×5 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  29. Glycemic Control2▲ 14×4 topics
  30. HIV2▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Health2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  32. Health Disparities2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  33. Psychological Impact2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  35. Health Promotion2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  36. Patient Engagement2▲ 16×4 topics
  37. drug use2▲ 74×1 topic
  38. harm reduction2▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Chronic Pain Management1▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Opioid Prescribing1▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does Los Angeles County Department of Health Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk2HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…1Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 1 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 1 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 1 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…1Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealthHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis3 others

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

  1. 1 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 2 works
  2. 2 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  5. 5 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  7. 7 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Los Angeles County Department of Health Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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