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Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

In research, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,557 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,806
of 28,054 · #9,079 all time
Rank in United States
#2,078
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
30.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Los Angeles County Department of Public Health 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,557 of 11,982 15.5%72 #3535

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Los Angeles County Department of Public Health 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: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.89× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.54× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.13× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.30× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 1.91× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Carl E. Hopkins, Paul Baumann and Jean Spencer Felton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

  1. 1 Carl E. Hopkins United States · #419,067 worldwide 90 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Paul Baumann United States · #610,213 worldwide 47 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Jean Spencer Felton United States · #940,982 worldwide 8 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Tony Kuo United States · #1,163,569 worldwide 29 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, COVID-19, Mental Health, SARS-CoV-2, Immune Response, Pandemic and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 4.6×56 topics
  2. Public Health13▲ 7.8×22 topics
  3. COVID-199▲ 5.9×12 topics
  4. Mental Health8▲ 4.9×15 topics
  5. SARS-CoV-26▲ 18×6 topics
  6. Pandemic6▲ 5.2×7 topics
  7. Immune Response6▲ 8.6×8 topics
  8. Vaccine5▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Infectious Diseases4▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Depression4▲ 4.3×9 topics
  11. Health Outcomes4▲ 13×7 topics
  12. Substance Abuse4▲ 50×2 topics
  13. Risk Factors4▲ 3.1×14 topics
  14. Social Support4▲ 6.0×5 topics
  15. Healthcare Workers4▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Social Determinants3▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Anxiety3▲ 6.2×4 topics
  18. Global Burden3▲ 5.5×8 topics
  19. Health3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  20. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Chronic Disease3▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Health Care Utilization3▲ 24×3 topics
  23. COVID-19 Vaccine3▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Quality of Care3▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Risk Perception3▲ 9.9×2 topics
  26. Vaccine Hesitancy3▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Viral Transmission3▲ 18×3 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Long-Term Care3▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Health Promotion3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  33. Mental Illness3▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Nursing Home3▲ 63×1 topic
  35. Person-Centered Care3▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Homelessness3▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Housing First3▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Health Equity3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  39. Vaccine Development3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  40. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 7.9×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Homelessness and Social Issues and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Vaccine Coverage and Hes…3Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 3 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…3Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 3 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 3 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…2Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional works
HealthGeneral Health ProfessionsPsychiatry and Mental healthEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 3 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 3 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  5. 5 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  8. 8 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 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 available38.0%not open62.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower 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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