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Los Angeles Medical Center

In research, Los Angeles Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,902 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,594 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 5.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,479
of 28,054 · #2,711 all time
Rank in United States
#868
of 4,192
Research works
5.5k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
202k
36.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is 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 #1,902 of 10,443 15.2%379 #809
Health SciencesDomain #2,594 of 11,982 15.4%402 #975

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

What does Los Angeles Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 30.2 works5.6×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.92× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.50× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 379 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Los Angeles Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, James R. Keane, Donald A. Wiss and A. Robert Kagan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Los Angeles Medical Center.

  1. 1 James R. Keane United States · #187,815 worldwide 104 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Donald A. Wiss United States · #356,928 worldwide 94 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 A. Robert Kagan United States · #379,849 worldwide 68 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Victor D. Newcomer United States · #415,893 worldwide 61 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 David S. Cassarino United States · #524,330 worldwide 39 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Herman Nussbaum United States · #724,220 worldwide 35 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Harry C. Schwartz United States · #757,857 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jeremy P. Moore United States · #1,046,253 worldwide 33 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 J. Rahimian United States · #1,573,369 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Los Angeles Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Los Angeles Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Risk Factors, Treatment, Guidelines and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology62▲ 3.1×106 topics
  2. Diagnosis23▲ 4.9×34 topics
  3. Treatment23▲ 3.7×41 topics
  4. Risk Factors23▲ 4.1×27 topics
  5. Quality of Life22▲ 2.9×38 topics
  6. Inflammation21▲ 1.94×62 topics
  7. Chemotherapy21▲ 5.8×23 topics
  8. Immunotherapy21▲ 5.7×18 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 3.1×30 topics
  10. Management18▲ 4.3×28 topics
  11. Guidelines16▲ 6.8×12 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 5.6×14 topics
  13. Complications14▲ 5.5×17 topics
  14. Mortality14▲ 4.8×13 topics
  15. Radiotherapy13▲ 6.4×12 topics
  16. Heart Failure12▲ 5.6×13 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors12▲ 5.5×14 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations12▲ 5.2×19 topics
  19. Global Burden10▲ 3.6×11 topics
  20. Clinical Trials10▲ 2.9×15 topics
  21. Pathophysiology10▲ 6.4×9 topics
  22. Biomarkers10▲ 2.8×15 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 6.4×9 topics
  24. Echocardiography10▲ 6.8×8 topics
  25. Pathogenesis9▲ 3.5×21 topics
  26. Surgical Management9▲ 4.4×18 topics
  27. Survival Analysis9▲ 6.3×6 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance8▲ 4.3×9 topics
  29. Resuscitation8▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Rehabilitation8▲ 4.1×11 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Sepsis8▲ 9.4×5 topics
  33. Critical Care7▲ 6.1×8 topics
  34. Psychological Impact7▲ 4.4×9 topics
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 5.5×8 topics
  36. Molecular Classification7▲ 8.6×4 topics
  37. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 5.9×6 topics
  38. Quality Improvement6▲ 6.5×6 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization6▲ 6.8×5 topics
  40. Catheter Ablation6▲ 9.6×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Burn Injury Management a…4Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…4Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…4Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …3Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…3Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyOncologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEmergency Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 3 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  10. 10 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 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 available24.6%not open75.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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