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Milken Institute

In research, Milken Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,014 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#3,188 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,155 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Health Professions, Infectious Diseases and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — General Health Professions is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,685
of 28,054 · #7,425 all time
Rank in United States
#769
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 111% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
23.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Milken Institute 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 #3,014 of 11,982 25.1%283 #2432
MedicineField #3,188 of 10,443 23.8%209 #3130
Social SciencesDomain #5,155 of 10,521 28.4%136 #5855
Health ProfessionsField #1,153 of 1,928 29.3%65 #1223

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Milken Institute 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. Health Sciences#2,432 #3,014
  2. Medicine#3,130 #3,188
  3. Social Sciences#5,855 #5,155
  4. Health Professions#1,223 #1,153
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 Milken Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Health Professions takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 52.0 works7.4×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 22.0 works6.4×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 42.5 works6.3×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.67× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 29 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.37× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.84× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 210 worksMedicineNursing: 3.26× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.64× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.18× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Milken Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Claude Lopez and Nino Paichadze lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Milken Institute.

  1. 1 Claude Lopez United States · #650,209 worldwide 54 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Nino Paichadze United States · #1,088,292 worldwide 26 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Milken Institute

Which keywords describe research at Milken Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Primary Care, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Health Care Utilization, Health Care Spending, Insurance Markets and Health Effects.

▲ 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. Public Health56▲ 7.6×43 topics
  2. Epidemiology53▲ 2.6×93 topics
  3. Mental Health40▲ 5.4×26 topics
  4. Primary Care36▲ 19×12 topics
  5. Health Care Utilization30▲ 51×3 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 4.7×29 topics
  7. Health Care Spending26▲ 124×1 topic
  8. Insurance Markets26▲ 124×1 topic
  9. Health Effects24▲ 7.7×16 topics
  10. Risk Factors21▲ 3.8×25 topics
  11. Obesity21▲ 5.4×19 topics
  12. Inflammation20▲ 1.92×39 topics
  13. Mortality19▲ 6.6×11 topics
  14. Antiretroviral Therapy18▲ 23×6 topics
  15. Global Burden of Disease18▲ 15×4 topics
  16. COVID-1918▲ 2.6×18 topics
  17. Psychiatric Disorders18▲ 26×4 topics
  18. Physical Activity17▲ 7.0×8 topics
  19. Health Disparities17▲ 13×7 topics
  20. Mortality Rates16▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Adolescents16▲ 8.3×7 topics
  22. Viral Load14▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.4×19 topics
  24. HIV Transmission14▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Health Outcomes14▲ 10×7 topics
  26. Prevalence14▲ 6.6×9 topics
  27. Chronic Disease Management13▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Preexposure Prophylaxis13▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Stigma and Discrimination13▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Health Consequences12▲ 8.4×4 topics
  31. Cancer Risk12▲ 11×7 topics
  32. Infectious Diseases11▲ 6.8×7 topics
  33. Chronic Disease11▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Social Determinants of Health11▲ 9.3×4 topics
  35. Smoking Cessation10▲ 70×1 topic
  36. Tobacco Use10▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Substance Abuse10▲ 27×2 topics
  38. HIV10▲ 23×4 topics
  39. Stigma10▲ 14×5 topics
  40. Quality Improvement10▲ 10.0×6 topics

Which research topics does Milken Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Policy and Management, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Smoking Behavior and Cessation and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.

Healthcare Policy and Ma…26Healthcare Policy and Management: 26 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…13HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 13 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Ces…10Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 10 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 10 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 7 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 7 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 7 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 6 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 6 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsInfectious DiseasesPhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 26 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 13 works
  3. 3 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 10 works
  4. 4 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  5. 5 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 7 works
  6. 6 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 7 works
  7. 7 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 6 works
  9. 9 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 6 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available67.1%not open32.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.4%domestic only76.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Milken Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 111% 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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