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Office of Patient Care Services

In research, Office of Patient Care Services stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,852 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#8,965 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Professions (#2,949 of 3,776 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Professions — Health Professions is 10.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,536
of 28,054 · #13,859 all time
Rank in United States
#2,514
of 4,192
Research works
540
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Office of Patient Care 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 #2,852 of 20,462 18.6%391
MedicineField #8,965 of 17,978 17.6%207
Health ProfessionsField #2,949 of 3,776 19.6%154

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

What does Office of Patient Care Services specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Professions takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health ProfessionsField · 20.6 works10×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 10.26× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.34× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 5.16× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.16× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 10.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Office of Patient Care Services?

Ranked on the composite score, Johnson Je lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Office of Patient Care Services.

  1. 1 Johnson Je United States · #280,649 worldwide 32 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Office of Patient Care Services

Which keywords describe research at Office of Patient Care Services?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Chronic Disease Management, Quality Improvement, Epidemiology, Depression, Patient Satisfaction, Mental Health and Patient Engagement.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.6×35 topics
  2. Primary Care6▲ 23×9 topics
  3. Chronic Disease Management6▲ 43×5 topics
  4. Quality Improvement6▲ 38×6 topics
  5. Mental Health5▲ 4.5×20 topics
  6. Depression5▲ 7.0×11 topics
  7. Quality of Life5▲ 4.2×16 topics
  8. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 18×6 topics
  9. COVID-194▲ 3.7×10 topics
  10. Patient Engagement4▲ 35×4 topics
  11. Public Health3▲ 3.0×19 topics
  12. Anxiety3▲ 7.9×8 topics
  13. Clinical Trials3▲ 5.5×13 topics
  14. Job Satisfaction3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  15. Behavior Change3▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Continuity of Care3▲ 73×2 topics
  17. Qualitative Research3▲ 3.9×4 topics
  18. Digital Divide2▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Patient-Centered Medical Home2▲ 91×1 topic
  20. Pay for Performance2▲ 91×1 topic
  21. Well-being2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  22. Telehealth2▲ 73×1 topic
  23. Telemedicine2▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Diabetes2▲ 5.8×7 topics
  25. Aging2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  26. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  27. Health Care Costs2▲ 34×2 topics
  28. Physician Burnout2▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Patient Care2▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Patient-Centered Care2▲ 35×3 topics
  31. Resilience2▲ 5.6×7 topics
  32. Systematic Review2▲ 51×2 topics
  33. End-of-Life2▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Health Outcomes2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  35. Intensive Care Unit2▲ 20×4 topics
  36. Mental Health Services2▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Palliative Care2▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Healthcare Quality2▲ 23×4 topics
  39. Patient Outcomes2▲ 40×3 topics
  40. Health Equity2▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Office of Patient Care Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation, Mental Health and Patient Involvement and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksMental Health and Patien…2Mental Health and Patient Involvement: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-…2Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksHealth Policy Implementation Science: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksHealthcare professionals…1Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …1Diabetes Management and Education: 1 fractional worksFamily and Patient Care …1Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth InformaticsEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism1 others

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

  1. 1 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  5. 5 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  9. 9 Diabetes Management and Education Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  10. 10 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 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 available25.8%not open74.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Office of Patient Care Services's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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