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Palo Alto University

In research, Palo Alto University stands highest in Medicine (#753 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#981 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,084 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,576
of 28,054 · #1,475 all time
Rank in United States
#381
of 4,192
Research works
5.8k
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
203k
34.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Palo Alto University 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 #753 of 10,443 13.2%698 #673
Health SciencesDomain #981 of 11,982 13.9%764 #803
Social SciencesDomain #2,084 of 10,521 19.5%377 #1234
Life SciencesDomain #2,028 of 7,800 13.4%194 #772
Social SciencesField #2,400 of 6,365 22.1%126 #1059
PsychologyField #922 of 2,181 15.3%204 #872
Physical SciencesDomain #5,966 of 12,888 17.0%155 #2885
Clinical PsychologySubfield #409 of 738 14.5%111 #482
SurgerySubfield #1,245 of 1,816 10.7%85 #1251
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,693 of 3,579 11.5%110 #1060

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Palo Alto University 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. Medicine#673 #753
  2. Health Sciences#803 #981
  3. Social Sciences#1,234 #2,084
  4. Life Sciences#772 #2,028
  5. Social Sciences#1,059 #2,400
  6. Psychology#872 #922
  7. Physical Sciences#2,885 #5,966
  8. Clinical Psychology#482 #409
  9. Surgery#1,251 #1,245
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,060 #2,693
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 Palo Alto University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 111.0 works7.1×
  2. PsychologyField · 204.3 works4.5×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.11× its world share, 51 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 53 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 59 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.44× its world share, 698 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 17 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.50× its world share, 204 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 126 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Palo Alto University?

Ranked on the composite score, Lisa M. Brown, R. Gross and Matthew J. Cordova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Palo Alto University.

  1. 1 Lisa M. Brown United States · #102,906 worldwide 498 citations · 100 works
  2. 2 R. Gross United States · #168,363 worldwide 193 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Matthew J. Cordova United States · #244,373 worldwide 147 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Wendy Packman United States · #299,232 worldwide 81 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Claude M. Simpson United States · #299,505 worldwide 80 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Katrien Maes United States · #503,069 worldwide 3 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Anne-Sophie Brun-Wauthier United States · #887,468 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Thomas B. Kirsch United States · #899,605 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 REYNOLD W. WILCOX United States · #922,080 worldwide 0 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Rolf Eliassen United States · #926,748 worldwide 16 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Palo Alto University

Which keywords describe research at Palo Alto University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Depression, Adolescents, Emotion Regulation, Psychopathology and Anxiety.

▲ 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. Epidemiology132▲ 2.2×115 topics
  2. Mental Health98▲ 4.5×35 topics
  3. Risk Factors67▲ 4.1×35 topics
  4. Depression59▲ 4.5×23 topics
  5. Inflammation56▲ 1.79×78 topics
  6. Treatment44▲ 2.5×43 topics
  7. Quality of Life41▲ 1.90×48 topics
  8. Adolescents40▲ 7.3×7 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 2.2×34 topics
  10. Public Health36▲ 1.66×41 topics
  11. Immunotherapy36▲ 3.4×18 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress35▲ 1.42×47 topics
  13. Anxiety33▲ 4.7×11 topics
  14. Prevalence30▲ 5.0×14 topics
  15. Emotion Regulation30▲ 6.5×8 topics
  16. Resilience29▲ 4.1×11 topics
  17. Heart Failure29▲ 4.6×13 topics
  18. Obesity29▲ 2.5×20 topics
  19. Psychopathology26▲ 9.7×3 topics
  20. Psychological Impact26▲ 5.3×9 topics
  21. Genetics25▲ 2.4×19 topics
  22. Radiotherapy24▲ 4.2×13 topics
  23. Precision Medicine23▲ 3.3×8 topics
  24. Stigma21▲ 10×4 topics
  25. Health Disparities21▲ 5.3×8 topics
  26. Echocardiography19▲ 4.8×8 topics
  27. Neurobiological Correlates19▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Trauma18▲ 6.0×8 topics
  29. Children18▲ 5.1×6 topics
  30. Anxiety Disorders18▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Developmental Trajectories17▲ 9.4×3 topics
  32. Mental Disorders17▲ 9.8×3 topics
  33. Immunosuppressive Therapy16▲ 5.9×8 topics
  34. Psychiatric Disorders16▲ 8.2×4 topics
  35. Adherence16▲ 9.2×2 topics
  36. Mobile Health16▲ 7.8×2 topics
  37. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy16▲ 8.0×3 topics
  38. Parenting15▲ 8.0×2 topics
  39. Prevention Strategies15▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Transplantation14▲ 9.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Palo Alto University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies and Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices.

Child and Adolescent Psy…12Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 12 fractional worksDigital Mental Health In…12Digital Mental Health Interventions: 12 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 12 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 10 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 9 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 9 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…9CAR-T cell therapy research: 9 fractional worksChild Abuse and Trauma: 8 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 8 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyApplied PsychologyBiomedical EngineeringSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 12 works
  2. 2 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 12 works
  3. 3 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 12 works
  4. 4 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 10 works
  6. 6 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 9 works
  7. 7 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 9 works
  8. 8 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 9 works
  9. 9 Child Abuse and Trauma Clinical Psychology 8 works
  10. 10 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 8 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 available35.5%not open64.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.4%domestic only82.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Palo Alto University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.