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Saint John's Health Center

In research, Saint John's Health Center stands highest in Medicine (#8,048 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,545 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology — Oncology is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,413
of 28,054 · #8,555 all time
Rank in United States
#2,017
of 4,192
Research works
1.3k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
60k
48.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Saint John's Health 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 #8,048 of 10,443 9.8%109 #3530
Health SciencesDomain #9,545 of 11,982 9.8%113 #4739

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saint John's Health 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 Saint John's Health Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 23.1 works13×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.28× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.02× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.53× its world share, 109 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saint John's Health Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Dave S.�B. Hoon, Steven O’Day and Donald L. Morton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saint John's Health Center.

  1. 1 Dave S.�B. Hoon United States · #2,071 worldwide 1.7k citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Steven O’Day United States · #7,290 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Donald L. Morton United States · #16,843 worldwide 769 citations · 103 works
  4. 4 D L Morton United States · #113,179 worldwide 169 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 R. James Brenner United States · #132,538 worldwide 145 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Myles C. Cabot United States · #147,603 worldwide 224 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Rick B. Delamarter United States · #159,579 worldwide 119 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Anton J. Bilchik United States · #207,794 worldwide 109 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Linda E.A. Kanim United States · #215,048 worldwide 204 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Delphine J. Lee United States · #225,194 worldwide 86 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Saint John's Health Center

Which keywords describe research at Saint John's Health Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Survival Analysis, Tumor Microenvironment, Chemotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Quality of Life and Biomarkers.

▲ 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. Immunotherapy24▲ 21×14 topics
  2. Radiotherapy17▲ 28×9 topics
  3. Epidemiology12▲ 1.84×29 topics
  4. Quality of Life11▲ 4.7×19 topics
  5. Survival Analysis11▲ 24×6 topics
  6. Cancer10▲ 4.9×29 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 14×7 topics
  8. Chemotherapy9▲ 8.1×18 topics
  9. Inflammation9▲ 2.7×35 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 24×5 topics
  11. Biomarkers9▲ 7.8×10 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 8.7×9 topics
  13. Gene Expression7▲ 7.4×8 topics
  14. Clinical Trials7▲ 6.2×10 topics
  15. Molecular Classification6▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Targeted Therapy6▲ 18×5 topics
  17. Glioblastoma6▲ 58×1 topic
  18. Prognostic Factors6▲ 9.0×10 topics
  19. Temozolomide6▲ 58×1 topic
  20. Metastasis6▲ 11×10 topics
  21. Immune Checkpoint Blockade6▲ 33×1 topic
  22. PD-1 and PD-L16▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Complications6▲ 7.1×5 topics
  24. Melanoma6▲ 60×2 topics
  25. Cancer Therapy6▲ 6.2×14 topics
  26. Prognostic Markers6▲ 33×3 topics
  27. Molecular Subtypes6▲ 41×3 topics
  28. Radiosurgery5▲ 37×4 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations5▲ 7.7×8 topics
  30. Breast Cancer5▲ 14×10 topics
  31. Breast Reconstruction5▲ 53×2 topics
  32. Breast Tumours5▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Treatment Response5▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Acellular Dermal Matrix5▲ 149×1 topic
  35. Patient-Reported Outcome Measure5▲ 149×1 topic
  36. Innate Immunity4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  37. Genomic Profiling4▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Cognitive Function4▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Prostate Cancer4▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Blood-Brain Barrier4▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does Saint John's Health Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies and Breast Implant and Reconstruction.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…6Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…6Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …5Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 5 fractional worksBreast Implant and Recon…5Breast Implant and Reconstruction: 5 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 4 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 3 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 3 fractional worksMelanoma and MAPK Pathways: 2 fractional works
GeneticsOncologyCancer ResearchSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 6 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  3. 3 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 5 works
  4. 4 Breast Implant and Reconstruction Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 4 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 3 works
  10. 10 Melanoma and MAPK Pathways Molecular Biology 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 available30.1%not open69.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saint John's Health 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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