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San Diego Cardiac Center

In research, San Diego Cardiac Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,040 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,494 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 30.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,939
of 22,385 · #13,306 all time
Rank in United States
#2,957
of 3,332
Research works
775
▲ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
San Diego Cardiac Center

What is San Diego Cardiac Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #7,040 of 9,902 7.1%112 #4334
MedicineField #6,494 of 8,541 7.2%109 #4428

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where San Diego Cardiac 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does San Diego Cardiac Center work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at San Diego Cardiac Center is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (83%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 136 fractional works · 84.7% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 82.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 51 fractional works · 31.7% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 13.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 7.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSan Diego CardiacCenter160fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13282.8%
    2. Health Professions21.3%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology95.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering74.3%
    2. Environmental Science10.7%
    3. Materials Science10.4%
    4. Computer Science10.4%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    2. Psychology10.3%
    3. Social Sciences00.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does San Diego Cardiac Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 30.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 50.8 works30×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 21.7 works5.8×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.31× its world share, 132 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.31×132 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.77×1 works
  3. Nursing1.07×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.03×9 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.93×2 works
  6. Health Professions0.48×2 works
  7. Neuroscience0.43×1 works
  8. Engineering0.28×7 works
  9. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  12. Veterinary0.17×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.14×1 works
  14. Materials Science0.11×1 works
  15. Psychology0.11×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.05×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at San Diego Cardiac Center?

Ranked on the quality score, John B. Gordon, Serik Bekbossynov and Dave Richley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is San Diego Cardiac Center.

  1. 1 John B. Gordon United States · #1,527,332 worldwide 3.2k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Serik Bekbossynov United States · #4,777,680 worldwide 110 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Dave Richley United States · #5,685,342 worldwide 40 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at San Diego Cardiac Center

What are the most cited papers from San Diego Cardiac Center?

The most cited paper from San Diego Cardiac Center is "Implementing Machine Learning in Health Care — Addressing Ethical Challenges" (Danton S. Char, Nigam Haresh Shah, David Christopher Magnus, 2018), with 1,828 citations. Next come "HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and Follow-Up" (1,720) and "The 2013 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for mechanical circulatory support: Executive summary" (1,373).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Implementing Machine Learning in Health Care — Addressing Ethical Challenges Danton S. Char, Nigam Haresh Shah, David Christopher Magnus · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Mar 2018 1,828
2 HRS/EHRA/ECAS Expert Consensus Statement on Catheter and Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation: Recommendations for Personnel, Policy, Procedures and Follow-Up Hugh G Calkins et al. · Heart Rhythm May 2007 1,720
3 The 2013 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for mechanical circulatory support: Executive summary David S. Feldman et al. · The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 24 Jan 2013 1,373
4 Ultrafiltration Versus Intravenous Diuretics for Patients Hospitalized for Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Maria Rosa Costanzo, Maya E. Guglin, Mitchell Saltzberg et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 27 Jan 2007 1,122
5 Calcium Upregulation by Percutaneous Administration of Gene Therapy in Cardiac Disease (CUPID) Mariell L Jessup, Barry Greenberg, DONNA M. MANCINI et al. · Circulation Open access 28 Jun 2011 762
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at San Diego Cardiac Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Myocardial Infarction, Guidelines, Sudden Cardiac Death, Arrhythmias, Catheter Ablation and Dilated Cardiomyopathy.

▲ 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-now 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. Heart Failure21▲ 30×13 topics
  2. Echocardiography18▲ 40×8 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction14▲ 36×6 topics
  4. Guidelines13▲ 17×6 topics
  5. Epidemiology12▲ 1.93×33 topics
  6. Sudden Cardiac Death10▲ 77×2 topics
  7. Arrhythmias9▲ 60×2 topics
  8. Catheter Ablation9▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Diagnosis8▲ 5.6×10 topics
  10. Treatment8▲ 4.1×10 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 4.2×20 topics
  12. Dilated Cardiomyopathy7▲ 67×2 topics
  13. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention7▲ 34×4 topics
  14. Risk Factors7▲ 4.2×14 topics
  15. Congenital Heart Disease7▲ 50×3 topics
  16. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 57×1 topic
  17. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 57×1 topic
  18. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 34×3 topics
  19. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Thrombosis6▲ 14×5 topics
  21. Remote Monitoring6▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy6▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator6▲ 92×1 topic
  24. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Mortality Risk6▲ 15×3 topics
  26. Adult Congenital Heart Disease6▲ 63×1 topic
  27. Cardiac Surgery6▲ 47×2 topics
  28. Cardiomyopathy6▲ 38×4 topics
  29. Pulmonary Valve Replacement6▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Endovascular Repair5▲ 39×3 topics
  31. Surgical Repair5▲ 85×1 topic
  32. Ventricular Reconstruction5▲ 85×1 topic
  33. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation5▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Sudden Death5▲ 78×2 topics
  35. Ion Channels5▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Cardiogenic Shock5▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Left Ventricular Assist Device5▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Genetic Testing5▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Prophylaxis5▲ 24×3 topics
  40. Cardiac Electrophysiology5▲ 64×1 topic

Which research topics does San Diego Cardiac Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Congenital Heart Disease Studies and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…7Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…6Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 6 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 6 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…5Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 5 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…5Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 5 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …4Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiologySurgeryBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.1%domestic only57.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has San Diego Cardiac Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is San Diego Cardiac Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00069% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%San Diego Cardiac Center0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of San Diego Cardiac Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025San Diego Cardiac Center5.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.2% in 2014.

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