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San Diego Cardiac Center

In research, San Diego Cardiac Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,754 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,568 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 28.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,411
of 28,054 · #15,379 all time
Rank in United States
#3,323
of 4,192
Research works
775
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is San Diego Cardiac 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 #7,754 of 10,443 6.1%109 #3431
Health SciencesDomain #9,568 of 11,982 6.2%112 #4509

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does San Diego Cardiac Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 28.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 39.9 works29×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.33× its world share, 109 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× 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.

Who are the top researchers at San Diego Cardiac Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Jalal K. Ghali lead among researchers whose main affiliation is San Diego Cardiac Center.

  1. 1 Jalal K. Ghali United States · #44,942 worldwide 251 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at San Diego Cardiac Center

Which keywords describe research at San Diego Cardiac Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Heart Failure18▲ 32×12 topics
  2. Echocardiography15▲ 42×8 topics
  3. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 37×6 topics
  4. Epidemiology10▲ 1.90×29 topics
  5. Guidelines10▲ 16×5 topics
  6. Sudden Cardiac Death9▲ 79×2 topics
  7. Arrhythmias7▲ 59×2 topics
  8. Diagnosis7▲ 5.9×9 topics
  9. Catheter Ablation7▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Treatment7▲ 4.5×9 topics
  11. Dilated Cardiomyopathy7▲ 74×2 topics
  12. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 36×4 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 4.4×14 topics
  14. Cardiac Imaging6▲ 38×3 topics
  15. Congenital Heart Disease6▲ 54×3 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.8×13 topics
  17. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 56×1 topic
  18. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 56×1 topic
  19. Remote Monitoring5▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Sudden Death5▲ 90×2 topics
  21. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy5▲ 97×1 topic
  22. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator5▲ 97×1 topic
  23. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes5▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Surgical Repair5▲ 93×1 topic
  25. Thrombosis5▲ 14×5 topics
  26. Ventricular Reconstruction5▲ 93×1 topic
  27. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 38×2 topics
  28. Mortality Risk5▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Cardiac Surgery5▲ 50×2 topics
  30. Adult Congenital Heart Disease5▲ 67×1 topic
  31. Endovascular Repair5▲ 42×3 topics
  32. Pulmonary Valve Replacement5▲ 67×1 topic
  33. Cardiomyopathy5▲ 39×4 topics
  34. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation4▲ 44×2 topics
  35. Prophylaxis4▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Surgical Management4▲ 7.9×7 topics
  37. Cardiogenic Shock4▲ 67×1 topic
  38. Left Ventricular Assist Device4▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Deep Vein Thrombosis4▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 25×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair and Congenital Heart Disease Studies.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…5Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 5 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…5Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 5 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory S…4Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 4 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryEpidemiologyBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  5. 5 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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