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Santa Ana College

In research, Santa Ana College stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,206 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,829 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 31.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#16,974
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,532
of 7,310
Research works
262
▲ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Santa Ana College

What is Santa Ana College 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 #6,206 of 16,688 8.1%152
MedicineField #6,829 of 14,558 7.9%131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Santa Ana College 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 Santa Ana College work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Santa Ana College is in Health Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Social Sciences (6%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 92 fractional works · 78.3% of its workMedicine: 86 fractional works · 73.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 39 fractional works · 33.1% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 15.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSanta Ana College117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences12%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8673.3%
    2. Health Professions54.1%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences76.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities32.8%
    3. Psychology11.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Engineering32.7%
    2. Computer Science21.8%
    3. Materials Science21.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    5. Environmental Science00.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Santa Ana College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 31.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 38.9 works32×
  2. MedicineField · 86.1 works3.8×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.18×1 works
  2. Medicine3.81×86 works
  3. Health Professions1.57×5 works
  4. Arts and Humanities0.98×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.59×1 works
  7. Social Sciences0.47×7 works
  8. Materials Science0.45×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×1 works
  10. Psychology0.39×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.29×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.23×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.21×0 works
  16. Engineering0.18×3 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  18. Nursing0.14×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.09×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.08×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Santa Ana College?

Ranked on the quality score, George W. Tryon, Peter P. Kozak and Everett L. Shostrom lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Santa Ana College.

  1. 1 George W. Tryon United States · #1,352,587 worldwide 491 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Peter P. Kozak United States · #1,801,645 worldwide 553 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Everett L. Shostrom United States · #2,263,458 worldwide 1.1k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Richard W. Opfell United States · #3,232,261 worldwide 361 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Jarek Janio United States · #3,330,441 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Kathryn Lindskoog United States · #3,620,882 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Herbert H. Hoffman United States · #3,828,897 worldwide 97 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 RUSSELL J. PAGE United States · #4,852,334 worldwide 46 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Santa Ana College

What are the most cited papers from Santa Ana College?

The most cited paper from Santa Ana College is "Understanding the Retention of Latino College Students." (John C. Hernandez, 2000), with 180 citations. Next come "Randomized, double-blind comparison of immediate-release omeprazole oral suspension versus intravenous cimetidine for the prevention of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients" (164) and "Innovation During COVID-19: Improving Addiction Treatment Access" (152).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding the Retention of Latino College Students. John C. Hernandez · Journal of college student development Nov 2000 180
2 Randomized, double-blind comparison of immediate-release omeprazole oral suspension versus intravenous cimetidine for the prevention of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in critically ill patients Steven A. Conrad, Andrea Gabrielli, Benjamin D. Margolis et al. · Critical Care Medicine Apr 2005 164
3 Innovation During COVID-19: Improving Addiction Treatment Access Elizabeth A. Samuels, Seth A. Clark, Caroline Wunsch et al. · Journal of Addiction Medicine Open access 12 May 2020 152
4 CONTOURING THE NECK IN RHYTIDECTOMY BY LIPECTOMY AND A MUSCLE SLING Bruce F. Connell · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Mar 1978 151
5 eSports Venues: A New Sport Business Opportunity Seth E. Jenny, Margaret C. Keiper, Blake J. Taylor et al. · Journal of applied sport management 2018 133
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Santa Ana College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Myocardial Infarction, Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Atherosclerosis and Obesity.

▲ 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. Myocardial Infarction18▲ 64×6 topics
  2. Guidelines13▲ 24×6 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 9.3×8 topics
  4. Heart Failure12▲ 23×9 topics
  5. Echocardiography11▲ 33×5 topics
  6. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 61×4 topics
  7. Epidemiology9▲ 1.92×22 topics
  8. Atherosclerosis9▲ 25×6 topics
  9. Obesity8▲ 8.6×5 topics
  10. Acute Coronary Syndromes7▲ 161×1 topic
  11. ST-Segment Elevation7▲ 161×1 topic
  12. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 49×3 topics
  13. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Coronary Artery Disease6▲ 44×2 topics
  15. Coronary Stents6▲ 116×1 topic
  16. Myocardial Revascularization6▲ 116×1 topic
  17. Radiation Exposure6▲ 50×2 topics
  18. Computed Tomography Angiography6▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Myocardial Perfusion6▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Sudden Cardiac Death5▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Dilated Cardiomyopathy5▲ 59×2 topics
  22. Chamber Quantification5▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Diastolic Function5▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Arrhythmias4▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Catheter Ablation4▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Risk Factors4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  27. Surgical Repair4▲ 85×1 topic
  28. Ventricular Reconstruction4▲ 85×1 topic
  29. Cardiomyopathy4▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy4▲ 77×1 topic
  31. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator4▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Cardiovascular Events3▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Health Promotion3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  34. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Hypertension3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  37. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Ventricular Tachycardia3▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Cardiac Risk3▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Santa Ana College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Myocardial Infarction Research, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Acute Myocardial Infarct…7Acute Myocardial Infarction Research: 7 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…6Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…6Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …5Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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

  1. 1 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 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 available50.2%not open49.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.0%domestic only83.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Santa Ana College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% 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 Santa Ana College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Santa Ana College0.000052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Santa Ana College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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