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Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

In research, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,670 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,515 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,350
of 28,054 · #10,667 all time
Rank in United States
#2,658
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
29.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Santa Clara Valley Medical 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,670 of 11,982 12.4%91 #3676
MedicineField #8,515 of 10,443 12.0%81 #3322

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Santa Clara Valley Medical 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).

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: 0.75× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.70× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.91× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert A. O’Reilly, Elmer Brummer and David D. Oakes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.

  1. 1 Robert A. O’Reilly United States · #171,825 worldwide 254 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Elmer Brummer United States · #236,466 worldwide 142 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 David D. Oakes United States · #435,622 worldwide 52 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Jerry Wright United States · #561,588 worldwide 76 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Rajesh Shinghal United States · #800,890 worldwide 58 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 D. A. Stevens United States · #881,034 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Stephanie A. Kolakowsky‐Hayner United States · #1,007,891 worldwide 71 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Rehabilitation, Risk Factors, Pathophysiology, Resuscitation, Antibiotic Resistance and Psychological Impact.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 5.4×70 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 3.1×21 topics
  3. Risk Factors7▲ 5.6×16 topics
  4. Mortality7▲ 10×11 topics
  5. Rehabilitation7▲ 14×9 topics
  6. Pathophysiology6▲ 16×7 topics
  7. Resuscitation6▲ 35×3 topics
  8. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 12×4 topics
  9. Psychological Impact5▲ 13×4 topics
  10. Treatment5▲ 3.6×31 topics
  11. Public Health5▲ 3.0×14 topics
  12. Burn Injury4▲ 241×1 topic
  13. Burn Wound Infections4▲ 241×1 topic
  14. Diagnosis4▲ 4.0×30 topics
  15. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×19 topics
  16. COVID-194▲ 2.4×11 topics
  17. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  18. Recovery4▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Neuroprotection3▲ 8.3×8 topics
  20. Complications3▲ 5.2×14 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases3▲ 8.1×4 topics
  22. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.1×15 topics
  23. Quality Improvement3▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Functional Recovery3▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Management3▲ 3.1×16 topics
  26. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.2×13 topics
  27. Wound Healing3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  28. Diabetes3▲ 4.5×6 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  30. Global Warming2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  31. Encephalopathy2▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Health Outcomes2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  33. Injury Severity2▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Prehospital Care2▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Trauma Center2▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Maternal Mortality2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  37. Concussion2▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Neurological2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Heat Waves2▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Spinal Cord Injury2▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Santa Clara Valley Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Traumatic Brain Injury Research and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Burn Injury Management a…4Burn Injury Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksSpinal Cord Injury Research: 2 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters…2Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 1 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyEmergency MedicineHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPathology and Forensic Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes Epidemiology 4 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  5. 5 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  7. 7 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Santa Clara Valley Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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