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Sierra Health Foundation

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Research works
6
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
73
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Sierra Health Foundation

Not ranked overall: Sierra Health Foundation is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Sierra Health Foundation work in?

In all years, 65% of research at Sierra Health Foundation is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Economics, Econometrics and Finance (26%), Decision Sciences (23%), Health Professions (19%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 4 fractional works · 64.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 26.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 23.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 23.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 30.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 18.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 18.7% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 11.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSierra HealthFoundation6fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences65%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance226.0%
    2. Decision Sciences223.3%
    3. Social Sciences110.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting05.1%
    1. Health Professions118.7%
    2. Medicine111.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences05.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

    Who are the top researchers at Sierra Health Foundation?

    Ranked on the quality score, Barbara M. Aved lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sierra Health Foundation.

    1. 1 Barbara M. Aved United States · #3,720,449 worldwide 192 citations · 17 works
    All ranked researchers at Sierra Health Foundation

    What are the most cited papers from Sierra Health Foundation?

    The most cited paper from Sierra Health Foundation is "Barriers to prenatal care for low-income women." (Barbara M. Aved, Margaret M. Irwin, Leslie Cummings et al., 1993), with 51 citations. Next come "Using performance measurement to assess research: Lessons learned from the international agricultural research centres" (12) and "The Effect of Rehospitalization and Emergency Department Visits on Subsequent Adherence to Weight Telemonitoring" (8).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 Barriers to prenatal care for low-income women. Barbara M. Aved, Margaret M. Irwin, Leslie Cummings et al. · PubMed Open access May 1993 51
    2 Using performance measurement to assess research: Lessons learned from the international agricultural research centres Sirkka Immonen, Leslie J. Cooksy · Evaluation 2014 12
    3 The Effect of Rehospitalization and Emergency Department Visits on Subsequent Adherence to Weight Telemonitoring Sarah C. Haynes, Daniel Joseph Tancredi, Kathleen L. Tong et al. · The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing Open access 8 May 2020 8
    4 Incorporating Qualitative Evidence in Systematic Reviews: Strategies and Challenges Valerie J. Caracelli, Leslie J. Cooksy · New Directions for Evaluation Review Jun 2013 7
    5 Role and use of independent evaluation in development-oriented agricultural research: The case of CGIAR, an agricultural research network Sirkka Immonen, Leslie J. Cooksy · Outlook on Agriculture 19 May 2019 5
    All 8 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which research topics does Sierra Health Foundation publish most on?

    By volume: Evaluation and Performance Assessment, Community Development and Social Impact, Primary Care and Health Outcomes and Public Policy and Administration Research.

    Evaluation and Performan…2Evaluation and Performance Assessment: 2 fractional worksCommunity Development an…1Community Development and Social Impact: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health …1Primary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPublic Policy and Administration Research: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 0 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…0Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Impact and Responses: 0 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 0 fractional worksAccounting and Organizational Management: 0 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 0 fractional works
    Management Science and Operations ResearchFinanceGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Administration4 others

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

    1. 1 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
    2. 2 Community Development and Social Impact Finance 1 works
    3. 3 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
    4. 4 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 1 works
    5. 5 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 0 works
    6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
    7. 7 HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses Economics and Econometrics 0 works
    8. 8 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 0 works
    9. 9 Accounting and Organizational Management Management Information Systems 0 works
    10. 10 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0 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 available24.9%not open75.1%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors1.6%domestic only98.4%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has Sierra Health Foundation's research output changed?

    Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

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