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Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute

In research, Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,136 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,234 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health Professions — Health Professions is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,394
of 28,054 · #18,071 all time
Rank in United States
#2,181
of 4,192
Research works
447
▲ 90% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.9k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
71%
world 28%

What is Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute 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 #5,136 of 11,982 17.8%114 #6994
MedicineField #5,234 of 10,443 13.8%87 #7256

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute 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 Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health Professions takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health ProfessionsField · 22.8 works5.2×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.69× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.97× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.25× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.75× its world share, 87 worksMedicineNursing: 2.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.32× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Evidence-Based Practice, Behavior Change, Academic Medicine, Healthcare Interventions, Implementation Science, Chronic Disease Management and Career Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 2.3×75 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 2.2×43 topics
  3. Evidence-Based Practice7▲ 34×4 topics
  4. Mental Health6▲ 2.7×20 topics
  5. Quality of Life6▲ 2.7×26 topics
  6. Behavior Change6▲ 24×3 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.1×22 topics
  8. Qualitative Research5▲ 3.8×4 topics
  9. Risk Factors5▲ 2.9×17 topics
  10. Depression5▲ 3.6×14 topics
  11. Public Health5▲ 2.1×18 topics
  12. Academic Medicine5▲ 39×3 topics
  13. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.5×11 topics
  14. Healthcare5▲ 2.6×10 topics
  15. Healthcare Interventions5▲ 84×1 topic
  16. Implementation Science5▲ 84×1 topic
  17. COVID-194▲ 1.93×11 topics
  18. Career Development4▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Medical Research4▲ 84×1 topic
  21. Physician-Scientist4▲ 84×1 topic
  22. Primary Care4▲ 6.5×10 topics
  23. Anxiety4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  24. Health Disparities3▲ 7.0×7 topics
  25. Health Outcomes3▲ 6.6×5 topics
  26. Medical Education3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  27. Prevalence3▲ 4.2×8 topics
  28. Quality Improvement3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  29. Transplantation3▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Chronic Disease3▲ 8.9×3 topics
  31. Community Engagement3▲ 4.8×5 topics
  32. Health Promotion3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  33. Graft Survival2▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Physician Burnout2▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Drugs2▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Information Seeking Behavior2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Biomedical Engineering2▲ 8.5×1 topic
  39. Hackathons2▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Informed Consent2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Policy Implementation Science, Health and Medical Research Impacts, Biomedical and Engineering Education and Health Sciences Research and Education.

Health Policy Implementa…5Health Policy Implementation Science: 5 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 4 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 2 fractional worksHealth Sciences Research and Education: 2 fractional worksEthics in Clinical Research: 2 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…2Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 2 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 2 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 2 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthBiomedical EngineeringSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Health Policy Implementation Science General Health Professions 5 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  3. 3 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 2 works
  5. 5 Ethics in Clinical Research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 2 works
  8. 8 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available70.9%not open29.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.5%domestic only85.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 90% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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