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UC Irvine Health

In research, UC Irvine Health stands highest in Medicine (#4,338 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,177 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,900 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,498
of 28,054 · #7,966 all time
Rank in United States
#1,271
of 4,192
Research works
1.7k
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is UC Irvine Health 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 #4,338 of 10,443 8.4%188 #6289
Health SciencesDomain #5,177 of 11,982 9.6%207 #7270
Social SciencesDomain #4,900 of 10,521 23.3%94 #5415
Physical SciencesDomain #11,344 of 12,888 14.3%74 #7656

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UC Irvine Health 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#6,289 #4,338
  2. Health Sciences#7,270 #5,177
  3. Social Sciences#5,415 #4,900
  4. Physical Sciences#7,656 #11,344
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.86× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.99× its world share, 33 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.44× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 188 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 49 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at UC Irvine Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Radiotherapy, Molecular Classification, Risk Factors, Treatment and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 2.0×86 topics
  2. Immunotherapy18▲ 5.9×16 topics
  3. Machine Learning12◆ 0.88×27 topics
  4. Treatment11▲ 2.1×28 topics
  5. Risk Factors11▲ 2.3×23 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.2×23 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors10▲ 5.4×13 topics
  8. Cancer10▲ 1.73×27 topics
  9. Inflammation10◆ 1.11×40 topics
  10. Radiotherapy9▲ 5.6×10 topics
  11. Healthcare9▲ 1.88×13 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress9▲ 1.30×30 topics
  13. Big Data9▲ 2.3×9 topics
  14. Chemotherapy9▲ 3.0×21 topics
  15. Quality of Life8▲ 1.35×31 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 1.38×14 topics
  17. Clinical Trials8▲ 2.6×13 topics
  18. Precision Medicine7▲ 3.7×7 topics
  19. Surgical Management7▲ 3.9×14 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations7▲ 3.6×16 topics
  21. Molecular Classification6▲ 9.4×3 topics
  22. Radiosurgery6▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Feminism5▲ 4.4×7 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 2.8×7 topics
  25. Glioblastoma5▲ 17×1 topic
  26. Temozolomide5▲ 17×1 topic
  27. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 3.6×7 topics
  28. Genetic Variants4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  29. Health Disparities4▲ 3.8×8 topics
  30. Targeted Therapy4▲ 4.4×4 topics
  31. Endothelial Function4▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Distributed Systems4▲ 5.6×4 topics
  33. Stereotypes4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  34. Prostate Cancer4▲ 6.4×5 topics
  35. Radiation Therapy4▲ 6.3×5 topics
  36. DNA Methylation3▲ 6.6×2 topics
  37. Online Gaming3▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Video Games3▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Endoscopic Surgery3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  40. Genetic Alterations3▲ 9.0×2 topics

Which research topics does UC Irvine Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Digital Games and Media, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Meningioma and schwannoma management.

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 2 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksSexual function and dysf…2Sexual function and dysfunction studies: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…2EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 2 fractional works
GeneticsSociology and Political ScienceCancer ResearchEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 5 works
  2. 2 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  4. 4 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 2 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UC Irvine Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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