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UCLA Medical Center

In research, UCLA Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,534 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,052 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,358 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 7.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,444
of 28,054 · #1,345 all time
Rank in United States
#623
of 4,192
Research works
12k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
455k
38.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is UCLA 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
MedicineField #1,534 of 10,443 13.8%605 #308
Health SciencesDomain #2,052 of 11,982 14.0%645 #376
Life SciencesDomain #2,358 of 7,800 21.7%111 #598
SurgerySubfield #1,033 of 1,816 12.0%90 #378
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,194 of 3,579 23.3%68 #646
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #840 of 1,144 12.5%77 #241
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #627 of 738 10.5%66 #279

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

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#308 #1,534
  2. Health Sciences#376 #2,052
  3. Life Sciences#598 #2,358
  4. Surgery#378 #1,033
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#646 #2,194
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#241 #840
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#279 #627
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.

What does UCLA Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 66.1 works7.6×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 76.7 works6.0×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.54× its world share, 68 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.31× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.45× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.80× its world share, 605 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at UCLA Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Arnold S. Bayer, Karlman Wasserman and Brian J. Whipp lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UCLA Medical Center.

  1. 1 Arnold S. Bayer United States · #4,710 worldwide 1.1k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Karlman Wasserman United States · #7,752 worldwide 711 citations · 116 works
  3. 3 Brian J. Whipp United States · #12,760 worldwide 547 citations · 55 works
  4. 4 William D. Odell United States · #13,214 worldwide 580 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 Roger Lewis United States · #30,968 worldwide 395 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Delbert A. Fisher United States · #31,866 worldwide 396 citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Michael G. Ross United States · #34,735 worldwide 930 citations · 120 works
  8. 8 William C. Shoemaker United States · #40,352 worldwide 421 citations · 106 works
  9. 9 Lucien B. Guze United States · #44,180 worldwide 404 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Ronald S. Swerdloff United States · #46,538 worldwide 619 citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at UCLA Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at UCLA Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Coronary Artery Disease, Myocardial Infarction, Obesity and Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology86▲ 2.6×108 topics
  2. Inflammation61▲ 3.5×71 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease54▲ 5.9×36 topics
  4. Diagnosis42▲ 5.5×36 topics
  5. Treatment36▲ 3.6×42 topics
  6. Obesity33▲ 5.3×20 topics
  7. Coronary Artery Disease31▲ 33×3 topics
  8. Risk Factors29▲ 3.2×28 topics
  9. Management29▲ 4.4×27 topics
  10. Myocardial Infarction28▲ 15×7 topics
  11. Quality of Life28▲ 2.4×43 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome27▲ 4.0×21 topics
  13. Magnetic Resonance Imaging26▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Atherosclerosis26▲ 11×10 topics
  15. Guidelines26▲ 6.6×13 topics
  16. Heart Failure25▲ 7.0×13 topics
  17. Mortality24▲ 4.9×12 topics
  18. Cardiac Imaging23▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Chemotherapy21▲ 3.6×24 topics
  20. Complications21▲ 5.0×17 topics
  21. Echocardiography21▲ 9.2×8 topics
  22. Immunotherapy20▲ 3.4×18 topics
  23. Radiation Exposure20▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment19▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Computed Tomography Angiography19▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Myocardial Perfusion19▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Chronic Kidney Disease18▲ 9.3×8 topics
  28. Global Burden18▲ 4.2×11 topics
  29. Clinical Trials18▲ 3.2×18 topics
  30. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 3.9×14 topics
  31. Vascular Function17▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations16▲ 4.6×20 topics
  33. Diabetes16▲ 4.0×16 topics
  34. Insulin Resistance16▲ 4.2×9 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Risk16▲ 6.0×9 topics
  36. Endothelial Function13▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Epicardial Fat12▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Perivascular Adipose Tissue12▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Pulmonary Hypertension11▲ 9.5×3 topics
  40. Antifungal Therapy11▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does UCLA Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Dialysis and Renal Disease Management.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…19Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 19 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 12 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…10Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 10 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disea…7Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 7 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…6Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 6 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 5 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNephrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 19 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 7 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  7. 7 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 6 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 5 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UCLA Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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