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University of California, Irvine Medical Center

In research, University of California, Irvine Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,097 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,506 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#916 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Surgery — Oncology is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,712
of 28,054 · #4,290 all time
Rank in United States
#772
of 4,192
Research works
4.9k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
143k
29.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is University of California, Irvine 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 #1,097 of 10,443 15.5%409 #910
Health SciencesDomain #1,506 of 11,982 15.8%431 #1120
SurgerySubfield #916 of 1,816 17.7%73 #353

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of California, Irvine 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#910 #1,097
  2. Health Sciences#1,120 #1,506
  3. Surgery#353 #916
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 University of California, Irvine Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 36.9 works6.1×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 73.4 works5.9×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.46× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.41× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 409 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of California, Irvine Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Philip J. DiSaia, Kenneth Waxman and Michael A. Brodsky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of California, Irvine Medical Center.

  1. 1 Philip J. DiSaia United States · #2,263 worldwide 1.5k citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Kenneth Waxman United States · #153,833 worldwide 100 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Michael A. Brodsky United States · #157,531 worldwide 326 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Steven J. Barker United States · #216,397 worldwide 136 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Michael L. Berman United States · #247,346 worldwide 98 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Brian R. Smith United States · #306,163 worldwide 105 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Jeffrey C. Milliken United States · #504,339 worldwide 52 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Linda D. Nelson United States · #621,962 worldwide 62 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Jeffrey R. Suchard United States · #635,771 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 John P. Fruehauf United States · #696,809 worldwide 68 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at University of California, Irvine Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at University of California, Irvine Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Clinical Trials, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology61▲ 2.9×96 topics
  2. Chemotherapy34▲ 9.0×23 topics
  3. Clinical Trials23▲ 6.5×16 topics
  4. Quality of Life22▲ 2.8×40 topics
  5. Inflammation22▲ 1.96×60 topics
  6. Treatment21▲ 3.3×37 topics
  7. Immunotherapy21▲ 5.5×19 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors21▲ 9.0×14 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 7.0×14 topics
  10. Risk Factors19▲ 3.2×28 topics
  11. Diagnosis17▲ 3.5×29 topics
  12. Complications16▲ 6.0×17 topics
  13. Radiotherapy15▲ 7.4×13 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations15▲ 6.4×21 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 2.4×28 topics
  16. Survival Analysis14▲ 9.7×7 topics
  17. Management14▲ 3.4×25 topics
  18. Biomarkers14▲ 3.8×14 topics
  19. Mortality14▲ 4.5×11 topics
  20. Surgical Management13▲ 6.1×19 topics
  21. Metastasis12▲ 6.9×12 topics
  22. Guidelines12▲ 4.8×12 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines11▲ 7.0×9 topics
  24. Global Burden11▲ 3.8×12 topics
  25. Prognosis11▲ 6.2×9 topics
  26. Surgery11▲ 5.7×10 topics
  27. Pathophysiology10▲ 6.5×10 topics
  28. Targeted Therapy10▲ 8.5×5 topics
  29. Molecular Characterization9▲ 9.3×5 topics
  30. Human Papillomavirus8▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 6.6×5 topics
  32. Quality Improvement8▲ 7.8×6 topics
  33. Endoscopic Surgery8▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Treatment Guidelines8▲ 6.9×6 topics
  35. Cytoreductive Surgery8▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Cervical Cancer8▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Radiation Therapy8▲ 11×6 topics
  38. Genomic Profiling7▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Cancer Incidence7▲ 9.7×4 topics
  40. Survival7▲ 9.8×4 topics

Which research topics does University of California, Irvine Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Ovarian cancer diagnosis…5Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…5Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 5 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical Oncology: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 4 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…4Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional works
Reproductive MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryOncology5 others

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

  1. 1 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  6. 6 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 4 works
  7. 7 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of California, Irvine Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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