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West Coast University

In research, West Coast University stands highest in Health Sciences (#13,401 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,027
of 22,385 · #17,547 all time
Rank in United States
#2,313
of 3,332
Research works
316
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
West Coast University

What is West Coast University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #13,401 of 16,688 7.3%134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where West Coast University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does West Coast University work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at West Coast University is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Social Sciences (14%), Health Professions (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 50 fractional works · 48.3% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 35.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 25.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKWest CoastUniversity103fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences48%Social Sciences26%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3735.9%
    2. Health Professions87.6%
    3. Dentistry43.4%
    4. Nursing11.4%
    1. Social Sciences1413.6%
    2. Psychology65.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting33.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering66.3%
    2. Computer Science54.6%
    3. Environmental Science43.4%
    4. Chemistry11.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.7%
    6. Mathematics00.4%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    3. Neuroscience11.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.10× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.89× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.87× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.93× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.10×4 works
  2. Health Professions2.89×8 works
  3. Nursing2.84×1 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.20×1 works
  5. Psychology1.88×6 works
  6. Medicine1.87×37 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.19×3 works
  8. Social Sciences1.08×14 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.06×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.93×3 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.88×5 works
  12. Chemistry0.75×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.72×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.69×4 works
  15. Computer Science0.59×5 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×1 works
  17. Engineering0.42×6 works
  18. Mathematics0.37×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.22×1 works
  21. Energy0.18×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at West Coast University?

Ranked on the quality score, Alan H. Rosenstein, Ettie Rosenberg and A H Rosenstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Coast University.

  1. 1 Alan H. Rosenstein United States · #2,284,242 worldwide 3.1k citations · 104 works
  2. 2 Ettie Rosenberg United States · #2,638,380 worldwide 183 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 A H Rosenstein United States · #4,977,552 worldwide 44 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Michael Torrice United States · #6,595,703 worldwide 247 citations · 153 works
All ranked researchers at West Coast University

What are the most cited papers from West Coast University?

The most cited paper from West Coast University is "DNA Sequencing versus Standard Prenatal Aneuploidy Screening" (Diana W. Bianchi, Richard A. Parker, Jeffrey Wentworth et al., 2014), with 633 citations. Next come "Impact and Implications of Disruptive Behavior in the Perioperative Arena" (273) and "Choice and Accommodation in Parental Child Care Decisions" (241).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DNA Sequencing versus Standard Prenatal Aneuploidy Screening Diana W. Bianchi, Richard A. Parker, Jeffrey Wentworth et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 26 Feb 2014 633
2 Impact and Implications of Disruptive Behavior in the Perioperative Arena Alan H. Rosenstein, Michelle O’Daniel · Journal of the American College of Surgeons 6 Jun 2006 273
3 Choice and Accommodation in Parental Child Care Decisions Marcia K. Meyers, Lucy Porter Jordan · Community Development Jun 2006 241
4 MINEs: open access databases of computationally predicted enzyme promiscuity products for untargeted metabolomics James G. Jeffryes, Ricardo L Colastani, Mona Elbadawi-Sidhu et al. · Journal of Cheminformatics Open access 26 Aug 2015 230
5 Seabird mortality induced by land‐based artificial lights Airam Rodríguez et al. · Conservation Biology Open access 2 Feb 2017 213
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at West Coast University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Depression, Global Burden, Anxiety, Prevention and Elderly.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.4×36 topics
  2. Quality of Life6▲ 4.3×18 topics
  3. Inflammation6▲ 2.7×24 topics
  4. Depression4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  5. Risk Factors4▲ 3.2×9 topics
  6. Big Data4▲ 3.6×6 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress3▲ 1.98×15 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.1×8 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.7×11 topics
  10. Global Burden3▲ 5.7×7 topics
  11. Anxiety3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  12. Prevention3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  13. Physical Activity3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  14. Clinical Trials3▲ 3.8×5 topics
  15. Elderly2▲ 10×3 topics
  16. Health Effects2▲ 4.0×7 topics
  17. Medical Education2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  18. Interventions2▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Behavior Change2▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Cancer Risk2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  21. Chronic Diseases2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  23. Patient Engagement2▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Professionalism2▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Cancer Survivorship2▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  27. Inappropriate Medication Use2▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Polypharmacy2▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Dental Caries2▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Fatigue2▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Healthcare Communication2▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Physical Fitness2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Disability2▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Pesticides2▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Predictive Analytics2▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention2▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Occupational Exposure2▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Online Recruitment2▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Patient-Reported Outcomes2▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Psychosocial Interventions2▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does West Coast University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Cancer survivorship and care, Social Media in Health Education and Occupational Health and Performance.

Pharmaceutical Practices…2Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCancer survivorship and …2Cancer survivorship and care: 2 fractional worksSocial Media in Health Education: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Performance: 1 fractional worksDental Health and Care Utilization: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence …1Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksPesticide Exposure and Toxicity: 1 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyOncologyHealthOccupational Therapy6 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  2. 2 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Social Media in Health Education Health 2 works
  4. 4 Occupational Health and Performance Occupational Therapy 1 works
  5. 5 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 1 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  7. 7 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  9. 9 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  10. 10 Pesticide Exposure and Toxicity Plant Science 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has West Coast University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is West Coast University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%West Coast University0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of West Coast University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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