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West Health

In research, West Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,784 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,657
of 28,054 · #18,708 all time
Rank in United States
#3,043
of 4,192
Research works
446
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is West 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,784 of 11,982 9.8%69 #7776

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

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: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.98× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.01× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 2.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 15.14× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.84× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 15.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at West Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Elizabeth Stranges lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Health.

  1. 1 Elizabeth Stranges United States · #406,519 worldwide 29 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at West Health

Which keywords describe research at West Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Quality of Life, Pathogenesis, Health Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.9×60 topics
  2. Quality of Life5▲ 3.5×14 topics
  3. Primary Care5▲ 12×9 topics
  4. Diagnosis4▲ 4.8×22 topics
  5. Treatment4▲ 3.1×20 topics
  6. Pathogenesis4▲ 6.9×12 topics
  7. Risk Factors4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  8. Surgical Management4▲ 8.6×7 topics
  9. Health Outcomes3▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Management3▲ 3.8×14 topics
  11. Health Care Utilization3▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 9.4×6 topics
  13. Depression3▲ 3.2×11 topics
  14. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 14×4 topics
  15. Echocardiography3▲ 9.6×7 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 3.6×6 topics
  17. Complications2▲ 3.8×9 topics
  18. Health Care Spending2▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Insurance Markets2▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Pharmaceutical Industry2▲ 49×2 topics
  21. Vaccine2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  22. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 21×1 topic
  23. Health Utility Measures2▲ 21×1 topic
  24. Sudden Death2▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  26. Congenital2▲ 101×1 topic
  27. Coronary Artery Anomalies2▲ 101×1 topic
  28. Drug Development Costs2▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Generic Drugs2▲ 66×1 topic
  30. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  31. Chronic Disease2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  32. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Digital Divide2▲ 6.1×2 topics
  34. Health Policy2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  35. Quality Improvement2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  36. Telemedicine2▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Catheter Ablation1▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Dilated Cardiomyopathy1▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Telehealth1▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Virtual Care1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does West Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Policy and Management, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and Coronary Artery Anomalies.

Healthcare Policy and Ma…2Healthcare Policy and Management: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics…2Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 2 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies2Coronary Artery Anomalies: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 1 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…1Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…1Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  4. 4 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  6. 6 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  7. 7 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.2%domestic only79.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower 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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