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West Health

In research, West Health stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,464 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,754
of 22,385 · #13,253 all time
Rank in United States
#2,428
of 3,332
Research works
446
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
West Health

What is West Health known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,464 of 9,902 9.3%69 #5163

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does West Health work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at West Health is in Health Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Health Professions (8%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 82 fractional works · 67.9% of its workMedicine: 68 fractional works · 56.4% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEquine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWest Health121fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences16%

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. Medicine6856.4%
    2. Health Professions108.2%
    3. Veterinary22.0%
    4. Nursing21.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance75.4%
    2. Social Sciences64.7%
    3. Psychology54.4%
    4. Decision Sciences10.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology22.0%
    4. Neuroscience10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Computer Science32.3%
    2. Environmental Science21.5%
    3. Engineering11.2%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
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: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.97× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.11× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 2.55× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 14.77× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.54× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.43× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 14.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary14.77×2 works
  2. Health Professions3.11×10 works
  3. Medicine2.93×68 works
  4. Nursing2.55×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.54×7 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.97×2 works
  7. Psychology1.43×5 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.81×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×5 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×4 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.46×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.37×6 works
  14. Computer Science0.30×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.30×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.19×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×1 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.11×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  23. Engineering0.08×1 works
  24. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at West Health?

Ranked on the quality score, Liane Wardlow, Sean Dickson and Kelly J. Ko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is West Health.

  1. 1 Liane Wardlow United States · #692,832 worldwide 802 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Sean Dickson United States · #876,277 worldwide 959 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Kelly J. Ko United States · #1,775,318 worldwide 686 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Amy R. Stuck United States · #2,252,757 worldwide 300 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Christopher Crowley United States · #3,016,014 worldwide 565 citations · 55 works
  6. 6 Chibuike Charles Agwuegbo United States · #3,743,349 worldwide 198 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Michael Bennett Casale United States · #5,049,210 worldwide 121 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at West Health

What are the most cited papers from West Health?

The most cited paper from West Health is "Adult Norms for the Box and Block Test of Manual Dexterity" (Virgil G. Mathiowetz, Gloria Volland, Nancy Kashman et al., 1985), with 2,156 citations. Next come "Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Guiding Adjuvant Therapy in Stage II Colon Cancer" (1,076) and "The N-Of-1 Clinical Trial: The Ultimate Strategy For Individualizing Medicine?" (719).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Adult Norms for the Box and Block Test of Manual Dexterity Virgil G. Mathiowetz, Gloria Volland, Nancy Kashman et al. · American Journal of Occupational Therapy Jun 1985 2,156
2 Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Guiding Adjuvant Therapy in Stage II Colon Cancer Jeanne Tie et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jun 2022 1,076
3 The N-Of-1 Clinical Trial: The Ultimate Strategy For Individualizing Medicine? Elizabeth O. Lillie, Bradley A. Patay, Joel Diamant et al. · Personalized Medicine Open access Mar 2011 719
4 Metabolic endophenotype and related genotypes are associated with oxidative stress in children with autism S. Jill James, Stepan Melnyk, Stefanie Jernigan et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics Open access 18 Aug 2006 608
5 Ultrasound contrast microbubbles in imaging and therapy: physical principles and engineering Shengping Qin, Charles F. Caskey, Katherine W. Ferrara · Physics in Medicine and Biology Open access 19 Feb 2009 454
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at West Health?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 2.9×64 topics
  2. Primary Care6▲ 14×10 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 3.1×15 topics
  4. Diagnosis5▲ 4.3×22 topics
  5. Treatment4▲ 3.1×23 topics
  6. Risk Factors4▲ 3.1×18 topics
  7. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 16×4 topics
  8. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.9×12 topics
  9. Surgical Management4▲ 7.6×10 topics
  10. Depression4▲ 3.4×11 topics
  11. Health Outcomes3▲ 10×6 topics
  12. Mental Health3▲ 1.93×15 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.4×15 topics
  15. Health Care Utilization3▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Management3▲ 3.4×14 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.0×8 topics
  18. Echocardiography3▲ 7.9×7 topics
  19. Complications2▲ 4.1×9 topics
  20. Heart Failure2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  21. Quality Improvement2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  22. Chronic Disease2▲ 11×4 topics
  23. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  24. Health Care Spending2▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Insurance Markets2▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  27. Digital Divide2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  28. Glycemic Control2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  29. Pharmaceutical Industry2▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Health Utility Measures2▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Sudden Death2▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Congenital2▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Coronary Artery Anomalies2▲ 85×1 topic
  35. Drug Development Costs2▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Generic Drugs2▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Telemedicine2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Health Policy2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  40. Health Services2▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does West Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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 and Policy: 2 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies2Coronary Artery Anomalies: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…2Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional worksTelemedicine and Telehealth Implementation: 2 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care Studies: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues1Global Health Care Issues: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 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 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has West Health's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is West Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00061% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%West Health0.00053% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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