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Western University of Health Sciences

In research, Western University of Health Sciences stands highest in Medicine (#819 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#971 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,007 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,040
of 28,054 · #3,644 all time
Rank in United States
#314
of 4,192
Research works
3.6k
▲ 35% vs 2013–17
Citations
71k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Western University of Health Sciences 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 #819 of 10,443 22.8%524 #1407
Health SciencesDomain #971 of 11,982 21.8%604 #1513
Life SciencesDomain #1,007 of 7,800 23.9%250 #1807
SurgerySubfield #486 of 1,816 31.1%71 #1407
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,148 of 3,579 25.3%128 #2271
Social SciencesDomain #3,429 of 10,521 18.0%99 #5443
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,478 of 2,175 23.3%73 #2586
Physical SciencesDomain #9,641 of 12,888 24.4%77 #13346

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western University of Health Sciences 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#1,407 #819
  2. Health Sciences#1,513 #971
  3. Life Sciences#1,807 #1,007
  4. Surgery#1,407 #486
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,271 #1,148
  6. Social Sciences#5,443 #3,429
  7. Molecular Biology#2,586 #1,478
  8. Physical Sciences#13,346 #9,641
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.

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: 0.46× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.33× its world share, 128 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.90× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.82× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.23× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.23× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 48 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.65× its world share, 524 worksMedicineNursing: 1.74× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.63× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 41 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Western University of Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, G H Nelson, Ying Huang and David Baron lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western University of Health Sciences.

  1. 1 G H Nelson United States · #260,971 worldwide 103 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Ying Huang United States · #366,155 worldwide 87 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 David Baron United States · #443,680 worldwide 188 citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Jeffrey Wang United States · #510,784 worldwide 67 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Kenneth Blum United States · #568,855 worldwide 217 citations · 85 works
  6. 6 Vikrant Rai United States · #617,590 worldwide 66 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Anita L. Nelson United States · #635,182 worldwide 22 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Wenjuan Jiang United States · #687,687 worldwide 61 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Sunil Prabhu United States · #692,738 worldwide 59 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Igor Elman United States · #748,043 worldwide 69 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Western University of Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Western University of Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Immune Response, Diabetes, Diagnosis, Oxidative Stress and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology128▲ 3.1×119 topics
  2. Inflammation75▲ 3.5×75 topics
  3. Treatment49▲ 3.9×44 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress40▲ 2.4×47 topics
  5. Diagnosis35▲ 3.6×35 topics
  6. Cancer33▲ 2.4×47 topics
  7. Immune Response33▲ 5.6×21 topics
  8. Quality of Life32▲ 2.1×45 topics
  9. Diabetes31▲ 6.1×19 topics
  10. Depression26▲ 2.9×20 topics
  11. Public Health26▲ 1.72×35 topics
  12. Risk Factors26▲ 2.3×30 topics
  13. Obesity24▲ 3.1×24 topics
  14. Management22▲ 2.7×25 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 1.91×31 topics
  16. Prevention20▲ 4.8×14 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 2.4×20 topics
  18. Clinical Trials20▲ 2.9×19 topics
  19. Vaccine19▲ 4.6×10 topics
  20. Pathogenesis19▲ 3.6×22 topics
  21. Wound Healing18▲ 6.7×10 topics
  22. Genetics18▲ 2.5×22 topics
  23. Stress17▲ 4.4×8 topics
  24. Cytokines16▲ 5.6×8 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 2.8×14 topics
  26. Regeneration16▲ 7.8×5 topics
  27. Rehabilitation16▲ 3.8×10 topics
  28. Anxiety16▲ 3.2×11 topics
  29. Angiogenesis14▲ 4.2×15 topics
  30. Macrophages14▲ 7.9×6 topics
  31. Neuroinflammation14▲ 4.7×6 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis14▲ 4.6×11 topics
  33. Apoptosis13▲ 4.2×14 topics
  34. Infection12▲ 4.8×10 topics
  35. Neural Plasticity12▲ 6.7×5 topics
  36. Growth Factors12▲ 9.6×3 topics
  37. Antiretroviral Therapy12▲ 7.1×6 topics
  38. Inflammatory Diseases11▲ 6.0×5 topics
  39. Cell Signaling11▲ 6.7×9 topics
  40. Ion Channels10▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Western University of Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management, Wound Healing and Treatments and Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…8Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 8 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Asse…8Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 8 fractional worksWound Healing and Treatments: 7 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…7Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…7Innovations in Medical Education: 7 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 6 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 6 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Recepto…6Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 6 fractional worksErythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology: 6 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 5 fractional works
SurgeryEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismRehabilitationInfectious Diseases6 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 8 works
  2. 2 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  3. 3 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 7 works
  4. 4 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 6 works
  7. 7 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 6 works
  8. 8 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  9. 9 Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology Physiology 6 works
  10. 10 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 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 available57.5%not open42.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western University of Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% 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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