Research Studies About Los Angeles - Key Findings

What research studies Los Angeles?

Papers about Los Angeles as a subject — its agriculture, health, environment and society — regardless of where the authors sit.

Summary

Research about Los Angeles is unexpectedly ecological and biological. Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis leads with 235 papers, ahead of Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies at 225 and Species Distribution and Climate Change at 208.

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Research outlook for Los Angeles

What the papers — written in the city and about it — point to, split by the Prism stance layer: work that reads promising versus work that flags problems or urges caution.

Opportunities the research points to

Machine Learning · 233Children's Health · 202Neuroscience · 197Women's Health · 191Healthcare · 158Mental Health · 138Breast Cancer · 131Men's Health · 122Deep Learning · 110COVID-19 · 102Alzheimer's Disease · 100Artificial Intelligence · 96

Concerns the research raises

Healthcare · 249Women's Health · 222Children's Health · 184COVID-19 · 166Mental Health · 117Research · 72Patients' Health · 66Public Health · 57HIV · 46Patient Care · 43Education · 41Men's Health · 40

counts = papers carrying the theme · concerns merge cautionary, critical and problem-identifying work

Topics

Topic	Works
Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis	235
Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies	225
Species Distribution and Climate Change	208
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies	202
Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics	200
Synthesis and Biological Activity	177
Forest Management and Policy	167
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications	153
Tree-ring climate responses	129
Diatoms and Algae Research	125
Research Data Management Practices	117
Protist diversity and phylogeny	107
Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology	95
Cell Image Analysis Techniques	85
Plant Ecology and Soil Science	81
Corporate Governance and Law	81
Ecology and biodiversity studies	77
Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics	76
Environmental Science and Water Management	76
Wood and Agarwood Research	72

By year

Orientation (where Prism-tagged)

Descriptive

9,410

153Problem Identifying

101Promising

58Critical

47Breakthrough

44Cautionary

42Comparative

Most-cited

Paper	Year	Cited	Doi
Pneumocystis Pneumonia—Los Angeles	1996	1457	doi
Immigrant Enclaves and Ethnic Communities in New York and Los Angeles	2002	834	doi
Ambient Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis in Los Angeles	2004	809	doi
How big is the premium for currency risk?1We thank Geert Bekaert, Tim Bollerslev, Peter Bossaerts, Mark…	1998	492	doi
Ambient Air Pollution and Preterm Birth in the Environment and Pregnancy Outcomes Study at the University of…	2007	402	doi
Air Pollution and Incidence of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Black Women Living in Los Angeles	2012	365	doi
Residential proximity to traffic and adverse birth outcomes in Los Angeles county, California, 1994-1996.	2002	356	doi
Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four Ecologies	1971	347	—
Ambient Air Pollution and Autism in Los Angeles County, California	2012	336	doi
Six-Month Prevalence of Specific Psychiatric Disorders Among Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites in Los…	1987	332	doi
Association of mis-sense substitution in SRD5A2 gene with prostate cancer in African-American and Hispanic…	1999	313	doi
Pneumocystis Pneumonia—Los Angeles	2006	300	doi
City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles.	1993	300	doi
Utilization of Health and Mental Health Services by Los Angeles Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites	1987	291	doi
Atmospheric Reactions Influence Seasonal PAH and Nitro-PAH Concentrations in the Los Angeles Basin	2004	278	doi

papers whose title or entities mention Los Angeles (any author location) · partial sample · distinct from research done at the city's institutions

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