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University of California, San Francisco

Diagnostic Radiology residency · San Francisco, CA · Program website

2
Faculty
56
Trainees
157
Papers
27%
Trainees published
21%
First author

15 people are awaiting a match decision, so numbers may change.

Papers

By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 157 in all. Updated 2026-11-07.

How trainees publishauthor positions, faculty co-authorship, ranks

Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 15 of 56 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

27%
of trainees have published
4th of 7 diagnostic radiology residency programs with complete rosters
4th of 7 diagnostic radiology residency programs with complete rosters
0.35
papers per trainee-year
5th of 7 diagnostic radiology residency programs with complete rosters
5th of 7 diagnostic radiology residency programs with complete rosters
21%
of authorships as 1st author
5th of 7 diagnostic radiology residency programs with complete rosters
5th of 7 diagnostic radiology residency programs with complete rosters
0%
of trainee papers with program faculty
3rd of 7 diagnostic radiology residency programs with complete rosters
3rd of 7 diagnostic radiology residency programs with complete rosters
57
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 58 trainee authorships
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person

Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.

2 / 2
faculty matched
51 (43–59)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
1.12
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Soonmee Cha, MDGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment; Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging6726051.72
Jason Talbott, MD, PhDSpinal Cord Injury Research; Medical Imaging and Analysis3533410.78

56 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

About University of California, San Franciscoinstitution-wide diagnostic radiology research

Diagnostic Radiology publications from University of California, San Francisco and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-06; refreshed daily.

178
works per year
5th of 73 diagnostic radiology residency programs
5th of 73 diagnostic radiology residency programs
+16.8%
2-year growth
30th of 71 diagnostic radiology residency programs
30th of 71 diagnostic radiology residency programs
22.6%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
9th of 60 diagnostic radiology residency programs
9th of 60 diagnostic radiology residency programs
53.0%
cited above world average
2nd of 60 diagnostic radiology residency programs
2nd of 60 diagnostic radiology residency programs
2022: 152 works’222023: 176 works’232024: 180 works’242025: 203 works203’252026 (so far): 161 works161’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging · 872

Diagnostic Radiology research topics at University of California, San Francisco

Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.

Most cited at University of California, San Francisco since 2024

All diagnostic radiology papers there on OpenAlex

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