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Colorado Kidney Care

In research, Colorado Kidney Care stands highest in Medicine (#7,719 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,508 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,924
of 28,054 · #28,126 all time
Rank in United States
#3,421
of 4,192
Research works
262
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.3k
35.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Colorado Kidney Care known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #7,719 of 17,978 20.8%190
Health SciencesDomain #9,508 of 20,462 21.1%219

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

What does Colorado Kidney Care specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 44.4 works3.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.74× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 3.52× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Colorado Kidney Care?

Ranked on the composite score, Donald A. Schön and Geoffrey A. Block lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colorado Kidney Care.

  1. 1 Donald A. Schön United States · #10,662 worldwide 1.2k citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Geoffrey A. Block United States · #56,539 worldwide 334 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Colorado Kidney Care

Which keywords describe research at Colorado Kidney Care?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Hemodialysis, Quality of Life, Mortality, Heart Failure and Nutrition.

▲ 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. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 70×8 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 11×12 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 5.8×23 topics
  4. Hemodialysis6▲ 127×2 topics
  5. Quality of Life6▲ 6.4×8 topics
  6. Heart Failure5▲ 18×8 topics
  7. Mortality5▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Dialysis5▲ 154×1 topic
  9. Nutrition5▲ 17×2 topics
  10. Peritoneal Dialysis5▲ 154×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology4▲ 1.61×26 topics
  12. Treatment4▲ 5.3×14 topics
  13. Glomerular Diseases4▲ 186×1 topic
  14. Nephrotic Syndrome4▲ 186×1 topic
  15. Diagnosis3▲ 5.4×14 topics
  16. Prognosis2▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Biomarkers2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  18. Diabetes2▲ 7.1×11 topics
  19. Management2▲ 4.3×8 topics
  20. Sepsis2▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Critical Care2▲ 14×5 topics
  22. Graft Survival2▲ 38×2 topics
  23. Acute Kidney Injury2▲ 60×2 topics
  24. Immunosuppressive Drugs2▲ 48×2 topics
  25. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 49×2 topics
  26. Renal Failure2▲ 67×2 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  28. Hyperkalemia2▲ 189×1 topic
  29. Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Inhibitors2▲ 189×1 topic
  30. Antibody-Mediated Rejection2▲ 72×1 topic
  31. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Renal Allograft2▲ 72×1 topic
  33. Contrast-Induced Nephropathy2▲ 84×1 topic
  34. Fibrosis2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Nephrotoxicity2▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Autoantibodies1▲ 9.9×5 topics
  37. Hemostasis1▲ 23×3 topics
  38. Elderly1▲ 8.5×4 topics
  39. Rituximab1▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Anemia1▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Colorado Kidney Care publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, Potassium and Related Disorders and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…5Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 5 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 4 fractional worksPotassium and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…2Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Rese…2Acute Kidney Injury Research: 2 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters…1Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 1 fractional worksVasculitis and related conditions: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksReligious and Theological Studies: 1 fractional worksRural development and sustainability: 1 fractional works
NephrologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineTransplantationEmergency Medical Services3 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 5 works
  2. 2 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 4 works
  3. 3 Potassium and Related Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 2 works
  5. 5 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 2 works
  6. 6 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  7. 7 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 Religious and Theological Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Rural development and sustainability General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 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 available45.8%not open54.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.4%domestic only69.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Colorado Kidney Care's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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