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Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States)

In research, Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#7,907 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,823 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology — Nephrology is 127.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,393
of 28,054 · #29,351 all time
Rank in United States
#3,506
of 4,192
Research works
288
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States) 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 #7,907 of 17,978 15.1%202
Health SciencesDomain #9,823 of 20,462 15.0%243

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States) 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 Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 127.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 20.2 works128×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.63× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.66× its world share, 51 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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 Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Frank A. Gotch lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States).

  1. 1 Frank A. Gotch United States · #208,271 worldwide 108 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States)?

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

▲ 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 Disease22▲ 124×8 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 26×16 topics
  3. Mortality18▲ 43×10 topics
  4. Inflammation18▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Quality of Life17▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Hemodialysis17▲ 300×2 topics
  7. Nutrition16▲ 51×4 topics
  8. Dialysis16▲ 452×1 topic
  9. Peritoneal Dialysis16▲ 452×1 topic
  10. Epidemiology5▲ 1.74×25 topics
  11. Healthcare5▲ 5.6×8 topics
  12. Machine Learning4▲ 1.70×9 topics
  13. Heart Failure3▲ 9.7×7 topics
  14. Risk Factors3▲ 3.9×8 topics
  15. Pandemic3▲ 3.7×3 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-22▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Treatment2▲ 2.8×10 topics
  18. Pathophysiology2▲ 11×4 topics
  19. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Global Burden2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  21. Graft Survival2▲ 38×3 topics
  22. Stroke2▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Catheter-Related Infections2▲ 93×1 topic
  24. Central Venous Catheterization2▲ 93×1 topic
  25. Medical Imaging2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  26. Renal Function2▲ 30×3 topics
  27. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 45×2 topics
  28. Acute Kidney Injury2▲ 53×2 topics
  29. Anemia2▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Iron Deficiency2▲ 49×2 topics
  31. Renal Failure2▲ 59×2 topics
  32. Guidelines2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  33. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  34. Big Data Analytics2▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Thrombosis2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Classification Models2▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Medical Diagnosis2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Prognosis2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  39. Sepsis2▲ 12×3 topics
  40. TGF-ß2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Blood donation and transfusion practices.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…16Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 16 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 2 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksBlood donation and transfusion practices: 1 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 1 fractional worksErythropoietin and Anemia Treatment: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional works
NephrologyEmergency Medical ServicesHealth Information ManagementManagement of Technology and Innovation6 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 16 works
  2. 2 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 2 works
  4. 4 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  5. 5 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 1 works
  6. 6 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  7. 7 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment Hematology 1 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.8%domestic only57.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fresenius Medical Care North America (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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