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Fresenius Medical Care (United States)

In research, Fresenius Medical Care (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#6,761 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,257 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology — Nephrology is 124.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,776
of 28,054 · #22,642 all time
Rank in United States
#2,729
of 4,192
Research works
456
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Fresenius Medical Care (United States) 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 #6,761 of 10,443 7.5%82 #7025
Health SciencesDomain #8,257 of 11,982 7.5%95 #8119

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 124.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 31.7 works125×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.64× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.84× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.63× its world share, 82 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fresenius Medical Care (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Edmund G. Lowrie, José A. Díaz-Buxó and Robert J. Kossmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fresenius Medical Care (United States).

  1. 1 Edmund G. Lowrie United States · #165,748 worldwide 274 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 José A. Díaz-Buxó United States · #176,331 worldwide 119 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Robert J. Kossmann United States · #548,480 worldwide 18 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Claudy Mullon United States · #1,023,964 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Franklin W. Maddux United States · #1,417,840 worldwide 22 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 John W. Larkin United States · #1,519,373 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Benjamin Hippen United States · #1,564,707 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Linda Ficociello United States · #1,585,126 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Fresenius Medical Care (United States)

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Mortality, 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 Disease34▲ 121×7 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease33▲ 25×18 topics
  3. Inflammation29▲ 12×24 topics
  4. Mortality28▲ 42×9 topics
  5. Quality of Life28▲ 17×12 topics
  6. Hemodialysis28▲ 297×2 topics
  7. Nutrition26▲ 49×3 topics
  8. Dialysis25▲ 443×1 topic
  9. Peritoneal Dialysis25▲ 443×1 topic
  10. Healthcare8▲ 6.3×10 topics
  11. Epidemiology8▲ 1.61×37 topics
  12. Machine Learning7▲ 1.83×9 topics
  13. Heart Failure5▲ 9.6×7 topics
  14. Precision Medicine5▲ 8.8×4 topics
  15. Treatment4▲ 3.1×14 topics
  16. Risk Factors4▲ 3.2×8 topics
  17. Biomarkers4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  18. Catheter-Related Infections4▲ 110×1 topic
  19. Central Venous Catheterization4▲ 110×1 topic
  20. Acute Kidney Injury4▲ 67×2 topics
  21. Renal Failure4▲ 75×2 topics
  22. Stroke4▲ 19×6 topics
  23. Global Burden4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  24. Medical Imaging4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  25. Pathophysiology3▲ 9.5×4 topics
  26. Anemia3▲ 28×4 topics
  27. Iron Deficiency3▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Neuroprotection3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  29. Prognosis3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  30. Big Data Analytics3▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Classification Models3▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Critical Care3▲ 10×7 topics
  33. Medical Diagnosis3▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Kidney Transplantation3▲ 38×2 topics
  35. Cancer Treatment3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  36. Clinical Decision Support3▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Ethical Challenges3▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Graft Survival3▲ 28×3 topics
  39. Renal Function3▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Sepsis3▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Fresenius Medical Care (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 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…25Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 25 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 2 fractional worksErythropoietin and Anemia Treatment: 2 fractional worksAcute Kidney Injury Research: 2 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 2 fractional worksMuscle and Compartmental Disorders: 2 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional works
NephrologyEmergency Medical ServicesHealth Information ManagementHealth Informatics3 others

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

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 25 works
  2. 2 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 4 works
  3. 3 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 3 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  5. 5 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Erythropoietin and Anemia Treatment Hematology 2 works
  7. 7 Acute Kidney Injury Research Nephrology 2 works
  8. 8 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 2 works
  9. 9 Muscle and Compartmental Disorders Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 2 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.9%domestic only62.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

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