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In research, Kentucky Science Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,368 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,105 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,834
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,462
of 7,310
Research works
456
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.7k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Kentucky Science Center

What is Kentucky Science Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,368 of 16,688 6.8%219
MedicineField #8,105 of 14,558 6.0%189

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kentucky Science Center 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kentucky Science Center work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Kentucky Science Center is in Health Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Social Sciences (15%), Health Professions (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13 fractional works · 44.3% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 35.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 8.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 27.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKKentucky ScienceCenter30fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences27%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1035.4%
    2. Health Professions38.8%
    1. Social Sciences414.9%
    2. Psychology26.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.1%
    4. Decision Sciences11.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.7%
    1. Computer Science14.1%
    2. Engineering13.3%
    3. Materials Science11.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.9%
    5. Environmental Science01.7%
    6. Mathematics01.3%
    7. Chemistry01.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.35× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.84× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.22× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.35×3 works
  2. Psychology2.22×2 works
  3. Medicine1.84×10 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.79×0 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.60×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.47×2 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.34×0 works
  8. Social Sciences1.18×4 works
  9. Mathematics1.09×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.83×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.72×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.72×1 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.54×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.53×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.35×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.33×0 works
  20. Engineering0.22×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Kentucky Science Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas More, Hugh T. McElrath and Irvin Abell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kentucky Science Center.

  1. 1 Thomas More United States · #1,985,004 worldwide 476 citations · 136 works
  2. 2 Hugh T. McElrath United States · #2,539,432 worldwide 19 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Irvin Abell United States · #2,621,510 worldwide 224 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Brad Asher United States · #2,624,372 worldwide 156 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 August Schachner United States · #2,790,882 worldwide 78 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Theodore S Bell United States · #2,825,103 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Joseph C. Bell United States · #3,227,602 worldwide 97 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Stephen A. Roosa United States · #3,339,561 worldwide 261 citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Zoltan S. Gyimesi United States · #3,560,960 worldwide 315 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Ivo Poglayen‐Neuwall United States · #3,646,639 worldwide 197 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Kentucky Science Center

What are the most cited papers from Kentucky Science Center?

The most cited paper from Kentucky Science Center is "Adenosine as an adjunct to thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction" (Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Joseph A. Puma, Alejandro Barbagelata et al., 1999), with 550 citations. Next come "EMT-activating transcription factors in cancer: beyond EMT and tumor invasiveness" (523) and "A comparative technoeconomic analysis of pathways for commercial electrochemical CO 2 reduction to liquid products" (507).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Adenosine as an adjunct to thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Joseph A. Puma, Alejandro Barbagelata et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Nov 1999 550
2 EMT-activating transcription factors in cancer: beyond EMT and tumor invasiveness Ester Sànchez‐Tilló, Yongqing Liu, Oriol de Barrios et al. · Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences Open access 3 Sep 2012 523
3 A comparative technoeconomic analysis of pathways for commercial electrochemical CO 2 reduction to liquid products Joshua M. Spurgeon, Bijandra Kumar · Energy & Environmental Science 2018 507
4 Oil spill problems and sustainable response strategies through new technologies И. Б. Ившина, Maria S. Kuyukina, Anastasiya V. Krivoruchko et al. · Environmental Science Processes & Impacts Open access 2015 431
5 Acetaminophen Hepatotoxicity in Alcoholics Leonard B. Seeff, BRENDA A. CUCCHERINI, HYMAN J. ZIMMERMAN et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Mar 1986 421
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Which keywords describe research at Kentucky Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Elderly, Inappropriate Medication Use, Polypharmacy, Gender, Academic Medicine, Epidemiology, Career Development and Public Health.

▲ 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-now 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 9 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.87×19 topics
  2. Elderly2▲ 21×2 topics
  3. Inappropriate Medication Use1▲ 108×1 topic
  4. Polypharmacy1▲ 108×1 topic
  5. Public Health1▲ 3.0×8 topics
  6. Gender1▲ 7.6×3 topics
  7. Academic Medicine1▲ 48×3 topics
  8. Education1▲ 2.2×5 topics
  9. Career Development1▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Kentucky Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Education Systems and Policy and Mentoring and Academic Development.

Pharmaceutical Practices…1Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 0 fractional worksMedication Adherence and Compliance: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 0 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…0Health and Medical Research Impacts: 0 fractional worksAntimicrobial agents and applications: 0 fractional worksLatin American and Latino Studies: 0 fractional worksMedical Device Sterilization and Disinfection: 0 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyGeneral Health ProfessionsEducationSocial Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  2. 2 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  4. 4 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 0 works
  5. 5 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 0 works
  6. 6 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Antimicrobial agents and applications Organic Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 0 works
  10. 10 Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection Microbiology 0 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 available14.8%not open85.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kentucky Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kentucky Science Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000060% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kentucky Science Center0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kentucky Science Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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