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Kern Medical Center

In research, Kern Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#9,121 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,940 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,180
of 28,054 · #22,556 all time
Rank in United States
#3,468
of 4,192
Research works
616
▲ 144% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.9k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Kern Medical Center 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 #9,121 of 10,443 2.7%91 #6811
Health SciencesDomain #10,940 of 11,982 2.6%93 #8914

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kern Medical 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.96× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.29× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kern Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Rupam Sharma, Paul Walsh and Daniel Quesada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kern Medical Center.

  1. 1 Rupam Sharma United States · #1,058,809 worldwide 22 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Paul Walsh United States · #1,258,409 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Daniel Quesada United States · #1,388,461 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Kern Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kern Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antifungal Therapy, Diagnosis, Virulence Factors, Fungal Pathogens, Cryptococcal Disease, Histoplasmosis and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 6.1×60 topics
  2. Antifungal Therapy12▲ 117×3 topics
  3. Diagnosis12▲ 11×26 topics
  4. Virulence Factors9▲ 53×5 topics
  5. Fungal Pathogens7▲ 46×2 topics
  6. Cryptococcal Disease6▲ 214×1 topic
  7. Histoplasmosis6▲ 214×1 topic
  8. Management6▲ 6.8×19 topics
  9. Inflammation6▲ 2.4×20 topics
  10. Pathogenesis5▲ 9.3×12 topics
  11. Treatment5▲ 4.0×20 topics
  12. Risk Factors5▲ 3.9×16 topics
  13. Surgical Management5▲ 10×12 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.6×8 topics
  15. Immunocompromised Patients4▲ 63×2 topics
  16. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.0×12 topics
  17. Biofilm Formation4▲ 49×2 topics
  18. Candidiasis4▲ 73×1 topic
  19. Invasive Fungal Infections4▲ 90×1 topic
  20. Complications4▲ 6.3×12 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors3▲ 7.0×11 topics
  22. Transplant Recipients3▲ 50×3 topics
  23. Classification3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  24. Clinical Management3▲ 16×6 topics
  25. Molecular Profiling3▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Bacteremia3▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.5×10 topics
  28. Rituximab3▲ 17×4 topics
  29. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Surgery2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  31. Immunosuppression2▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Neuroimaging2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  33. Prophylaxis2▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Autoantibodies2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  35. Healthcare-Associated Infections2▲ 15×4 topics
  36. PET Imaging2▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  38. Cancer Incidence2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Clinical Features2▲ 46×3 topics
  40. Epstein-Barr Virus2▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does Kern Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Fungal Infections and Studies, Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Viral-associated cancers and disorders and Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing.

Fungal Infections and St…6Fungal Infections and Studies: 6 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…4Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 4 fractional worksViral-associated cancers…2Viral-associated cancers and disorders: 2 fractional worksBacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma case studies: 1 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesOncologyClinical Biochemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 4 works
  3. 3 Viral-associated cancers and disorders Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 2 works
  8. 8 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  9. 9 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 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 available46.1%not open53.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kern Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 144% 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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