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Kettering University

In research, Kettering University stands highest in Life Sciences (#764 of 6,403 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#558 of 2,964 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#1,983 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Hematology and Genetics (Cancer Research is 14.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,991
of 22,385 · #1,099 all time
Rank in United States
#385
of 3,332
Research works
6.8k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
273k
40.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Kettering University

What is Kettering University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #764 of 6,403 23.5%230 #506
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #558 of 2,964 23.4%190 #407
Health SciencesDomain #1,983 of 9,902 27.3%333 #1067
MedicineField #2,093 of 8,541 27.7%325 #1022
Molecular BiologySubfield #493 of 1,880 24.0%114 #384
EngineeringField #1,609 of 5,901 7.2%91 #1523
Physical SciencesDomain #2,994 of 10,670 8.4%143 #3596
OncologySubfield #492 of 755 27.9%87 #396

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kettering University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#506 #764
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#407 #558
  3. Health Sciences#1,067 #1,983
  4. Medicine#1,022 #2,093
  5. Molecular Biology#384 #493
  6. Engineering#1,523 #1,609
  7. Physical Sciences#3,596 #2,994
  8. Oncology#396 #492
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Kettering University work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Kettering University is in Health Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (26%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 360 fractional works · 42.9% of its workMedicine: 351 fractional works · 41.9% of its workOncology: 95 fractional works · 11.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 45 fractional works · 5.3% of its workHematology: 33 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 25 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 265 fractional works · 31.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 221 fractional works · 26.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 134 fractional works · 16.0% of its workCancer Research: 51 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 32 fractional works · 3.8% of its workImmunology: 32 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 165 fractional works · 19.7% of its workEngineering: 103 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 28 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKetteringUniversity838fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences6%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine35141.9%
    2. Health Professions70.8%
    3. Nursing20.2%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22126.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology323.8%
    3. Neuroscience81.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Engineering10312.3%
    2. Computer Science283.3%
    3. Materials Science121.5%
    4. Environmental Science60.7%
    5. Chemistry60.7%
    6. Chemical Engineering30.4%
    7. Energy30.3%
    8. Mathematics20.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Social Sciences182.1%
    2. Psychology91.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting70.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities50.6%
    6. Decision Sciences30.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kettering University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 14.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 51.4 works14×
  2. HematologySubfield · 32.9 works13×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 25.4 works11×
  4. OncologySubfield · 94.7 works10×
  5. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 28.1 works6.4×
  6. ImmunologySubfield · 31.7 works5.5×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.94× its world share, 221 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.81× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 103 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.18× its world share, 351 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.94×221 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.81×32 works
  3. Medicine2.18×351 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.02×3 works
  5. Engineering0.82×103 works
  6. Neuroscience0.60×8 works
  7. Chemistry0.43×6 works
  8. Materials Science0.43×12 works
  9. Computer Science0.42×28 works
  10. Nursing0.39×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.38×3 works
  12. Energy0.36×3 works
  13. Psychology0.36×9 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×6 works
  15. Health Professions0.31×7 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×7 works
  18. Mathematics0.23×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.21×5 works
  20. Social Sciences0.17×18 works
  21. Environmental Science0.14×6 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.11×2 works
  23. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×3 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kettering University?

Ranked on the quality score, Lorenz Studer, Kathryn V. Anderson and Anna‐Katerina Hadjantonakis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kettering University.

  1. 1 Lorenz Studer United States · #7,358 worldwide 37k citations · 357 works
  2. 2 Kathryn V. Anderson United States · #22,922 worldwide 28k citations · 204 works
  3. 3 Anna‐Katerina Hadjantonakis United States · #25,224 worldwide 23k citations · 328 works
  4. 4 Danwei Huangfu United States · #27,768 worldwide 11k citations · 102 works
  5. 5 Christopher D. Lima United States · #32,405 worldwide 15k citations · 226 works
  6. 6 Eric C. Lai United States · #63,610 worldwide 33k citations · 293 works
  7. 7 Mark J. Tomishima United States · #95,982 worldwide 10k citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Ernest L. Wynder United States · #111,182 worldwide 10k citations · 131 works
  9. 9 Elizabeth A. Carswell United States · #136,524 worldwide 9.7k citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Anthony Santella United States · #160,971 worldwide 5k citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Kettering University

What are the most cited papers from Kettering University?

The most cited paper from Kettering University is "Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System, 2026" (Steven G.E. Marsh et al., 2010), with 4,206 citations. Next come "Initiation of slime mold aggregation viewed as an instability" (3,806) and "Melanoma exosomes educate bone marrow progenitor cells toward a pro-metastatic phenotype through MET" (3,771).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System, 2026 Steven G.E. Marsh et al. · Tissue Antigens Open access 17 Mar 2010 4,206
2 Initiation of slime mold aggregation viewed as an instability Evelyn Fox Keller, Lee A. Segel · Journal of Theoretical Biology Mar 1970 3,806
3 Melanoma exosomes educate bone marrow progenitor cells toward a pro-metastatic phenotype through MET Héctor Peinado et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 27 May 2012 3,771
4 Highly efficient neural conversion of human ES and iPS cells by dual inhibition of SMAD signaling Stuart M. Chambers, Christopher A. Fasano, Eirini P. Papapetrou et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access Mar 2009 3,745
5 International Consensus Classification of Myeloid Neoplasms and Acute Leukemias: integrating morphologic, clinical, and genomic data Daniel A. Arber et al. · Blood Open access 29 Jun 2022 2,906
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kettering University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Lymphoma, Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Tumor Microenvironment and Genomic Instability.

▲ 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 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. Immunotherapy69▲ 11×16 topics
  2. Cancer50▲ 4.4×42 topics
  3. Targeted Therapy47▲ 25×5 topics
  4. Lymphoma46▲ 35×4 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors43▲ 12×14 topics
  6. Chemotherapy41▲ 7.0×21 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment37▲ 9.8×8 topics
  8. Genomic Instability36▲ 38×3 topics
  9. Cancer Immunotherapy35▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Tumor Regression33▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Somatic Mutations32▲ 47×2 topics
  12. Cancer Genomics32▲ 54×1 topic
  13. Cell-Free DNA32▲ 40×2 topics
  14. Mutational Signatures32▲ 54×1 topic
  15. Gene Expression32▲ 6.0×16 topics
  16. Rituximab30▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Leukemia28▲ 40×2 topics
  18. CAR T Cells27▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Chimeric Antigen Receptor27▲ 45×1 topic
  20. PET Imaging24▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy23▲ 4.9×16 topics
  22. Clinical Trials22▲ 3.9×13 topics
  23. Classification22▲ 5.6×5 topics
  24. Transcriptional Regulation21▲ 15×9 topics
  25. Precision Medicine21▲ 5.0×8 topics
  26. Molecular Profiling20▲ 25×3 topics
  27. Gene Expression Profiling20▲ 30×2 topics
  28. Breast Cancer18▲ 8.8×10 topics
  29. Genetic Pathogenesis18▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Hodgkin's Lymphoma18▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Hematopoietic Stem Cells17▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Radiotherapy17▲ 5.1×11 topics
  33. Metastasis16▲ 5.6×12 topics
  34. Cancer Progression16▲ 10×7 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy15▲ 7.6×5 topics
  36. Cell Death14▲ 7.2×6 topics
  37. Immune Checkpoint Blockade14▲ 15×1 topic
  38. PD-1 and PD-L114▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Therapeutic Targets14▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Genomic Profiling13▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Kettering University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, CAR-T cell therapy research, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…32Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 32 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 27 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…18Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…14Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 14 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 13 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 12 fractional worksProtein Degradation and …11Protein Degradation and Inhibitors: 11 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 11 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 10 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 9 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineHematology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 32 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 27 works
  3. 3 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 18 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 14 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 13 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  7. 7 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 11 works
  8. 8 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 11 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 10 works
  10. 10 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 9 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 available33.2%not open66.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kettering University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Kettering University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0038% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Kettering University0.0032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kettering University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Kettering University21.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.1% in 1992.

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