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Kings County Hospital Center

In research, Kings County Hospital Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,512 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,560 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,474
of 28,054 · #12,568 all time
Rank in United States
#3,010
of 4,192
Research works
1.6k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is Kings County Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,512 of 11,982 5.2%133 #3292
MedicineField #8,560 of 10,443 4.9%123 #4344

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kings County Hospital 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.89× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.19× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.78× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kings County Hospital Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Salvatore J. A. Sclafani, Gerald W. Shaftan and Clarence Dennis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kings County Hospital Center.

  1. 1 Salvatore J. A. Sclafani United States · #115,496 worldwide 140 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Gerald W. Shaftan United States · #135,549 worldwide 130 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Clarence Dennis United States · #690,225 worldwide 42 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Abha Agrawal United States · #761,205 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Asher Hirshberg United States · #776,728 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Harry Bloch United States · #837,341 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Bernard J. Ficarra United States · #1,111,612 worldwide 7 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Kings County Hospital Center

Which keywords describe research at Kings County Hospital Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Complications, Surgical Management, Genetic Mutations, Echocardiography and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.2×70 topics
  2. Treatment12▲ 6.3×33 topics
  3. Diagnosis10▲ 7.0×25 topics
  4. Public Health6▲ 2.8×21 topics
  5. Complications6▲ 7.2×13 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 1.71×24 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations5▲ 7.7×17 topics
  8. Surgical Management5▲ 8.2×13 topics
  9. Quality of Life5▲ 2.3×17 topics
  10. Echocardiography5▲ 11×6 topics
  11. Risk Factors5▲ 2.7×18 topics
  12. Heart Failure4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders4▲ 5.0×14 topics
  14. Management4▲ 3.5×18 topics
  15. Genetics4▲ 3.6×14 topics
  16. Surgery4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.3×10 topics
  18. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.2×15 topics
  19. Mortality4▲ 3.8×10 topics
  20. Obesity4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  21. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.9×7 topics
  23. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  25. Pain Management3▲ 9.0×7 topics
  26. Guidelines3▲ 4.3×11 topics
  27. Dilated Cardiomyopathy3▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  29. Prognosis3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  30. Surgical Repair3▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Ventricular Reconstruction3▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Ethical Considerations3▲ 5.0×6 topics
  33. Health Outcomes3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  34. Neurological Complications3▲ 26×4 topics
  35. Stroke3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  36. Clinical Management2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  37. Prophylaxis2▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Healthcare-Associated Infections2▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 9.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Kings County Hospital Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies and Cardiac tumors and thrombi.

Cardiac Structural Anoma…3Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…2Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…2Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal Bleedin…1Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…1Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyEmergency MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 1 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal Bleeding Diagnosis and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available22.3%not open77.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.3%domestic only95.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kings County Hospital Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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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