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Kings County Hospital Center

In research, Kings County Hospital Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,468 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,668 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,167
of 22,385 · #13,295 all time
Rank in United States
#2,502
of 3,332
Research works
1.6k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
30k
18.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Kings County Hospital Center

What is Kings County Hospital Center 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
MedicineField #5,468 of 8,541 5.2%123 #5039
Health SciencesDomain #6,668 of 9,902 5.2%133 #5916

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kings County Hospital Center work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Kings County Hospital Center is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 157 fractional works · 82.7% of its workMedicine: 145 fractional works · 76.0% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 9.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKings CountyHospital Center190fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences83%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14576.0%
    2. Health Professions94.9%
    3. Dentistry20.9%
    4. Nursing20.8%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology105.3%
    2. Neuroscience42.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Social Sciences42.0%
    2. Psychology31.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering10.6%
    2. Environmental Science10.6%
    3. Computer Science00.2%
    4. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.61× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 145 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.95×145 works
  2. Dentistry1.85×2 works
  3. Health Professions1.85×9 works
  4. Nursing1.70×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.61×3 works
  6. Neuroscience1.34×4 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×10 works
  8. Veterinary0.64×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.63×0 works
  10. Psychology0.54×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×2 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.50×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.32×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.16×4 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.12×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  18. Engineering0.04×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kings County Hospital Center?

Ranked on the quality score, T. Phillips, Alan S. Goldstein and Leon D. Boudourakis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kings County Hospital Center.

  1. 1 T. Phillips United States · #576,927 worldwide 1.7k citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Alan S. Goldstein United States · #586,727 worldwide 2.5k citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Leon D. Boudourakis United States · #692,079 worldwide 2.4k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Gerald W. Shaftan United States · #989,942 worldwide 4.5k citations · 107 works
  5. 5 Michael Keenaghan United States · #1,114,108 worldwide 3.7k citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Salvatore J. A. Sclafani United States · #1,203,991 worldwide 5.8k citations · 160 works
  7. 7 RICHARD S. GUBNER United States · #1,339,659 worldwide 2k citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Michael A. Secko United States · #2,192,370 worldwide 599 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 ALBERT O. DUNCAN United States · #2,251,367 worldwide 1.3k citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Marc Bergman United States · #2,356,299 worldwide 1k citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kings County Hospital Center

What are the most cited papers from Kings County Hospital Center?

The most cited paper from Kings County Hospital Center is "Artificial Hallucinations in ChatGPT: Implications in Scientific Writing" (Hussam R Alkaissi, Samy I. McFarlane, 2023), with 1,556 citations. Next come "Automated and Manual Direct Methods for the Determination of Blood Urea" (1,096) and "LACTATE CLEARANCE AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING INJURY" (717).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Artificial Hallucinations in ChatGPT: Implications in Scientific Writing Hussam R Alkaissi, Samy I. McFarlane · Cureus Open access 19 Feb 2023 1,556
2 Automated and Manual Direct Methods for the Determination of Blood Urea Walton H. Marsh, Benjamin Philipp Fingerhut, Henry Miller · Clinical Chemistry Jun 1965 1,096
3 LACTATE CLEARANCE AND SURVIVAL FOLLOWING INJURY David L. Abramson, Thomas Michael Scalea, Robyn Hitchcock et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care Oct 1993 717
4 Integrating machine learning and multiscale modeling—perspectives, challenges, and opportunities in the biological, biomedical, and behavioral sciences Mark Alber, Adrián Buganza Tepole, William R. Cannon et al. · npj Digital Medicine Open access 25 Nov 2019 655
5 Associated Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis in the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome T. K. Sreepada Rao, Edward John Filippone, Anthony D. Nicastri et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 15 Mar 1984 612
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kings County Hospital Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Surgical Management, Echocardiography, Complications, Genetic Mutations 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-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. Epidemiology25▲ 3.3×76 topics
  2. Treatment14▲ 5.9×34 topics
  3. Diagnosis13▲ 7.5×29 topics
  4. Public Health7▲ 2.6×22 topics
  5. Inflammation7▲ 1.65×28 topics
  6. Complications6▲ 6.7×14 topics
  7. Surgical Management6▲ 8.1×14 topics
  8. Echocardiography6▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Management6▲ 4.1×20 topics
  10. Genetic Mutations6▲ 7.3×17 topics
  11. Quality of Life6▲ 1.98×18 topics
  12. Heart Failure5▲ 6.4×8 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 2.5×18 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders5▲ 4.6×14 topics
  15. Obesity5▲ 3.1×10 topics
  16. Surgery5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  17. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.7×12 topics
  18. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.2×19 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.2×10 topics
  20. Genetics4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  21. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.0×12 topics
  22. Mortality4▲ 3.8×10 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.5×7 topics
  24. Guidelines4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  25. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  26. Prognosis4▲ 6.1×9 topics
  27. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Dilated Cardiomyopathy4▲ 27×2 topics
  29. Pain Management4▲ 8.0×7 topics
  30. Thrombosis3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  31. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  32. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 13×3 topics
  33. Prophylaxis3▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Surgical Repair3▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Ventricular Reconstruction3▲ 37×1 topic
  37. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Neurological Complications3▲ 22×4 topics
  39. Stroke3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  40. Bacteremia3▲ 18×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies.

Cardiac Structural Anoma…3Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…2Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…2Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…2Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 2 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…2Disaster Response and Management: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyGeneticsEmergency Medicine4 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 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Kings County Hospital Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Kings County Hospital Center0.00070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kings County Hospital Center 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kings County Hospital Center2.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.3% in 1996.

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