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Link Foundation

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World rank, all time
#23,386
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,847
of 7,310
Research works
242
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Link Foundation

Which fields of science does Link Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Link Foundation is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (11%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 17 fractional works · 47.3% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 38.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 8.0% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 19.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 10.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLink Foundation35fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences24%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1438.8%
    2. Health Professions26.5%
    3. Nursing11.9%
    1. Social Sciences411.2%
    2. Psychology26.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting24.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Engineering410.9%
    2. Computer Science25.9%
    3. Environmental Science12.1%
    4. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology24.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.3%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.48× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 4.00× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.40×2 works
  2. Nursing4.00×1 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.59×0 works
  4. Health Professions2.48×2 works
  5. Medicine2.02×14 works
  6. Psychology1.96×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.31×2 works
  8. Social Sciences0.89×4 works
  9. Computer Science0.76×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.76×1 works
  11. Engineering0.72×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.65×1 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.60×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.43×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Link Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, John Robert Asplin, Ignacio Granja and C. Wright lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Link Foundation.

  1. 1 John Robert Asplin United States · #471,072 worldwide 9.2k citations · 624 works
  2. 2 Ignacio Granja United States · #1,171,294 worldwide 880 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 C. Wright United States · #2,383,009 worldwide 541 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Mayra M. Lopez-Cepero United States · #2,870,964 worldwide 897 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Joe Fragala United States · #3,092,809 worldwide 279 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Kathleen Lilly United States · #3,502,546 worldwide 256 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Jason R. Haaheim United States · #4,103,782 worldwide 307 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 William M. LeFor United States · #4,435,739 worldwide 758 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Wayne A. Shumway United States · #4,477,209 worldwide 261 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Jean Davis United States · #4,668,738 worldwide 69 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Link Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Link Foundation?

The most cited paper from Link Foundation is "Vegetarian Compared with Meat Dietary Protein Source and Phosphorus Homeostasis in Chronic Kidney Disease" (Sharon M. Moe, Miriam P. Zidehsarai, Mary Chambers et al., 2010), with 576 citations. Next come "Laryngeal Transplantation and 40-Month Follow-up" (336) and "Assessing Relative Risks of Infection and Rejection: A Meta-analysis using an Immune Function Assay" (331).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Vegetarian Compared with Meat Dietary Protein Source and Phosphorus Homeostasis in Chronic Kidney Disease Sharon M. Moe, Miriam P. Zidehsarai, Mary Chambers et al. · Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Open access 23 Dec 2010 576
2 Laryngeal Transplantation and 40-Month Follow-up Marshall Strome, Jeannine M. Stein, Ramon M. Esclamado et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 May 2001 336
3 Assessing Relative Risks of Infection and Rejection: A Meta-analysis using an Immune Function Assay Richard J. Kowalski, Diane R. Post, Roslyn Bernstein Mannon et al. · Transplantation Sep 2006 331
4 Calcium oxalate urolithiasis in mice lacking anion transporter Slc26a6 Zhirong Jiang, John Robert Asplin, Andrew P. Evan et al. · Nature Genetics 12 Mar 2006 324
5 NALP3-mediated inflammation is a principal cause of progressive renal failure in oxalate nephropathy Felix Knauf, John Robert Asplin, Ignacio Granja et al. · Kidney International Open access 5 Jun 2013 234
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Which keywords describe research at Link Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Graft Survival, Kidney Transplantation, Immunosuppressive Drugs, Renal Allograft, Metabolic Syndrome, Education, Big Data and Transplantation.

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

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Graft Survival4▲ 121×3 topics
  2. Kidney Transplantation3▲ 138×2 topics
  3. Education3▲ 4.3×6 topics
  4. Epidemiology2▲ 1.67×9 topics
  5. Immunosuppressive Drugs2▲ 102×1 topic
  6. Renal Allograft2▲ 169×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning2▲ 1.84×5 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  9. Big Data2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  10. Sustainability2▲ 2.3×3 topics
  11. Ethics2▲ 9.3×2 topics
  12. Qualitative Research2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  13. Transplantation2▲ 47×2 topics
  14. Treatment2▲ 4.0×7 topics
  15. Risk Factors2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  16. Liver Transplantation2▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Healthcare1▲ 3.6×3 topics
  18. Public Health1▲ 2.7×4 topics
  19. Communication1▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Migration1▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Autoimmunity1▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Ethical Considerations1▲ 9.5×4 topics
  23. Globalization1▲ 1.76×4 topics
  24. Inflammation1▲ 1.60×7 topics
  25. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury1▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Oxidative Stress1▲ 2.1×8 topics
  27. Biliary Complications1▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Donor Risk Index1▲ 70×1 topic
  29. Management1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  30. Security1▲ 4.7×3 topics
  31. Supply Chain Management1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  32. Analytics1▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 1.98×2 topics
  34. Business Intelligence1▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 12×6 topics
  36. Health1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  37. Neural Networks1▲ 1.83×2 topics
  38. Phenomenology1▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Social Sciences1▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Link Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Research in Social Sciences.

Renal Transplantation Ou…2Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 1 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksKidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments: 1 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…1T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 1 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksSocio-political and Tech…1Socio-political and Technological Issues: 1 fractional works
TransplantationSurgeryManagement Information SystemsEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 2 works
  2. 2 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Research in Social Sciences Education 1 works
  5. 5 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 1 works
  8. 8 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  10. 10 Socio-political and Technological Issues Sociology and Political Science 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Link Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Link Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000082% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Link Foundation0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Link Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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