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McKesson (United States)

In research, McKesson (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,054 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#8,307 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10,919 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,212
of 28,054 · #20,448 all time
Rank in United States
#3,800
of 4,192
Research works
544
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is McKesson (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #8,054 of 20,462 12.8%234
MedicineField #8,307 of 17,978 13.5%170
Social SciencesDomain #10,919 of 16,945 17.0%139

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where McKesson (United States) 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.47× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.44× its world share, 28 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.93× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.26× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.50× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at McKesson (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Lalan S. Wilfong, Biswajit Brahma and Marley Boyd lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McKesson (United States).

  1. 1 Lalan S. Wilfong United States · #778,399 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Biswajit Brahma United States · #946,901 worldwide 48 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Marley Boyd United States · #965,943 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Eric Nadler United States · #1,033,307 worldwide 26 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Janet L. Espirito United States · #1,140,046 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at McKesson (United States)

Which keywords describe research at McKesson (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Big Data, Quality of Life, Cost of Care, Financial Toxicity, Cost-effectiveness Analysis and Health Utility Measures.

▲ 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. Machine Learning14▲ 4.4×36 topics
  2. Deep Learning12▲ 3.6×38 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 5.5×11 topics
  4. Big Data7▲ 7.8×10 topics
  5. Cost of Care6▲ 215×1 topic
  6. Financial Toxicity6▲ 215×1 topic
  7. Healthcare6▲ 5.1×8 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management5▲ 5.4×5 topics
  9. Cost-effectiveness Analysis5▲ 56×1 topic
  10. Health Utility Measures5▲ 56×1 topic
  11. Convolutional Neural Networks5▲ 6.3×8 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence4▲ 3.2×12 topics
  13. Data Mining4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  14. Neural Networks4▲ 2.8×14 topics
  15. Predictive Analytics4▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Sustainability4▲ 1.71×6 topics
  17. Medical Imaging4▲ 7.6×6 topics
  18. Analytics4▲ 41×1 topic
  19. Business Intelligence4▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Feature Selection3▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Big Data Analytics3▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Classification3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  23. Feature Extraction3▲ 6.5×8 topics
  24. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.2×11 topics
  25. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  26. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Deep Neural Networks3▲ 26×3 topics
  28. Classification Models3▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Medical Diagnosis3▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Precision Medicine3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  31. Security3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  32. Elderly3▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Transfer Learning2▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Medical Image Analysis2▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Pharmaceutical Industry2▲ 49×2 topics
  36. Computer-Aided Detection2▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Histopathology Images2▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Inappropriate Medication Use2▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Polypharmacy2▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Drug Development Costs2▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does McKesson (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.

Economic and Financial I…6Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 6 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 5 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 4 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Practices…2Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 2 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 2 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning and Data Classification: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsManagement Information SystemsHealth Information ManagementArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 4 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 3 works
  5. 5 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 2 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning and Data Classification Artificial Intelligence 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 available21.3%not open78.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has McKesson (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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