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McKesson (United States)

In research, McKesson (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,276 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#8,435 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#13,307 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,272
of 22,385 · #12,799 all time
Rank in United States
#2,356
of 3,332
Research works
544
▲ 59% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
McKesson (United States)

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 #8,276 of 16,688 6.3%234
MedicineField #8,435 of 14,558 7.4%170
Social SciencesDomain #13,307 of 14,833 6.4%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does McKesson (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 36% of research at McKesson (United States) is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Computer Science (19%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (14%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 39 fractional works · 35.5% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 28.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 31.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 13.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 26.9% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 19.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 10.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMcKesson (UnitedStates)109fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences31%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3128.3%
    2. Health Professions87.0%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1513.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting76.3%
    3. Social Sciences65.1%
    4. Decision Sciences33.0%
    5. Psychology32.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Computer Science2119.0%
    2. Engineering76.1%
    3. Environmental Science10.5%
    4. Materials Science00.3%
    5. Energy00.3%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.6%
    2. Neuroscience22.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.44× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.64× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 31 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.96× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.12× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.44× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance6.44×15 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.12×3 works
  3. Health Professions2.64×8 works
  4. Computer Science2.44×21 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.96×7 works
  6. Medicine1.47×31 works
  7. Neuroscience1.37×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.09×1 works
  9. Psychology0.92×3 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.76×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.63×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×3 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.44×0 works
  14. Engineering0.41×7 works
  15. Social Sciences0.40×6 works
  16. Energy0.28×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.20×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.11×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Yunfei Wang, Bo He and Hsingwen Chung lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McKesson (United States).

  1. 1 Yunfei Wang United States · #553,203 worldwide 1.3k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Bo He United States · #1,594,435 worldwide 187 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Hsingwen Chung United States · #1,659,672 worldwide 374 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Janet L. Espirito United States · #2,041,109 worldwide 1.1k citations · 113 works
  5. 5 Shannon M. Hough United States · #2,136,066 worldwide 483 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Ginny Meadows United States · #2,175,621 worldwide 405 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Rahul Dhanda United States · #2,359,329 worldwide 1.5k citations · 61 works
  8. 8 Sandeep Wadhwa United States · #2,398,340 worldwide 397 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Betsy Sisson United States · #2,802,740 worldwide 15 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Andrea Roman United States · #2,820,291 worldwide 113 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at McKesson (United States)

What are the most cited papers from McKesson (United States)?

The most cited paper from McKesson (United States) is "Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA" (M.C. Liu et al., 2020), with 1,567 citations. Next come "Randomized trial of bendamustine-rituximab or R-CHOP/R-CVP in first-line treatment of indolent NHL or MCL: the BRIGHT study" (646) and "Readiness of U.S. Nurses for Evidence-Based Practice" (584).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sensitive and specific multi-cancer detection and localization using methylation signatures in cell-free DNA M.C. Liu et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access159 authors 30 Mar 2020 1,567
2 Randomized trial of bendamustine-rituximab or R-CHOP/R-CVP in first-line treatment of indolent NHL or MCL: the BRIGHT study Ian W. Flinn, Richard van der Jagt, Brad S. Kahl et al. · Blood Open access 4 Mar 2014 646
3 Readiness of U.S. Nurses for Evidence-Based Practice Diane S. Pravikoff, Annelle Tanner, Susan T. Pierce · AJN American Journal of Nursing Sep 2005 584
4 Intermittent versus Continuous Androgen Deprivation in Prostate Cancer Maha Hussain et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 Apr 2013 584
5 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Bacterial Sinusitis in Children Aged 1 to 18 Years Ellen R. Wald, Kimberly E. Applegate, Clay Bordley et al. · PEDIATRICS 24 Jun 2013 527
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Which keywords describe research at McKesson (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Cost of Care, Financial Toxicity, Quality of Life, Big Data, 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-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. Machine Learning15▲ 4.2×38 topics
  2. Deep Learning13▲ 3.4×38 topics
  3. Quality of Life8▲ 5.4×11 topics
  4. Big Data8▲ 7.2×11 topics
  5. Cost of Care7▲ 222×1 topic
  6. Financial Toxicity7▲ 222×1 topic
  7. Healthcare6▲ 4.8×8 topics
  8. Supply Chain Management5▲ 5.2×5 topics
  9. Cost-effectiveness Analysis5▲ 58×1 topic
  10. Health Utility Measures5▲ 58×1 topic
  11. Convolutional Neural Networks5▲ 6.2×8 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 3.0×12 topics
  13. Neural Networks5▲ 2.7×15 topics
  14. Data Mining4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  15. Medical Imaging4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  16. Predictive Analytics4▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Sustainability4▲ 1.58×6 topics
  18. Analytics4▲ 40×1 topic
  19. Business Intelligence4▲ 40×1 topic
  20. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.5×10 topics
  21. Feature Selection3▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Classification3▲ 6.4×7 topics
  23. Feature Extraction3▲ 6.6×8 topics
  24. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.0×11 topics
  25. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Big Data Analytics3▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Deep Neural Networks3▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Security3▲ 4.0×10 topics
  29. Precision Medicine3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Classification Models3▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Medical Diagnosis3▲ 27×1 topic
  32. Elderly3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  33. Transfer Learning2▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Medical Image Analysis2▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Computer-Aided Detection2▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Histopathology Images2▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Pharmaceutical Industry2▲ 47×2 topics
  38. Inappropriate Medication Use2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Medication Adherence2▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Polypharmacy2▲ 39×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: 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…7Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 7 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 7 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 59% higher 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 McKesson (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%McKesson (United States)0.00076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of McKesson (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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