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Quest Diagnostics (United States)

In research, Quest Diagnostics (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#6,310 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,931 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,234
of 28,054 · #12,015 all time
Rank in United States
#2,627
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Quest Diagnostics (United States) 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
MedicineField #6,310 of 10,443 8.4%108 #4819
Health SciencesDomain #7,931 of 11,982 7.8%125 #6360

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Quest Diagnostics (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: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.62× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.95× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.39× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Quest Diagnostics (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard E. Reitz, Joseph Higgins and James J. Devlin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Quest Diagnostics (United States).

  1. 1 Richard E. Reitz United States · #301,011 worldwide 231 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Joseph Higgins United States · #389,308 worldwide 64 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 James J. Devlin United States · #642,122 worldwide 61 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 P Borkowski United States · #677,259 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Charles E. Birse United States · #813,081 worldwide 100 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 H. D. Tjia United States · #1,014,566 worldwide 55 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Harvey W. Kaufman United States · #1,103,598 worldwide 65 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Elizabeth M. Marlowe United States · #1,112,326 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Quest Diagnostics (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Quest Diagnostics (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Metabolic Syndrome, SARS-CoV-2, Immune Response, Quality of Life, Health Promotion and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.5×54 topics
  2. Public Health13▲ 3.7×21 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 5.2×18 topics
  4. Quality of Life9▲ 2.7×20 topics
  5. Inflammation9▲ 1.87×33 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.3×21 topics
  7. Risk Factors8▲ 3.1×18 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 3.0×20 topics
  9. COVID-198▲ 2.4×13 topics
  10. Pandemic7▲ 2.9×7 topics
  11. Globalization7▲ 1.53×23 topics
  12. Education7▲ 1.71×26 topics
  13. Treatment7▲ 2.4×20 topics
  14. Immune Response7▲ 5.1×11 topics
  15. SARS-CoV-27▲ 8.9×4 topics
  16. Diabetes6▲ 4.8×9 topics
  17. Health Promotion6▲ 7.4×5 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  19. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 8.6×2 topics
  20. Obesity5▲ 2.7×14 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Health4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  23. Vaccine4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  24. Mutation4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  25. Genetic Variants4▲ 10×6 topics
  26. Data Analysis4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  27. Open Access4▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Peer Review4▲ 58×2 topics
  29. Antiviral Therapy4▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Cell-Free DNA4▲ 17×2 topics
  31. Vaccine Development4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  32. Cancer Risk4▲ 7.3×5 topics
  33. Chronic Diseases4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  34. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 6.2×2 topics
  35. Transplant Recipients3▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Targeted Therapy3▲ 6.2×3 topics
  37. Health Policy3▲ 8.5×2 topics
  38. Ideal Cardiovascular Health3▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Preventive Medicine3▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Viral Transmission3▲ 8.9×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Cardiovascular Health an…3Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…2COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksGrowth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors: 2 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular…2Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 2 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 2 fractional worksPublishing and Scholarly Communication: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineInfectious DiseasesHematologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  7. 7 Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  8. 8 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  9. 9 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  10. 10 Publishing and Scholarly Communication History and Philosophy of Science 2 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 available48.1%not open51.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.3%domestic only77.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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