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The Carolinas Center

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Research works
76
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
The Carolinas Center

Not ranked overall: The Carolinas Center is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does The Carolinas Center work in?

In all years, 73% of research at The Carolinas Center is in Health Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Health Professions (17%), Nursing (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 56 fractional works · 73.5% of its workMedicine: 38 fractional works · 50.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 17.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife-span and Life-course Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThe CarolinasCenter76fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine3850.3%
    2. Health Professions1317.1%
    3. Nursing45.0%
    4. Dentistry00.6%
    5. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Social Sciences45.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.5%
    3. Psychology22.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Engineering33.3%
    2. Computer Science22.9%
    3. Environmental Science22.6%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    4. Neuroscience11.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
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: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 5.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.33× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions5.29×2 works
  2. Dentistry3.59×0 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.30×0 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.59×1 works
  5. Medicine2.33×6 works
  6. Computer Science1.27×1 works
  7. Social Sciences1.03×2 works
  8. Nursing0.95×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.77×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.47×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.33×0 works
  12. Engineering0.26×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.18×0 works
  15. Psychology0.13×0 works

What are the most cited papers from The Carolinas Center?

The most cited paper from The Carolinas Center is "Preliminary Study of Two Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Genotype 1" (Anna S. Lok, David Gardiner, Eric Lawitz et al., 2012), with 610 citations. Next come "Efficacy and Safety of Pegylated (40–Kd) Interferon α–2A Compared With Interferon α–2A in Noncirrhotic Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C" (360) and "Social movements and the changing structure of political opportunity in the European union1" (325).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Preliminary Study of Two Antiviral Agents for Hepatitis C Genotype 1 Anna S. Lok, David Gardiner, Eric Lawitz et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Jan 2012 610
2 Efficacy and Safety of Pegylated (40–Kd) Interferon α–2A Compared With Interferon α–2A in Noncirrhotic Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C K. Rajender Reddy, Teresa Lyn Wright, Paul J. Pockros et al. · Hepatology Feb 2001 360
3 Social movements and the changing structure of political opportunity in the European union1 Gary Marks, Doug McAdam · West European Politics Apr 1996 325
4 Metformin treatment of patients with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing in vitro fertilization improves outcomes and is associated with modulation of the insulin-like growth factors Laurel Stadtmauer, Sameh K. Toma, Robert M. Riehl et al. · Fertility and Sterility Open access Mar 2001 213
5 Paget's Disease of Bone: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline Frederick R. Singer, Henry G. Bone, David J. Hosking et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Open access 19 Nov 2014 190
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Carolinas Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Primary Care, Health Policy, Public Health, Risk Factors, Quality Improvement, Chronic Disease Management and Mortality.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.7×35 topics
  2. Public Health5▲ 4.8×12 topics
  3. Health Policy5▲ 41×3 topics
  4. Primary Care5▲ 15×8 topics
  5. Risk Factors4▲ 5.6×11 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 4.2×12 topics
  7. Quality Improvement4▲ 22×7 topics
  8. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 26×4 topics
  9. Mortality3▲ 7.7×8 topics
  10. Nursing Education3▲ 31×2 topics
  11. Quality of Life3▲ 2.7×11 topics
  12. Global Health2▲ 24×2 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 3.6×7 topics
  14. Nursing Advocacy2▲ 174×1 topic
  15. Obesity2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  16. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 12×7 topics
  17. Political Participation2▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Guidelines2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  19. Health Workforce2▲ 63×2 topics
  20. Quality of Care2▲ 38×4 topics
  21. Infertility2▲ 20×2 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  23. Physician Migration2▲ 93×1 topic
  24. Rural Health2▲ 93×1 topic
  25. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  26. Health Care Utilization2▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Continuity of Care2▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Screening2▲ 24×2 topics
  29. End-of-Life2▲ 25×1 topic
  30. Fertility Preservation2▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Graft Survival2▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Health Care Costs2▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Kidney Transplantation2▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation2▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Palliative Care2▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Assisted Reproductive Technology2▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Health Care Spending2▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Insurance Markets2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Patient-Centered Medical Home2▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Pay for Performance2▲ 41×1 topic

Which research topics does The Carolinas Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Primary Care and Health Outcomes, Healthcare Policy and Management and Software System Performance and Reliability.

Renal Transplantation Ou…1Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 1 fractional worksPrimary Care and Health Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Management: 0 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 0 fractional worksSoftware Reliability and Analysis Research: 0 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce Issues: 0 fractional worksReliability and Maintena…0Reliability and Maintenance Optimization: 0 fractional worksPolitical and Economic history of UK and US: 0 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 0 fractional works
TransplantationGeneral Health ProfessionsEconomics and EconometricsComputer Networks and Communications5 others

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

  1. 1 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 1 works
  2. 2 Primary Care and Health Outcomes General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  5. 5 Software Reliability and Analysis Research Software 0 works
  6. 6 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  7. 7 Reliability and Maintenance Optimization Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  8. 8 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 0 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 available31.9%not open68.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Carolinas Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is The Carolinas Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000045% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%The Carolinas Center0.000094% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of The Carolinas Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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