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Researcher · Austin College · United States

Kenneth W. Kirk

Kenneth W. Kirk publishes mostly in Geriatrics and Gerontology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pharmacology, on topics such as Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Pharmacy and Medical Practices and Innovations in Medical Education.

OpenAlex
World rank
#7,378,190
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,604,708
of 1,627,098
Works
45
Citations
161
Citations per work
3.6
h-index
6
i10-index 2Top 78% in Geriatrics and Gerontology
Kenneth W. Kirk

What does Kenneth W. Kirk research?

Kenneth W. Kirk's work is mostly in Medicine (34%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (12%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%).

Health Sciences: 19 works · 41.3% of their workMedicine: 15 works · 33.7% of their workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 8 works · 18.5% of their workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 works · 15.2% of their workHealth Professions: 3 works · 7.6% of their workGeneral Health Professions: 3 works · 7.6% of their workEverything else: 14 works · 31.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 7 works · 15.2% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 works · 9.8% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 works · 9.8% of their workSocial Sciences: 2 works · 5.4% of their workGender Studies: 2 works · 5.4% of their workLife Sciences: 5 works · 12.0% of their workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 works · 12.0% of their workPharmacology: 5 works · 12.0% of their workTHEIR WORKKenneth W. Kirk45works
Life Sciences12%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences15%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1533.7%
    2. Health Professions37.6%
  2. Everything else1431.5%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance49.8%
    2. Social Sciences25.4%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics512.0%
  1. 1Geriatrics and Gerontology18% of their works
  2. 2Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health15% of their works
  3. 3Pharmacology12% of their works
  4. 4Economics and Econometrics10% of their works
  5. 5General Health Professions8% of their works
  6. 6Gender Studies5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kenneth W. Kirk's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Inappropriate Medication Use, Polypharmacy, Clinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Care, Competency-Based Education, Professional Identity Formation, Academic Medicine and Gender Bias.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Inappropriate Medication Use171 topic
  2. Polypharmacy171 topic
  3. Clinical Pharmacy91 topic
  4. Pharmaceutical Care91 topic
  5. Competency-Based Education81 topic
  6. Professional Identity Formation81 topic
  7. Academic Medicine41 topic
  8. Gender Bias41 topic
  9. Medical School Selection41 topic
  10. Predictive Validity41 topic
  11. Cost-effectiveness Analysis31 topic
  12. Drug Development Costs31 topic
  13. Generic Drugs31 topic
  14. Medical Errors31 topic
  15. Patient Safety Culture31 topic
  16. Quality of Life31 topic

Where does Kenneth W. Kirk work?

Kenneth W. Kirk's main affiliation in the publication record is Austin College, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kenneth W. Kirk have?

OpenAlex counts 45 works and 161 citations for Kenneth W. Kirk, an h-index of 6, ranking #7,378,190 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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