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Researcher · Carolinas Medical Center · United States

Kent W. Kercher

Kent W. Kercher publishes mostly in Surgery, Oncology and Epidemiology, on topics such as Hernia repair and management, Abdominal Surgery and Complications and Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions.

OpenAlex
World rank
#346,534
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#126,569
of 358,040
Works
35
Citations
86
Citations per work
2.5

What does Kent W. Kercher research?

Surgery: 57.6%Oncology: 8.5%Epidemiology: 6.8%Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6.8%other fields: 20.3%58%top field
Surgery57.6%Oncology8.5%Epidemiology6.8%Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6.8%other fields20.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Surgery58% of their works
  2. 2Oncology8% of their works
  3. 3Epidemiology7% of their works
  4. 4Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine7% of their works
  5. 5Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3% of their works
  6. 6Pathology and Forensic Medicine3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Kent W. Kercher's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Complications, Hernia Repair, Mesh Techniques, Mortality, Postoperative Complications, Guidelines, Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Acetabular Fractures.

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.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Complications142 topics
  2. Hernia Repair111 topic
  3. Mesh Techniques111 topic
  4. Mortality73 topics
  5. Postoperative Complications52 topics
  6. Guidelines42 topics
  7. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome31 topic
  8. Acetabular Fractures31 topic
  9. Intra-abdominal Hypertension31 topic
  10. Pelvic Fractures31 topic
  11. Peritoneal Adhesions31 topic
  12. Small Bowel Obstruction31 topic
  13. Cardiac Risk21 topic
  14. Colorectal Cancer21 topic
  15. Microsatellite Instability21 topic
  16. Molecular Characterization21 topic
  17. Pancreatic Cancer21 topic
  18. Perioperative21 topic
  19. Screening21 topic
  20. Surgical Complications21 topic

Where does Kent W. Kercher work?

Kent W. Kercher's main affiliation in the publication record is Carolinas Medical Center, United States.

How many publications and citations does Kent W. Kercher have?

Science Explorer counts 35 works and 86 citations for Kent W. Kercher, ranking #346,534 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised 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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