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D-Index
75
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37218
World Ranking
18968
National Ranking
9454

Kenneth K. Kwong publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth K. Kwong sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 184 publications — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Kenneth K. Kwong D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kenneth K. Kwong sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Kenneth K. Kwong is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a significant research presence in medicine and neuroscience. Their work spans multiple subfields including neurology, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, cognitive neuroscience, physiology, and psychiatry and mental health.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as:

  • Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
  • Dementia and cognitive impairment research
  • Functional brain connectivity studies
  • Traumatic brain injury and neurovascular disturbances
  • Advanced MRI techniques and applications
  • Traumatic brain injury research
  • Infant health and development

Key recent papers include:

  • In vivo and neuropathology data support locus coeruleus integrity as indicator of Alzheimer's disease pathology and cognitive decline, 2021, Science Translational Medicine
  • Probiotic and Oxytocin Combination Therapy in Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial, 2021, Nutrients
  • Characterizing the Patients, Hospitals, and Data Quality of the eICU Collaborative Research Database, 2020, Critical Care Medicine
  • Spatiotemporal patterns of locus coeruleus integrity predict cortical tau and cognition, 2024, Nature Aging
  • Waning locus coeruleus integrity precedes cortical tau accrual in preclinical autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease, 2022, Alzheimer s & Dementia

Kenneth K. Kwong has frequently published in several venues, notably:

  • Alzheimer s & Dementia
  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Science Translational Medicine
  • Nutrients

Collaborations have been an important part of Kwong's work, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Suk-Tak Chan
  • Heidi I.L. Jacobs
  • Dorene M. Rentz
  • Reisa A. Sperling
  • Nina Engels

Best Publications

  • Dynamic magnetic resonance imaging of human brain activity during primary sensory stimulation.

    Kenneth K. Kwong;John W. Belliveau;David A. Chesler;Inna E. Goldberg

  • Mechanisms of migraine aura revealed by functional MRI in human visual cortex

    Nouchine Hadjikhani;Margarita Sanchez del Rio;Ona Wu;Denis Schwartz

  • Functional analysis of human MT and related visual cortical areas using magnetic resonance imaging

    R. B. H. Tootell;J. B. Reppas;K. K. Kwong;R. Malach

  • A Functional MRI Study of Subjects Recovered From Hemiparetic Stroke

    Steven C. Cramer;Gereon Nelles;Randall R. Benson;Jill D. Kaplan

  • Calibrated functional MRI: Mapping the dynamics of oxidative metabolism

    Timothy L. Davis;Kenneth K. Kwong;Robert M. Weisskoff;Bruce R. Rosen

  • High resolution measurement of cerebral blood flow using intravascular tracer bolus passages. Part II: Experimental comparison and preliminary results

    Leif Østergaard;Alma Gregory Sorensen;Kenneth K. Kwong;Robert M. Weisskoff

  • Acupuncture modulates the limbic system and subcortical gray structures of the human brain: Evidence from fMRI studies in normal subjects

    Kathleen K.S. Hui;Jing Liu;Nikos Makris;Randy L. Gollub

  • Functional magnetic resonance imaging of symptom provocation in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

    Hans C. Breiter;Scott L. Rauch;Kenneth K. Kwong;John R. Baker

  • The intravascular contribution to fMRI signal change: Monte Carlo modeling and diffusion-weighted studies in vivo.

    Jerrold L. Boxerman;Peter A. Bandettini;Kenneth K. Kwong;John R. Baker

  • The integrated response of the human cerebro-cerebellar and limbic systems to acupuncture stimulation at ST 36 as evidenced by fMRI

    Kathleen K. S. Hui;Jing Liu;Ovidiu Marina;Vitaly Napadow

  • Central nervous pathway for acupuncture stimulation: localization of processing with functional MR imaging of the brain--preliminary experience.

    Ming-Ting Wu;Jen-Chuen Hsieh;Jing Xiong;Chien-Fang Yang;Chien-Fang Yang

  • Mr perfusion studies with t1‐weighted echo planar imaging

    Kenneth K. Kwong;David A. Chesler;Robert M. Weisskoff;Kathleen M. Donahue

  • Functional mapping of the human visual cortex at 4 and 1.5 tesla using deoxygenation contrast EPI

    R. Turner;P. Jezzard;H. Wen;K. K. Kwong

  • Voluntary attention modulates fMRI activity in human MT-MST

    Kathleen M. O'Craven;Bruce R. Rosen;Kenneth K. Kwong;Anne Treisman

  • Effects of electroacupuncture versus manual acupuncture on the human brain as measured by fMRI

    Vitaly Napadow;Nikos Makris;Jing Liu;Norman W. Kettner

  • Activation and Habituation in Olfaction—An fMRI Study

    Alexander Poellinger;Robert Thomas;Peter Lio;Anne Lee

  • Language dominance determined by whole brain functional MRI in patients with brain lesions

    R.R. Benson;D.B. FitzGerald;L.L. LeSueur;D.N. Kennedy

  • MR diffusion imaging of cerebral infarction in humans.

    D Chien;K K Kwong;D R Gress;F S Buonanno

  • Contrast agents and cerebral hemodynamics.

    Bruce R. Rosen;John W. Belliveau;Bradley R. Buchbinder;Robert C. McKinstry

  • Object-related activity revealed byfunctional magnetic resonance imaging inhumanoccipital cortex

    R. Malach;J. B. Reppas;R. R. Benson;K. K. Kwong

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce R. Rosen
Bruce R. Rosen Harvard University
Robert M. Weisskoff
Robert M. Weisskoff Harvard University
John W. Belliveau
John W. Belliveau Harvard University
Thomas J. Brady
Thomas J. Brady Harvard University
Vitaly Napadow
Vitaly Napadow Harvard University
Roger B. H. Tootell
Roger B. H. Tootell Harvard University
Lawrence L. Wald
Lawrence L. Wald Harvard University
Nikos Makris
Nikos Makris Brigham and Women's Hospital
David N. Kennedy
David N. Kennedy University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Randy L. Gollub
Randy L. Gollub Harvard Medical School

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