2026 Kenneth K. Kwong: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	75	18968	17817	9454	8732	184	37218

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

5568
Citations
Mechanisms of migraine aura revealed by functional MRI in human visual cortex

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

1829
Citations
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

1727
Citations
A Functional MRI Study of Subjects Recovered From Hemiparetic Stroke

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

1365
Citations
Calibrated functional MRI: Mapping the dynamics of oxidative metabolism

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

1269
Citations
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

1042
Citations
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

1008
Citations
Functional magnetic resonance imaging of symptom provocation in obsessive-compulsive disorder.

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

876
Citations
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

731
Citations
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

684
Citations
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

644
Citations
Mr perfusion studies with t1‐weighted echo planar imaging

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

628
Citations
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

614
Citations
Voluntary attention modulates fMRI activity in human MT-MST

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

575
Citations
Effects of electroacupuncture versus manual acupuncture on the human brain as measured by fMRI

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

508
Citations
Activation and Habituation in Olfaction—An fMRI Study

Alexander Poellinger;Robert Thomas;Peter Lio;Anne Lee

466
Citations
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

451
Citations
MR diffusion imaging of cerebral infarction in humans.

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

400
Citations
Contrast agents and cerebral hemodynamics.

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

355
Citations
Object-related activity revealed byfunctional magnetic resonance imaging inhumanoccipital cortex

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

0
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce R. Rosen Harvard University

Robert M. Weisskoff Harvard University

John W. Belliveau Harvard University

Thomas J. Brady Harvard University

Vitaly Napadow Harvard University

Roger B. H. Tootell Harvard University

Lawrence L. Wald Harvard University

Nikos Makris Brigham and Women's Hospital

David N. Kennedy University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Randy L. Gollub Harvard Medical School

External Links

Personal website of Kenneth K. Kwong

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