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Addgene

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,737
of 22,385 · #29,484 all time
Rank in United States
#3,072
of 3,332
Research works
127
▲ 203% vs 2018-21
Citations
3k
23.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Addgene

Which fields of science does Addgene work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Addgene is in Health Sciences, 39% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (51%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (31%), Immunology and Microbiology (4%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 37 fractional works · 51.7% of its workMedicine: 36 fractional works · 51.1% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 14.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 38.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 31.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 15.0% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 12.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAddgene71fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3651.1%
    2. Health Professions00.4%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2231.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology34.3%
    3. Neuroscience22.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Computer Science34.0%
    2. Engineering22.3%
    3. Environmental Science00.4%
    4. Chemistry00.0%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences11.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Psychology00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.85× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.25× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.66× its world share, 36 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.85×22 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.25×3 works
  3. Medicine2.66×36 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.34×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.33×2 works
  6. Computer Science0.52×3 works
  7. Dentistry0.52×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.40×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×1 works
  10. Engineering0.15×2 works
  11. Health Professions0.14×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.10×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.09×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  17. Psychology0.03×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Addgene?

Ranked on the quality score, Nikita Kotlov, Viktor Svekolkin and Olga M. Kudryashova lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Addgene.

  1. 1 Nikita Kotlov United States · #298,868 worldwide 3.9k citations · 215 works
  2. 2 Viktor Svekolkin United States · #301,258 worldwide 2.1k citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Olga M. Kudryashova United States · #345,631 worldwide 527 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Alexander Bagaev United States · #414,287 worldwide 2.7k citations · 184 works
  5. 5 Joanne Kamens United States · #635,872 worldwide 2.2k citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Ilia Galkin United States · #730,452 worldwide 411 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Felix E. Frenkel United States · #734,109 worldwide 2.7k citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Iris Wang United States · #762,918 worldwide 810 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Ekaterina Postovalova United States · #900,409 worldwide 548 citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Meghan A. Rego United States · #997,104 worldwide 1.4k citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Addgene

What are the most cited papers from Addgene?

The most cited paper from Addgene is "Rapid, Low-Cost Detection of Zika Virus Using Programmable Biomolecular Components" (Keith Pardee, Alexander A. Green, Melissa K. Takahashi et al., 2016), with 1,513 citations. Next come "Conserved pan-cancer microenvironment subtypes predict response to immunotherapy" (1,384) and "A Probabilistic Classification Tool for Genetic Subtypes of Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma with Therapeutic Implications" (1,194).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rapid, Low-Cost Detection of Zika Virus Using Programmable Biomolecular Components Keith Pardee, Alexander A. Green, Melissa K. Takahashi et al. · Cell Open access May 2016 1,513
2 Conserved pan-cancer microenvironment subtypes predict response to immunotherapy Alexander Bagaev, Nikita Kotlov, Krystle J. Nomie et al. · Cancer Cell Open access 20 May 2021 1,384
3 A Probabilistic Classification Tool for Genetic Subtypes of Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma with Therapeutic Implications George W. Wright, Da Wei Huang, James D. Phelan et al. · Cancer Cell Open access Apr 2020 1,194
4 Bacterial metabolism of bile acids promotes generation of peripheral regulatory T cells Clarissa Campbell, Peter T. McKenney, Daniel M. Konstantinovsky et al. · Nature Open access 15 Apr 2020 900
5 Tisagenlecleucel in adult relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma: the phase 2 ELARA trial Nathan Hale Fowler et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 17 Dec 2021 556
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Addgene?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Immunotherapy, Gene Expression, Genomic Instability, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures, Tumor Microenvironment and Lymphoma.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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. Targeted Therapy7▲ 46×4 topics
  2. Immunotherapy7▲ 14×14 topics
  3. Gene Expression6▲ 14×7 topics
  4. Genomic Instability6▲ 76×2 topics
  5. Cancer Genomics6▲ 117×1 topic
  6. Mutational Signatures6▲ 117×1 topic
  7. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 17×6 topics
  8. Cancer5▲ 5.7×13 topics
  9. Machine Learning5▲ 2.1×8 topics
  10. Lymphoma5▲ 42×3 topics
  11. Chemotherapy5▲ 9.3×11 topics
  12. Rituximab4▲ 44×3 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors4▲ 13×9 topics
  14. Molecular Profiling4▲ 54×3 topics
  15. Gene Expression Profiling3▲ 62×2 topics
  16. PET Imaging3▲ 29×4 topics
  17. Classification3▲ 9.6×1 topic
  18. Genetic Pathogenesis3▲ 83×1 topic
  19. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 36×1 topic
  20. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 36×1 topic
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 7.3×4 topics
  22. Breast Cancer3▲ 15×5 topics
  23. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 25×3 topics
  24. Precision Medicine2▲ 6.7×6 topics
  25. Tumor Regression2▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Cell Death2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Data Analysis2▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Metastatic2▲ 47×2 topics
  29. Molecular Characterization2▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Normalization2▲ 60×2 topics
  31. Autoantibodies2▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Immunity2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  34. Prognosis2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  35. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  36. Therapeutic Targets2▲ 17×4 topics
  37. Ferroptosis2▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Lipid Peroxidation2▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Prognostic Markers2▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Quantitative2▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Addgene publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…6Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksFerroptosis and cancer prognosis: 2 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksMyasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 2 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPathology and Forensic MedicineOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 6 works
  2. 2 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  10. 10 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 1 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 available44.5%not open55.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Addgene's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 203% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Addgene as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00042% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Addgene0.00039% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Addgene over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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