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Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center

In research, Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,623 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 9.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,927
of 22,385 · #4,914 all time
Rank in Greece
#65
of 111
Research works
429
▲ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
46.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
69%
world 40%
International
47%
world 18%
Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center

What is Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #2,623 of 6,403 9.2%60 #1255

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center is in Life Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (43%), Medicine (29%), Immunology and Microbiology (7%). It does 3.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 67 fractional works · 59.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 48 fractional works · 43.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 28.2% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 30.9% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 28.6% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAlexander FlemingBiomedical…112fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences59%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences2%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4843.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology86.8%
    3. Neuroscience65.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Medicine3228.6%
    2. Health Professions21.5%
    3. Veterinary00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Engineering22.0%
    2. Chemistry21.7%
    3. Environmental Science21.5%
    4. Materials Science11.3%
    5. Computer Science11.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Psychology00.4%
    2. Social Sciences00.3%
    3. Decision Sciences00.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 31.7 works9.3×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 48.3 works8.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.06× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.75× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.12× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 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, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.06×48 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology6.75×8 works
  3. Neuroscience3.12×6 works
  4. Veterinary2.69×0 works
  5. Medicine1.49×32 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.12×0 works
  7. Chemistry1.07×2 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.88×5 works
  9. Health Professions0.58×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.43×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.38×2 works
  12. Nursing0.34×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.34×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.30×2 works
  15. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  16. Energy0.16×0 works
  17. Psychology0.15×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.14×1 works
  19. Engineering0.13×2 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  25. Social Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center?

Ranked on the quality score, George Kollias, Antigone S. Dimas and Vassilis Aidinis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center.

  1. 1 George Kollias Greece · #71,608 worldwide 42k citations · 467 works
  2. 2 Antigone S. Dimas Greece · #77,361 worldwide 17k citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Vassilis Aidinis Greece · #85,916 worldwide 11k citations · 235 works
  4. 4 Eleanna Kaffe Greece · #199,415 worldwide 3.4k citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Dimitris L. Kontoyiannis Greece · #217,510 worldwide 7.2k citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Pantelis Hatzis Greece · #254,306 worldwide 4.8k citations · 87 works
  7. 7 Georgios A. Pavlopoulos Greece · #265,291 worldwide 8.3k citations · 168 works
  8. 8 Giorgio Lucio Papadopoulos Greece · #278,221 worldwide 5.4k citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Vaggelis Harokopos Greece · #378,487 worldwide 1.5k citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Maria I. Fousteri Greece · #389,945 worldwide 4.1k citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center

What are the most cited papers from Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center?

The most cited paper from Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center is "Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes" (Andrew Paul Morris et al., 2012), with 2,021 citations. Next come "Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia" (1,629) and "DIANA-microT web server v5.0: service integration into miRNA functional analysis workflows" (1,209).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes Andrew Paul Morris et al. · Nature Genetics Open access204 authors 12 Aug 2012 2,021
2 Onset and Progression in Inherited ALS Determined by Motor Neurons and Microglia Séverine Boillée, Koji Yamanaka, Christian S. Lobsiger et al. · Science Jun 2006 1,629
3 DIANA-microT web server v5.0: service integration into miRNA functional analysis workflows Maria D. Paraskevopoulou, Georgios K. Georgakilas, Nikos Kostoulas et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 16 May 2013 1,209
4 Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility Anubha Mahajan et al. · Nature Genetics Open access332 authors 9 Feb 2014 1,085
5 CXCR4-activated astrocyte glutamate release via TNFα: amplification by microglia triggers neurotoxicity Paola Bezzi, Marı́a Domercq, Liliana Brambilla et al. · Nature Neuroscience Jul 2001 1,080
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis, Gene Expression, Immunity, Cancer Therapy and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Cancer13▲ 8.4×28 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 4.5×33 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress8▲ 4.2×25 topics
  4. Apoptosis5▲ 14×8 topics
  5. Gene Expression5▲ 6.5×14 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy4▲ 6.6×15 topics
  7. Immunity4▲ 9.0×6 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  9. Immune Response3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  10. RNA-Seq3▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Gene Regulation3▲ 29×5 topics
  12. Insulin Resistance3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  13. Neurodegeneration3▲ 9.3×6 topics
  14. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition3▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Metabolism3▲ 5.3×10 topics
  16. Translation3▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  18. TGF-ß3▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Transcription Factors3▲ 19×5 topics
  20. Cell Death3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  21. Neuroinflammation3▲ 8.3×4 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  23. RNA Structure3▲ 45×1 topic
  24. Regulation3▲ 4.4×7 topics
  25. Ribosome3▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 11×6 topics
  27. Innate Immunity2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  28. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 13×5 topics
  29. Drug Resistance2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  30. RNA Regulation2▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Data Integration2▲ 12×4 topics
  32. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  33. Chromatin2▲ 37×2 topics
  34. Fibrosis2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  35. Macrophage2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Signal Transduction2▲ 11×4 topics
  37. genome annotation2▲ 26×1 topic
  38. sequence alignment2▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Neuronal Circuits2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Immune cells in cancer and Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling.

RNA and protein synthesi…3RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…2Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 2 fractional worksSphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 2 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 2 fractional worksEndoplasmic Reticulum St…2Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease: 2 fractional worksCancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyImmunologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCell Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 2 works
  4. 4 Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease Cell Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 2 works
  10. 10 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 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 available68.7%not open31.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.2%domestic only52.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center0.00054% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center15.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2009.

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