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Allen Institute

In research, Allen Institute stands highest in Neuroscience (#10 of 1,092 worldwide), Life Sciences (#69 of 6,403 worldwide) and Cognitive Neuroscience (#13 of 543 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Developmental Neuroscience, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Biophysics (Developmental Neuroscience is 26.8× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#313
of 22,385 · #261 all time
Rank in United States
#87
of 3,332
Research works
4.3k
▲ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
239k
54.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.51×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%

What is Allen Institute 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
NeuroscienceField #10 of 1,092 18.2%374 #10
Life SciencesDomain #69 of 6,403 18.2%632 #65
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #13 of 543 17.0%185 #11
Health SciencesDomain #338 of 9,902 17.2%314 #273
Computer ScienceField #159 of 4,417 28.2%122 #251
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #111 of 2,964 17.5%216 #110
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield #8 of 213 19.7%88 #5
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #74 of 1,862 30.1%77 #112
MedicineField #341 of 8,541 17.4%292 #289
Molecular BiologySubfield #100 of 1,880 18.2%124 #104

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Allen Institute 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Neuroscience#10 #10
  2. Life Sciences#65 #69
  3. Cognitive Neuroscience#11 #13
  4. Health Sciences#273 #338
  5. Computer Science#251 #159
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#110 #111
  7. Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience#5 #8
  8. Artificial Intelligence#112 #74
  9. Medicine#289 #341
  10. Molecular Biology#104 #100
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Allen Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Allen Institute is in Life Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Neuroscience (30%), Medicine (23%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 773 fractional works · 50.2% of its workNeuroscience: 461 fractional works · 29.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 228 fractional works · 14.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 107 fractional works · 6.9% of its workNeurology: 55 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSensory Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 261 fractional works · 17.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 149 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiophysics: 38 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 32 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStructural Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 32 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 382 fractional works · 24.8% of its workMedicine: 357 fractional works · 23.2% of its workNeurology: 49 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 41 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 40 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 233 fractional works · 15.1% of its workComputer Science: 140 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 84 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 152 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPsychology: 91 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 30 fractional works · 1.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAllen Institute1,540fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences50%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience46129.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology26117.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology322.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences151.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
    1. Medicine35723.2%
    2. Health Professions171.1%
    3. Nursing50.3%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Computer Science1409.1%
    2. Engineering473.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy130.8%
    4. Environmental Science130.8%
    5. Materials Science90.6%
    6. Chemistry50.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
    8. Mathematics20.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology915.9%
    2. Social Sciences281.8%
    3. Decision Sciences171.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities50.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting50.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Allen Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Developmental Neuroscience takes 26.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 20.5 works27×
  2. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 106.6 works22×
  3. BiophysicsSubfield · 38.0 works22×
  4. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 227.8 works20×
  5. NeuroscienceField · 460.9 works18×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.18× its world share, 261 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.10× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 18.44× its world share, 461 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.17× its world share, 140 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 357 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.94× its world share, 91 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 18.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience18.44×461 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.18×261 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.10×32 works
  4. Psychology1.94×91 works
  5. Medicine1.21×357 works
  6. Computer Science1.17×140 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.12×17 works
  8. Veterinary1.02×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×4 works
  10. Nursing0.63×5 works
  11. Health Professions0.42×17 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.37×13 works
  13. Chemistry0.21×5 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×15 works
  15. Engineering0.20×47 works
  16. Dentistry0.19×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×6 works
  18. Environmental Science0.17×13 works
  19. Materials Science0.17×9 works
  20. Social Sciences0.14×28 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×3 works
  22. Mathematics0.13×2 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.11×5 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×5 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  26. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Allen Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Hongkui Zeng, Ed S. Lein and Bosiljka Tasic lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Allen Institute.

  1. 1 Hongkui Zeng United States · #236 worldwide 58k citations · 378 works
  2. 2 Ed S. Lein United States · #785 worldwide 53k citations · 293 works
  3. 3 Bosiljka Tasic United States · #2,378 worldwide 31k citations · 219 works
  4. 4 Mary McGraw United States · #4,820 worldwide 37k citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Kimberly A. Smith United States · #4,834 worldwide 33k citations · 145 works
  6. 6 Nick Dee United States · #6,750 worldwide 31k citations · 112 works
  7. 7 Zizhen Yao United States · #7,260 worldwide 25k citations · 148 works
  8. 8 R. Clay Reid United States · #8,353 worldwide 23k citations · 196 works
  9. 9 Trygve E. Bakken United States · #9,738 worldwide 18k citations · 141 works
  10. 10 Michael Hawrylycz United States · #11,318 worldwide 54k citations · 208 works
All ranked researchers at Allen Institute

What are the most cited papers from Allen Institute?

The most cited paper from Allen Institute is "The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease" (Guy M. McKhann, David S. Knopman, Howard Mark Chertkow et al., 2011), with 19,132 citations. Next come "Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans" (10,439) and "Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci" (8,181).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease Guy M. McKhann, David S. Knopman, Howard Mark Chertkow et al. · Alzheimer s & Dementia Open access 22 Apr 2011 19,132
2 Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans Monkol Lek et al. · Nature Open access Aug 2016 10,439
3 Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci Stephan Ripke et al. · Nature Open access297 authors Jul 2014 8,181
4 mTOR Signaling in Growth, Metabolism, and Disease Robert A. Saxton, David M. Sabatini · Cell Open access Mar 2017 7,763
5 A robust and high-throughput Cre reporting and characterization system for the whole mouse brain Linda Madisen, Theresa A. Zwingman, Susan M. Sunkin et al. · Nature Neuroscience Open access 20 Dec 2009 7,606
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Allen Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation, Neuronal Oscillations, Brain Development, Neurobiology, Working Memory and Synchronization.

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders100▲ 11×18 topics
  2. Deep Learning80▲ 1.50×54 topics
  3. Neurodegeneration73▲ 15×11 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress73▲ 2.9×44 topics
  5. Neuroinflammation70▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Neuronal Oscillations65▲ 56×2 topics
  7. Brain Development63▲ 23×6 topics
  8. Neurobiology62▲ 15×10 topics
  9. Neural Networks62▲ 2.6×26 topics
  10. Working Memory61▲ 44×3 topics
  11. Synchronization60▲ 33×3 topics
  12. Cognitive Functions60▲ 54×2 topics
  13. Cortical Networks59▲ 69×1 topic
  14. Gamma Rhythms59▲ 69×1 topic
  15. Prefrontal Cortex57▲ 43×3 topics
  16. Synaptic Plasticity52▲ 16×6 topics
  17. Gene Expression49▲ 5.1×17 topics
  18. Depression47▲ 3.5×21 topics
  19. Functional Connectivity44▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Genetics44▲ 4.0×17 topics
  21. Neural Circuits43▲ 29×4 topics
  22. Neuronal Circuits43▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Neural Mechanisms43▲ 27×4 topics
  24. Cytokines41▲ 9.2×8 topics
  25. Dendritic Spines41▲ 34×2 topics
  26. Microglia39▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Innate Immunity37▲ 7.4×10 topics
  28. Hippocampus35▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Data Integration34▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Neuroimaging34▲ 8.0×11 topics
  31. Astrocyte Function34▲ 36×2 topics
  32. GABAergic33▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Neurotransmission33▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Neural Plasticity32▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Parkinson's Disease32▲ 8.2×8 topics
  36. Memory31▲ 8.3×4 topics
  37. Ischemic Stroke31▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Default Mode Network31▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Resting-State fMRI31▲ 27×1 topic
  40. RNA-Seq30▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Allen Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 59 works
  2. 2 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 33 works
  3. 3 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 31 works
  4. 4 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 29 works
  5. 5 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 27 works
  6. 6 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 25 works
  7. 7 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 23 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 22 works
  9. 9 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 20 works
  10. 10 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 20 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 available68.0%not open32.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.8%domestic only63.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Allen Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Allen Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0052% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Allen Institute0.0074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Allen Institute 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%Allen Institute15.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.2% in 1993.

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Which institutions have research most like Allen Institute's?

Among the world's leading institutions, National Institutes of Health has the research profile closest to Allen Institute's, with both strong in Neuroscience.

  1. 1 National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology 0.83 Compare
  2. 2 University of Massachusetts Chan Medical SchoolUnited States · Both strong in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immunology and Microbiology, Neuroscience 0.81 Compare
  3. 3 Mayo ClinicUnited States · Both strong in Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience 0.81 Compare
  4. 4 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Immunology and Microbiology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.80 Compare
  5. 5 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States · Both strong in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Immunology and Microbiology 0.80 Compare

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