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Allen Institute for Brain Science

In research, Allen Institute for Brain Science stands highest in Life Sciences (#213 of 7,800 worldwide), Neuroscience (#40 of 1,168 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#420 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 24.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#864
of 28,054 · #1,154 all time
Rank in United States
#159
of 4,192
Research works
3.4k
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
172k
51.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Allen Institute for Brain Science known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #213 of 7,800 33.3%468 #343
NeuroscienceField #40 of 1,168 32.2%309 #99
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #420 of 3,579 34.4%136 #558
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #86 of 530 31.0%151 #114
MedicineField #2,083 of 10,443 26.8%242 #2052
Social SciencesDomain #2,300 of 10,521 32.4%101 #1944
Health SciencesDomain #2,898 of 11,982 26.4%259 #2592
Molecular BiologySubfield #568 of 2,175 36.6%80 #786
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield #47 of 150 32.9%69 #135
Physical SciencesDomain #7,073 of 12,888 28.0%77 #9435

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Allen Institute for Brain Science 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#343 #213
  2. Neuroscience#99 #40
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#558 #420
  4. Cognitive Neuroscience#114 #86
  5. Medicine#2,052 #2,083
  6. Social Sciences#1,944 #2,300
  7. Health Sciences#2,592 #2,898
  8. Molecular Biology#786 #568
  9. Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience#135 #47
  10. Physical Sciences#9,435 #7,073
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Allen Institute for Brain Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 24.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 69.1 works24×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 150.6 works23×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 308.6 works21×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.82× its world share, 136 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 21.01× its world share, 309 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 242 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.46× its world share, 68 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 21.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Allen Institute for Brain Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Jeff Goldy, R. Clay Reid and Amy Bernard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Allen Institute for Brain Science.

  1. 1 Jeff Goldy · #110,704 worldwide 991 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 R. Clay Reid · #126,505 worldwide 335 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Amy Bernard · #155,091 worldwide 433 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Lydia Ng · #170,949 worldwide 475 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Kimberly A. Smith · #171,282 worldwide 392 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Nick Dee · #234,761 worldwide 468 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Tanya L. Daigle · #236,156 worldwide 238 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Trygve E. Bakken · #271,078 worldwide 314 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Quanxin Wang · #277,262 worldwide 440 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Brian Long · #379,024 worldwide 128 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Allen Institute for Brain Science

Which keywords describe research at Allen Institute for Brain Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation, Neurobiology, Brain Development, Oxidative Stress, Prefrontal Cortex and Neuronal Oscillations.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Disorders69▲ 13×18 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress56▲ 3.8×38 topics
  3. Neurodegeneration54▲ 20×10 topics
  4. Neuroinflammation52▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Neurobiology44▲ 19×10 topics
  6. Brain Development42▲ 26×6 topics
  7. Prefrontal Cortex40▲ 54×3 topics
  8. Depression37▲ 4.6×20 topics
  9. Neuronal Oscillations37▲ 54×2 topics
  10. Working Memory35▲ 42×3 topics
  11. Synchronization34▲ 31×2 topics
  12. Cognitive Functions33▲ 50×2 topics
  13. Cortical Networks33▲ 63×1 topic
  14. Gamma Rhythms33▲ 63×1 topic
  15. Synaptic Plasticity33▲ 17×6 topics
  16. Genetics31▲ 4.9×15 topics
  17. Neural Mechanisms31▲ 37×4 topics
  18. Functional Connectivity30▲ 25×3 topics
  19. Neural Circuits29▲ 35×4 topics
  20. Cytokines28▲ 11×6 topics
  21. Dendritic Spines28▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Microglia28▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Neuronal Circuits28▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Neuroimaging26▲ 11×11 topics
  25. Emotion Regulation25▲ 8.8×8 topics
  26. Hippocampus24▲ 44×2 topics
  27. Parkinson's Disease24▲ 11×8 topics
  28. Stress24▲ 7.3×10 topics
  29. Mitochondrial Dysfunction22▲ 8.5×9 topics
  30. Innate Immunity22▲ 7.7×7 topics
  31. Astrocyte Function22▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity22▲ 14×5 topics
  33. Default Mode Network22▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Resting-State fMRI22▲ 34×1 topic
  35. GABAergic21▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Neurotransmission21▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Memory21▲ 9.5×3 topics
  38. Ischemic Stroke20▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Decision Making20▲ 7.3×4 topics
  40. Cognitive Control19▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Allen Institute for Brain Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Neural dynamics and brain function: 33 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 22 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…21Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 21 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…18Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 18 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 16 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 16 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechan…15Memory and Neural Mechanisms: 15 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 11 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 10 fractional worksVisual perception and processing mechanisms: 10 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeurologyPhysiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain functionCognitive Neuroscience 33 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 22 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchCellular and Molecular Neuroscience 21 works
  4. 4 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeurology 18 works
  5. 5 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 16 works
  6. 6 Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 16 works
  7. 7 Memory and Neural MechanismsCognitive Neuroscience 15 works
  8. 8 EEG and Brain-Computer InterfacesCognitive Neuroscience 11 works
  9. 9 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 10 works
  10. 10 Visual perception and processing mechanismsCognitive Neuroscience 10 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 available66.1%not open33.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.4%domestic only59.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Allen Institute for Brain Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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