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Allen Institute

In research, Allen Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#540 of 7,800 worldwide), Artificial Intelligence (#500 of 1,884 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,556 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence — Cognitive Neuroscience is 13.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,544
of 28,054 · #1,998 all time
Rank in United States
#245
of 4,192
Research works
867
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
63k
72.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
37.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Allen Institute 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 #540 of 7,800 38.8%128 #670
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #500 of 1,884 45.4%63 —
Computer ScienceField #1,556 of 4,667 44.4%91 #2245
Physical SciencesDomain #6,443 of 12,888 41.8%111 #9471

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 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#670 #540
  2. Computer Science#2,245 #1,556
  3. Physical Sciences#9,471 #6,443
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 specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 30.4 works14×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 57.6 works12×
  3. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 62.9 works8.7×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.68× its world share, 59 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.92× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 11.82× its world share, 58 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.89× its world share, 91 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Allen Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Hongkui Zeng, Matt Gardner and Ed S. Lein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Allen Institute.

  1. 1 Hongkui Zeng United States · #21,675 worldwide 690 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Matt Gardner United States · #44,154 worldwide 674 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Ed S. Lein United States · #45,685 worldwide 683 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Michael Hawrylycz United States · #56,359 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Roozbeh Mottaghi United States · #70,466 worldwide 587 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Bosiljka Tasic United States · #70,917 worldwide 397 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Ştefan Mihalaş United States · #109,033 worldwide 319 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Jeremy A. Miller United States · #109,288 worldwide 209 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Ashish Sabharwal United States · #126,997 worldwide 558 citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Rebecca D. Hodge United States · #204,617 worldwide 316 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Allen Institute

Which keywords describe research at Allen Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neural Networks, Deep Learning, Information Retrieval, Text Classification, Topic Modeling, Machine Translation, Semantic Similarity and Word Representation.

▲ 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. Neural Networks40▲ 8.6×17 topics
  2. Deep Learning37▲ 3.6×39 topics
  3. Machine Learning26▲ 2.6×33 topics
  4. Information Retrieval21▲ 33×4 topics
  5. Text Classification21▲ 43×3 topics
  6. Topic Modeling20▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Machine Translation20▲ 40×2 topics
  8. Semantic Similarity20▲ 55×1 topic
  9. Word Representation20▲ 55×1 topic
  10. Corpus Linguistics18▲ 28×2 topics
  11. Neural Machine Translation18▲ 62×1 topic
  12. Statistical Machine Translation18▲ 62×1 topic
  13. Neuronal Oscillations15▲ 67×2 topics
  14. Cognitive Functions15▲ 67×2 topics
  15. Cortical Networks15▲ 85×1 topic
  16. Synchronization15▲ 41×1 topic
  17. Data Integration14▲ 27×4 topics
  18. Gene Expression13▲ 7.1×11 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders12▲ 7.1×13 topics
  20. Image Processing11▲ 8.6×4 topics
  21. RNA-Seq10▲ 32×2 topics
  22. Single-Cell10▲ 77×1 topic
  23. Transcriptomics10▲ 77×1 topic
  24. Image Captioning10▲ 68×1 topic
  25. Visual Question Answering10▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Microscopy10▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Synaptic Plasticity10▲ 14×6 topics
  28. Bioimage Analysis9▲ 81×1 topic
  29. Cellular Imaging9▲ 31×2 topics
  30. High-Content Screening9▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Brain Development9▲ 16×6 topics
  32. Innate Immunity8▲ 8.1×6 topics
  33. Neuronal Circuits8▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Dendritic Spines7▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Astrocyte Function7▲ 36×2 topics
  36. GABAergic7▲ 44×1 topic
  37. Neurotransmission7▲ 44×1 topic
  38. Neurodegeneration6▲ 6.7×4 topics
  39. Neuroinflammation6▲ 6.9×4 topics
  40. Semi-Supervised Learning5▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Allen Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing Techniques, Neural dynamics and brain function and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

Topic Modeling20Topic Modeling: 20 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 18 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 15 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 10 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 10 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Tech…9Cell Image Analysis Techniques: 9 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 5 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research: 4 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceCognitive NeuroscienceMolecular BiologyComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition3 others

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 20 works
  2. 2 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 18 works
  3. 3 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 15 works
  4. 4 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 10 works
  5. 5 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 10 works
  6. 6 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 9 works
  7. 7 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 7 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 5 works
  9. 9 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 4 works
  10. 10 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 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 available73.3%not open26.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Allen Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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