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American Institute of Biological Sciences

In research, American Institute of Biological Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,918 of 10,206 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,080 of 16,945 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,562 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,841
of 28,054 · #13,153 all time
Rank in United States
#3,406
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

What is American Institute of Biological Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesField #2,918 of 10,206 21.3%266
Social SciencesDomain #5,080 of 16,945 18.4%575
Health SciencesDomain #8,562 of 20,462 14.8%234
Life SciencesDomain #9,609 of 14,347 13.7%160
Physical SciencesDomain #15,071 of 21,541 10.1%194
MedicineField #13,250 of 17,978 14.4%173

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Institute of Biological Sciences 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).

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: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.25× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.14× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 3.64× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.71× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Institute of Biological Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Gregory Anderson, Alexander G. Schauss and Roy Upton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Institute of Biological Sciences.

  1. 1 Gregory Anderson United States · #226,278 worldwide 0 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Alexander G. Schauss United States · #307,059 worldwide 135 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Roy Upton United States · #501,013 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Robert E. Gropp United States · #678,528 worldwide 5 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Charles E. Shepard United States · #792,634 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Cathy Lundmark United States · #1,104,392 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Watson Davis United States · #1,392,594 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Elwood B. Ehrle United States · #1,407,426 worldwide 3 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at American Institute of Biological Sciences

Which keywords describe research at American Institute of Biological Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gender, Identity, Colonialism, Ethics, Migration, Education, Religion and Literature.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 1.41×46 topics
  2. Education5▲ 2.6×10 topics
  3. Gender5▲ 7.2×14 topics
  4. Identity5▲ 5.4×18 topics
  5. Healthcare4▲ 3.0×8 topics
  6. Sustainability4▲ 1.37×18 topics
  7. Public Health4▲ 2.2×18 topics
  8. Colonialism4▲ 6.5×11 topics
  9. Ethics4▲ 6.3×11 topics
  10. Mental Health4▲ 2.1×16 topics
  11. Literature3▲ 5.2×11 topics
  12. Quality of Life3▲ 1.98×19 topics
  13. Religion3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  14. Migration3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.3×14 topics
  16. Democracy3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  17. History3▲ 3.2×13 topics
  18. Innovation3▲ 2.1×5 topics
  19. Nationalism2▲ 4.4×11 topics
  20. Big Data2▲ 2.2×5 topics
  21. Security2▲ 2.9×4 topics
  22. Community2▲ 16×5 topics
  23. Culture2▲ 3.3×8 topics
  24. Race2▲ 14×6 topics
  25. Biomedical Engineering2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  26. Discrimination2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  27. Social Change2▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Training2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  29. Capacity Building2▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Challenge-Based Learning2▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Genomics2▲ 4.4×4 topics
  32. Hackathons2▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Interdisciplinary Research1▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Science Communication1▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Cultural Memory1▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Environmental Communication1▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Knowledge Economy1▲ 11×2 topics
  38. North Africa1▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Prevention Strategies1▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Taxation1▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does American Institute of Biological Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Biomedical and Engineering Education, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Cinema and Media Studies and Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research.

Biomedical and Engineeri…2Biomedical and Engineering Education: 2 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…1Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 1 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 1 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 1 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 1 fractional worksFiscal Policy and Econom…1Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth: 1 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringPolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  6. 6 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  7. 7 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 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 available33.1%not open66.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Institute of Biological Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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