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Amyris (United States)

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Research works
58
▼ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
93.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Amyris (United States)

Not ranked overall: Amyris (United States) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Amyris (United States) work in?

In all years, 63% of research at Amyris (United States) is in Life Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (56%), Medicine (11%), Engineering (9%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 36 fractional works · 62.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 56.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 28 fractional works · 47.7% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 23.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 11.1% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKAmyris (UnitedStates)58fractional works, all years
Life Sciences63%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3356.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.1%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Engineering59.3%
    2. Chemistry46.8%
    3. Environmental Science23.0%
    4. Energy11.4%
    5. Computer Science11.3%
    6. Materials Science00.8%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Medicine611.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities11.7%
    2. Social Sciences00.7%
    3. Decision Sciences00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.53× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.53× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 6.53× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 8.58× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.26× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy8.58×0 works
  2. Chemistry6.53×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.53×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology3.53×0 works
  5. Materials Science2.26×0 works
  6. Medicine1.20×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.89×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.79×0 works
  9. Engineering0.55×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.34×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Amyris (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Christopher J. Paddon, Kirsten R. Benjamin and Darren Platt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amyris (United States).

  1. 1 Christopher J. Paddon United States · #281,178 worldwide 6.7k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Kirsten R. Benjamin United States · #413,870 worldwide 5.5k citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Darren Platt United States · #616,775 worldwide 5.5k citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Christopher D. Reeves United States · #681,493 worldwide 3.3k citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Sunil S. Chandran United States · #884,559 worldwide 1.9k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Rika Regentin United States · #1,537,498 worldwide 3.7k citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Hiroko Tsuruta United States · #1,647,526 worldwide 3.5k citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Amyris (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Amyris (United States)?

The most cited paper from Amyris (United States) is "Production of the antimalarial drug precursor artemisinic acid in engineered yeast" (Dae‐Kyun Ro, Eric M. Paradise, Mario Ouellet et al., 2006), with 2,875 citations. Next come "High-level semi-synthetic production of the potent antimalarial artemisinin" (2,122) and "Rewriting yeast central carbon metabolism for industrial isoprenoid production" (741).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Production of the antimalarial drug precursor artemisinic acid in engineered yeast Dae‐Kyun Ro, Eric M. Paradise, Mario Ouellet et al. · Nature 13 Apr 2006 2,875
2 High-level semi-synthetic production of the potent antimalarial artemisinin Christopher J. Paddon et al. · Nature Open access Apr 2013 2,122
3 Rewriting yeast central carbon metabolism for industrial isoprenoid production Adam L. Meadows et al. · Nature Sep 2016 741
4 Production of amorphadiene in yeast, and its conversion to dihydroartemisinic acid, precursor to the antimalarial agent artemisinin Patrick J. Westfall, Douglas J. Pitera, Jacob R. Lenihan et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Jan 2012 739
5 Semi-synthetic artemisinin: a model for the use of synthetic biology in pharmaceutical development Christopher J. Paddon, Jay D. Keasling · Nature Reviews Microbiology Review Apr 2014 689
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Amyris (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Constraint-Based Models, Genome-Scale Models, Isoprenoid Pathway, Terpenoid Biosynthesis, Secondary Metabolites and Drug Discovery.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Metabolic Engineering12▲ 156×2 topics
  2. Synthetic Biology9▲ 179×2 topics
  3. Constraint-Based Models7▲ 216×1 topic
  4. Genome-Scale Models7▲ 216×1 topic
  5. Isoprenoid Pathway4▲ 230×1 topic
  6. Terpenoid Biosynthesis4▲ 230×1 topic
  7. Secondary Metabolites4▲ 75×2 topics
  8. Drug Discovery4▲ 17×3 topics
  9. Genome Engineering4▲ 108×1 topic
  10. RNA-Guided4▲ 108×1 topic
  11. Endophytic Fungi4▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Gene Expression4▲ 10×8 topics
  13. Antibiotics4▲ 76×1 topic
  14. Natural Products4▲ 34×1 topic
  15. Genomics3▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Signal Transduction3▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Single-Cell Analysis2▲ 61×2 topics
  18. Medicinal Chemistry2▲ 10.0×4 topics
  19. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Biopharmaceutical Production2▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Cell Wall2▲ 115×1 topic
  22. Stress Response2▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Yeast2▲ 76×1 topic
  24. Capacity Building2▲ 43×2 topics
  25. Lab-on-a-Chip2▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Microfluidics2▲ 35×3 topics
  27. Cell Culture2▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Synthesis2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  29. Mammalian Cells2▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Recombinant Protein2▲ 69×1 topic
  31. Enzymatic Hydrolysis2▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Pretreatment2▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Ribosome2▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Translation2▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Gene Regulatory Networks1▲ 96×1 topic
  36. Stochastic Gene Expression1▲ 96×1 topic
  37. Pharmacology1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  38. Chemistry1▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Quality Assessment1▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Solvent Selection1▲ 88×1 topic

Which research topics does Amyris (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress, Algal biology and biofuel production and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications.

Plant biochemistry and b…0Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis: 0 fractional worksAntioxidant Activity and…0Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress: 0 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofuel production: 0 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techni…0Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging0Skin Protection and Aging: 0 fractional worksTextile materials and evaluations: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation: 0 fractional worksElectrochemical Analysis…0Electrochemical Analysis and Applications: 0 fractional worksElectrochemical sensors and biosensors: 0 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyBiochemistryRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSpectroscopy5 others

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

  1. 1 Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis Molecular Biology 0 works
  2. 2 Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress Biochemistry 0 works
  3. 3 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  4. 4 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  5. 5 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 0 works
  6. 6 Textile materials and evaluations Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  7. 7 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation Environmental Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Electrochemical Analysis and Applications Electrochemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Electrochemical sensors and biosensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 0 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Amyris (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Amyris (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000044% in 2023.

0.00010%0.00020%Amyris (United States)0.000023% in 2024200020102020

Fractional works of Amyris (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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