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Arc Research Institute

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Research works
65
▲ 5265% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
25.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Arc Research Institute

Not ranked overall: Arc Research Institute is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Arc Research Institute work in?

In all years, 64% of research at Arc Research Institute is in Life Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (32%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (21%), Medicine (16%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 42 fractional works · 64.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 32.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 21.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 21.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 26.0% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 16.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEquine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKArc ResearchInstitute65fractional works, all years
Life Sciences64%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences2%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2132.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1421.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology69.3%
    4. Neuroscience11.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine1116.4%
    2. Veterinary34.5%
    3. Nursing34.3%
    4. Health Professions00.8%
    1. Environmental Science45.5%
    2. Engineering11.0%
    3. Computer Science10.9%
    4. Chemistry00.5%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Psychology11.6%
    2. Social Sciences00.2%
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: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11.85× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.85×11 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.21×1 works
  3. Neuroscience1.37×0 works
  4. Chemistry1.21×0 works
  5. Medicine1.10×4 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.28×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.23×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.17×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.14×0 works
  11. Psychology0.07×0 works
  12. Engineering0.06×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.05×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Arc Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Arc Research Institute is "Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model" (Thomas Hayes et al., 2025), with 754 citations. Next come "Sequence modeling and design from molecular to genome scale with Evo" (511) and "How to build the virtual cell with artificial intelligence: Priorities and opportunities" (383).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Simulating 500 million years of evolution with a language model Thomas Hayes et al. · Science 16 Jan 2025 754
2 Sequence modeling and design from molecular to genome scale with Evo Eric Nguyen, Michael Poli, Matthew G. Durrant et al. · Science Open access 14 Nov 2024 511
3 How to build the virtual cell with artificial intelligence: Priorities and opportunities Charlotte Bunne et al. · Cell Open access Dec 2024 383
4 Improving prime editing with an endogenous small RNA-binding protein Jun Yan, Paul Oyler-Castrillo, Purnima Ravisankar et al. · Nature Open access 3 Apr 2024 257
5 Genome modeling and design across all domains of life with Evo 2 Garyk Brixi et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) PreprintOpen access 21 Feb 2025 222
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Arc Research Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antimicrobial Resistance, Vaccine Development, Genetic Diversity, Dairy Cattle, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Oxidative Stress and Heat Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.7×22 topics
  2. Antimicrobial Resistance5▲ 32×6 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress4▲ 3.6×13 topics
  4. Vaccine Development4▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Inflammation4▲ 2.3×15 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity3▲ 11×5 topics
  7. Dairy Cattle3▲ 74×2 topics
  8. Host-Pathogen Interactions3▲ 46×3 topics
  9. Public Health3▲ 3.3×6 topics
  10. Heat Stress3▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Immune Response3▲ 6.9×11 topics
  12. Cancer3▲ 3.0×14 topics
  13. Pathogenesis3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  14. Protein Aggregation3▲ 52×3 topics
  15. Animal Welfare2▲ 34×3 topics
  16. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Neurodegenerative Diseases2▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Nutrition2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  19. Virulence Factors2▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Milk Composition2▲ 66×2 topics
  21. Molecular Basis2▲ 236×1 topic
  22. Prion Diseases2▲ 236×1 topic
  23. Marker-Assisted Selection2▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Population Genetics2▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Toxicity2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  26. Genome-Wide Association2▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Genomic Selection2▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Infection2▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.6×4 topics
  30. Plant Breeding2▲ 29×1 topic
  31. Mycoplasma2▲ 104×1 topic
  32. Pasteurella2▲ 104×1 topic
  33. Gut Microbiota2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  34. Livestock Production2▲ 50×1 topic
  35. Physiological Responses2▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Vaccine2▲ 7.2×8 topics
  37. Probiotics2▲ 11×5 topics
  38. Drug Resistance2▲ 8.4×4 topics
  39. Nematodes2▲ 41×2 topics
  40. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 9.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Arc Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA modifications and cancer and Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics.

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 1 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 1 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 1 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional worksinterferon and immune responses: 0 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 0 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinfor…0vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 0 fractional worksRNA regulation and disease: 0 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 0 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyImmunologyBiophysics

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 1 works
  2. 2 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 1 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 interferon and immune responses Immunology 0 works
  6. 6 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 RNA regulation and disease Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and health 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.4%domestic only81.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arc Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5265% higher 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 Arc Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000078% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Arc Research Institute0.000090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Arc Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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