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Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

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Research works
14
▲ 232% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
212.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
93%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation

Not ranked overall: Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation 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 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation work in?

In all years, 45% of research at Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation is in Life Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%), Medicine (19%), Neuroscience (15%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 7 fractional works · 45.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 22.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 13.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 15.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 22.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 21.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 18.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workALL ITS WORKArnold and MabelBeckman…14fractional works, all years
Life Sciences45%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences11%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology322.4%
    2. Neuroscience215.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences16.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.3%
    1. Engineering17.9%
    2. Chemistry13.8%
    3. Computer Science02.8%
    4. Materials Science02.7%
    5. Environmental Science02.3%
    6. Energy01.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy01.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    1. Medicine318.8%
    2. Health Professions02.3%
    1. Psychology03.5%
    2. Social Sciences03.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.9%
    4. Decision Sciences01.2%
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.

Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 3.46× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 4.71× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.49× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences4.71×0 works
  2. Psychology4.49×0 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.26×0 works
  4. Health Professions3.46×0 works
  5. Medicine1.84×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.08×0 works
  7. Materials Science0.87×0 works
  8. Engineering0.77×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation?

The most cited paper from Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation is "Event-related brain potentials in the study of visual selective attention" (Steven A. Hillyard, Lourdes Anllo‐Vento, 1998), with 1,572 citations. Next come "The target of rapamycin (TOR) proteins" (620) and "Supraspinal contributions to hyperalgesia" (517).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Event-related brain potentials in the study of visual selective attention Steven A. Hillyard, Lourdes Anllo‐Vento · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 3 Feb 1998 1,572
2 The target of rapamycin (TOR) proteins Brian Raught, Anne‐Claude Gingras, Nahum Sonenberg · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 19 Jun 2001 620
3 Supraspinal contributions to hyperalgesia M.O. Urban, G. F. Gebhart · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 6 Jul 1999 517
4 Architecture and mechanism of the light-harvesting apparatus of purple bacteria Xiche Hu, Ana Marija Damjanović, Thorsten Ritz et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 26 May 1998 417
5 A statistical mechanical model for β-hairpin kinetics Víctor Muñoz, Eric R. Henry, James Hofrichter et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 26 May 1998 336
All 45 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Social Issues and Policies and Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism.

Cardiovascular Disease a…0Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 0 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hyper…0Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 0 fractional worksSocial Issues and Policies: 0 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Ne…0Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Health an…0Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 0 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksPsychological Treatments and Assessments: 0 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…0Health and Medical Research Impacts: 0 fractional worksCounseling Practices and Supervision: 0 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSafety ResearchFinanceGeneral Health Professions3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  2. 2 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  3. 3 Social Issues and Policies Safety Research 0 works
  4. 4 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 0 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Psychological Treatments and Assessments Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  9. 9 Counseling Practices and Supervision Social Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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 available92.6%not open7.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.7%domestic only77.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 232% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000027% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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