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Atara Biotherapeutics (United States)

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,674
of 28,054 · #26,892 all time
Rank in United States
#1,744
of 4,192
Research works
125
▲ 916% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.91× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 15.88× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.89× its world share, 38 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 15.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Atara Biotherapeutics (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Blake T. Aftab, David H. Chu and Arie Barlev lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Atara Biotherapeutics (United States).

  1. 1 Blake T. Aftab United States · #806,252 worldwide 37 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 David H. Chu United States · #975,148 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Arie Barlev United States · #1,403,018 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Atara Biotherapeutics (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Atara Biotherapeutics (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Immunotherapy, Lymphoma, Immunotherapy, Tumor Regression, Leukemia, CAR T Cells, Chimeric Antigen Receptor and Glycosylation.

▲ 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. Cancer Immunotherapy10▲ 101×3 topics
  2. Lymphoma9▲ 86×3 topics
  3. Immunotherapy9▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Tumor Regression8▲ 113×2 topics
  5. Leukemia8▲ 145×2 topics
  6. CAR T Cells8▲ 160×1 topic
  7. Chimeric Antigen Receptor8▲ 160×1 topic
  8. Glycosylation6▲ 78×3 topics
  9. Monoclonal Antibodies4▲ 70×3 topics
  10. Epidemiology4▲ 1.57×19 topics
  11. Therapeutic Antibodies4▲ 82×2 topics
  12. Antibody Engineering4▲ 99×1 topic
  13. Fc Receptors4▲ 99×1 topic
  14. TGF-ß4▲ 35×3 topics
  15. Innate Immunity3▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Immune System3▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Immunity3▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Regulatory T Cells3▲ 36×3 topics
  19. Diagnosis3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  20. Autoantibodies3▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Rituximab3▲ 25×3 topics
  22. Antigen Presentation2▲ 42×2 topics
  23. IL-172▲ 111×1 topic
  24. TH17 Cells2▲ 111×1 topic
  25. Immunosuppressive Therapy2▲ 18×4 topics
  26. Dendritic Cells2▲ 35×2 topics
  27. Cell Signaling2▲ 20×5 topics
  28. Filaggrin2▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Immune Dysregulation2▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Monoclonal Antibody2▲ 57×2 topics
  31. Skin Microbiome2▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Tumor Antigen2▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Vaccine Adjuvants2▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Gene Therapy2▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Multiple Sclerosis2▲ 70×1 topic
  37. NK Cell Recognition2▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Natural Killer Cells2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Mammalian Cells2▲ 106×1 topic
  40. Recombinant Protein2▲ 106×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…8CAR-T cell therapy research: 8 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…4Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 4 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and…2Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 2 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 2 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 2 fractional worksViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksViral-associated cancers and disorders: 1 fractional works
OncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingImmunologyDermatology2 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 8 works
  2. 2 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  3. 3 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 2 works
  4. 4 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 2 works
  6. 6 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 2 works
  7. 7 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Viral-associated cancers and disorders Oncology 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 available43.6%not open56.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.5%domestic only68.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 916% 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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