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BGI Group (China)

In research, BGI Group (China) stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,110 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#841 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#535 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology, Genetics and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,960
of 28,054 · #3,626 all time
Rank in China
#740
of 3,058
Research works
1.4k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
52.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is BGI Group (China) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,110 of 7,800 34.7%209 #1363
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #841 of 3,579 32.1%150 #1131
Molecular BiologySubfield #535 of 2,175 31.9%102 #801
MedicineField #4,525 of 10,443 29.5%84 #4104
Health SciencesDomain #5,902 of 11,982 29.6%89 #5304
Physical SciencesDomain #8,544 of 12,888 21.3%71 #12172

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where BGI Group (China) 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#1,363 #1,110
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,131 #841
  3. Molecular Biology#801 #535
  4. Medicine#4,104 #4,525
  5. Health Sciences#5,304 #5,902
  6. Physical Sciences#12,172 #8,544
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does BGI Group (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 102.2 works8.7×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 23.4 works7.3×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 149.9 works7.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.70× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.22× its world share, 150 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.91× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.12× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 4 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, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at BGI Group (China)?

Ranked on the composite score, Huanming Yang, Jun Wang and Xun Xu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BGI Group (China).

  1. 1 Huanming Yang China · #28,360 worldwide 1.1k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Jun Wang China · #33,567 worldwide 2.7k citations · 389 works
  3. 3 Xun Xu China · #42,904 worldwide 676 citations · 107 works
  4. 4 Jianguo Zhang China · #50,566 worldwide 393 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Kui Wu China · #80,749 worldwide 291 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Xiuqing Zhang China · #85,720 worldwide 287 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Yingrui Li China · #92,541 worldwide 258 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Yong Zhang China · #108,143 worldwide 246 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Jian Wang China · #119,339 worldwide 320 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Jian Wang China · #157,144 worldwide 297 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at BGI Group (China)

Which keywords describe research at BGI Group (China)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, RNA-Seq, Phylogenetic Analysis, Quality Assessment, genome annotation, sequence alignment, Data Integration and Single-Cell.

▲ 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. Gene Expression30▲ 13×18 topics
  2. RNA-Seq28▲ 67×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology21▲ 1.34×76 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis18▲ 15×10 topics
  5. Cancer16▲ 3.0×37 topics
  6. Quality Assessment15▲ 21×2 topics
  7. genome annotation15▲ 59×1 topic
  8. sequence alignment15▲ 59×1 topic
  9. Data Integration14▲ 22×3 topics
  10. Inflammation14▲ 1.70×56 topics
  11. Single-Cell14▲ 79×1 topic
  12. Transcriptomics14▲ 79×1 topic
  13. Gut Microbiota13▲ 9.3×6 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity11▲ 6.3×15 topics
  15. Microbial Communities11▲ 6.6×7 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress11▲ 1.71×36 topics
  17. Cell-Free DNA11▲ 28×2 topics
  18. Inflammatory Diseases11▲ 15×3 topics
  19. Immune Responses10▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Metabolic Health10▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Epigenetic Regulation10▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Metagenomic Analysis10▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Short-Chain Fatty Acids10▲ 22×1 topic
  24. Genomics9▲ 7.5×11 topics
  25. Data Analysis8▲ 7.8×3 topics
  26. Targeted Therapy8▲ 9.4×5 topics
  27. Innate Immunity8▲ 6.1×9 topics
  28. Genomic Instability7▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 4.0×8 topics
  30. Cancer Genomics7▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Mutational Signatures7▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 4.3×11 topics
  33. Normalization6▲ 33×2 topics
  34. Population Genetics6▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Genetic Variation6▲ 6.5×6 topics
  36. Prenatal Diagnosis5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  37. Bioinformatics5▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Genomic Sequencing5▲ 11×5 topics
  39. Small RNAs5▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Ecology5▲ 8.2×7 topics

Which research topics does BGI Group (China) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Gut microbiota and health and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Genomics and Phylogeneti…15Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 15 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 14 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 10 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…7Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…5CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 5 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and D…4Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksChromosomal and Genetic Variations: 4 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 4 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCancer ResearchPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 15 works
  2. 2 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 14 works
  3. 3 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 10 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 7 works
  5. 5 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 5 works
  6. 6 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  7. 7 Chromosomal and Genetic Variations Plant Science 4 works
  8. 8 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 4 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  10. 10 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 4 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 available67.6%not open32.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.8%domestic only60.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has BGI Group (China)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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