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Biocom

In research, Biocom stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,853 of 17,446 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,474 of 11,023 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,325 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,558
of 22,385 · #4,513 all time
Rank in United States
#1,149
of 3,332
Research works
906
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
34.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Biocom

What is Biocom known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #3,853 of 17,446 11.8%311
Life SciencesDomain #2,474 of 11,023 13.2%298
Health SciencesDomain #4,325 of 16,688 11.9%201
MedicineField #3,932 of 14,558 12.5%162
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,858 of 5,801 12.8%181

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Biocom 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Biocom work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Biocom is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 62 fractional works · 37.4% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 8.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 7.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 49 fractional works · 29.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 15.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 10.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 19.0% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBiocom164fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences12%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science158.9%
    2. Engineering148.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy127.1%
    4. Environmental Science95.4%
    5. Mathematics63.9%
    6. Materials Science31.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    9. Chemistry10.4%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2615.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences169.8%
    3. Neuroscience42.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology31.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Medicine3119.0%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences95.7%
    2. Decision Sciences63.4%
    3. Psychology21.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
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: 2.06× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.92× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.34× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.21× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences3.49×6 works
  2. Mathematics3.34×6 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.21×12 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.92×26 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.06×16 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.95×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.81×3 works
  8. Veterinary1.60×0 works
  9. Neuroscience1.31×4 works
  10. Computer Science1.14×15 works
  11. Environmental Science1.08×9 works
  12. Medicine0.99×31 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×2 works
  15. Nursing0.60×0 works
  16. Engineering0.55×14 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.55×2 works
  18. Materials Science0.46×3 works
  19. Social Sciences0.45×10 works
  20. Psychology0.43×2 works
  21. Health Professions0.34×2 works
  22. Chemistry0.28×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  25. Energy0.12×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Biocom?

Ranked on the quality score, Mark Orr, Cynthia D. Bruyns and Sallie Keller‐McNulty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biocom.

  1. 1 Mark Orr United States · #2,285,149 worldwide 553 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Cynthia D. Bruyns United States · #2,584,058 worldwide 443 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Sallie Keller‐McNulty United States · #3,035,849 worldwide 829 citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Vicki Lancaster United States · #3,285,739 worldwide 1k citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Stephanie S. Shipp United States · #4,412,385 worldwide 2.1k citations · 184 works
  6. 6 Thomas J. X. Li United States · #4,627,603 worldwide 75 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Fenix W. D. Huang United States · #4,799,722 worldwide 415 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Biocom

What are the most cited papers from Biocom?

The most cited paper from Biocom is "STRING v11: protein–protein association networks with increased coverage, supporting functional discovery in genome-wide experimental datasets" (Damian Szklarczyk, Annika L. Gable, David B. Lyon et al., 2018), with 19,535 citations. Next come "The STRING database in 2017: quality-controlled protein–protein association networks, made broadly accessible" (7,527) and "Resolution limit in community detection" (3,089).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 STRING v11: protein–protein association networks with increased coverage, supporting functional discovery in genome-wide experimental datasets Damian Szklarczyk, Annika L. Gable, David B. Lyon et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 16 Nov 2018 19,535
2 The STRING database in 2017: quality-controlled protein–protein association networks, made broadly accessible Damian Szklarczyk, John H. Morris, Helen Victoria Cook et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 11 Oct 2016 7,527
3 Resolution limit in community detection Santo Fortunato, Marc Barthélemy · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 26 Dec 2006 3,089
4 Cytoscape StringApp: Network Analysis and Visualization of Proteomics Data Nadezhda T. Doncheva, John H. Morris, Jan Gorodkin et al. · Journal of Proteome Research Open access 19 Nov 2018 2,533
5 Improvements to PATRIC, the all-bacterial Bioinformatics Database and Analysis Resource Center Alice Rebecca Wattam et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 9 Nov 2016 1,748
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Biocom?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Network Dynamics, Social Influence, Infectious Diseases, Bioinformatics, Agent-Based Modeling, Modeling, Public Health Interventions and transmission dynamics.

▲ 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-now 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▲ 1.55×41 topics
  2. Machine Learning10▲ 1.73×28 topics
  3. Network Dynamics6▲ 40×3 topics
  4. Social Influence6▲ 18×2 topics
  5. Deep Learning6◆ 1.09×27 topics
  6. COVID-196▲ 2.7×10 topics
  7. Infectious Diseases6▲ 10×7 topics
  8. Climate Change5◆ 1.14×28 topics
  9. Bioinformatics5▲ 26×4 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress5▲ 1.76×22 topics
  11. Agent-Based Modeling5▲ 22×5 topics
  12. Big Data5▲ 2.9×10 topics
  13. Modeling4▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Public Health Interventions4▲ 37×1 topic
  15. transmission dynamics4▲ 40×1 topic
  16. Network Analysis4▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Community Structure4▲ 27×2 topics
  18. Workflow Management4▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Epidemic Spreading4▲ 49×1 topic
  20. Scale-Free Networks4▲ 49×1 topic
  21. Gene Expression3▲ 3.2×14 topics
  22. Reproducibility3▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Scientific Workflows3▲ 50×1 topic
  24. Polarization3▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Bounded Confidence3▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Opinion Dynamics3▲ 63×1 topic
  27. Microbial Communities3▲ 3.8×5 topics
  28. Ecology2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  29. Population Genetics2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  30. Data Integration2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  31. Echocardiography2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  32. Social Networks2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  33. Data Sharing2▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Population Dynamics2▲ 4.9×7 topics
  35. Scientific Data Management2▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Cellular Automaton2▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Economic Analysis2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  38. Mutation2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  39. Semantic Web2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Social Media Analysis2▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Biocom publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Complex Network Analysis Techniques, Scientific Computing and Data Management and Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence.

COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 4 fractional worksComplex Network Analysis Techniques: 4 fractional worksScientific Computing and…3Scientific Computing and Data Management: 3 fractional worksOpinion Dynamics and Soc…3Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence: 3 fractional worksResearch Data Management…2Research Data Management Practices: 2 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surv…2Data-Driven Disease Surveillance: 2 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…2Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 2 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 2 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 2 fractional works
Modeling and SimulationStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsInformation Systems and ManagementInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 4 works
  2. 2 Complex Network Analysis Techniques Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 4 works
  3. 3 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 3 works
  4. 4 Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 3 works
  5. 5 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 2 works
  6. 6 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 2 works
  9. 9 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 2 works
  10. 10 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 2 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 available50.0%not open50.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.4%domestic only57.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Biocom's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Biocom as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Biocom0.00064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Biocom over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Biocom13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.8% in 2008.

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