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Biocom

In research, Biocom stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,154 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,639 of 7,814 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#8,206 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,700
of 28,054 · #7,284 all time
Rank in United States
#1,589
of 4,192
Research works
906
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
34.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

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
Life SciencesDomain #4,154 of 14,347 24.9%298
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,639 of 7,814 24.6%181
Physical SciencesDomain #8,206 of 21,541 18.3%311
MedicineField #11,314 of 17,978 21.6%162
Health SciencesDomain #13,230 of 20,462 19.9%201

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 2.08× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.07× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.99× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.55× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.38× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.97× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.70× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Biocom?

Ranked on the composite score, Bryan Lewis, Sallie Keller‐McNulty and Juha Nikkola lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biocom.

  1. 1 Bryan Lewis United States · #667,771 worldwide 85 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Sallie Keller‐McNulty United States · #830,774 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Juha Nikkola United States · #1,132,209 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Kevin Montgomery United States · #1,396,815 worldwide 21 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Biocom

Which keywords describe research at Biocom?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Network Dynamics, Social Influence, Infectious Diseases, Agent-Based Modeling, Bioinformatics, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology9▲ 1.54×38 topics
  2. Machine Learning7▲ 1.56×26 topics
  3. Network Dynamics6▲ 41×3 topics
  4. Social Influence6▲ 19×2 topics
  5. Deep Learning6◆ 1.13×26 topics
  6. COVID-195▲ 2.6×10 topics
  7. Infectious Diseases5▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Agent-Based Modeling5▲ 24×5 topics
  9. Bioinformatics4▲ 26×4 topics
  10. Modeling4▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress4▲ 1.74×20 topics
  12. Public Health Interventions4▲ 36×1 topic
  13. transmission dynamics4▲ 38×1 topic
  14. Network Analysis3▲ 20×2 topics
  15. Workflow Management3▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Community Structure3▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Epidemic Spreading3▲ 46×1 topic
  18. Polarization3▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Scale-Free Networks3▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Gene Expression3▲ 3.4×12 topics
  21. Bounded Confidence3▲ 68×1 topic
  22. Opinion Dynamics3▲ 68×1 topic
  23. Reproducibility3▲ 57×1 topic
  24. Scientific Workflows3▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Microbial Communities3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  26. Data Integration2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  27. Echocardiography2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  28. Population Genetics2▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Population Dynamics2▲ 5.7×7 topics
  30. Social Networks2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  31. Cellular Automaton2▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Economic Analysis2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  33. Ecology2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  34. Mutation2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  35. Text Mining2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Altruism2▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Data Sharing2▲ 44×1 topic
  38. RNA-Seq2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Scientific Data Management2▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Semantic Web2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Biocom publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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: 3 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 Practices: 2 fractional worksAgricultural and Food Sciences: 2 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…2Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 2 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics: 1 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 1 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 3 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 Agricultural and Food Sciences Forestry 2 works
  7. 7 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  10. 10 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 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 available50.0%not open50.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Biocom's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower 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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