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Biogen (United States)

In research, Biogen (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,755 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#3,882 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,283 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology — Neurology is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,772
of 28,054 · #1,586 all time
Rank in United States
#531
of 4,192
Research works
2.6k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
142k
54.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Biogen (United States) 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 #1,755 of 7,800 21.0%142 #580
MedicineField #3,882 of 10,443 20.2%155 #899
Health SciencesDomain #5,283 of 11,982 19.5%164 #1192
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,610 of 3,579 20.8%98 #1375
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,301 of 2,175 19.4%70 #845

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Biogen (United States) 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#580 #1,755
  2. Medicine#899 #3,882
  3. Health Sciences#1,192 #5,283
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,375 #1,610
  5. Molecular Biology#845 #1,301
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 Biogen (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 20.9 works9.9×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.00× its world share, 98 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.89× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.39× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.70× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.34× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.19× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.74× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 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, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Biogen (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Jesse M. Cedarbaum, Jeffrey L. Browning and Paul H. Weinreb lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biogen (United States).

  1. 1 Jesse M. Cedarbaum United States · #44,393 worldwide 600 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey L. Browning United States · #54,271 worldwide 475 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Paul H. Weinreb United States · #126,696 worldwide 305 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Roy R. Lobb United States · #133,979 worldwide 407 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Wildon Farwell United States · #135,276 worldwide 409 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 F. Homburger United States · #145,369 worldwide 159 citations · 69 works
  7. 7 Carmen Bozic United States · #158,999 worldwide 181 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Linda C. Burkly United States · #193,374 worldwide 161 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 J. Theodore Phillips United States · #217,830 worldwide 151 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Sophia Lee United States · #220,129 worldwide 160 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Biogen (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Biogen (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Diagnostic Criteria, Cognitive Impairment, Oxidative Stress, Biomarkers, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuromyelitis Optica and Alzheimer's Disease.

▲ 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. Neurodegeneration27▲ 24×9 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress23▲ 3.9×37 topics
  3. Diagnostic Criteria22▲ 27×7 topics
  4. Cognitive Impairment19▲ 20×7 topics
  5. Biomarkers17▲ 6.8×12 topics
  6. Inflammation17▲ 2.2×48 topics
  7. Multiple Sclerosis16▲ 116×1 topic
  8. Neuromyelitis Optica16▲ 116×1 topic
  9. Cancer14▲ 2.9×37 topics
  10. Alzheimer's Disease14▲ 13×7 topics
  11. Neuroinflammation13▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Gene Expression13▲ 5.8×13 topics
  13. Parkinson's Disease12▲ 13×8 topics
  14. Genetics12▲ 4.5×12 topics
  15. Aging11▲ 5.7×12 topics
  16. Gene Therapy11▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Mitochondrial Dysfunction11▲ 10×10 topics
  18. Monoclonal Antibodies11▲ 33×3 topics
  19. Antisense Oligonucleotides11▲ 70×2 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders11▲ 5.2×16 topics
  21. Neuroimaging10▲ 9.8×8 topics
  22. Dementia9▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Therapeutic Strategies9▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Amyloid Hypothesis9▲ 40×1 topic
  25. Cognitive Training9▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Tau Pathology9▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Protein Aggregation9▲ 45×3 topics
  28. Caregiver Burden9▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Cognitive Decline8▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Mild Cognitive Impairment8▲ 27×1 topic
  31. Therapeutic Antibodies8▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Glycosylation8▲ 19×3 topics
  33. FUS/TLS8▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Neuromuscular Junction8▲ 50×2 topics
  35. TDP-438▲ 94×1 topic
  36. Clinical Management8▲ 12×2 topics
  37. SMN17▲ 92×1 topic
  38. Spinal Muscular Atrophy7▲ 92×1 topic
  39. Biopharmaceuticals7▲ 39×3 topics
  40. Immunogenicity7▲ 46×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research.

Multiple Sclerosis Resea…16Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 16 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 9 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…8Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 8 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Scle…8Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 8 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 7 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 5 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …5Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 5 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 5 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 5 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 4 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicinePhysiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthNeurology2 others

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

  1. 1 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 16 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 9 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  4. 4 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 8 works
  5. 5 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 7 works
  6. 6 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 5 works
  7. 7 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 5 works
  8. 8 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 5 works
  9. 9 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 5 works
  10. 10 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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