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Biomedical Research Institute

In research, Biomedical Research Institute stands highest in Medicine (#2,389 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,126 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,432 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,203
of 28,054 · #5,904 all time
Rank in United States
#716
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 161% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
27.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Biomedical Research Institute 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
MedicineField #2,389 of 10,443 22.2%155 #3593
Health SciencesDomain #3,126 of 11,982 22.1%166 #4547
Life SciencesDomain #3,432 of 7,800 19.4%90 #2886

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Biomedical Research Institute 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. Medicine#3,593 #2,389
  2. Health Sciences#4,547 #3,126
  3. Life Sciences#2,886 #3,432
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 Biomedical Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 28.3 works5.5×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.86× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.63× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.50× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.55× its world share, 155 worksMedicineNursing: 1.87× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.37× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Biomedical Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Michael R. Hollingdale and Fred A. Lewis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biomedical Research Institute.

  1. 1 Michael R. Hollingdale United States · #271,164 worldwide 100 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Fred A. Lewis United States · #320,329 worldwide 129 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Biomedical Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Biomedical Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cancer, Neurological Disorders, Neuroinflammation, Obesity and Psychiatric Disorders.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 2.4×96 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 3.0×68 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress16▲ 3.1×41 topics
  4. Cancer13▲ 3.0×40 topics
  5. Obesity10▲ 4.2×22 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 2.7×29 topics
  7. Neurological Disorders9▲ 5.3×16 topics
  8. Treatment9▲ 2.3×33 topics
  9. Depression8▲ 3.1×17 topics
  10. Biomarkers8▲ 3.7×15 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 3.0×20 topics
  12. Neuroinflammation8▲ 8.5×6 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis7▲ 3.7×13 topics
  14. Emotion Regulation7▲ 6.7×7 topics
  15. Psychiatric Disorders6▲ 15×4 topics
  16. Drug Delivery6▲ 3.7×7 topics
  17. Ion Channels6▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Vaccine6▲ 4.9×10 topics
  19. Immune Response6▲ 3.4×18 topics
  20. Neuroprotection6▲ 5.5×12 topics
  21. Decision Making6▲ 5.7×4 topics
  22. Neurobiology6▲ 6.8×8 topics
  23. Heart Failure5▲ 4.0×12 topics
  24. Cytokines5▲ 5.9×8 topics
  25. Mitochondrial Dysfunction5▲ 5.6×10 topics
  26. Neurodegeneration5▲ 5.5×9 topics
  27. Cancer Risk5▲ 7.1×8 topics
  28. Global Burden of Disease5▲ 6.2×4 topics
  29. Channel Regulation5▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Astrocyte Function5▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Psychopathology4▲ 7.7×3 topics
  32. Self-Regulation4▲ 7.8×2 topics
  33. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Biogenesis4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  35. Calcium Signaling4▲ 18×4 topics
  36. Cell Signaling4▲ 8.5×10 topics
  37. Emotion4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  38. Genetic Testing4▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Prefrontal Cortex4▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Risk Aversion4▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does Biomedical Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances.

Decision-Making and Beha…4Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics: 4 fractional worksBehavioral Health and In…4Behavioral Health and Interventions: 4 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 3 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury a…3Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…3Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 3 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 2 fractional worksConnexins and lens biology2Connexins and lens biology: 2 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksIon channel regulation and function: 2 fractional works
General Decision SciencesApplied PsychologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics General Decision Sciences 4 works
  2. 2 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 3 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Connexins and lens biology Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Ion channel regulation and function 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 available58.1%not open41.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.4%domestic only50.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Biomedical Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 161% higher 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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