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Biotechnology Institute

In research, Biotechnology Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,594 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,859 of 7,800 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,992 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Ecology is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,206
of 28,054 · #2,300 all time
Rank in United States
#833
of 4,192
Research works
3k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
172k
57.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Biotechnology 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,594 of 12,888 17.3%123 #2998
Life SciencesDomain #3,859 of 7,800 25.1%148 #1143
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,992 of 3,579 22.1%91 #898
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,672 of 2,175 22.2%64 #709

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Biotechnology 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. Physical Sciences#2,998 #5,594
  2. Life Sciences#1,143 #3,859
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#898 #1,992
  4. Molecular Biology#709 #1,672
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 Biotechnology Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 20.8 works8.1×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 64.0 works6.5×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 90.7 works5.2×
← 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: 3.07× its world share, 48 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.21× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.51× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.08× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.47× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.97× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Biotechnology Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Sébastien Nouaille lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biotechnology Institute.

  1. 1 Sébastien Nouaille United States · #1,283,925 worldwide 23 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Biotechnology Institute

Which keywords describe research at Biotechnology Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Microbial Communities, Wastewater Treatment, Microbial Ecology, Climate Change, Bacterial Diversity, Marine Microbes, Microbial Biogeography and Cancer.

▲ 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. Climate Change19▲ 2.2×48 topics
  2. Microbial Communities14▲ 9.7×8 topics
  3. Cancer13▲ 3.0×35 topics
  4. Microbial Ecology12▲ 22×4 topics
  5. Wastewater Treatment12▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Bacterial Diversity10▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Nanoparticles10▲ 2.4×20 topics
  8. Marine Microbes10▲ 50×1 topic
  9. Microbial Biogeography10▲ 50×1 topic
  10. Gene Expression9▲ 4.7×17 topics
  11. Metabolism8▲ 5.1×19 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 8.4×10 topics
  13. Gut Microbiota7▲ 6.5×6 topics
  14. Health Effects7▲ 3.5×13 topics
  15. Antibiotic Resistance7▲ 5.4×8 topics
  16. Metabolic Engineering7▲ 21×5 topics
  17. Drug Discovery6▲ 8.6×11 topics
  18. Hydrogen Production6▲ 7.1×3 topics
  19. Metabolic Health6▲ 9.3×3 topics
  20. Genomics6▲ 5.9×11 topics
  21. Ecology6▲ 11×7 topics
  22. Inflammatory Diseases5▲ 9.1×3 topics
  23. Metagenomic Analysis5▲ 14×1 topic
  24. Short-Chain Fatty Acids5▲ 14×1 topic
  25. Microbiome5▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Green Chemistry5▲ 8.4×7 topics
  27. Quality Assessment5▲ 8.1×2 topics
  28. Evolution5▲ 6.0×5 topics
  29. RNA-Seq5▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Synthetic Biology5▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Ecosystem Functioning5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  32. Microbiota5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  33. Functional Genomics4▲ 17×2 topics
  34. MicroRNA4▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Extracellular Electron Transfer4▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Microbial Fuel Cells4▲ 53×1 topic
  37. genome annotation4▲ 21×1 topic
  38. sequence alignment4▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Genome Analysis4▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Lignocellulosic Biomass4▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Biotechnology Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Gut microbiota and health, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies and Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation.

Microbial Community Ecol…10Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 10 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 5 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 4 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal: 4 fractional worksEnzyme Catalysis and Imm…4Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization: 4 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 3 fractional worksGrowth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors: 3 fractional worksBiofuel production and b…3Biofuel production and bioconversion: 3 fractional works
EcologyMolecular BiologyEnvironmental EngineeringPollution2 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 10 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation Environmental Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 4 works
  7. 7 Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 3 works
  9. 9 Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  10. 10 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 3 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 available49.8%not open50.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.1%domestic only67.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Biotechnology Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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