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Biotechnology Institute

In research, Biotechnology Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,180 of 6,403 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,078 of 10,670 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#957 of 2,964 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Ecology is 7.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#4,398
of 22,385 · #1,806 all time
Rank in United States
#612
of 3,332
Research works
3k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
172k
57.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%

What is Biotechnology Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,180 of 6,403 10.1%148 #882
Physical SciencesDomain #3,078 of 10,670 11.6%123 #1436
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #957 of 2,964 8.9%91 #719
Molecular BiologySubfield #783 of 1,880 8.4%64 #649

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#882 #1,180
  2. Physical Sciences#1,436 #3,078
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#719 #957
  4. Molecular Biology#649 #783
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Biotechnology Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Biotechnology Institute is in Life Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Environmental Science (17%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 167 fractional works · 45.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 102 fractional works · 27.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 19.4% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 54 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPlant Science: 26 fractional works · 7.0% of its workFood Science: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 139 fractional works · 37.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 62 fractional works · 16.9% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 29 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 52 fractional works · 14.1% of its workMedicine: 47 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBiotechnologyInstitute369fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences45%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences3%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10227.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5414.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.9%
    5. Neuroscience20.5%
    1. Environmental Science6216.9%
    2. Engineering298.0%
    3. Materials Science123.3%
    4. Chemistry112.9%
    5. Energy61.7%
    6. Computer Science61.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.6%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.7%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Medicine4712.8%
    2. Nursing30.7%
    3. Health Professions10.3%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences51.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    3. Decision Sciences10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    6. Psychology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Biotechnology Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EcologySubfield · 22.2 works7.7×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 71.5 works6.4×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 102.1 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: 3.05× its world share, 54 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.19× its world share, 102 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.57× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.11× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.86× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 29 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.40× its world share, 62 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.94× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 5 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.19×102 works
  2. Environmental Science3.40×62 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.05×54 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.57×3 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.11×3 works
  6. Energy1.88×6 works
  7. Chemistry1.86×11 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.72×6 works
  9. Nursing1.43×3 works
  10. Veterinary1.16×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.00×6 works
  12. Materials Science0.94×12 works
  13. Medicine0.66×47 works
  14. Engineering0.53×29 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.38×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.36×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.35×3 works
  18. Neuroscience0.29×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.21×6 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.15×2 works
  21. Mathematics0.13×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.12×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  24. Social Sciences0.11×5 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×1 works
  26. Psychology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Biotechnology Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, John Moult, Roy A. Mariuzza and Patrick Alexander lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Biotechnology Institute.

  1. 1 John Moult United States · #128,324 worldwide 20k citations · 255 works
  2. 2 Roy A. Mariuzza United States · #141,642 worldwide 18k citations · 329 works
  3. 3 Patrick Alexander United States · #270,747 worldwide 2.4k citations · 96 works
  4. 4 Philip N. Bryan United States · #325,590 worldwide 5.6k citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Mikael H. Elias United States · #408,741 worldwide 4.6k citations · 147 works
  6. 6 Yossi Tal United States · #467,787 worldwide 2.5k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Michael F. Freeman United States · #853,534 worldwide 1.7k citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Osnat Herzberg United States · #928,535 worldwide 7.8k citations · 224 works
  9. 9 Carlos A. Velikovsky United States · #1,150,121 worldwide 2.2k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Michael Braxenthaler United States · #1,655,838 worldwide 1.5k citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Biotechnology Institute

What are the most cited papers from Biotechnology Institute?

The most cited paper from Biotechnology Institute is "Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2" (Evan K Bolyen et al., 2019), with 25,165 citations. Next come "Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences" (9,519) and "THE ROLE OF ROOT EXUDATES IN RHIZOSPHERE INTERACTIONS WITH PLANTS AND OTHER ORGANISMS" (4,713).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2 Evan K Bolyen et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access112 authors 24 Jul 2019 25,165
2 Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences Morgan G. I. Langille, Jesse Zaneveld, J. Gregory Caporaso et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 25 Aug 2013 9,519
3 THE ROLE OF ROOT EXUDATES IN RHIZOSPHERE INTERACTIONS WITH PLANTS AND OTHER ORGANISMS HARSH PAL BAIS, Tiffany L. Weir, Laura G. Perry et al. · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 31 Jan 2006 4,713
4 Molecular replacement with MOLREP Alexei A. Vagin, A. I. Teplyakov · Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography 21 Dec 2009 3,727
5 Bandage: interactive visualization of de novo genome assemblies Ryan R. Wick, Mark B. Schultz, Justin Zobel et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 22 Jun 2015 3,373
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Biotechnology Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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 Phylogenetic Analysis.

▲ 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. Climate Change22▲ 2.2×52 topics
  2. Microbial Communities15▲ 9.3×8 topics
  3. Cancer14▲ 2.9×37 topics
  4. Wastewater Treatment13▲ 15×8 topics
  5. Microbial Ecology13▲ 20×4 topics
  6. Inflammation12▲ 1.50×45 topics
  7. Nanoparticles11▲ 2.4×22 topics
  8. Bacterial Diversity11▲ 24×2 topics
  9. Gene Expression10▲ 4.4×17 topics
  10. Marine Microbes10▲ 47×1 topic
  11. Microbial Biogeography10▲ 47×1 topic
  12. Metabolism9▲ 4.8×20 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis9▲ 7.8×11 topics
  14. Antibiotic Resistance8▲ 5.5×9 topics
  15. Gut Microbiota8▲ 6.0×6 topics
  16. Health Effects7▲ 3.3×13 topics
  17. Hydrogen Production7▲ 7.3×3 topics
  18. Metabolic Engineering7▲ 20×5 topics
  19. Drug Discovery7▲ 8.1×11 topics
  20. Genomics6▲ 6.0×11 topics
  21. Ecology6▲ 9.7×7 topics
  22. Metabolic Health6▲ 8.3×3 topics
  23. Microbiome6▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Evolution6▲ 5.6×6 topics
  25. Inflammatory Diseases6▲ 8.0×3 topics
  26. Green Chemistry6▲ 8.4×8 topics
  27. Metagenomic Analysis6▲ 13×1 topic
  28. Short-Chain Fatty Acids6▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Quality Assessment5▲ 8.0×2 topics
  30. RNA-Seq5▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Ecosystem Functioning5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  32. Extracellular Electron Transfer5▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Microbial Fuel Cells5▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Signal Transduction5▲ 9.0×5 topics
  35. Functional Genomics5▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Synthetic Biology5▲ 22×2 topics
  37. genome annotation5▲ 20×1 topic
  38. sequence alignment5▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Lignocellulosic Biomass5▲ 13×2 topics
  40. MicroRNA5▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Biotechnology Institute publish most on?

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

  1. 1 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 10 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation Environmental Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 5 works
  5. 5 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal Pollution 4 works
  8. 8 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 4 works
  9. 9 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Biotechnology Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Biotechnology Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Biotechnology Institute0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Biotechnology Institute 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%30%Biotechnology Institute11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.1% in 2005.

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