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Blood Systems Research Institute

In research, Blood Systems Research Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,513 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,735 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,808
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,459
of 7,310
Research works
300
▼ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
56.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.29×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
55%
world 40%
International
41%
world 18%
Blood Systems Research Institute

What is Blood Systems Research Institute 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,513 of 16,688 22.4%187
MedicineField #2,735 of 14,558 22.3%186

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Blood Systems 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Blood Systems Research Institute work in?

In all years, 63% of research at Blood Systems Research Institute is in Health Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Immunology and Microbiology (13%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 187 fractional works · 62.6% of its workMedicine: 186 fractional works · 62.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 37 fractional works · 12.2% of its workHematology: 26 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEpidemiology: 25 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workHepatology: 11 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 86 fractional works · 28.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 39 fractional works · 13.0% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 7.4% of its workVirology: 15 fractional works · 4.9% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 19 fractional works · 6.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 19 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBlood SystemsResearch…300fractional works, all years
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine18662.1%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology3913.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences237.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology227.3%
    4. Neuroscience20.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting196.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    3. Social Sciences00.2%
    4. Psychology00.1%
    1. Environmental Science20.8%
    2. Mathematics10.4%
    3. Engineering10.3%
    4. Computer Science00.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.57× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.88× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 3 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.55× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.88×0 works
  2. Medicine3.32×3 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.57×0 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting2.55×0 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.31×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.85×0 works
  7. Psychology0.90×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.70×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Blood Systems Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Sheila Marie Keating, Leslie H. Tobler and Sally Caglioti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Blood Systems Research Institute.

  1. 1 Sheila Marie Keating United States · #660,937 worldwide 7.3k citations · 180 works
  2. 2 Leslie H. Tobler United States · #713,101 worldwide 7.4k citations · 93 works
  3. 3 Sally Caglioti United States · #868,382 worldwide 2.2k citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Yanchen Zhou United States · #982,187 worldwide 1.9k citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Rachel E. Owen United States · #1,415,686 worldwide 895 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Daniel M. Chafets United States · #1,998,798 worldwide 898 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Hope H. Biswas United States · #2,554,921 worldwide 758 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Jacqueline P. Law United States · #4,249,672 worldwide 586 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Blood Systems Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Blood Systems Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Blood Systems Research Institute is "Genetic variation in IL28B and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus" (David L. Thomas, Chloe L. Thio, Maureen P. Martin et al., 2009), with 2,165 citations. Next come "Identification and characterization of transmitted and early founder virus envelopes in primary HIV-1 infection" (1,967) and "Upregulation of PD-1 expression on HIV-specific CD8+ T cells leads to reversible immune dysfunction" (1,575).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic variation in IL28B and spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus David L. Thomas, Chloe L. Thio, Maureen P. Martin et al. · Nature Open access 16 Sep 2009 2,165
2 Identification and characterization of transmitted and early founder virus envelopes in primary HIV-1 infection Brandon F. Keele et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 19 May 2008 1,967
3 Upregulation of PD-1 expression on HIV-specific CD8+ T cells leads to reversible immune dysfunction Lydie Trautmann, Loury Janbazian, Nicolas Chomont et al. · Nature Medicine 20 Aug 2006 1,575
4 The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes Christian Fuchsberger et al. · Nature Open access301 authors 11 Jul 2016 1,129
5 Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility Anubha Mahajan et al. · Nature Genetics Open access332 authors 9 Feb 2014 1,085
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Blood Systems Research Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immune Response, Vaccine, Blood Transfusion, Anemia, Pathogenesis, Antiretroviral Therapy and Hemorrhage.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology80▲ 6.6×43 topics
  2. Immune Response49▲ 27×15 topics
  3. Vaccine42▲ 35×9 topics
  4. Blood Transfusion35▲ 219×2 topics
  5. Anemia34▲ 100×4 topics
  6. Pathogenesis33▲ 19×11 topics
  7. Antiretroviral Therapy30▲ 44×5 topics
  8. Hemorrhage22▲ 102×2 topics
  9. Antiviral Therapy20▲ 44×3 topics
  10. Risk Factors19▲ 6.2×4 topics
  11. Inflammation19▲ 2.7×36 topics
  12. Disaster Response19▲ 81×2 topics
  13. Blood Donation19▲ 420×1 topic
  14. Supply Chain Management19▲ 12×1 topic
  15. Infection18▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Liver Disease18▲ 43×3 topics
  17. Critical Care17▲ 26×3 topics
  18. Vaccine Development17▲ 18×8 topics
  19. Cardiac Surgery17▲ 72×2 topics
  20. Red Blood Cell17▲ 267×1 topic
  21. Tranexamic Acid17▲ 267×1 topic
  22. HIV16▲ 46×3 topics
  23. Immune Activation15▲ 53×2 topics
  24. Antibodies15▲ 55×2 topics
  25. AIDS14▲ 92×1 topic
  26. neurocognitive disorders14▲ 92×1 topic
  27. Alloimmunization13▲ 112×1 topic
  28. Blood Groups13▲ 112×1 topic
  29. Genomic Sequencing12▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Hepatocellular Carcinoma12▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Metagenomics12▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Global Burden12▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Vector Control11▲ 32×3 topics
  34. Coronavirus11▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Viral Transmission10▲ 36×3 topics
  36. Circovirus10▲ 89×1 topic
  37. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus10▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Chronic Hepatitis B9▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Norovirus9▲ 54×1 topic
  40. Rotavirus9▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Blood Systems Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research, CAR-T cell therapy research, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders and Blood donation and transfusion practices.

Acute Lymphoblastic Leuk…0Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 0 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…0CAR-T cell therapy research: 0 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…0Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 0 fractional worksBlood donation and trans…0Blood donation and transfusion practices: 0 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia…0Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 0 fractional worksProtein Degradation and …0Protein Degradation and Inhibitors: 0 fractional worksHIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk: 0 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 0 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 0 fractional worksMind wandering and attention: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncologyGeneticsManagement of Technology and Innovation4 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 0 works
  3. 3 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 0 works
  4. 4 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  5. 5 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 0 works
  6. 6 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 0 works
  9. 9 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Mind wandering and attention Cognitive Neuroscience 0 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 available55.2%not open44.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Blood Systems Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 85% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Blood Systems Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Blood Systems Research Institute0.000039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Blood Systems Research 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.

10%20%30%Blood Systems Research Institute16.7% in 2017all institutions10.0% in 2017

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.8% in 2012.

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