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Bluebird Bio (United States)

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World rank, all time
#25,559
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,467
of 8,685
Research works
136
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

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: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.48× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.79× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.32× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 3.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Bluebird Bio (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, I. Balazs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bluebird Bio (United States).

  1. 1 I. Balazs United States · #839,824 worldwide 52 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Bluebird Bio (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Bluebird Bio (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Cancer Immunotherapy, Global Governance, Lymphoma, Immunotherapy, CAR T Cells, Chimeric Antigen Receptor and Ethics.

▲ 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 19 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change4▲ 6.2×11 topics
  2. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 66×2 topics
  3. Global Governance2▲ 43×2 topics
  4. Immunotherapy2▲ 14×3 topics
  5. Lymphoma2▲ 60×2 topics
  6. CAR T Cells2▲ 128×1 topic
  7. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 128×1 topic
  8. Epidemiology2▲ 2.3×8 topics
  9. Ethics2▲ 15×1 topic
  10. Geoengineering2▲ 754×1 topic
  11. Sickle-cell Disease2▲ 154×1 topic
  12. Thalassemia2▲ 154×1 topic
  13. Gene Therapy1▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Genomic Sequencing1▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Global Warming1▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Aneuploidy Screening1▲ 193×1 topic
  17. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 35×1 topic
  18. AAV1▲ 113×1 topic
  19. Viral Vectors1▲ 113×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Climate Change and Geoengineering, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders and Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…2CAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Geoengineering: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 1 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…1CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 0 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 0 fractional works
OncologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeneticsPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health5 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 Climate Change and Geoengineering Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  3. 3 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  10. 10 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.6%domestic only74.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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