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Brain Research New Zealand

In research, Brain Research New Zealand stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,972 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 18.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,315
of 28,054 · #16,391 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#31
of 71
Research works
317
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.5k
30.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Brain Research New Zealand 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
Life SciencesDomain #6,972 of 14,347 19.8%174

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Brain Research New Zealand 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).

What does Brain Research New Zealand specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 18.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 24.5 works18×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.55× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 18.23× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.60× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.60× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 18.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Brain Research New Zealand?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Parkinson's Disease, Neuroinflammation, Synaptic Plasticity, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Neurobiology.

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders8▲ 17×10 topics
  2. Neurodegeneration8▲ 31×10 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress6▲ 4.6×18 topics
  4. Parkinson's Disease5▲ 23×8 topics
  5. Neuroinflammation4▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Synaptic Plasticity4▲ 23×6 topics
  7. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Neurobiology4▲ 17×7 topics
  9. Cancer4▲ 3.3×16 topics
  10. Neuroimaging4▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Brain Development4▲ 24×6 topics
  12. Inflammation4▲ 2.0×27 topics
  13. Biomarkers3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  14. Dendritic Spines3▲ 45×2 topics
  15. Functional Connectivity3▲ 27×3 topics
  16. GABAergic3▲ 66×1 topic
  17. Neurotransmission3▲ 66×1 topic
  18. Prefrontal Cortex3▲ 40×3 topics
  19. Aging2▲ 5.6×10 topics
  20. Neural Circuits2▲ 32×4 topics
  21. Neural Plasticity2▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Innate Immunity2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  24. Cytokines2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  25. Dopaminergic Neurons2▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Amyloid Hypothesis2▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Genetic Risk Factors2▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Microglia2▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Tau Pathology2▲ 42×1 topic
  30. a-Synuclein2▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  32. Neural Mechanisms2▲ 26×4 topics
  33. Cognitive Decline2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Epilepsy2▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Ischemic Stroke2▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Neuromodulation2▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Basal Ganglia2▲ 37×2 topics
  38. Deep Brain Stimulation2▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Hippocampus2▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Memory2▲ 8.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Brain Research New Zealand publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Neurological disorders and treatments.

Neuroscience and Neuroph…3Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 3 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…2Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…2Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 2 fractional worksNeurological disorders a…2Neurological disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 1 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechan…1Memory and Neural Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 1 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 1 fractional worksNeurogenesis and neuropl…1Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms: 1 fractional works
Cellular and Molecular NeurosciencePhysiologyNeurologyPsychiatry and Mental health2 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 2 works
  4. 4 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 2 works
  5. 5 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  7. 7 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  8. 8 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  9. 9 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  10. 10 Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms Developmental Neuroscience 1 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 available59.9%not open40.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Brain Research New Zealand's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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