Question 1

What is Broad Center known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Broad Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#344 of 6,403 worldwide), Health Sciences (#696 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#613 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 10.8× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Broad Center rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Broad Center ranks #1,851 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#803 all time), and #364 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Broad Center?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Bennett G. Novitch, Elizabeth Di Lullo and Theodore T. Ho lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Broad Center.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Broad Center?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Broad Center is "Neurotoxic reactive astrocytes are induced by activated microglia" (Shane A. Liddelow et al., 2017), with 8,364 citations. Next come "Molecular mechanisms of epithelial–mesenchymal transition" (8,337) and "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023).

Question 5

Which research topics does Broad Center publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, CAR-T cell therapy research, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Broad Center?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Stem Cells, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Immunotherapy, Gene Expression, Transcriptional Regulation, Brain Development and Differentiation.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Broad Center work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Broad Center is in Life Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (45%), Medicine (30%), Neuroscience (9%). It does 4.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Broad Center's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.