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Buck Institute for Research on Aging

In research, Buck Institute for Research on Aging stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,586 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#5,603 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,990 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physiology — Physiology is 18.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,700
of 28,054 · #1,610 all time
Rank in United States
#522
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
116k
93.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Buck Institute for Research on Aging known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,586 of 7,800 26.4%78 #552
MedicineField #5,603 of 10,443 29.7%61 #3663
Health SciencesDomain #6,990 of 11,982 30.0%63 #4907

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Buck Institute for Research on Aging 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#552 #1,586
  2. Medicine#3,663 #5,603
  3. Health Sciences#4,907 #6,990
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Buck Institute for Research on Aging specialise in?

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

  1. PhysiologySubfield · 24.0 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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.92× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.75× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.52× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.12× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.08× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 2.68× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 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, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Buck Institute for Research on Aging?

Ranked on the composite score, Judith Campisi, Eric Verdin and David A. Greenberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Buck Institute for Research on Aging.

  1. 1 Judith Campisi United States · #3,585 worldwide 2k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Eric Verdin United States · #9,331 worldwide 1.4k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 David A. Greenberg United States · #27,361 worldwide 668 citations · 113 works
  4. 4 Dale E. Bredesen United States · #40,398 worldwide 428 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Gordon J. Lithgow United States · #64,083 worldwide 431 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Lisa Ellerby United States · #70,292 worldwide 463 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Simon Melov United States · #184,590 worldwide 150 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Alex Zhavoronkov United States · #202,427 worldwide 305 citations · 83 works
  9. 9 Lin Xie United States · #213,941 worldwide 179 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 John R. Mergendoller United States · #248,095 worldwide 152 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Buck Institute for Research on Aging

Which keywords describe research at Buck Institute for Research on Aging?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Aging, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Mitochondrial Function, Insulin Signaling, Metabolic Regulation and Longevity.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress35▲ 14×40 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 10×55 topics
  3. Aging31▲ 38×13 topics
  4. Mitochondrial Dysfunction14▲ 32×9 topics
  5. Mitochondrial Function13▲ 93×5 topics
  6. Insulin Signaling12▲ 92×3 topics
  7. Metabolic Regulation12▲ 47×4 topics
  8. Longevity12▲ 97×2 topics
  9. Metabolic Syndrome11▲ 9.2×12 topics
  10. Metabolism11▲ 14×14 topics
  11. Reactive Oxygen Species11▲ 17×9 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders10▲ 12×9 topics
  13. Proteostasis10▲ 189×2 topics
  14. Caloric Restriction10▲ 278×1 topic
  15. Genetic Regulation10▲ 41×2 topics
  16. RNAi10▲ 278×1 topic
  17. Cell Death10▲ 29×6 topics
  18. Cancer9▲ 4.6×24 topics
  19. Cancer Therapy9▲ 10×12 topics
  20. Mitochondria9▲ 45×6 topics
  21. Stem Cells9▲ 22×9 topics
  22. Alzheimer's Disease8▲ 19×5 topics
  23. Tumor Suppression8▲ 72×4 topics
  24. Weight Loss8▲ 31×3 topics
  25. Neurodegenerative Diseases8▲ 30×5 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance7▲ 10×7 topics
  27. Senescence7▲ 339×1 topic
  28. Telomere7▲ 339×1 topic
  29. Exercise7▲ 37×3 topics
  30. Ketogenic Diet7▲ 45×1 topic
  31. Low-Carbohydrate Diet7▲ 50×1 topic
  32. Apoptosis6▲ 14×10 topics
  33. Immunity6▲ 9.7×7 topics
  34. Mitochondrial Fission6▲ 75×1 topic
  35. Mitochondrial Fusion6▲ 75×1 topic
  36. Neurodegeneration5▲ 12×8 topics
  37. Brown Adipose Tissue5▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Neuroinflammation5▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Thermogenesis5▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Innate Immunity5▲ 9.5×7 topics

Which research topics does Buck Institute for Research on Aging publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence, Diet and metabolism studies and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Genetics, Aging, and Lon…10Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 10 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 7 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 7 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 6 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 5 fractional worksEndoplasmic Reticulum St…3Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease: 3 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 2 fractional worksAutophagy in Disease and Therapy: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 2 fractional works
AgingPhysiologyMolecular BiologyCell Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 10 works
  2. 2 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 7 works
  3. 3 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 7 works
  4. 4 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 5 works
  6. 6 Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease Cell Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 works
  10. 10 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 2 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.6%domestic only77.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Buck Institute for Research on Aging's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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