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Center for Human Genetics

In research, Center for Human Genetics stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,028 of 6,403 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#670 of 2,964 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Molecular Biology (Genetics is 15.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#5,171
of 22,385 · #1,859 all time
Rank in United States
#700
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
135k
71.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Center for Human Genetics

What is Center for Human Genetics known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,028 of 6,403 13.2%77 #739
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #670 of 2,964 13.2%63 #652

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Human Genetics 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 Center for Human Genetics work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Center for Human Genetics is in Life Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (41%), Medicine (33%), Neuroscience (4%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 95 fractional works · 52.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 75 fractional works · 41.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 23.1% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 13.0% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 64 fractional works · 34.9% of its workMedicine: 60 fractional works · 33.0% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCenter for HumanGenetics183fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences52%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7541.2%
    2. Neuroscience84.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology63.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine6033.0%
    2. Health Professions21.1%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science41.9%
    2. Engineering31.8%
    3. Environmental Science10.7%
    4. Materials Science10.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    6. Chemistry10.4%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences52.8%
    2. Psychology21.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Center for Human Genetics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 15.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 23.8 works16×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 75.4 works7.7×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 42.3 works7.6×
← 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: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.73× its world share, 75 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.27× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.74× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.71× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 5 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, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.73×75 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.27×6 works
  3. Neuroscience2.74×8 works
  4. Medicine1.71×60 works
  5. Nursing1.45×1 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×5 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.42×2 works
  9. Psychology0.40×2 works
  10. Energy0.35×1 works
  11. Veterinary0.34×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.30×2 works
  13. Chemistry0.27×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.27×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.25×4 works
  16. Social Sciences0.23×5 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.22×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.21×1 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.21×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.19×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.15×1 works
  23. Engineering0.12×3 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Center for Human Genetics?

Ranked on the quality score, John R. Gilbert, Jonathan L. Haines and Jeff M. Milunsky lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Human Genetics.

  1. 1 John R. Gilbert United States · #111,130 worldwide 46k citations · 603 works
  2. 2 Jonathan L. Haines United States · #171,147 worldwide 13k citations · 124 works
  3. 3 Jeff M. Milunsky United States · #621,757 worldwide 4.3k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 Paul J. Gallins United States · #659,898 worldwide 7.7k citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Rebecca L. Zuvich United States · #670,754 worldwide 2.1k citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Judith E. Stenger United States · #690,961 worldwide 2.2k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Khanh-Nhat Tran-Viet United States · #879,108 worldwide 1.6k citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Samuel J. Magaziner United States · #1,136,228 worldwide 420 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 J.L. Haines United States · #1,283,282 worldwide 1.8k citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Maher Noureddine United States · #1,435,435 worldwide 3.9k citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Human Genetics

What are the most cited papers from Center for Human Genetics?

The most cited paper from Center for Human Genetics is "PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses" (Shaun Purcell, Benjamin M. Neale, Katherine EO Todd-Brown et al., 2007), with 36,890 citations. Next come "The organization of the human cerebral cortex estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity" (10,128) and "Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases" (8,637).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PLINK: A Tool Set for Whole-Genome Association and Population-Based Linkage Analyses Shaun Purcell, Benjamin M. Neale, Katherine EO Todd-Brown et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access 8 Aug 2007 36,890
2 The organization of the human cerebral cortex estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity B.T. Thomas Yeo, Fenna M. Krienen, Jorge Sepulcre et al. · Journal of Neurophysiology Open access 9 Jun 2011 10,128
3 Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases Teri A. Manolio et al. · Nature Open access Oct 2009 8,637
4 An integrated map of genetic variation from 1,092 human genomes Gil A. McVean et al. · Nature Open access363 authors 31 Oct 2012 8,281
5 A map of human genome variation from population-scale sequencing Richard M. Durbin et al. · Nature Open access337 authors 26 Oct 2010 8,156
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Center for Human Genetics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Genetic Mutations, Population Genetics, Genetic Variation, Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Genetics and Genetic Variants.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology10▲ 1.38×62 topics
  2. Gene Expression10▲ 8.6×15 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.8×27 topics
  4. Cancer8▲ 3.1×31 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 1.96×49 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations7▲ 8.6×21 topics
  7. Genetics6▲ 4.9×17 topics
  8. Population Genetics6▲ 25×5 topics
  9. Genetic Variation6▲ 14×8 topics
  10. Mitochondrial Dysfunction5▲ 9.4×8 topics
  11. Genetic Variants5▲ 15×6 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders5▲ 4.6×14 topics
  13. Genome-Wide Association5▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Aging4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  15. Cell-Free DNA4▲ 24×2 topics
  16. Somatic Mutations4▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 15×5 topics
  19. Clinical Genomics4▲ 57×1 topic
  20. Sequence Interpretation4▲ 57×1 topic
  21. Neurodevelopmental Disorders4▲ 16×6 topics
  22. Gene Regulation4▲ 19×4 topics
  23. RNA-Seq4▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Stem Cells4▲ 7.0×11 topics
  25. Cell Death3▲ 7.5×6 topics
  26. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  27. Marker-Assisted Selection3▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Neurodegenerative Diseases3▲ 11×4 topics
  29. DNA Methylation3▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Innate Immunity3▲ 5.3×8 topics
  31. Data Integration3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  32. Haplotype Mapping3▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Mendelian Randomization3▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Mitochondria3▲ 12×4 topics
  35. Cancer Risk3▲ 6.9×5 topics
  36. Genetic Testing3▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Genomic Sequencing3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Relapsing Polychondritis3▲ 135×1 topic
  39. VEXAS Syndrome3▲ 135×1 topic
  40. Wnt Signaling3▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Center for Human Genetics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genomics and Rare Diseases, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology.

Genomics and Rare Diseases4Genomics and Rare Diseases: 4 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…3Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 3 fractional worksOtitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis: 3 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…2CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional works
GeneticsMolecular BiologyRheumatologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 4 works
  2. 2 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 3 works
  3. 3 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Otitis Media and Relapsing Polychondritis Rheumatology 3 works
  6. 6 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  7. 7 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular 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 available51.4%not open48.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.0%domestic only60.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Center for Human Genetics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher 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 Center for Human Genetics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00051% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Center for Human Genetics0.00080% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Center for Human Genetics 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.

still counting10%20%30%Center for Human Genetics16.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.3% in 2014.

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