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Center for Life Sciences

In research, Center for Life Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#87 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#61 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#67 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#415
of 28,054 · #1,096 all time
Rank in China
#147
of 3,058
Research works
2.9k
▲ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
148k
51.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Center for Life Sciences 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 #87 of 7,800 44.4%651 #358
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #61 of 3,579 42.5%449 #309
Molecular BiologySubfield #67 of 2,175 42.5%333 #253
MedicineField #1,171 of 10,443 39.0%242 #2090
Health SciencesDomain #1,701 of 11,982 38.8%249 #2752
Physical SciencesDomain #2,077 of 12,888 35.3%160 #3721
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #118 of 682 48.5%63 #449
NeuroscienceField #287 of 1,168 35.9%67 #750
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,030 of 3,409 62.0%68 #1134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Life Sciences 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#358 #87
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#309 #61
  3. Molecular Biology#253 #67
  4. Medicine#2,090 #1,171
  5. Health Sciences#2,752 #1,701
  6. Physical Sciences#3,721 #2,077
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#449 #118
  8. Neuroscience#750 #287
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#1,134 #1,030
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 Center for Life Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 333.1 works10×
  2. Cell BiologySubfield · 26.1 works7.9×
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 448.6 works7.8×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 57.4 works7.7×
  5. HematologySubfield · 24.6 works7.5×
← 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: 1.33× its world share, 68 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.79× its world share, 449 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.75× its world share, 62 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.80× its world share, 67 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.20× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.74× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 242 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 6 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, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Life Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Xiaoguang Lei and Qiang Guo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Life Sciences.

  1. 1 Xiaoguang Lei China · #102,467 worldwide 229 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Qiang Guo China · #1,080,971 worldwide 74 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Life Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Center for Life Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Gene Expression, Epigenetic Regulation, Oxidative Stress, Cancer Progression, Transcription Factors, Inflammation and Cancer Therapy.

▲ 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. Cancer68▲ 4.7×47 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress52▲ 2.9×52 topics
  3. Inflammation50▲ 2.2×74 topics
  4. Gene Expression50▲ 7.6×18 topics
  5. Epigenetic Regulation33▲ 14×6 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy32▲ 5.2×19 topics
  7. Cancer Progression30▲ 15×8 topics
  8. Transcription Factors28▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Innate Immunity26▲ 7.6×11 topics
  10. Immunity24▲ 5.6×10 topics
  11. Gene Expression Regulation24▲ 21×3 topics
  12. Gene Regulation23▲ 24×5 topics
  13. Translation23▲ 12×2 topics
  14. RNA methylation23▲ 24×1 topic
  15. m6A-seq23▲ 24×1 topic
  16. RNA Structure22▲ 38×1 topic
  17. Ribosome22▲ 38×1 topic
  18. Drug Discovery22▲ 9.1×9 topics
  19. Genome Engineering22▲ 31×1 topic
  20. RNA-Guided22▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Transcriptional Regulation22▲ 12×9 topics
  22. Metabolism21▲ 3.8×27 topics
  23. Tumor Microenvironment21▲ 4.4×8 topics
  24. Alternative Splicing20▲ 37×1 topic
  25. RNA-Binding Proteins20▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Hematopoietic Stem Cells20▲ 21×3 topics
  27. Cell Death20▲ 7.8×6 topics
  28. Reactive Oxygen Species20▲ 4.5×14 topics
  29. Apoptosis19▲ 5.7×17 topics
  30. Signal Transduction18▲ 11×7 topics
  31. RNA-Seq17▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Chromatin17▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Pattern Recognition Receptors16▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Metabolic Regulation16▲ 9.0×5 topics
  35. MicroRNA16▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Membrane Proteins16▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Mitochondria15▲ 10×6 topics
  38. Cell Signaling14▲ 8.7×12 topics
  39. Epigenetics14▲ 32×3 topics
  40. Cancer Immunotherapy14▲ 8.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Center for Life Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA modifications and cancer, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and RNA Research and Splicing.

RNA modifications and ca…23RNA modifications and cancer: 23 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…22RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 22 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…22CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 22 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing20RNA Research and Splicing: 20 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 13 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 13 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…13Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 13 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…12Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 12 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …12Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 12 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell …10Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 10 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPlant ScienceImmunologyHematology

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

  1. 1 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 23 works
  2. 2 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 22 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 22 works
  4. 4 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 20 works
  5. 5 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 13 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 13 works
  7. 7 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 13 works
  8. 8 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 12 works
  9. 9 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 12 works
  10. 10 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 10 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.3%domestic only65.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Life Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% higher 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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