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Center for Neurosciences

In research, Center for Neurosciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,435 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,755 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,208 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 14.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,945
of 28,054 · #4,115 all time
Rank in United States
#1,057
of 4,192
Research works
1.5k
▲ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
68k
46.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Center for Neurosciences 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 #3,435 of 7,800 17.1%84 #1500
Health SciencesDomain #6,755 of 11,982 15.1%106 #5767
MedicineField #6,208 of 10,443 15.0%99 #5606

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Neurosciences 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#1,500 #3,435
  2. Health Sciences#5,767 #6,755
  3. Medicine#5,606 #6,208
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 Neurosciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 54.5 works14×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 22.4 works13×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.01× its world share, 25 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 14.25× its world share, 54 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.19× its world share, 99 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.36× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Center for Neurosciences?

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

▲ 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 Disorders18▲ 14×17 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress14▲ 3.5×27 topics
  3. Epidemiology13▲ 1.41×53 topics
  4. Neurodegeneration13▲ 18×9 topics
  5. Neuroinflammation10▲ 15×6 topics
  6. Depression10▲ 4.7×17 topics
  7. Diagnostic Criteria9▲ 18×7 topics
  8. Mitochondrial Dysfunction9▲ 13×10 topics
  9. Parkinson's Disease9▲ 16×8 topics
  10. Inflammation9▲ 1.83×47 topics
  11. Synaptic Plasticity9▲ 17×6 topics
  12. Neurobiology8▲ 13×9 topics
  13. Language Development7▲ 26×4 topics
  14. Neuroimaging7▲ 11×10 topics
  15. Cognitive Impairment7▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Neural Plasticity7▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Dendritic Spines7▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Genetics6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  19. Neuronal Circuits6▲ 36×2 topics
  20. Brain Development6▲ 15×6 topics
  21. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 9.0×7 topics
  22. Bilingualism6▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Degenerative Disc Disease6▲ 27×2 topics
  24. Anxiety6▲ 5.2×11 topics
  25. Astrocyte Function6▲ 40×2 topics
  26. GABAergic6▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Neurotransmission6▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Functional Connectivity6▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Spinal Fusion5▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Cytokines5▲ 7.7×7 topics
  31. Neuroprotection5▲ 6.1×12 topics
  32. Prefrontal Cortex5▲ 25×3 topics
  33. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 9.0×4 topics
  34. Hippocampus5▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Cognitive Decline4▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Microglia4▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Neural Circuits4▲ 20×4 topics
  38. Dopaminergic Neurons4▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Multiple Sclerosis4▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Neuromyelitis Optica4▲ 49×1 topic

Which research topics does Center for Neurosciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology.

Neuroscience and Neuroph…6Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 6 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Resea…4Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 4 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 3 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 3 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Scle…3Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 3 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 3 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional works
Cellular and Molecular NeurosciencePathology and Forensic MedicineNeurologyCognitive Neuroscience2 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  2. 2 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 4 works
  4. 4 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  6. 6 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  7. 7 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 3 works
  8. 8 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 3 works
  9. 9 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 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 available50.9%not open49.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.1%domestic only60.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Neurosciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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