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Center for Systems Biology

In research, Center for Systems Biology stands highest in Life Sciences (#432 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#349 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,671 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,333
of 28,054 · #889 all time
Rank in United States
#219
of 4,192
Research works
2.9k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
298k
102.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Center for Systems Biology 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 #432 of 7,800 42.2%189 #267
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #349 of 3,579 42.9%141 #205
MedicineField #1,671 of 10,443 39.7%124 #1094
Health SciencesDomain #2,268 of 11,982 39.6%130 #1257
Molecular BiologySubfield #435 of 2,175 41.1%94 #166
Physical SciencesDomain #6,463 of 12,888 30.5%63 #3624

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Center for Systems Biology 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#267 #432
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#205 #349
  3. Medicine#1,094 #1,671
  4. Health Sciences#1,257 #2,268
  5. Molecular Biology#166 #435
  6. Physical Sciences#3,624 #6,463
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 Systems Biology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 94.0 works7.9×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 140.5 works6.7×
← 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: 0.35× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.65× its world share, 140 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.23× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.10× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 124 worksMedicineNursing: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 7 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, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Center for Systems Biology?

Ranked on the composite score, Matthias Nahrendorf, Yoshiko Iwamoto and Cuihua Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Center for Systems Biology.

  1. 1 Matthias Nahrendorf United States · #44,263 worldwide 332 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Yoshiko Iwamoto United States · #81,195 worldwide 240 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Cuihua Wang United States · #465,287 worldwide 100 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Gregory R. Wojtkiewicz United States · #490,548 worldwide 84 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Center for Systems Biology

Which keywords describe research at Center for Systems Biology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Cancer, Immunity, Inflammation, Cancer Therapy, Biomarkers, Innate Immunity and RNA-Seq.

▲ 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. Cancer22▲ 4.2×38 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 2.4×60 topics
  3. Gene Expression19▲ 7.7×18 topics
  4. Epidemiology18▲ 1.18×87 topics
  5. Machine Learning16▲ 1.28×26 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress16▲ 2.4×39 topics
  7. Biomarkers12▲ 4.5×13 topics
  8. Cancer Therapy12▲ 5.2×16 topics
  9. Immunity12▲ 7.3×8 topics
  10. Immunotherapy11▲ 3.8×16 topics
  11. Nanoparticles11▲ 2.1×13 topics
  12. Innate Immunity9▲ 7.4×10 topics
  13. RNA-Seq9▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Data Integration8▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Biosensors8▲ 4.0×8 topics
  16. Reactive Oxygen Species8▲ 5.1×9 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 4.7×8 topics
  18. Aging8▲ 3.6×11 topics
  19. Single-Cell7▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Transcriptomics7▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Image Processing7▲ 3.8×7 topics
  22. Stem Cells7▲ 6.7×14 topics
  23. Gene Regulation6▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Biogenesis6▲ 9.0×3 topics
  25. Cell Death6▲ 6.5×6 topics
  26. Synthetic Biology6▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Gene Therapy6▲ 7.6×5 topics
  28. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 9.2×3 topics
  29. Cancer Progression6▲ 7.7×7 topics
  30. Microscopy6▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Mutation6▲ 7.5×4 topics
  32. Extracellular Matrix5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  33. Transcriptional Regulation5▲ 8.3×9 topics
  34. Cellular Imaging5▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Bioimage Analysis5▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Genome Engineering5▲ 19×1 topic
  37. High-Content Screening5▲ 34×1 topic
  38. RNA-Guided5▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Antigen Presentation5▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Single-Cell Analysis5▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Center for Systems Biology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Cell Image Analysis Techniques, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis.

Single-cell and spatial …7Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 7 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Tech…5Cell Image Analysis Techniques: 5 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 5 fractional worksGene Regulatory Network Analysis: 4 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 4 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 4 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 4 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…4Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 4 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 3 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 3 fractional works
Molecular BiologyBiophysicsImmunology

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

  1. 1 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 7 works
  2. 2 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 5 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 5 works
  4. 4 Gene Regulatory Network Analysis Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 4 works
  9. 9 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 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 available65.0%not open35.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.5%domestic only69.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Center for Systems Biology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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