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Charles River Laboratories (United States)

In research, Charles River Laboratories (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,653 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,125 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,048 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,633
of 28,054 · #16,954 all time
Rank in United States
#1,441
of 4,192
Research works
691
▲ 74% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
15.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Charles River Laboratories (United States) 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,653 of 11,982 12.1%85 #12326
Life SciencesDomain #5,125 of 7,800 12.2%80 #7787
MedicineField #9,048 of 10,443 9.9%68 #12186

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Charles River Laboratories (United States) 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. Health Sciences#12,326 #6,653
  2. Life Sciences#7,787 #5,125
  3. Medicine#12,186 #9,048
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.

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: 0.81× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.37× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.28× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.23× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.85× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 68 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 51.75× its world share, 14 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 51.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Charles River Laboratories (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Charles B. Clifford, Brian Roche and Robert A. Kaiser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Charles River Laboratories (United States).

  1. 1 Charles B. Clifford United States · #1,055,977 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Brian Roche United States · #1,516,729 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Robert A. Kaiser United States · #1,533,710 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 James P. Morrison United States · #1,622,118 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Charles River Laboratories (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Charles River Laboratories (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Gene Therapy, Ethical Considerations, Publication Bias, Animal Research Reporting, ARRIVE Guidelines, Epidemiology and Immune System.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 1.86×46 topics
  2. Immunotherapy12▲ 8.6×13 topics
  3. Gene Therapy10▲ 27×6 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.7×22 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 2.0×35 topics
  6. Ethical Considerations8▲ 12×6 topics
  7. ARRIVE Guidelines8▲ 341×1 topic
  8. Animal Research Reporting8▲ 341×1 topic
  9. Publication Bias8▲ 87×2 topics
  10. Immune System7▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Neurotoxicity7▲ 28×4 topics
  12. Immunity6▲ 8.3×7 topics
  13. Tumor Regression6▲ 30×2 topics
  14. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 7.2×6 topics
  16. Toxicology6▲ 18×3 topics
  17. Gene Expression6▲ 4.7×9 topics
  18. Histopathology5▲ 146×1 topic
  19. Immunotoxicity5▲ 576×1 topic
  20. Animal Welfare5▲ 29×4 topics
  21. Innate Immunity5▲ 8.1×7 topics
  22. Tumor Targeting5▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Health Effects4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  24. Environmental Monitoring4▲ 5.9×3 topics
  25. Genomic Instability4▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Pharmacokinetics4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  27. Arginine Deprivation4▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Bacterial Therapy4▲ 60×1 topic
  29. Antigen Presentation4▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Dendritic Cells4▲ 23×1 topic
  31. Tumor Antigen4▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Genomic Integration4▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  34. AAV4▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Viral Vectors4▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Metabolic Disorders3▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Anesthesia3▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Targeted Therapy3▲ 7.7×4 topics
  39. Fibrosis3▲ 8.8×4 topics
  40. Ion Channels3▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Charles River Laboratories (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Animal testing and alternatives, Immunotoxicology and immune responses, Cancer Research and Treatments and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.

Animal testing and alternatives: 8 fractional worksImmunotoxicology and immune responses: 5 fractional worksCancer Research and Trea…4Cancer Research and Treatments: 4 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…4Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 4 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 4 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 3 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxi…3Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 3 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Met…3Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 3 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techni…3Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology …2Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 2 fractional works
Small AnimalsImmunologyBiotechnologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 8 works
  2. 2 Immunotoxicology and immune responses Immunology 5 works
  3. 3 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 4 works
  4. 4 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 4 works
  5. 5 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 4 works
  6. 6 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  7. 7 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 3 works
  8. 8 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 3 works
  9. 9 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.6%domestic only79.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Charles River Laboratories (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% 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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