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CombiMatrix

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Research works
101
▲ 173% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
CombiMatrix

Not ranked overall: CombiMatrix is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does CombiMatrix work in?

In all years, 41% of research at CombiMatrix is in Life Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (38%), Medicine (24%), Engineering (16%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 42 fractional works · 41.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 38.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 29.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 27.0% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 24.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 27 fractional works · 26.8% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 15.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 9.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCombiMatrix101fractional works, all years
Life Sciences41%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3838.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Medicine2424.3%
    2. Health Professions11.4%
    3. Nursing11.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Engineering1615.8%
    2. Chemistry33.4%
    3. Computer Science22.2%
    4. Materials Science22.0%
    5. Chemical Engineering21.8%
    6. Environmental Science11.2%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences33.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.86× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 2.50× its world share, 5 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 1 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, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.86×2 works
  2. Medicine2.50×5 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.08×0 works
  4. Social Sciences1.03×1 works
  5. Materials Science1.00×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.69×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.60×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.54×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.22×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at CombiMatrix?

Ranked on the quality score, Karine Hovanes, Andy McShea and Charles Doherty lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CombiMatrix.

  1. 1 Karine Hovanes United States · #954,584 worldwide 3k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Andy McShea United States · #1,441,836 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Charles Doherty United States · #1,695,915 worldwide 354 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Michelle N. Strecker United States · #1,724,781 worldwide 1.7k citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Dominic Suciu United States · #2,068,894 worldwide 1.6k citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Kevin R. Schwarzkopf United States · #2,501,613 worldwide 518 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Donald D. Montgomery United States · #2,649,113 worldwide 451 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Shelly R. Gunn United States · #2,760,693 worldwide 1.3k citations · 48 works
  9. 9 David L. Danley United States · #3,878,580 worldwide 707 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Karl W. Maurer United States · #5,405,547 worldwide 869 citations · 79 works
All ranked researchers at CombiMatrix

What are the most cited papers from CombiMatrix?

The most cited paper from CombiMatrix is "Antibodies to CBir1 Flagellin Define a Unique Response That Is Associated Independently With Complicated Crohn’s Disease" (Stephan R. Targan, Carol J. Landers, Huiying Yang et al., 2005), with 481 citations. Next come "Detection of Cancer with Serum miRNAs on an Oligonucleotide Microarray" (410) and "Genetic counseling and testing for Alzheimer disease: Joint practice guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics and the National Society of Genetic Counselors" (394).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Antibodies to CBir1 Flagellin Define a Unique Response That Is Associated Independently With Complicated Crohn’s Disease Stephan R. Targan, Carol J. Landers, Huiying Yang et al. · Gastroenterology Open access Jun 2005 481
2 Detection of Cancer with Serum miRNAs on an Oligonucleotide Microarray Michael J. Lodes, Marcelo Caraballo, Dominic Suciu et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 13 Jul 2009 410
3 Genetic counseling and testing for Alzheimer disease: Joint practice guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics and the National Society of Genetic Counselors Jill S. Goldman, Susan Estabrooks Hahn, Jennifer Williamson Catania et al. · Genetics in Medicine Open access 14 May 2011 394
4 High-resolution metagenomics targets specific functional types in complex microbial communities Marina Kalyuzhnaya, Alla L Lapidus, Natalia Ivanova et al. · Nature Biotechnology 17 Aug 2008 301
5 Identification and Characterization of Human Cytomegalovirus-Encoded MicroRNAs Finn E. Grey, Andy Antoniewicz, Edwards M. Allen et al. · Journal of Virology Open access Sep 2005 273
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CombiMatrix?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Electrochemistry, Nanoparticles, Self-Assembly, aptamers, DNA nanotechnology, Data Analysis and Lab-on-a-Chip.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Biosensors14▲ 25×4 topics
  2. Electrochemistry10▲ 50×2 topics
  3. Nanoparticles10▲ 7.3×4 topics
  4. Self-Assembly9▲ 23×2 topics
  5. DNA nanotechnology9▲ 86×1 topic
  6. aptamers9▲ 86×1 topic
  7. Data Analysis8▲ 24×4 topics
  8. Lab-on-a-Chip7▲ 49×3 topics
  9. High-Throughput Analysis6▲ 137×1 topic
  10. Protein Microarrays6▲ 318×1 topic
  11. Gene Expression6▲ 10×6 topics
  12. Point-of-Care Diagnostics6▲ 68×2 topics
  13. Normalization5▲ 66×2 topics
  14. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Organic Electronics4▲ 26×2 topics
  16. Genomics4▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Feature Selection4▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Genomic Sequencing4▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Aneuploidy Screening4▲ 103×1 topic
  20. Cell-Free DNA4▲ 42×2 topics
  21. Differential Expression4▲ 127×1 topic
  22. Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing4▲ 103×1 topic
  23. Microarray4▲ 127×1 topic
  24. Biomedical Applications4▲ 3.5×5 topics
  25. Biomarkers4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  26. Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification4▲ 92×1 topic
  27. Paper-Based Microfluidics4▲ 92×1 topic
  28. Neurodevelopmental Disorders3▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Copy Number Variation3▲ 137×1 topic
  30. Genomic Rearrangements3▲ 123×1 topic
  31. Microfluidics3▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Molecular Electronics3▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Self-Assembled Monolayers3▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Breast Cancer3▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Precision Medicine3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  37. Human Metabolome Database3▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Metabolomics3▲ 48×1 topic
  39. Continuous Flow Chemistry2▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Droplet Formation2▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does CombiMatrix publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies, Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors.

Advanced Breast Cancer T…2Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies: 2 fractional worksPeptidase Inhibition and…1Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis: 1 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome…1Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways: 1 fractional worksProtein Degradation and …1Protein Degradation and Inhibitors: 1 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 0 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 0 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 0 fractional worksCancer Research and Treatments: 0 fractional worksProtease and Inhibitor Mechanisms: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyMolecular BiologyCancer Research3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Breast Cancer Therapies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Peptidase Inhibition and Analysis Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 0 works
  6. 6 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  7. 7 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  8. 8 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 0 works
  10. 10 Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms Cancer Research 0 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.2%domestic only83.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CombiMatrix's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 173% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is CombiMatrix as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000077% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%CombiMatrix0.000024% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of CombiMatrix over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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