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Nonprofit · Cambridge · United Kingdom

Company of Biologists

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,256
of 28,054 · #41,001 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,027
of 1,094
Research works
206
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

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: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.06× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.30× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.46× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.81× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 2.46× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 23 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.92× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Company of Biologists?

Ranked on the composite score, Frances Dipper lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Company of Biologists.

  1. 1 Frances Dipper United Kingdom · #1,439,636 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Company of Biologists

Which keywords describe research at Company of Biologists?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Capacity Building, Climate Change, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Training, Education, Biodiversity and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Climate Change8▲ 3.5×17 topics
  2. Capacity Building6▲ 111×2 topics
  3. Education5▲ 3.5×3 topics
  4. Genomics4▲ 17×4 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress4▲ 3.2×10 topics
  6. Bioinformatics4▲ 41×1 topic
  7. Training4▲ 21×1 topic
  8. Biodiversity3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  9. Innovation3▲ 3.2×2 topics
  10. Public Health3▲ 2.3×5 topics
  11. Cancer3▲ 2.4×9 topics
  12. Ethical Considerations2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  13. Benthic Communities2▲ 44×2 topics
  14. Biogeography2▲ 10×6 topics
  15. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Marine Biodiversity2▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Entrepreneurship2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.2×4 topics
  19. Stem Cells2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  20. Waste Management2▲ 5.8×2 topics
  21. Water Resources2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  22. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 5.9×4 topics
  23. Global Collaboration2▲ 66×1 topic
  24. Health Biotechnology2▲ 144×1 topic
  25. Macrophages2▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Marine Environment2▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Trophic Cascades2▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Ecosystem Management2▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Ethical Issues2▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  31. Holocene2▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Marine Fisheries2▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Sea Level2▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Mediterranean2▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Biomedical Science2▲ 92×1 topic
  36. Health Research2▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Synthetic Biology2▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Climate Change Impacts1▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Conservation Biology1▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Ecosystem Functioning1▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Company of Biologists publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research, Biotechnology and Related Fields, Marine and fisheries research and Science, Research, and Medicine.

Genetics, Bioinformatics…4Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 4 fractional worksBiotechnology and Related Fields: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksScience, Research, and Medicine: 2 fractional worksMarine and environmental studies: 1 fractional worksMuscle Physiology and Disorders: 1 fractional worksGene Regulatory Network …1Gene Regulatory Network Analysis: 1 fractional worksPeatlands and Wetlands E…1Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology: 1 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…1Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 1 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Tech…1Cell Image Analysis Techniques: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGlobal and Planetary ChangeReproductive Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 4 works
  2. 2 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 Science, Research, and Medicine Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Marine and environmental studies Oceanography 1 works
  6. 6 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Gene Regulatory Network Analysis Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 1 works
  10. 10 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 1 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.6%domestic only72.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Company of Biologists's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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