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Curis (United States)

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Research works
70
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
71.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Curis (United States)

Not ranked overall: Curis (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Curis (United States) work in?

In all years, 62% of research at Curis (United States) is in Life Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (52%), Medicine (34%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 43 fractional works · 61.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 52.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 42.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 25 fractional works · 35.3% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 33.8% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCuris (UnitedStates)70fractional works, all years
Life Sciences62%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences35%

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 3 domains and 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3652.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology45.4%
    3. Neuroscience34.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine2433.8%
    2. Health Professions11.3%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Environmental Science11.5%
    2. Mathematics00.5%
    3. Engineering00.5%
    4. Chemistry00.2%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.90× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.95× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 3.58× its world share, 6 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology8.95×1 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.66×0 works
  3. Medicine3.58×6 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.90×1 works
  5. Mathematics1.69×0 works
  6. Neuroscience0.61×0 works
  7. Chemistry0.54×0 works
  8. Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Curis (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Cheng-Jung Lai, Robert N. Booher and Ruzanna Atoyan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Curis (United States).

  1. 1 Cheng-Jung Lai United States · #392,953 worldwide 2.4k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Robert N. Booher United States · #517,338 worldwide 2.6k citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Ruzanna Atoyan United States · #554,830 worldwide 1.7k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Rudi Bao United States · #604,437 worldwide 1.8k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Reinhard von Roemeling United States · #712,391 worldwide 3.1k citations · 109 works
  6. 6 Da-Gong Wang United States · #767,434 worldwide 1.3k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Hui Qu United States · #791,635 worldwide 1.8k citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Steven DellaRocca United States · #935,651 worldwide 805 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Maria Samson United States · #1,015,279 worldwide 2k citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Changgeng Qian United States · #1,056,126 worldwide 1.8k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Curis (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Curis (United States)?

The most cited paper from Curis (United States) is "Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Motor Neurons" (Hynek Wichterle, Ivo Lieberam, Jeffery A. Porter et al., 2002), with 1,765 citations. Next come "A paracrine requirement for hedgehog signalling in cancer" (967) and "Sonic Hedgehog Is Required for Progenitor Cell Maintenance in Telencephalic Stem Cell Niches" (718).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Directed Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells into Motor Neurons Hynek Wichterle, Ivo Lieberam, Jeffery A. Porter et al. · Cell Open access Aug 2002 1,765
2 A paracrine requirement for hedgehog signalling in cancer Robert L. Yauch, Stephen E. Gould, Suzie J. Scales et al. · Nature 27 Aug 2008 967
3 Sonic Hedgehog Is Required for Progenitor Cell Maintenance in Telencephalic Stem Cell Niches Robert P. Machold, Shigemi Hayashi, Michael L. Rutlin et al. · Neuron Open access Sep 2003 718
4 Genetic manipulation of hedgehog signaling in the endochondral skeleton reveals a direct role in the regulation of chondrocyte proliferation Fanxin Long, Xiaoyan M. Zhang, Seth J. Karp et al. · Development 15 Dec 2001 661
5 Desert Hedgehog/Patched 1 signaling specifies fetal Leydig cell fate in testis organogenesis Humphrey Hung‐Chang Yao, Wendy J. Whoriskey, Blanche Capel · Genes & Development Open access Jun 2002 544
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Curis (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Therapy, Cancer, Stem Cells, Tumorigenesis, Development, Transcriptional Regulation, Gene Expression and Pancreatic Cancer.

▲ 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. Cancer Therapy12▲ 26×7 topics
  2. Cancer9▲ 9.2×14 topics
  3. Stem Cells8▲ 36×6 topics
  4. Tumorigenesis7▲ 183×3 topics
  5. Development7▲ 29×4 topics
  6. Transcriptional Regulation7▲ 39×6 topics
  7. Gene Expression6▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Hedgehog Signaling6▲ 222×1 topic
  9. Pancreatic Cancer6▲ 69×2 topics
  10. Pathway Inhibition6▲ 455×1 topic
  11. Epigenetic Regulation6▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 23×5 topics
  13. HDAC Inhibitors6▲ 408×1 topic
  14. Histone Deacetylases6▲ 408×1 topic
  15. BET Bromodomains5▲ 341×1 topic
  16. PROTACs5▲ 341×1 topic
  17. PET Imaging4▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Inflammation4▲ 2.5×17 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors3▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Rituximab3▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Innate Immunity3▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Angiogenesis3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  23. Lymphoma3▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  25. NF-?B Activation2▲ 64×2 topics
  26. Immunotherapy2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  27. Targeted Therapy2▲ 14×3 topics
  28. DNA Methylation2▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Histone Modification2▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Immunosuppression2▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Cancer Progression2▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Classification2▲ 7.3×1 topic
  33. Molecular Profiling2▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Proteasome Inhibitors2▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Cell Death2▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Fibroblast Activation Protein2▲ 51×1 topic
  37. N-terminal Acetylation2▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Pattern Recognition Receptors2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Therapeutic Targets2▲ 10×2 topics
  40. HIF-12▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Curis (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions.

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…0Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksCytokine Signaling Pathw…0Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions: 0 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 0 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 0 fractional worksCNS Lymphoma Diagnosis a…0CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksImmune Response and Inflammation: 0 fractional worksInflammatory mediators a…0Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects: 0 fractional works
OncologyHematologyPathology and Forensic MedicineGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  2. 2 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 1 works
  3. 3 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions Oncology 0 works
  5. 5 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 0 works
  8. 8 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Immune Response and Inflammation Immunology 0 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects Pharmacology 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Curis (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower 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 Curis (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000030% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Curis (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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