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Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

In research, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,916 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 26.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,649
of 28,054 · #15,851 all time
Rank in United States
#2,370
of 4,192
Research works
297
▲ 118% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
49.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 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 #8,916 of 11,982 18.4%66 #7436

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 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).

What does Cystic Fibrosis Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 26.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 38.5 works27×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.46× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.46× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cystic Fibrosis Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Bruce C. Marshall, Aliza K. Fink and Albert Faro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

  1. 1 Bruce C. Marshall United States · #51,221 worldwide 350 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Aliza K. Fink United States · #406,093 worldwide 76 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Albert Faro United States · #827,839 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Alexander Elbert United States · #1,010,668 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Cystic Fibrosis Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cystic Fibrosis, Pulmonary Infections, Microbiota, Bronchiectasis, CFTR, Epidemiology, Antibiotic Resistance and Pulmonary Hypertension.

▲ 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. Cystic Fibrosis32▲ 493×3 topics
  2. Pulmonary Infections30▲ 573×2 topics
  3. Microbiota30▲ 150×2 topics
  4. Bronchiectasis30▲ 1130×1 topic
  5. CFTR30▲ 1130×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology9▲ 2.5×32 topics
  7. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 12×7 topics
  8. Quality of Life4▲ 2.9×10 topics
  9. Inflammation4▲ 1.90×16 topics
  10. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia3▲ 54×1 topic
  12. Preterm Infants3▲ 29×1 topic
  13. Treatment3▲ 3.0×7 topics
  14. Chronic Conditions3▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Child Care3▲ 103×1 topic
  16. Infection Control Measures3▲ 103×1 topic
  17. Prevention3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  18. Diagnosis3▲ 3.2×9 topics
  19. Adolescents2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  20. Primary Care2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  21. Gene Therapy2▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Genetics2▲ 3.7×7 topics
  23. AAV2▲ 62×1 topic
  24. Mental Health Services2▲ 46×2 topics
  25. Viral Vectors2▲ 62×1 topic
  26. Medical Home2▲ 82×1 topic
  27. Self-Management2▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Transition2▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Asthma2▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Airway Stenosis2▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Microbial Communities2▲ 4.6×2 topics
  33. Tracheostomy2▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Allergic Diseases2▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Eosinophils2▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Immunology2▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Vaccine Development2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  38. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  39. Systematic Review2▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Nosocomial Infections1▲ 34×2 topics

Which research topics does Cystic Fibrosis Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Pediatric health and respiratory diseases and Virus-based gene therapy research.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…30Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 30 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksPediatric health and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 2 fractional worksAdolescent and Pediatric Healthcare: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 1 fractional worksInfections and bacterial resistance: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEmergency Medical ServicesGeneticsSpeech and Hearing4 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 30 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  4. 4 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare Speech and Hearing 2 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Infections and bacterial resistance Endocrinology 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 available54.8%not open45.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 118% 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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