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Discovery Institute

In research, Discovery Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#278 of 6,403 worldwide), Health Sciences (#591 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#530 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology and Immunology (Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 11.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,062
of 22,385 · #581 all time
Rank in United States
#235
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
82k
43.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.19×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
72%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Discovery Institute

What is Discovery Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #278 of 6,403 14.2%311 #149
Health SciencesDomain #591 of 9,902 18.5%179 #290
MedicineField #530 of 8,541 18.3%172 #269
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #248 of 2,964 14.3%199 #130
Molecular BiologySubfield #231 of 1,880 13.2%134 #114

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Discovery Institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#149 #278
  2. Health Sciences#290 #591
  3. Medicine#269 #530
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#130 #248
  5. Molecular Biology#114 #231
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Discovery Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Discovery Institute is in Life Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (37%), Medicine (31%), Neuroscience (10%). It does 4.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 371 fractional works · 56.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 241 fractional works · 36.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 164 fractional works · 25.1% of its workCell Biology: 22 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAging: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 68 fractional works · 10.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 21 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 48 fractional works · 7.4% of its workImmunology: 42 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMicrobiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 214 fractional works · 32.8% of its workMedicine: 206 fractional works · 31.4% of its workOncology: 30 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhysiology: 18 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDiscoveryInstitute654fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences57%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24136.9%
    2. Neuroscience6810.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology487.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences101.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.6%
    1. Medicine20631.4%
    2. Nursing40.6%
    3. Health Professions30.5%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Environmental Science111.7%
    2. Engineering101.6%
    3. Computer Science81.2%
    4. Chemistry81.2%
    5. Materials Science40.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.3%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Psychology101.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities50.8%
    3. Social Sciences30.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    5. Decision Sciences10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Discovery Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 23.6 works12×
  2. Cell BiologySubfield · 22.2 works11×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 42.4 works9.4×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 164.0 works8.3×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.91× its world share, 241 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.34× its world share, 48 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.43× its world share, 68 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.58× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 206 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.34×48 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.91×241 works
  3. Neuroscience6.43×68 works
  4. Medicine1.63×206 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.58×4 works
  6. Nursing1.31×4 works
  7. Veterinary0.80×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.79×8 works
  9. Psychology0.48×10 works
  10. Environmental Science0.35×11 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×10 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.28×5 works
  13. Dentistry0.23×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.19×3 works
  16. Materials Science0.18×4 works
  17. Computer Science0.16×8 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.16×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.15×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.15×2 works
  21. Engineering0.11×10 works
  22. Energy0.10×1 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×1 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  25. Social Sciences0.04×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Discovery Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter D. Adams, Karl N. Miller and Aleksandr A. Arzamasov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Discovery Institute.

  1. 1 Peter D. Adams United States · #67,404 worldwide 36k citations · 511 works
  2. 2 Karl N. Miller United States · #138,589 worldwide 5.5k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Aleksandr A. Arzamasov United States · #197,664 worldwide 1.7k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Cosimo Commisso United States · #200,611 worldwide 4.7k citations · 130 works
  5. 5 Victoria A. Blaho United States · #217,300 worldwide 4.3k citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Joe Z. Tsien United States · #222,135 worldwide 15k citations · 122 works
  7. 7 Rabi Murad United States · #239,537 worldwide 5k citations · 248 works
  8. 8 Aaron P. Havas United States · #281,607 worldwide 1.4k citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Yuan Pu United States · #347,093 worldwide 3.6k citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Brooke M. Emerling United States · #354,057 worldwide 5.8k citations · 92 works
All ranked researchers at Discovery Institute

What are the most cited papers from Discovery Institute?

The most cited paper from Discovery Institute is "Metascape provides a biologist-oriented resource for the analysis of systems-level datasets" (Yingyao Zhou, Bin Zhou, Lars Pache et al., 2019), with 16,072 citations. Next come "The Immune Landscape of Cancer" (6,328) and "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Metascape provides a biologist-oriented resource for the analysis of systems-level datasets Yingyao Zhou, Bin Zhou, Lars Pache et al. · Nature Communications Open access 3 Apr 2019 16,072
2 The Immune Landscape of Cancer Vésteinn Thórsson et al. · Immunity Open access784 authors Apr 2018 6,328
3 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
4 Large-scale analysis of the yeast proteome by multidimensional protein identification technology Michael P. Washburn, Dirk Andreas Wolters, John R. Yates · Nature Biotechnology Mar 2001 4,806
5 Caspase-11 cleaves gasdermin D for non-canonical inflammasome signalling Nobuhiko Kayagaki et al. · Nature 16 Sep 2015 3,790
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Discovery Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cancer Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Innate Immunity, Apoptosis and Cell Signaling.

▲ 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-now 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. Inflammation57▲ 4.1×73 topics
  2. Cancer54▲ 6.1×45 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress41▲ 3.8×47 topics
  4. Epidemiology30▲ 1.17×85 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy27▲ 7.2×17 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment24▲ 8.1×8 topics
  7. Innate Immunity22▲ 11×11 topics
  8. Gene Expression21▲ 5.0×18 topics
  9. Apoptosis21▲ 10×16 topics
  10. Cell Signaling20▲ 19×12 topics
  11. Immunity20▲ 7.4×10 topics
  12. Immunotherapy20▲ 4.2×15 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders18▲ 4.8×13 topics
  14. Transcriptional Regulation18▲ 17×9 topics
  15. Cell Death17▲ 11×6 topics
  16. Metabolism16▲ 4.8×21 topics
  17. Angiogenesis16▲ 7.1×15 topics
  18. Aging14▲ 3.9×13 topics
  19. Insulin Resistance13▲ 4.3×10 topics
  20. Cancer Immunotherapy12▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Neurodegeneration12▲ 6.1×10 topics
  22. Stem Cells12▲ 6.8×15 topics
  23. Stress12▲ 5.0×6 topics
  24. Cytokines12▲ 6.1×8 topics
  25. Drug Discovery12▲ 7.8×7 topics
  26. Neuroinflammation11▲ 6.0×6 topics
  27. Brain Development11▲ 9.5×6 topics
  28. Reactive Oxygen Species11▲ 4.1×13 topics
  29. Signal Transduction11▲ 10×7 topics
  30. Autoimmunity10▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Gene Regulation10▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Gene Therapy10▲ 7.7×6 topics
  33. RNA-Seq10▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Synaptic Plasticity10▲ 6.7×6 topics
  35. Antigen Presentation9▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Mitochondria9▲ 10×6 topics
  37. Cancer Progression9▲ 7.8×8 topics
  38. Metabolic Regulation9▲ 8.2×5 topics
  39. Glycosylation9▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Crystal Structure8▲ 9.3×2 topics

Which research topics does Discovery Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Immune Cell Function and…7Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 7 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …7Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 7 fractional worksReceptor Mechanisms and Signaling: 7 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…7Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 7 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…6Neural dynamics and brain function: 6 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 6 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 6 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…6Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 6 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 6 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome pathways: 5 fractional works
ImmunologyMolecular BiologyOncologyCognitive Neuroscience1 others

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

  1. 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 7 works
  2. 2 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Molecular Biology 7 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 7 works
  5. 5 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  7. 7 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 6 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 6 works
  9. 9 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 6 works
  10. 10 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 5 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 available72.0%not open28.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.1%domestic only50.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Discovery Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Discovery Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Discovery Institute0.0028% in 20251990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Discovery Institute15.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.5% in 2017.

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