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Discovery Institute

In research, Discovery Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#664 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#622 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,664 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Immunology and Molecular Biology — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,855
of 28,054 · #2,398 all time
Rank in United States
#281
of 4,192
Research works
1.9k
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
43.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
72%
world 28%

What is Discovery Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #664 of 7,800 27.1%311 #876
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #622 of 3,579 26.9%199 #861
MedicineField #2,664 of 10,443 27.4%172 #2272
Health SciencesDomain #3,526 of 11,982 27.8%179 #3003
Molecular BiologySubfield #690 of 2,175 26.3%134 #881

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#876 #664
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#861 #622
  3. Medicine#2,272 #2,664
  4. Health Sciences#3,003 #3,526
  5. Molecular Biology#881 #690
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Discovery Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 21.1 works12×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 36.8 works9.8×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 134.0 works8.1×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.84× its world share, 199 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.55× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.69× its world share, 59 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 8 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, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Discovery Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Wesley J. Smith, Darren Finlay and Rabi Murad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Discovery Institute.

  1. 1 Wesley J. Smith United States · #937,381 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Darren Finlay United States · #1,347,953 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Rabi Murad United States · #1,459,361 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Discovery Institute

Which keywords describe research at Discovery Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Cancer Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Apoptosis, Innate Immunity 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 2022–2025 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. Inflammation49▲ 4.3×70 topics
  2. Cancer46▲ 6.2×43 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress34▲ 3.8×46 topics
  4. Epidemiology26▲ 1.22×79 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy24▲ 7.6×17 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment21▲ 8.6×7 topics
  7. Apoptosis18▲ 11×15 topics
  8. Innate Immunity18▲ 10×11 topics
  9. Cell Signaling17▲ 20×12 topics
  10. Immunity16▲ 7.4×9 topics
  11. Immunotherapy16▲ 4.1×14 topics
  12. Gene Expression16▲ 4.8×18 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders15▲ 4.9×12 topics
  14. Cell Death15▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Metabolism14▲ 4.9×18 topics
  16. Transcriptional Regulation14▲ 16×9 topics
  17. Angiogenesis13▲ 7.2×15 topics
  18. Aging11▲ 3.7×13 topics
  19. Immune Response11▲ 3.5×19 topics
  20. Cancer Immunotherapy10▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance10▲ 4.2×10 topics
  22. Neurodegeneration10▲ 6.2×10 topics
  23. Cytokines10▲ 6.4×8 topics
  24. Stress10▲ 4.9×6 topics
  25. Drug Discovery10▲ 8.0×7 topics
  26. Brain Development10▲ 10.0×6 topics
  27. Neuroinflammation10▲ 6.2×6 topics
  28. Signal Transduction9▲ 12×6 topics
  29. Autoimmunity9▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Synaptic Plasticity9▲ 7.6×6 topics
  31. Mitochondria8▲ 12×6 topics
  32. Gene Therapy8▲ 8.0×6 topics
  33. Cancer Progression8▲ 8.0×8 topics
  34. Pharmacology8▲ 5.9×7 topics
  35. Glycosylation8▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Antigen Presentation8▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Crystal Structure8▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. Dendritic Spines8▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Metabolic Regulation7▲ 7.8×5 topics
  40. Natural Killer Cells7▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Discovery Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Immune Cell Function and…7Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 7 fractional worksReceptor Mechanisms and …6Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling: 6 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 6 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…6Neural dynamics and brain function: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…6Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 6 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome pathways: 5 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 5 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…5Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 5 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 5 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 4 fractional works
ImmunologyMolecular BiologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCognitive Neuroscience2 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 Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  4. 4 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  6. 6 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 5 works
  7. 7 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 5 works
  8. 8 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 5 works
  9. 9 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 5 works
  10. 10 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 4 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Discovery Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% 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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