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Down Syndrome Research Foundation

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Research works
20
fractional, all time
Citations
444
22.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Down Syndrome Research Foundation

Not ranked overall: Down Syndrome Research Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Down Syndrome Research Foundation work in?

In all years, 30% of research at Down Syndrome Research Foundation is in Life Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Neuroscience (25%), Medicine (21%), Psychology (20%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 6 fractional works · 29.7% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 25.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 22.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 28.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 21.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 21.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 20.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 9.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 20.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 12.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKDown SyndromeResearch…20fractional works, all years
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences22%

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 4 domains and 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience525.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.8%
    1. Medicine421.0%
    2. Health Professions17.4%
    1. Psychology420.3%
    2. Social Sciences00.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Computer Science212.3%
    2. Engineering14.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy01.7%
    4. Mathematics01.3%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
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: 6.51× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 4.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePhysics and Astronomy: 7.81× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksMedicinePsychology: 2.61× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.81×0 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.51×1 works
  3. Neuroscience4.28×0 works
  4. Psychology2.61×0 works
  5. Medicine1.33×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.59×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Down Syndrome Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from Down Syndrome Research Foundation is "Neonatal pain-related stress, functional cortical activity and visual-perceptual abilities in school-age children born at extremely low gestational age" (Sam M. Doesburg, Cecil M. Y. Chau, Teresa Cheung et al., 2013), with 280 citations. Next come "Music training leads to the development of timbre-specific gamma band activity" (171) and "Joint stiffness and gait pattern evaluation in children with Down syndrome" (155).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Neonatal pain-related stress, functional cortical activity and visual-perceptual abilities in school-age children born at extremely low gestational age Sam M. Doesburg, Cecil M. Y. Chau, Teresa Cheung et al. · Pain Open access 9 Apr 2013 280
2 Music training leads to the development of timbre-specific gamma band activity Antoine J. Shahin, Larry E. Roberts, Wilkin Chau et al. · NeuroImage Open access 22 Feb 2008 171
3 Joint stiffness and gait pattern evaluation in children with Down syndrome Manuela Galli, Chiara Rigoldi, Reinald Brunner et al. · Gait & Posture 4 May 2008 155
4 Stiffness and postural stability in adults with Down syndrome A. Webber, Naznin Virji‐Babul, Roderick Edwards et al. · Experimental Brain Research 24 Mar 2004 88
5 Perceptual-motor deficits in children with Down syndrome: Implications for intervention Naznin Virji‐Babul, Kimberly A. Kerns, Eric S. Zhou et al. · Down Syndrome Research and Practice Open access 2006 81
All 52 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Down Syndrome Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Down syndrome and intellectual disability research, Origins and Evolution of Life and Fractal and DNA sequence analysis.

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 0 fractional worksDown syndrome and intellectual disability research: 0 fractional worksOrigins and Evolution of Life: 0 fractional worksFractal and DNA sequence analysis: 0 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 0 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksWilliams Syndrome Research: 0 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 0 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthAstronomy and AstrophysicsClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 0 works
  2. 2 Down syndrome and intellectual disability research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  3. 3 Origins and Evolution of Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  4. 4 Fractal and DNA sequence analysis Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  7. 7 Williams Syndrome Research Developmental Neuroscience 0 works
  8. 8 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  9. 9 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Sociology and Political Science 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 available17.7%not open82.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Down Syndrome Research Foundation's research output changed?

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Down Syndrome Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000035% in 2023.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Down Syndrome Research Foundation0.0000068% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Down Syndrome Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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