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Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation

In research, Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,942 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics (Genetics is 17.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,715
of 22,385 · #5,933 all time
Rank in United States
#1,320
of 3,332
Research works
424
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
28.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation

What is Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation 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 #1,942 of 6,403 7.8%76 #1647

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dr. John T. Macdonald 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation is in Life Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (38%), Medicine (35%), Neuroscience (10%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 87 fractional works · 50.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 66 fractional works · 38.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 19.3% of its workGenetics: 25 fractional works · 14.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 17 fractional works · 10.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 64 fractional works · 37.2% of its workMedicine: 60 fractional works · 35.0% of its workPhysiology: 13 fractional works · 7.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDr. John T.Macdonald…172fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences50%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences2%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6638.1%
    2. Neuroscience1710.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology31.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine6035.0%
    2. Health Professions21.0%
    3. Dentistry20.9%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    1. Engineering74.1%
    2. Materials Science53.2%
    3. Environmental Science21.1%
    4. Energy10.8%
    5. Chemistry10.7%
    6. Computer Science10.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Psychology21.1%
    2. Social Sciences10.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 17.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 25.1 works18×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.15× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.13× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.82× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.15×66 works
  2. Neuroscience6.13×17 works
  3. Dentistry1.92×2 works
  4. Medicine1.82×60 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.66×3 works
  6. Energy0.91×1 works
  7. Materials Science0.91×6 works
  8. Nursing0.63×0 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.46×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.45×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.38×2 works
  12. Psychology0.36×2 works
  13. Engineering0.27×7 works
  14. Environmental Science0.21×2 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.04×1 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Tianjie Gu and Jessica Ordóñez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation.

  1. 1 Tianjie Gu United States · #2,898,217 worldwide 26 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Jessica Ordóñez United States · #3,458,061 worldwide 56 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation?

The most cited paper from Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation is "Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease" (European Alzheimer's Disease Initiative (EADI) et al., 2013), with 4,711 citations. Next come "Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing" (3,277) and "Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis" (2,772).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease European Alzheimer's Disease Initiative (EADI) et al. · Nature Genetics ReviewOpen access184 authors 27 Oct 2013 4,711
2 Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing Brian W. Kunkle et al. · Nature Genetics ReviewOpen access469 authors 28 Feb 2019 3,277
3 Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis Stephen J. Sawcer et al. · Nature Open access241 authors Aug 2011 2,772
4 New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias Céline Bellenguez et al. · Nature Genetics Open access1,266 authors Apr 2022 2,608
5 Genetic relationship between five psychiatric disorders estimated from genome-wide SNPs S Hong Lee et al. · Nature Genetics Open access370 authors 11 Aug 2013 2,374
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation, Biomarkers, Gene Expression, Aging, Neuroimaging and Amyloid Hypothesis.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress17▲ 5.9×25 topics
  2. Neurodegeneration16▲ 30×9 topics
  3. Neuroinflammation13▲ 26×6 topics
  4. Biomarkers12▲ 10×10 topics
  5. Gene Expression12▲ 11×10 topics
  6. Aging12▲ 12×14 topics
  7. Neuroimaging11▲ 23×10 topics
  8. Amyloid Hypothesis10▲ 96×1 topic
  9. Tau Pathology10▲ 96×1 topic
  10. Genetic Variation10▲ 26×4 topics
  11. Alzheimer's Disease9▲ 20×7 topics
  12. Cognitive Decline9▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Population Genetics9▲ 37×3 topics
  14. Genome-Wide Association8▲ 63×2 topics
  15. Cognitive Training8▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Caregiver Burden8▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Cancer8▲ 3.4×29 topics
  18. Haplotype Mapping8▲ 132×1 topic
  19. Mendelian Randomization8▲ 132×1 topic
  20. Dementia8▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Mild Cognitive Impairment8▲ 54×1 topic
  22. Inflammation8▲ 2.1×44 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations7▲ 9.5×13 topics
  24. Mitochondrial Dysfunction7▲ 13×8 topics
  25. Genetic Variants6▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Clinical Genomics6▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Sequence Interpretation6▲ 87×1 topic
  28. DNA Methylation5▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Biomaterials5▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Tissue Engineering5▲ 4.8×8 topics
  31. Neurological Disorders5▲ 5.0×15 topics
  32. Epigenetic Reprogramming5▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Hearing Loss5▲ 23×4 topics
  34. Brain Development5▲ 15×5 topics
  35. Cancer Epigenetics4▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Histone Modification4▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Angiogenesis4▲ 7.1×9 topics
  38. Biosensors4▲ 4.8×5 topics
  39. Bone Regeneration4▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Regenerative Medicine4▲ 8.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Alzheimer's disease rese…10Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 10 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 8 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 8 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 6 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 4 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnit…3Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 3 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 3 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 2 fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyGeneticsPsychiatry and Mental healthMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 10 works
  2. 2 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 8 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 6 works
  5. 5 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 2 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 available71.2%not open28.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.1%domestic only68.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation0.00077% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation9.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2014.

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