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Earlham Institute

In research, Earlham Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,142 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 7.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,936
of 22,385 · #5,598 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#508
of 862
Research works
332
▼ 24% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
36.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Earlham Institute

What is Earlham Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #1,142 of 11,023 20.0%193

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Earlham 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 fields of science does Earlham Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Earlham Institute is in Life Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (41%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (23%), Medicine (9%). It does 4.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 62 fractional works · 69.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 40.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 23.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 8.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 21 fractional works · 23.3% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 9.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEarlham Institute90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences69%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences6%

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 Biology3640.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2123.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology44.2%
    4. Neuroscience11.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Environmental Science77.6%
    2. Computer Science33.5%
    3. Engineering11.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    5. Energy00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine89.2%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences21.7%
    2. Decision Sciences11.5%
    3. Psychology11.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Earlham Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 21.3 works7.9×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 36.3 works7.6×
← 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: 4.90× its world share, 21 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.61× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.13× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.53× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 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, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.61×36 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.90×21 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology4.13×4 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.57×1 works
  5. Environmental Science1.53×7 works
  6. Nursing1.16×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.77×1 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.57×0 works
  9. Medicine0.48×8 works
  10. Computer Science0.45×3 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  12. Psychology0.42×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×1 works
  14. Energy0.34×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.24×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.23×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.13×2 works
  22. Engineering0.08×1 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Earlham Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Federica Di Palma, Iain C. Macaulay and David Swarbreck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Earlham Institute.

  1. 1 Federica Di Palma United Kingdom · #17,020 worldwide 39k citations · 149 works
  2. 2 Iain C. Macaulay United Kingdom · #35,881 worldwide 13k citations · 147 works
  3. 3 David Swarbreck United Kingdom · #47,687 worldwide 19k citations · 172 works
  4. 4 Richard M. Leggett United Kingdom · #85,578 worldwide 6.4k citations · 93 works
  5. 5 Anthony J W Hall United Kingdom · #96,196 worldwide 14k citations · 265 works
  6. 6 Matthew D. Clark United Kingdom · #106,250 worldwide 16k citations · 127 works
  7. 7 Nicola J. Patron United Kingdom · #112,959 worldwide 7.9k citations · 129 works
  8. 8 Darren Heavens United Kingdom · #152,405 worldwide 11k citations · 110 works
  9. 9 Gemy Kaithakottil United Kingdom · #156,190 worldwide 6.3k citations · 77 works
  10. 10 Christian Schudoma United Kingdom · #169,792 worldwide 3k citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Earlham Institute

What are the most cited papers from Earlham Institute?

The most cited paper from Earlham Institute is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome" (5,261) and "The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible and collaborative biomedical analyses: 2018 update" (4,017).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 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
2 The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome Kerstin Howe et al. · Nature Open access177 authors 16 Apr 2013 5,261
3 The Galaxy platform for accessible, reproducible and collaborative biomedical analyses: 2018 update Enis Afgan, Dannon Baker, Bérénice Batut et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 3 May 2018 4,017
4 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
5 Shifting the limits in wheat research and breeding using a fully annotated reference genome R. Appels et al. · Science Open access201 authors 17 Aug 2018 3,439
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Earlham Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Phylogenetic Analysis, Gene Expression, RNA-Seq, Genetics, Genetic Diversity, Biogeography, Ecology and Population Genetics.

▲ 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. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 26×8 topics
  2. Gene Expression6▲ 12×13 topics
  3. Epidemiology5▲ 1.50×23 topics
  4. RNA-Seq5▲ 49×2 topics
  5. Genetics5▲ 7.8×8 topics
  6. Genetic Diversity5▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Biogeography4▲ 17×9 topics
  8. Ecology4▲ 25×5 topics
  9. Population Genetics4▲ 31×4 topics
  10. Phylogeny4▲ 25×7 topics
  11. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 30×3 topics
  12. genome annotation4▲ 59×1 topic
  13. sequence alignment4▲ 59×1 topic
  14. Evolution3▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Genomics3▲ 13×7 topics
  16. Genome Sequencing3▲ 24×6 topics
  17. Gut Microbiota3▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Microbial Communities3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  19. Adaptive Evolution3▲ 64×2 topics
  20. Metabolic Health3▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Inflammatory Diseases3▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Population Dynamics3▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Crop Improvement3▲ 63×2 topics
  25. Genomic Diversity3▲ 86×2 topics
  26. Molecular Markers3▲ 82×2 topics
  27. QTL Mapping3▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Metagenomic Analysis3▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Short-Chain Fatty Acids3▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Genetic Structure3▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Microbiome3▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Microsatellite Analysis3▲ 99×1 topic
  33. Data Integration2▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Endophytic Fungi2▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Host Specificity2▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Bioinformatics2▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Data Sharing2▲ 73×1 topic
  38. Pattern Recognition Receptors2▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Scientific Data Management2▲ 88×1 topic
  40. Taxonomy2▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Earlham Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Gut microbiota and health, Genetic diversity and population structure and Research Data Management Practices.

Genomics and Phylogeneti…4Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 4 fractional worksGut microbiota and health3Gut microbiota and health: 3 fractional worksGenetic diversity and po…3Genetic diversity and population structure: 3 fractional worksResearch Data Management…2Research Data Management Practices: 2 fractional worksWheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…2Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …2Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 2 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…2Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 2 fractional worksBotany, Ecology, and Tax…1Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyGeneticsInformation SystemsPlant Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 4 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Genetic diversity and population structure Genetics 3 works
  4. 4 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 2 works
  5. 5 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 2 works
  6. 6 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 2 works
  10. 10 Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies Plant Science 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 available73.9%not open26.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.7%domestic only62.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Earlham Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Earlham Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00026% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Earlham Institute0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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