Question 1

What is Estonian Biocentre known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Estonian Biocentre stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,796 of 11,023 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,274 of 5,801 worldwide), over all time.

Question 2

How does Estonian Biocentre rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Estonian Biocentre ranks #20,253 of 34,923 institutions worldwide on research quality over all time, and #10 of 21 in Estonia.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Estonian Biocentre?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Toomas Kivisild, Ene Metspalu and Richard Villems lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Estonian Biocentre.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Estonian Biocentre?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Estonian Biocentre is "Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci" (Stephan Ripke et al., 2014), with 8,181 citations. Next come "Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index" (2,999) and "Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for height and body mass index in ∼700000 individuals of European ancestry" (2,612).

Question 5

Which research topics does Estonian Biocentre publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Forensic and Genetic Research, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Gut microbiota and health and Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Estonian Biocentre?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Ancient DNA, Population Genetics, Genetic Variation, Genomic Analysis, Human Evolution, Gene Expression, Forensic Genetics and Population History.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Estonian Biocentre work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Estonian Biocentre is in Life Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (44%), Medicine (25%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Question 8

Is Estonian Biocentre's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.