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European Bioinformatics Institute

In research, European Bioinformatics Institute stands highest in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#146 of 3,579 worldwide), Life Sciences (#477 of 7,800 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#192 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Genetics — Molecular Biology is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,274
of 28,054 · #1,106 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#51
of 1,094
Research works
2.4k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
326k
138.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is European Bioinformatics 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
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #146 of 3,579 39.5%182 #163
Life SciencesDomain #477 of 7,800 38.5%206 #384
Molecular BiologySubfield #192 of 2,175 39.8%123 #95
Physical SciencesDomain #4,139 of 12,888 36.7%62 #3163

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where European Bioinformatics 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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#163 #146
  2. Life Sciences#384 #477
  3. Molecular Biology#95 #192
  4. Physical Sciences#3,163 #4,139
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 European Bioinformatics Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 123.3 works12×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 181.5 works10×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 26.0 works9.4×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10.23× its world share, 182 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.72× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 2.09× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.35× its world share, 11 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 10.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at European Bioinformatics Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Janet M. Thornton, Paul Flicek and Ewan Birney lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Bioinformatics Institute.

  1. 1 Janet M. Thornton United Kingdom · #2,225 worldwide 3.1k citations · 78 works
  2. 2 Paul Flicek United Kingdom · #4,175 worldwide 3.6k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Ewan Birney United Kingdom · #7,610 worldwide 3k citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Oliver Stegle United Kingdom · #8,327 worldwide 992 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 ROBERT FINN United Kingdom · #16,235 worldwide 1.7k citations · 293 works
  6. 6 Rolf Apweiler United Kingdom · #16,308 worldwide 796 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Henning Hermjakob United Kingdom · #28,728 worldwide 513 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Alvis Brāzma United Kingdom · #28,795 worldwide 660 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Fiona Cunningham United Kingdom · #34,199 worldwide 1.3k citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Sameer Velankar United Kingdom · #34,535 worldwide 1.6k citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at European Bioinformatics Institute

Which keywords describe research at European Bioinformatics Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Bioinformatics, RNA-Seq, Data Integration, Gene Expression, Phylogenetic Analysis, Machine Learning, Genomics and Quality Assessment.

▲ 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. Machine Learning27▲ 2.5×20 topics
  2. Bioinformatics24▲ 65×4 topics
  3. RNA-Seq21▲ 58×2 topics
  4. Data Integration20▲ 36×4 topics
  5. Gene Expression18▲ 8.7×13 topics
  6. Phylogenetic Analysis17▲ 17×11 topics
  7. Functional Genomics15▲ 56×2 topics
  8. Genomics15▲ 15×9 topics
  9. Quality Assessment15▲ 24×2 topics
  10. genome annotation15▲ 69×1 topic
  11. sequence alignment15▲ 69×1 topic
  12. Semantic Web13▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Image Processing13▲ 8.7×6 topics
  14. Protein12▲ 31×3 topics
  15. Prediction12▲ 49×2 topics
  16. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis12▲ 104×1 topic
  17. Protein-Protein Interaction Networks12▲ 104×1 topic
  18. Big Data12▲ 4.0×9 topics
  19. Proteomics12▲ 57×3 topics
  20. Biomedical Ontologies12▲ 137×1 topic
  21. Knowledge Management12▲ 6.2×2 topics
  22. Text Mining12▲ 26×1 topic
  23. Mass Spectrometry11▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Cancer Therapy11▲ 5.8×11 topics
  25. Molecular Dynamics10▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Ecology10▲ 19×6 topics
  27. Capacity Building10▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Training10▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Curriculum10▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Undergraduate10▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Data Analysis9▲ 9.9×4 topics
  32. Enzyme Catalysis9▲ 66×2 topics
  33. Quantitative Analysis9▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Microscopy9▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Force Field9▲ 78×1 topic
  36. Structure9▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Cellular Imaging8▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Bioimage Analysis8▲ 69×1 topic
  39. High-Content Screening8▲ 69×1 topic
  40. Pharmacokinetics8▲ 9.5×4 topics

Which research topics does European Bioinformatics Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks, Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies and Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research.

Genomics and Phylogeneti…15Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 15 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genom…12Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 12 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…12Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 12 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics…10Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 10 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 9 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 8 fractional worksResearch Data Management…8Research Data Management Practices: 8 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 8 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases7Genomics and Rare Diseases: 7 fractional works
Molecular BiologyBiophysicsInformation SystemsInformation Systems and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 15 works
  2. 2 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 12 works
  3. 3 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 12 works
  4. 4 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 10 works
  5. 5 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 9 works
  6. 6 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 8 works
  7. 7 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 8 works
  8. 8 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 8 works
  9. 9 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 8 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 7 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 available73.4%not open26.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.0%domestic only52.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has European Bioinformatics Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower 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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