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Foundation for Biomedical Research

In research, Foundation for Biomedical Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,184 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#10,553 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,927 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,219
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,899
of 8,685
Research works
410
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
49.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Foundation for Biomedical Research 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 #6,184 of 14,347 29.6%162
MedicineField #10,553 of 17,978 23.5%131
Health SciencesDomain #12,927 of 20,462 22.3%148

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Foundation for Biomedical Research 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).

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: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.60× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.24× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.06× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Foundation for Biomedical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Neurological Disorders, Biomechanics, Bioenergy, Biomass, Sustainability, Behavior Change and Chronic Disease Management.

▲ 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.54×30 topics
  2. Inflammation2▲ 2.7×24 topics
  3. Sustainability2▲ 2.2×9 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  5. Cancer1▲ 2.5×13 topics
  6. Obesity1▲ 4.4×8 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.9×17 topics
  8. Healthcare1▲ 2.8×6 topics
  9. Bioenergy1▲ 54×2 topics
  10. Biomass1▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Biomechanics1▲ 9.6×3 topics
  12. Innovation1▲ 2.8×3 topics
  13. Behavior Change1▲ 19×2 topics
  14. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 14×2 topics
  15. Climate Change1◆ 0.99×7 topics
  16. Outlier Detection1▲ 20×2 topics
  17. Policy1▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Bioeconomy1▲ 171×1 topic
  19. Brain Injury1▲ 90×2 topics
  20. Circular Economy1▲ 8.9×1 topic
  21. Head Impact1▲ 238×1 topic
  22. Mobile Health1▲ 18×1 topic
  23. Multicollinearity1▲ 115×1 topic
  24. Patient Engagement1▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Regression Analysis1▲ 62×1 topic
  26. Traumatic Brain Injury1▲ 28×1 topic
  27. mHealth1▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Foundation for Biomedical Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics, Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development, Advanced Statistical Methods and Models and Mobile Health and mHealth Applications.

Automotive and Human Inj…1Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics: 1 fractional worksBioeconomy and Sustainab…1Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Met…1Advanced Statistical Methods and Models: 1 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealt…1Mobile Health and mHealth Applications: 1 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 0 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…0Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 0 fractional worksCultural Competency in Health Care: 0 fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell research: 0 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Economic Growth: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesStatistics and ProbabilityGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Statistical Methods and Models Statistics and Probability 1 works
  4. 4 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Cultural Competency in Health Care Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  9. 9 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.4%domestic only62.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Foundation for Biomedical Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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