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Foundation for the National Institutes of Health

In research, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health stands highest in Medicine (#8,512 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,696 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,546
of 28,054 · #16,421 all time
Rank in United States
#2,041
of 4,192
Research works
283
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
71.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Foundation for the National Institutes of Health 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
MedicineField #8,512 of 17,978 23.0%127
Health SciencesDomain #10,696 of 20,462 24.3%141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Foundation for the National Institutes of Health 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: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.26× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.55× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.45× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Foundation for the National Institutes of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Cancer Therapy, Inflammation, Cancer, Biomarkers, Innate Immunity and Neurodegeneration.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.8×41 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 3.1×24 topics
  3. Cancer5▲ 4.0×13 topics
  4. Immunotherapy4▲ 7.4×11 topics
  5. Machine Learning4▲ 1.53×11 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy4▲ 8.1×7 topics
  7. Public Health4▲ 3.2×14 topics
  8. Biomarkers4▲ 6.2×9 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 3.5×17 topics
  10. Innate Immunity3▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Neurodegeneration3▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Genetics3▲ 5.0×10 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  14. Metastasis3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  15. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.3×8 topics
  16. Targeted Therapy2▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Genomic Instability2▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Glycemic Control2▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Precision Medicine2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  20. Diabetes2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  21. Gene Expression2▲ 4.1×7 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.7×9 topics
  23. Cancer Genomics2▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Mutational Signatures2▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Proteasome Inhibitors2▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Traumatic Brain Injury2▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Molecular Classification2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Proteasome2▲ 61×1 topic
  29. Ubiquitin2▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Vector Control2▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Calcium Modulated Proteins2▲ 104×1 topic
  32. Cancer Biomarkers2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Insulin Therapy2▲ 17×3 topics
  34. S100 Proteins2▲ 104×1 topic
  35. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  37. Microbiota2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  38. Molecular Docking2▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Virtual Screening2▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Epigenetic Regulation1▲ 7.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Foundation for the National Institutes of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways, S100 Proteins and Annexins and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…2Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome…2Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways: 2 fractional worksS100 Proteins and Annexins2S100 Proteins and Annexins: 2 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…2Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 1 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 1 fractional worksEffects of Environmental…1Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyComputational Theory and MathematicsGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  2. 2 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 S100 Proteins and Annexins Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 1 works
  10. 10 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.9%domestic only77.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Foundation for the National Institutes of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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