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Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research

In research, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#710 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#793 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,492 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Immunology and Microbiology and Molecular Biology — Immunology is 12.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,943
of 28,054 · #1,008 all time
Rank in United States
#297
of 4,192
Research works
4.5k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
274k
60.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research 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
Life SciencesDomain #710 of 7,800 28.7%283 #321
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #793 of 3,579 30.4%203 #529
MedicineField #2,492 of 10,443 24.9%188 #1246
Molecular BiologySubfield #564 of 2,175 31.3%146 #364
Health SciencesDomain #3,531 of 11,982 25.1%192 #1659
Physical SciencesDomain #6,141 of 12,888 28.3%68 #4790
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #384 of 682 24.1%64 #164

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer 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).

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. Life Sciences#321 #710
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#529 #793
  3. Medicine#1,246 #2,492
  4. Molecular Biology#364 #564
  5. Health Sciences#1,659 #3,531
  6. Physical Sciences#4,790 #6,141
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#164 #384
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 Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 45.7 works12×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 63.6 works12×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 146.1 works8.8×
  4. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 30.3 works8.1×
  5. OncologySubfield · 43.1 works7.0×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.92× its world share, 202 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 11.52× its world share, 64 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.91× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.79× its world share, 188 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research?

Ranked on the composite score, David Newman, William L. Farrar and Mary Carrington lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.

  1. 1 David Newman United States · #2,375 worldwide 1.8k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 William L. Farrar United States · #50,750 worldwide 337 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Mary Carrington United States · #84,933 worldwide 442 citations · 80 works
  4. 4 George N. Pavlakis United States · #100,769 worldwide 228 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Tomozumi Imamichi United States · #110,308 worldwide 802 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Denise Whitby United States · #135,367 worldwide 233 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Brandon F. Keele United States · #135,955 worldwide 181 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Daniel W. McVicar United States · #151,090 worldwide 131 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Maria Miller United States · #162,628 worldwide 238 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Peter F. Johnson United States · #168,569 worldwide 241 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research

Which keywords describe research at Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Therapy, Immune Response, Vaccine, Cancer, Immunotherapy, Antiretroviral Therapy, Immunity and Innate Immunity.

▲ 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. Cancer Therapy38▲ 12×18 topics
  2. Cancer35▲ 4.8×43 topics
  3. Immune Response35▲ 11×19 topics
  4. Epidemiology34▲ 1.55×72 topics
  5. Vaccine33▲ 15×10 topics
  6. Immunotherapy26▲ 6.6×18 topics
  7. Inflammation24▲ 2.1×60 topics
  8. Antiretroviral Therapy23▲ 26×6 topics
  9. Immunity23▲ 10×9 topics
  10. Nanoparticles20▲ 2.9×16 topics
  11. Innate Immunity18▲ 10×11 topics
  12. Mutation17▲ 17×5 topics
  13. Cancer Immunotherapy17▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Transcriptional Regulation16▲ 18×9 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment15▲ 6.3×8 topics
  16. Immune Activation15▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Chemotherapy15▲ 3.9×21 topics
  18. Antibodies15▲ 49×2 topics
  19. Gene Therapy15▲ 14×4 topics
  20. SARS-CoV-214▲ 8.1×6 topics
  21. HIV14▲ 31×4 topics
  22. AIDS14▲ 99×1 topic
  23. neurocognitive disorders14▲ 99×1 topic
  24. Gene Expression13▲ 4.0×16 topics
  25. ACE2 Receptor12▲ 9.3×3 topics
  26. Targeted Therapy12▲ 10×5 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations12▲ 5.2×17 topics
  28. Antigen Presentation12▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Oncogenic Mutations12▲ 86×2 topics
  30. Medicinal Chemistry12▲ 7.7×9 topics
  31. Apoptosis12▲ 6.9×16 topics
  32. Drug Resistance11▲ 7.4×6 topics
  33. Cell Migration11▲ 44×3 topics
  34. Viral Transmission11▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Cancer Progression10▲ 10×8 topics
  36. Coronavirus10▲ 8.8×2 topics
  37. Genomic Instability10▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Glycosylation10▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Tumor Regression10▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Natural Killer Cells9▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV Research and Treatment, Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling.

HIV Research and Treatment14HIV Research and Treatment: 14 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…9Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 9 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 9 fractional worksProtein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling: 9 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 9 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 8 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 8 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…7Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 7 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 6 fractional works
VirologyImmunologyMolecular BiologyInfectious Diseases2 others

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

  1. 1 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 14 works
  2. 2 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 9 works
  3. 3 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 9 works
  4. 4 Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling Molecular Biology 9 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 9 works
  6. 6 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 8 works
  7. 7 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 8 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 7 works
  9. 9 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 7 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 6 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher 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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