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Genentech

In research, Genentech stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,101 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#3,042 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,066 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#3,066
of 42,892
Rank in ??
#18
of 1,041
Research works
426
▼ 98% vs 2013–17
Citations
75k
175.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Genentech 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 #1,101 of 14,347 50.5%226
MedicineField #3,042 of 17,978 47.9%146
Health SciencesDomain #4,066 of 20,462 47.5%152
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,961 of 7,814 50.1%157

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Genentech 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.87× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 16.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13.96× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 3.94× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 16.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Genentech?

Ranked on the composite score, C. Andrew Boswell and Joshua S. Kaminker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Genentech.

  1. 1 C. Andrew Boswell ?? · #729,986 worldwide 49 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Joshua S. Kaminker ?? · #1,327,397 worldwide 74 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Genentech

Which keywords describe research at Genentech?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monoclonal Antibodies, Glycosylation, Therapeutic Antibodies, Cancer, Inflammation, Antibody Engineering, Fc Receptors and Biopharmaceuticals.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Monoclonal Antibodies46▲ 75×3 topics
  2. Glycosylation44▲ 47×3 topics
  3. Therapeutic Antibodies43▲ 78×2 topics
  4. Inflammation42▲ 4.2×46 topics
  5. Cancer42▲ 7.0×33 topics
  6. Antibody Engineering24▲ 57×1 topic
  7. Fc Receptors24▲ 57×1 topic
  8. Biopharmaceuticals23▲ 78×3 topics
  9. Immunogenicity21▲ 97×2 topics
  10. Cancer Therapy21▲ 7.9×13 topics
  11. Recombinant Proteins20▲ 86×2 topics
  12. Angiogenesis19▲ 11×13 topics
  13. Monoclonal Antibody19▲ 64×2 topics
  14. Protein Aggregation18▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Chromatography18▲ 149×1 topic
  16. Stability18▲ 22×1 topic
  17. Cell Signaling14▲ 9.8×8 topics
  18. Cell Culture14▲ 30×3 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 9.2×7 topics
  20. Biopharmaceutical Production13▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Mammalian Cells13▲ 77×1 topic
  22. Recombinant Protein13▲ 77×1 topic
  23. Immune Response12▲ 4.6×15 topics
  24. Receptor tyrosine kinases12▲ 62×2 topics
  25. Immunity10▲ 6.9×6 topics
  26. Metabolism10▲ 3.6×14 topics
  27. Immune System10▲ 6.8×3 topics
  28. Apoptosis9▲ 5.5×10 topics
  29. Gene Therapy9▲ 8.3×5 topics
  30. Extracellular Matrix9▲ 8.9×7 topics
  31. Innate Immunity9▲ 6.2×7 topics
  32. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor8▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Toll-like Receptors8▲ 12×4 topics
  34. TGF-ß8▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Signaling8▲ 16×4 topics
  36. Pattern Recognition Receptors8▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Cancer Progression8▲ 8.0×7 topics
  38. Cancer Immunotherapy8▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Autoimmunity7▲ 8.4×4 topics
  40. Therapeutics7▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Genentech publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways, Protein purification and stability, CAR-T cell therapy research and Hemophilia Treatment and Research.

IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways: 1 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 1 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and…1Hemophilia Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…0Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksPharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 0 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 0 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 0 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 0 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 0 fractional works
ImmunologyMolecular BiologyOncologyHematology5 others

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

  1. 1 IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways Immunology 1 works
  2. 2 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 1 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 1 works
  5. 5 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  6. 6 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 0 works
  7. 7 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 0 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 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 available34.1%not open65.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.3%domestic only87.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Genentech's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% 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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