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Gladstone Institutes

In research, Gladstone Institutes stands highest in Life Sciences (#890 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,072 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#837 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Immunology and Microbiology — Molecular Biology is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,419
of 28,054 · #1,058 all time
Rank in United States
#370
of 4,192
Research works
1.6k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
193k
119.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
34.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Gladstone Institutes 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 #890 of 7,800 35.2%133 #340
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,072 of 3,579 35.1%90 #439
Molecular BiologySubfield #837 of 2,175 35.6%66 #371
MedicineField #5,072 of 10,443 33.6%64 #1085
Health SciencesDomain #6,627 of 11,982 32.6%67 #1441

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gladstone Institutes 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#340 #890
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#439 #1,072
  3. Molecular Biology#371 #837
  4. Medicine#1,085 #5,072
  5. Health Sciences#1,441 #6,627
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 Gladstone Institutes specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 66.2 works9.9×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 20.0 works9.0×
← 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: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.70× its world share, 90 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.03× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.71× its world share, 17 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gladstone Institutes?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert W. Mahley, Katherine S. Pollard and Warner C. Greene lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gladstone Institutes.

  1. 1 Robert W. Mahley United States · #6,152 worldwide 1.5k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Katherine S. Pollard United States · #18,091 worldwide 624 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Warner C. Greene United States · #33,603 worldwide 438 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Karl H. Weisgraber United States · #38,329 worldwide 749 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Mélanie Ott United States · #45,296 worldwide 677 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Israel Charo United States · #53,415 worldwide 363 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Ken Nakamura United States · #53,558 worldwide 312 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Robert V. Farese United States · #59,269 worldwide 456 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Steven Finkbeiner United States · #79,094 worldwide 454 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Alexander R. Pico United States · #102,449 worldwide 277 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Gladstone Institutes

Which keywords describe research at Gladstone Institutes?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Gene Expression, Vaccine, Neuroinflammation, Innate Immunity, Oxidative Stress, Immune Response and RNA-Seq.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress13▲ 3.5×25 topics
  2. Neurodegeneration12▲ 19×8 topics
  3. Epidemiology12▲ 1.39×45 topics
  4. Gene Expression12▲ 8.9×15 topics
  5. Vaccine11▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Inflammation11▲ 2.4×44 topics
  7. Neuroinflammation10▲ 15×5 topics
  8. Innate Immunity9▲ 13×10 topics
  9. Immune Response9▲ 6.8×15 topics
  10. Cancer8▲ 2.7×28 topics
  11. Genome Engineering8▲ 57×1 topic
  12. RNA-Guided8▲ 57×1 topic
  13. RNA-Seq8▲ 33×2 topics
  14. Transcriptional Regulation8▲ 22×8 topics
  15. Data Integration7▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Immunity7▲ 7.4×6 topics
  17. Brain Development6▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Single-Cell6▲ 62×1 topic
  19. Transcriptomics6▲ 62×1 topic
  20. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy6▲ 4.4×14 topics
  22. SARS-CoV-25▲ 7.5×4 topics
  23. Coronavirus5▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Therapeutic Strategies5▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Amyloid Hypothesis5▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Cytokines5▲ 8.3×6 topics
  28. Tau Pathology5▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Pluripotent Stem Cells5▲ 42×2 topics
  30. Differentiation5▲ 35×2 topics
  31. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 8.6×2 topics
  32. Gene Regulation5▲ 23×4 topics
  33. Autoimmunity4▲ 14×5 topics
  34. Embryonic Stem Cells4▲ 45×2 topics
  35. Microglia4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells4▲ 71×1 topic
  37. Ischemic Stroke4▲ 12×2 topics
  38. NK Cell Recognition4▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Natural Killer Cells4▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Reprogramming4▲ 71×1 topic

Which research topics does Gladstone Institutes publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

CRISPR and Genetic Engin…8CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 8 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …6Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 6 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 5 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 4 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells Research: 4 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…4CAR-T cell therapy research: 4 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 4 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …4SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPhysiologyImmunologyNeurology3 others

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

  1. 1 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 8 works
  2. 2 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 5 works
  4. 4 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 4 works
  5. 5 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 4 works
  7. 7 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 4 works
  8. 8 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 4 works
  9. 9 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 4 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 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 available68.6%not open31.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.1%domestic only75.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gladstone Institutes's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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