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Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,856
of 28,054 · #14,271 all time
Rank in Germany
#356
of 1,178
Research works
135
▲ 1105% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
39.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What does Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 26.8 works13×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 33.5 works9.1×
← 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: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.05× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.54× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.23× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Antoine‐Emmanuel Saliba and Chase L. Beisel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research.

  1. 1 Antoine‐Emmanuel Saliba Germany · #169,092 worldwide 259 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Chase L. Beisel Germany · #418,402 worldwide 133 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research

Which keywords describe research at Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Ribosome, Translation, Gene Regulation, Metagenomics, Antibiotic Resistance, Nanoparticles 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.4×32 topics
  2. Ribosome6▲ 153×1 topic
  3. Translation6▲ 48×1 topic
  4. Gene Regulation5▲ 79×4 topics
  5. Nanoparticles5▲ 5.3×7 topics
  6. Cancer4▲ 4.4×15 topics
  7. Metagenomics4▲ 62×2 topics
  8. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 15×7 topics
  9. Genome Engineering4▲ 82×1 topic
  10. Innate Immunity4▲ 16×6 topics
  11. RNA-Guided4▲ 82×1 topic
  12. RNA-Seq3▲ 44×2 topics
  13. Genomics3▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Immune Response3▲ 8.0×14 topics
  15. Viral Infection3▲ 65×2 topics
  16. Heart Failure3▲ 10×5 topics
  17. Therapy3▲ 22×2 topics
  18. Virus3▲ 46×3 topics
  19. Bacteriophage3▲ 87×1 topic
  20. Ecology3▲ 27×1 topic
  21. Evolution3▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Membrane Proteins3▲ 58×2 topics
  23. Microbiome3▲ 31×2 topics
  24. Signal Transduction3▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Pathogenesis3▲ 8.0×11 topics
  26. Bacterial Physiology3▲ 189×1 topic
  27. Cellular Homeostasis3▲ 107×1 topic
  28. RNA Regulation3▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Vaccine3▲ 9.6×9 topics
  30. Cancer Progression3▲ 21×4 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance2▲ 65×1 topic
  32. Myocarditis2▲ 107×1 topic
  33. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Quality Assessment2▲ 18×2 topics
  35. genome annotation2▲ 50×1 topic
  36. sequence alignment2▲ 50×1 topic
  37. ADAR Deaminases2▲ 130×1 topic
  38. RNA Editing2▲ 130×1 topic
  39. RNA methylation2▲ 32×1 topic
  40. m6A-seq2▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Bacteriophages and microbial interactions and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.

RNA and protein synthesi…6RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 6 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional worksBacteriophages and micro…3Bacteriophages and microbial interactions: 3 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and B…3Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 3 fractional worksViral Infections and Immunology Research: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksRNA regulation and disease2RNA regulation and disease: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyEcologyGeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 6 works
  2. 2 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 3 works
  4. 4 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 3 works
  5. 5 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 RNA regulation and disease Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 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 available83.3%not open16.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.2%domestic only54.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1105% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
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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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