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Illumina (United States)

In research, Illumina (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,666 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,881 of 3,579 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,279 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Genetics is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,728
of 28,054 · #6,187 all time
Rank in United States
#1,456
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
43.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Illumina (United States) 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 #4,666 of 7,800 20.1%72 #2700
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,881 of 3,579 19.8%62 #1607
Health SciencesDomain #10,279 of 11,982 17.2%63 #13530
Physical SciencesDomain #12,715 of 12,888 3.4%68 #11504

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Illumina (United States) 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#2,700 #4,666
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,607 #2,881
  3. Health Sciences#13,530 #10,279
  4. Physical Sciences#11,504 #12,715
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 Illumina (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 20.2 works10×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 62.2 works4.8×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.83× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.96× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.92× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Illumina (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Marina Bibikova, Shujun Luo and Gary P. Schroth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Illumina (United States).

  1. 1 Marina Bibikova United States · #91,800 worldwide 200 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Shujun Luo United States · #145,670 worldwide 610 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Gary P. Schroth United States · #146,010 worldwide 667 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Jian‐Bing Fan United States · #339,055 worldwide 103 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Yue Zhao United States · #442,759 worldwide 92 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Ryan J. Taft United States · #643,725 worldwide 89 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Traci Pawlowski United States · #714,478 worldwide 67 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Illumina (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Illumina (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Cell-Free DNA, Genomic Instability, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures, Genetic Variants, Clinical Genomics and Sequence Interpretation.

▲ 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. Targeted Therapy18▲ 34×3 topics
  2. Cell-Free DNA18▲ 75×2 topics
  3. Genomic Instability15▲ 55×2 topics
  4. Cancer Genomics14▲ 80×1 topic
  5. Mutational Signatures14▲ 80×1 topic
  6. Machine Learning10▲ 1.29×23 topics
  7. Genetic Variants8▲ 20×4 topics
  8. Clinical Genomics8▲ 99×1 topic
  9. Sequence Interpretation8▲ 99×1 topic
  10. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 7.5×4 topics
  11. Precision Medicine8▲ 7.1×7 topics
  12. Gene Expression8▲ 5.1×10 topics
  13. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.4×9 topics
  14. Immune Checkpoint Blockade7▲ 25×1 topic
  15. PD-1 and PD-L17▲ 25×1 topic
  16. Cancer Risk6▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Genetic Testing6▲ 21×3 topics
  18. Adaptive Control6▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Model Reference5▲ 1023×1 topic
  20. Robust Fixed Point Transformations5▲ 1023×1 topic
  21. Breast Cancer5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  22. Simulation5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  23. Efficiency5▲ 6.2×4 topics
  24. Cancer Incidence4▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Supply Chain4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  27. Genomic Sequencing4▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Logistics4▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Ovarian Cancer4▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Cost-effectiveness Analysis4▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Economic Evaluation4▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Health Utility Measures4▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Transport4▲ 50×2 topics
  34. Aneuploidy Screening4▲ 59×1 topic
  35. BRCA14▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Digitalization4▲ 8.0×1 topic
  37. Genomic Profiling4▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Human Resource4▲ 70×1 topic
  39. Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing4▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Population-Based Study4▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Illumina (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genomics and Rare Diseases, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Aerospace Engineering and Applications.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…14Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 14 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 7 fractional worksAerospace Engineering and Applications: 5 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 4 fractional worksTransport and Logistics Innovations: 4 fractional worksEconomic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional works
Cancer ResearchGeneticsOncologyControl and Systems Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 14 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 8 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 7 works
  4. 4 Aerospace Engineering and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  7. 7 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 4 works
  8. 8 Transport and Logistics Innovations Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available52.0%not open48.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.2%domestic only71.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Illumina (United States)'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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