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In research, IndependenceFirst stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,502 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy and Molecular Biology (Physics and Astronomy is 9.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,028
of 22,385 · #24,957 all time
Rank in United States
#1,974
of 3,332
Research works
183
fractional, all time
Citations
3
0.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
100%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
IndependenceFirst

What is IndependenceFirst known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,502 of 10,670 0.2%76 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where IndependenceFirst 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does IndependenceFirst work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at IndependenceFirst is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (27%), Physics and Astronomy (20%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 97 fractional works · 53.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 fractional works · 20.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 20 fractional works · 10.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 9.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 15 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 61 fractional works · 33.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 50 fractional works · 27.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 19.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAging: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 11.1% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKIndependenceFirst183fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences53%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy3720.4%
    2. Engineering179.3%
    3. Chemistry158.4%
    4. Computer Science115.8%
    5. Materials Science95.1%
    6. Environmental Science42.2%
    7. Mathematics21.1%
    8. Energy10.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5027.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology42.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Neuroscience10.4%
    1. Medicine2011.1%
    2. Nursing10.5%
    3. Health Professions10.4%
    1. Social Sciences21.1%
    2. Decision Sciences10.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does IndependenceFirst specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 37.3 works9.2×
  2. Molecular BiologySubfield · 36.3 works6.6×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.12× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.17× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 5.34× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.62× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.46× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.17× its world share, 37 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.17×37 works
  2. Chemistry5.34×15 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.12×50 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.17×4 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.07×1 works
  6. Materials Science1.46×9 works
  7. Nursing1.12×1 works
  8. Mathematics0.93×2 works
  9. Energy0.79×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.75×11 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.75×1 works
  12. Engineering0.62×17 works
  13. Medicine0.58×20 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×5 works
  15. Environmental Science0.44×4 works
  16. Neuroscience0.22×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.14×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.09×2 works

Who are the top researchers at IndependenceFirst?

Ranked on the quality score, Barack Ndenga and Brian Rieckmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IndependenceFirst.

  1. 1 Barack Ndenga United States · #7,460,293 worldwide 0 citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Brian Rieckmann United States · #7,623,240 worldwide 0 citations · 129 works
All ranked researchers at IndependenceFirst

What are the most cited papers from IndependenceFirst?

The most cited paper from IndependenceFirst is "Perceived Versus Actual Physical Accessibility of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities" (Carol Voss, Karen Cesar, Traci Tymus et al., 2002), with 11 citations. Next come "A Rigorous Modular-Time Coordinate in the Weyl-Coherent Rindler Sector" (0) and "BioEnzyme Designer: A Python CLI Tool for Computational Enzyme Engineering via ML-Based Catalytic Efficiency Prediction and Optimized Mutation Scoring" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Perceived Versus Actual Physical Accessibility of Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities Carol Voss, Karen Cesar, Traci Tymus et al. · Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 2002 11
2 A Rigorous Modular-Time Coordinate in the Weyl-Coherent Rindler Sector Arşen Kaan, Arşen Kaan · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) PreprintOpen access Sep 2026 0
3 BioEnzyme Designer: A Python CLI Tool for Computational Enzyme Engineering via ML-Based Catalytic Efficiency Prediction and Optimized Mutation Scoring Barack Ndenga, Maarouf Maman Moussa Maman · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) Open access 27 Jul 2026 0
4 Quantum OS v5 A Hybrid Quantum-Classical Computational Operating Environment for Real-Time Quantum State Inference and Dynamical Reconstruction Barack Ndenga · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) Open access 28 May 2026 0
5 Quantum Trajectory Reconstruction via Weak Measurement and Probabilistic Inference Barack Ndenga · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) Open access 6 May 2026 0
All 48 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at IndependenceFirst?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molecular Dynamics, Nucleic Acids, DNA Structure, G-Quadruplexes, Entanglement, Hydrogen Bonding, Nonlinear Dynamics and Biosensors.

▲ 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-now 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. Molecular Dynamics17▲ 53×5 topics
  2. Nucleic Acids12▲ 218×2 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress10▲ 3.3×10 topics
  4. DNA Structure9▲ 235×1 topic
  5. G-Quadruplexes9▲ 235×1 topic
  6. Entanglement8▲ 30×4 topics
  7. Hydrogen Bonding8▲ 53×2 topics
  8. Nanoparticles8▲ 3.5×4 topics
  9. Nonlinear Dynamics8▲ 20×3 topics
  10. Biosensors8▲ 8.5×2 topics
  11. Aging7▲ 7.3×6 topics
  12. Self-Organization7▲ 125×2 topics
  13. Carbon Nanotubes7▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Quantum Information7▲ 33×2 topics
  15. Quantum Mechanics7▲ 39×3 topics
  16. DNA nanotechnology6▲ 28×1 topic
  17. Self-Assembly6▲ 10×1 topic
  18. Supramolecular Chemistry6▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Nanofluidics6▲ 145×1 topic
  20. Nanopores6▲ 33×1 topic
  21. Fractal Analysis5▲ 117×2 topics
  22. Metabolism5▲ 5.2×3 topics
  23. Bell Inequality5▲ 70×1 topic
  24. Computational Chemistry5▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Decoherence5▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Information Theory5▲ 127×1 topic
  27. Longevity5▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Meta-Structures5▲ 1675×1 topic
  29. Molecular Crystals5▲ 131×1 topic
  30. Noncovalent Interactions5▲ 131×1 topic
  31. Stem Cells4▲ 8.8×2 topics
  32. Adaptation4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  33. Aromaticity4▲ 129×1 topic
  34. Chirality4▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Cholesterol4▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Density Functional Theory4▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Emergy Analysis4▲ 338×1 topic
  38. Gene Therapy4▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Helical Polymers4▲ 129×1 topic
  40. Urban Metabolism4▲ 338×1 topic

Which research topics does IndependenceFirst publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies and Quantum Mechanics and Applications.

DNA and Nucleic Acid Che…9DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry: 9 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …6Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 6 fractional worksNanopore and Nanochannel…6Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies: 6 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Ap…5Quantum Mechanics and Applications: 5 fractional worksCrystallography and molecular interactions: 5 fractional worksComplex Systems and Dynamics: 5 fractional worksSynthesis and Properties…4Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds: 4 fractional worksSustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis: 4 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies: 4 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Lon…4Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 4 fractional works
Molecular BiologyBiomedical EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Molecular Biology 9 works
  2. 2 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  5. 5 Crystallography and molecular interactions Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 5 works
  6. 6 Complex Systems and Dynamics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  7. 7 Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds Organic Chemistry 4 works
  8. 8 Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis Environmental Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  10. 10 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 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 available100.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.2%domestic only97.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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