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Institute for Behavioral Medicine

In research, Institute for Behavioral Medicine stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,802 of 14,347 worldwide), Neuroscience (#552 of 2,675 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,978 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 14.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,327
of 28,054 · #4,492 all time
Rank in United States
#1,395
of 4,192
Research works
799
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
71.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Institute for Behavioral Medicine 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 #1,802 of 14,347 31.7%299
NeuroscienceField #552 of 2,675 34.7%177
Social SciencesDomain #4,978 of 16,945 41.9%244
PsychologyField #1,666 of 3,744 42.0%163
Health SciencesDomain #10,207 of 20,462 33.3%222
MedicineField #10,136 of 17,978 31.9%182

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Behavioral Medicine 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).

What does Institute for Behavioral Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 14.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 24.1 works14×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.93× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 14.00× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 7.46× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 14.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Behavioral Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Neuroinflammation, Cytokines, Microglia, Neurobiology, Oxidative Stress, Schizophrenia and Immune Activation.

▲ 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. Depression16▲ 18×15 topics
  2. Neuroinflammation12▲ 41×5 topics
  3. Cytokines11▲ 36×3 topics
  4. Microglia11▲ 92×2 topics
  5. Neurobiology11▲ 39×8 topics
  6. Epidemiology11▲ 2.5×26 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress9▲ 5.1×12 topics
  8. Mental Health7▲ 4.5×18 topics
  9. Schizophrenia7▲ 58×3 topics
  10. Immune Activation6▲ 76×2 topics
  11. Maternal Immune Activation6▲ 108×1 topic
  12. Tryptophan Metabolism6▲ 108×1 topic
  13. Stress6▲ 16×5 topics
  14. Immune System6▲ 24×5 topics
  15. Hippocampus6▲ 92×2 topics
  16. Inflammation6▲ 2.7×25 topics
  17. Emotion Regulation6▲ 17×7 topics
  18. Adolescents6▲ 14×7 topics
  19. Anxiety6▲ 11×10 topics
  20. Neurodegeneration6▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Adaptation5▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Brain Development5▲ 29×6 topics
  23. Innate Immunity5▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Brain5▲ 127×1 topic
  25. Cortisol5▲ 127×1 topic
  26. Meta-Analysis5▲ 7.9×8 topics
  27. Astrocytes4▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Synaptic Pruning4▲ 75×1 topic
  29. Psychopathology4▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Attachment4▲ 41×3 topics
  31. Oxytocin4▲ 72×2 topics
  32. Empathy3▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Vasopressin3▲ 78×2 topics
  34. Anxiety Disorders3▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Neuropeptides3▲ 78×2 topics
  36. Social Behavior3▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Trust3▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Cognitive Therapy3▲ 26×3 topics
  39. Children3▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Working Memory3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Behavioral Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tryptophan and brain disorders, Stress Responses and Cortisol, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms and Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior.

Tryptophan and brain disorders: 6 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 5 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior: 3 fractional worksCognitive Abilities and Testing: 2 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…2Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 2 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 2 fractional works
Biological PsychiatryBehavioral NeuroscienceNeurologySocial Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 6 works
  2. 2 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 5 works
  3. 3 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 4 works
  4. 4 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Social Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Cognitive Abilities and Testing Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Behavioral Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher 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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