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Institute for Medical Research

In research, Institute for Medical Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,221 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,068 of 7,814 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,691 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#4,847
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,147
of 8,685
Research works
724
▼ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
45k
62.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Institute for Medical Research 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 #2,221 of 14,347 33.3%346
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,068 of 7,814 31.4%226
MedicineField #5,691 of 17,978 31.8%210
Health SciencesDomain #7,288 of 20,462 31.9%227
Physical SciencesDomain #9,813 of 21,541 24.0%138
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,360 of 4,961 29.5%139

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

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: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.56× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.70× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.13× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 9 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 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, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Medical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Eugene L. Opie, C. Hans Keysser and Allen I. Cohen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Medical Research.

  1. 1 Eugene L. Opie United States · #43,383 worldwide 191 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 C. Hans Keysser United States · #309,347 worldwide 114 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Allen I. Cohen United States · #977,449 worldwide 53 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Medical Research

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Medical Research?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Epidemiology, Cancer Therapy, Apoptosis, Synthesis and Angiogenesis.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology56▲ 1.93×72 topics
  2. Inflammation51▲ 3.0×65 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress44▲ 3.3×49 topics
  4. Cancer44▲ 4.3×44 topics
  5. Cancer Therapy26▲ 5.6×15 topics
  6. Synthesis21▲ 4.9×24 topics
  7. Apoptosis20▲ 7.0×17 topics
  8. Immune Response18▲ 4.1×19 topics
  9. Angiogenesis18▲ 6.2×15 topics
  10. Drug Discovery18▲ 6.3×11 topics
  11. Reactive Oxygen Species16▲ 4.5×13 topics
  12. Liquid Chromatography16▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Vaccine Development15▲ 7.0×7 topics
  14. Chirality15▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Vaccine15▲ 5.2×9 topics
  16. Antimicrobial Resistance15▲ 8.1×8 topics
  17. Anticancer Agents15▲ 8.0×10 topics
  18. Chiral Separation14▲ 16×1 topic
  19. Diabetes14▲ 3.9×15 topics
  20. Gas Chromatography14▲ 16×1 topic
  21. Innate Immunity14▲ 5.7×11 topics
  22. Pathogenesis14▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. Metabolism13▲ 2.8×23 topics
  24. Transcriptional Regulation13▲ 7.1×9 topics
  25. Genomics13▲ 5.1×9 topics
  26. Glycosylation13▲ 8.1×3 topics
  27. Aging12▲ 3.3×11 topics
  28. Cell Signaling12▲ 5.2×12 topics
  29. Cell Death12▲ 8.3×6 topics
  30. Gene Therapy12▲ 6.4×5 topics
  31. Mitochondria11▲ 9.4×5 topics
  32. Atherosclerosis11▲ 4.2×10 topics
  33. Virulence Factors11▲ 7.9×8 topics
  34. Medicinal Chemistry11▲ 3.9×9 topics
  35. Metagenomics10▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Mitochondrial Function9▲ 8.3×5 topics
  37. Genomic Sequencing9▲ 8.5×5 topics
  38. Tumor Hypoxia9▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Virus9▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Therapeutics8▲ 7.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Medical Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation.

Lung Cancer Treatments a…1Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glome…1Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 1 fractional worksNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study: 0 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 0 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 0 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 0 fractional worksRedox biology and oxidative stress: 0 fractional worksMitochondrial Function a…0Mitochondrial Function and Pathology: 0 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 0 fractional worksOptical Coherence Tomography Applications: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNephrologyMolecular BiologyOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 1 works
  3. 3 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 0 works
  7. 7 Redox biology and oxidative stress Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Optical Coherence Tomography Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Medical Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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