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Institute for Medical Research

In research, Institute for Medical Research stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,623 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,082 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,942
of 28,054 · #1,921 all time
Rank in Malaysia
#53
of 137
Research works
2.6k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
91k
35.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Institute for Medical Research 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,623 of 11,982 18.0%98 #2018
MedicineField #7,082 of 10,443 18.1%85 #1623

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: 1.17× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.76× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.41× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.44× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.54× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 4.05× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.30× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Medical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Peyton Rous, René Dubos and Frank L. Horsfall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Medical Research.

  1. 1 Peyton Rous Malaysia · #22,217 worldwide 283 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 René Dubos Malaysia · #26,507 worldwide 423 citations · 90 works
  3. 3 Frank L. Horsfall Malaysia · #29,410 worldwide 416 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Alexis Carrel Malaysia · #43,390 worldwide 248 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Oswald T. Avery Malaysia · #61,973 worldwide 949 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Walther F. Goebel Malaysia · #73,375 worldwide 232 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Joseph E. Smadel Malaysia · #82,372 worldwide 282 citations · 60 works
  8. 8 Theodore Shedlovsky Malaysia · #92,721 worldwide 209 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Miguel A. Ondetti Malaysia · #120,227 worldwide 348 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Thomas M. Rivers Malaysia · #129,023 worldwide 205 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Medical Research

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Medical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Inflammation, Public Health, Cardiovascular Disease, COVID-19, Vector Control and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 4.1×69 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 3.2×44 topics
  3. Vaccine Development11▲ 21×8 topics
  4. Public Health11▲ 3.7×28 topics
  5. COVID-1910▲ 3.6×16 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 4.4×27 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.7×27 topics
  8. Pandemic8▲ 3.9×10 topics
  9. Cancer8▲ 2.8×33 topics
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 3.7×19 topics
  11. Vector Control7▲ 29×4 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome7▲ 4.1×13 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-27▲ 10.0×6 topics
  14. Antioxidant6▲ 4.5×25 topics
  15. Obesity6▲ 4.0×20 topics
  16. Health Effects5▲ 4.3×10 topics
  17. Treatment5▲ 2.1×21 topics
  18. Immunity5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  19. Anti-inflammatory5▲ 8.5×21 topics
  20. Infectious Diseases5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  21. Depression5▲ 2.5×14 topics
  22. Vaccine4▲ 5.4×10 topics
  23. Arboviral Diseases4▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.1×14 topics
  25. Zika Virus4▲ 32×1 topic
  26. Diabetes4▲ 4.0×14 topics
  27. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 7.8×2 topics
  28. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  29. Virulence4▲ 28×4 topics
  30. Host Immune Response3▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Food Safety3▲ 5.6×8 topics
  32. Pathogenicity3▲ 23×4 topics
  33. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Coronavirus3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  35. Genetic Regulation3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  36. Sickle-cell Disease3▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Thalassemia3▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Anticancer3▲ 8.9×14 topics
  39. Mutation3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  40. Antifungal Therapy3▲ 15×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Leptospirosis research and findings.

Mosquito-borne diseases …4Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 4 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and R…3Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksLeptospirosis research a…2Leptospirosis research and findings: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 2 fractional worksDengue and Mosquito Cont…2Dengue and Mosquito Control Research: 2 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 2 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 2 fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…2Iron Metabolism and Disorders: 2 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneticsInfectious DiseasesParasitology5 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 3 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  4. 4 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  6. 6 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Dengue and Mosquito Control Research Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  10. 10 Iron Metabolism and Disorders Hematology 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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