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Institute for Molecular Manufacturing

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Research works
42
▼ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4k
34.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Institute for Molecular Manufacturing

Not ranked overall: Institute for Molecular Manufacturing is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Institute for Molecular Manufacturing work in?

In all years, 78% of research at Institute for Molecular Manufacturing is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (33%), Physics and Astronomy (22%), Computer Science (14%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 78.0% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 33.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 23.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 22.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 9.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 14.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 7.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forMolecular…42fractional works, all years
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1433.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy922.4%
    3. Computer Science614.4%
    4. Materials Science23.9%
    5. Chemistry12.0%
    6. Environmental Science11.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Neuroscience37.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    1. Social Sciences36.4%
    1. Medicine12.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Molecular Manufacturing?

Ranked on the quality score, Robert A. Freitas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Molecular Manufacturing.

  1. 1 Robert A. Freitas United States · #1,906,778 worldwide 2.9k citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Molecular Manufacturing

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Molecular Manufacturing?

The most cited paper from Institute for Molecular Manufacturing is "What is nanomedicine?" (Robert A. Freitas, 2005), with 413 citations. Next come "The molecular evolution of G protein-coupled receptors: Focus on 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors" (180) and "Pharmacytes: An Ideal Vehicle for Targeted Drug Delivery" (148).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 What is nanomedicine? Robert A. Freitas · Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine Mar 2005 413
2 The molecular evolution of G protein-coupled receptors: Focus on 5-hydroxytryptamine receptors Stephen J. Peroutka, Tiffany A. Howell · Neuropharmacology Mar 1994 180
3 Pharmacytes: An Ideal Vehicle for Targeted Drug Delivery Robert A. Freitas · Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Sep 2006 148
4 Social dynamics of Digg Tad Hogg, Kristina Lerman · EPJ Data Science Open access 18 Jun 2012 145
5 Nanorobotics Control Design: A Collective Behavior Approach for Medicine Adriano Cavalcanti, R. A. Freitas · IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience Jun 2005 116
All 56 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Molecular Manufacturing?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Hydrodynamics, Micro/Nanomotors, Network Dynamics, Social Influence, Channel Modeling, Nanotechnology and Molecular Communication.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications5▲ 12×5 topics
  2. Hydrodynamics4▲ 121×1 topic
  3. Micro/Nanomotors4▲ 552×1 topic
  4. Network Dynamics3▲ 63×2 topics
  5. Social Influence3▲ 52×2 topics
  6. Channel Modeling3▲ 68×2 topics
  7. Nanotechnology3▲ 39×3 topics
  8. Imaging3▲ 18×2 topics
  9. Molecular Communication3▲ 609×1 topic
  10. Nanonetworks3▲ 609×1 topic
  11. Social Media2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  12. Education2▲ 4.2×1 topic
  13. Nanoscale Science2▲ 489×1 topic
  14. Self-Assembly2▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Biosensors2▲ 9.0×4 topics
  16. Nanomaterials2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  17. Nanoparticles2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  18. Lab-on-a-Chip2▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Polarization2▲ 52×2 topics
  20. Microfluidics2▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Acoustic Manipulation2▲ 107×1 topic
  22. Particle Separation2▲ 107×1 topic
  23. Bounded Confidence2▲ 130×1 topic
  24. Community Structure2▲ 45×1 topic
  25. Opinion Dynamics2▲ 130×1 topic
  26. Scale-Free Networks2▲ 82×1 topic
  27. Biological Applications2▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Mechanochemistry1▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Electrode Arrays1▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Molecular Machines1▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Neural Stimulation1▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Applications1▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Atomic Force Microscopy1▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Data Mining1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  35. Digital Divide1▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Force Spectroscopy1▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Molecular Dynamics1▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Political Participation1▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Crowdsourcing1▲ 41×3 topics
  40. Algorithmic Information Theory1▲ 90×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Molecular Manufacturing publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies.

Molecular Communication …1Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural Engineering: 0 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer I…0EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 0 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Bio-sen…0Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies: 0 fractional worksMicro and Nano Robotics0Micro and Nano Robotics: 0 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Ap…0Blockchain Technology Applications and Security: 0 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Techn…0Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 0 fractional worksCryptography and Data Se…0Cryptography and Data Security: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCognitive NeuroscienceCondensed Matter Physics2 others

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

  1. 1 Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0 works
  3. 3 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  4. 4 Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Micro and Nano Robotics Condensed Matter Physics 0 works
  6. 6 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  10. 10 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available47.0%not open53.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Molecular Manufacturing's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institute for Molecular Manufacturing as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2023.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Institute for Molecular Manufacturing0.000035% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Molecular Manufacturing over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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