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Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica

In research, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,503 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 11.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,295
of 28,054 · #9,824 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#92
of 221
Research works
1.2k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
31.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,503 of 7,800 21.5%63 #4583

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica 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 of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 11.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 36.5 works11×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 48.3 works8.3×
← 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: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.28× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.96× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.00× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.90× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 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, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica?

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew H.‐J. Wang, Kay‐Hooi Khoo and Shui‐Tein Chen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica.

  1. 1 Andrew H.‐J. Wang Taiwan · #238,469 worldwide 264 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Kay‐Hooi Khoo Taiwan · #297,335 worldwide 219 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Shui‐Tein Chen Taiwan · #310,054 worldwide 113 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Po‐Huang Liang Taiwan · #432,370 worldwide 68 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Chih‐Jung Kuo Taiwan · #641,413 worldwide 51 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Shih‐Hsiung Wu Taiwan · #764,082 worldwide 107 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Takashi Angata Taiwan · #894,527 worldwide 109 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Tzu‐Ping Ko Taiwan · #897,604 worldwide 63 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Chun‐Hung Lin Taiwan · #1,092,543 worldwide 57 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Shang‐Te Danny Hsu Taiwan · #1,096,134 worldwide 52 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Glycosylation, Cancer Therapy, Therapeutics, Immune System, Glycans, Mucins and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Cancer14▲ 9.8×24 topics
  2. Epidemiology7▲ 1.60×33 topics
  3. Inflammation7▲ 3.0×29 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress7▲ 3.7×29 topics
  5. Glycosylation6▲ 50×3 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy6▲ 9.2×14 topics
  7. Therapeutics5▲ 45×2 topics
  8. Immune System5▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Glycans5▲ 143×1 topic
  10. Mucins5▲ 143×1 topic
  11. Glycosidase Inhibitors4▲ 242×1 topic
  12. Oligosaccharide Synthesis4▲ 242×1 topic
  13. Nanoparticles4▲ 2.9×12 topics
  14. Vaccine4▲ 8.9×7 topics
  15. Immunity4▲ 8.1×5 topics
  16. Apoptosis3▲ 10×8 topics
  17. Metagenomics3▲ 33×3 topics
  18. Angiogenesis3▲ 8.6×8 topics
  19. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.6×10 topics
  20. Drug Discovery3▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Genomics3▲ 9.2×7 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 6.7×6 topics
  23. Innate Immunity3▲ 7.8×9 topics
  24. Proteasome3▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Ubiquitin3▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Mutation3▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Evolution2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  28. Chromatin2▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 14×7 topics
  30. Cell Death2▲ 9.2×6 topics
  31. Ecology2▲ 13×3 topics
  32. Gene Regulation2▲ 22×4 topics
  33. Homologous Recombination2▲ 45×2 topics
  34. Marine Natural Products2▲ 49×2 topics
  35. Signal Transduction2▲ 14×6 topics
  36. Virus2▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Coronavirus2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  38. Microbiome2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Parkinson's Disease2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  40. Autoimmunity2▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis, Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Glycosylation and Glycop…5Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research: 5 fractional worksCarbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis: 4 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome pathways: 3 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 2 fractional worksGalectins and Cancer Biology: 2 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…2RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 2 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 2 fractional worksAutophagy in Disease and Therapy: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyOrganic ChemistryEcologyImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research Molecular Biology 5 works
  2. 2 Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis Organic Chemistry 4 works
  3. 3 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 2 works
  5. 5 Galectins and Cancer Biology Immunology 2 works
  6. 6 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 2 works
  9. 9 Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 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 available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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