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Institute of Medical Biology

In research, Institute of Medical Biology stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,625 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#5,847 of 17,978 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,964 of 7,814 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,200
of 42,892
Rank in Singapore
#33
of 126
Research works
549
▼ 50% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
59.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Institute of Medical Biology 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 #3,625 of 14,347 31.5%294
MedicineField #5,847 of 17,978 27.7%199
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,964 of 7,814 34.2%231
Health SciencesDomain #7,811 of 20,462 27.1%206
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,021 of 4,961 35.6%145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Medical Biology 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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.86× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.80× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.56× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× 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, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Medical Biology?

Ranked on the composite score, Colin L. Stewart lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Medical Biology.

  1. 1 Colin L. Stewart Singapore · #87,657 worldwide 219 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Medical Biology

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Medical Biology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cancer, Biomarkers, Biogenesis, Metastasis, Regulation, Vaccine Development and Gene Expression.

▲ 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 10 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 3.0×29 topics
  2. Cancer3▲ 6.3×18 topics
  3. Biogenesis2▲ 28×3 topics
  4. Biomarkers2▲ 7.4×7 topics
  5. Inflammation2▲ 2.4×16 topics
  6. Gene Expression1▲ 6.9×6 topics
  7. Metastasis1▲ 13×6 topics
  8. Regulation1▲ 8.0×4 topics
  9. Vaccine Development1▲ 16×4 topics
  10. Chemotherapy1▲ 5.0×9 topics

Which research topics does Institute of Medical Biology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Respiratory viral infections research, MicroRNA in disease regulation, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery and Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare.

Respiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 1 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 0 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksJapanese History and Culture: 0 fractional worksAsian Culture and Media Studies: 0 fractional worksViral Infections and Imm…0Viral Infections and Immunology Research: 0 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 0 fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell research: 0 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…0Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyCancer ResearchMolecular BiologyGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  2. 2 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 1 works
  3. 3 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 0 works
  6. 6 Asian Culture and Media Studies Cultural Studies 0 works
  7. 7 Viral Infections and Immunology Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 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 available50.0%not open50.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.2%domestic only37.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Medical Biology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% 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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