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Institute on Aging

In research, Institute on Aging stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,428 of 7,800 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,991 of 10,521 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,708 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health and Physiology — Psychiatry and Mental health is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,905
of 28,054 · #1,609 all time
Rank in United States
#417
of 4,192
Research works
3.2k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
232k
73.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Institute on Aging 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 #1,428 of 7,800 30.1%124 #812
Social SciencesDomain #1,991 of 10,521 31.3%99 #635
Health SciencesDomain #2,708 of 11,982 27.5%211 #1080
MedicineField #2,457 of 10,443 26.1%171 #1124
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,336 of 3,579 29.4%74 #913

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute on Aging 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#812 #1,428
  2. Social Sciences#635 #1,991
  3. Health Sciences#1,080 #2,708
  4. Medicine#1,124 #2,457
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#913 #1,336
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Institute on Aging specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 21.7 works9.6×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 36.4 works9.2×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.07× its world share, 74 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.90× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.93× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.95× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.96× its world share, 170 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.53× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute on Aging?

Ranked on the composite score, Wendy Max, Mingyi Wang and MITCHEL L. ZOLER lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute on Aging.

  1. 1 Wendy Max United States · #872,394 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Mingyi Wang United States · #1,098,501 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 MITCHEL L. ZOLER United States · #1,330,653 worldwide 5 citations · 462 works
All ranked researchers at Institute on Aging

Which keywords describe research at Institute on Aging?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Aging, Oxidative Stress, Social Support, Biomarkers, Inflammation, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's Disease and Neuroimaging.

▲ 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. Aging50▲ 21×16 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress36▲ 4.8×39 topics
  3. Inflammation35▲ 3.7×63 topics
  4. Social Support27▲ 11×16 topics
  5. Biomarkers26▲ 8.3×14 topics
  6. Epidemiology24▲ 1.36×63 topics
  7. Mental Health24▲ 3.7×26 topics
  8. Neurodegeneration23▲ 17×10 topics
  9. Alzheimer's Disease22▲ 17×8 topics
  10. Public Health22▲ 3.3×22 topics
  11. Neuroimaging22▲ 18×8 topics
  12. Neuroinflammation21▲ 16×6 topics
  13. Cancer19▲ 3.1×37 topics
  14. Quality of Life19▲ 2.9×38 topics
  15. Cognitive Decline18▲ 33×2 topics
  16. Caregiver Burden18▲ 35×3 topics
  17. Social Relationships18▲ 42×2 topics
  18. Cognitive Training17▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Depression16▲ 4.1×18 topics
  20. Dementia16▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Mild Cognitive Impairment16▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Vascular Risk Factors16▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Mortality Risk15▲ 14×5 topics
  24. Health Disparities14▲ 11×8 topics
  25. Long-Term Care14▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders13▲ 5.1×17 topics
  27. Brain Development11▲ 14×6 topics
  28. Mitochondrial Dysfunction11▲ 8.4×8 topics
  29. Subjective Well-Being11▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Parkinson's Disease11▲ 9.9×8 topics
  31. Health Equity10▲ 8.4×4 topics
  32. Neighborhood Effects10▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Therapeutic Strategies10▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Amyloid Hypothesis10▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Tau Pathology10▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Loneliness10▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Socioeconomic Inequalities10▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Memory10▲ 8.6×3 topics
  39. Quality of Care9▲ 23×3 topics
  40. Nursing Home9▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute on Aging publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Health disparities and outcomes and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes.

Dementia and Cognitive I…16Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 16 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 10 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…10Health disparities and outcomes: 10 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…9Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 9 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Research: 8 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksIntergenerational Family…5Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 5 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 4 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyHealthGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 16 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 10 works
  3. 3 Health disparities and outcomes Health 10 works
  4. 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 9 works
  5. 5 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 8 works
  6. 6 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 5 works
  7. 7 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  8. 8 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 4 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 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 available52.0%not open48.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute on Aging's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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