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Institute on Aging

In research, Institute on Aging stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,174 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,337 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,091 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physiology and Psychiatry and Mental health (Physiology is 9.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,573
of 22,385 · #1,305 all time
Rank in United States
#442
of 3,332
Research works
3.2k
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
232k
73.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Institute on Aging

What is Institute on Aging known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,174 of 9,902 16.4%211 #601
MedicineField #1,337 of 8,541 15.6%171 #686
Life SciencesDomain #1,091 of 6,403 16.8%124 #893
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #873 of 2,964 15.8%74 #876
Social SciencesDomain #4,154 of 9,585 17.0%99 #1745

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#601 #1,174
  2. Medicine#686 #1,337
  3. Life Sciences#893 #1,091
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#876 #873
  5. Social Sciences#1,745 #4,154
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Institute on Aging work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Institute on Aging is in Health Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 241 fractional works · 46.1% of its workMedicine: 195 fractional works · 37.4% of its workPhysiology: 42 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 24 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 39 fractional works · 7.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 28 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 148 fractional works · 28.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 89 fractional works · 17.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 55 fractional works · 10.5% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAging: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 110 fractional works · 21.1% of its workPsychology: 54 fractional works · 10.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute onAging522fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences21%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine19537.4%
    2. Health Professions397.5%
    3. Nursing40.7%
    4. Dentistry20.5%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8917.1%
    2. Neuroscience438.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology112.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Psychology5410.4%
    2. Social Sciences458.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.0%
    4. Decision Sciences20.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.4%
    1. Environmental Science71.4%
    2. Computer Science61.1%
    3. Engineering50.9%
    4. Chemistry20.4%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Materials Science10.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute on Aging specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physiology takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhysiologySubfield · 42.4 works9.3×
  2. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 24.1 works9.3×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.20× its world share, 89 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.03× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.06× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.85× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 195 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.40× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience5.06×43 works
  2. Psychology3.40×54 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.20×89 works
  4. Health Professions2.85×39 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.03×11 works
  6. Medicine1.95×195 works
  7. Nursing1.41×4 works
  8. Dentistry0.97×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×2 works
  10. Social Sciences0.68×45 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.48×5 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.42×2 works
  13. Environmental Science0.28×7 works
  14. Chemistry0.23×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.23×1 works
  16. Veterinary0.23×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×4 works
  18. Computer Science0.14×6 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.14×2 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×2 works
  21. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  22. Engineering0.06×5 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.05×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute on Aging?

Ranked on the quality score, Lorenzo M. Refolo, J Valbracht and Sulochan Malla lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute on Aging.

  1. 1 Lorenzo M. Refolo United States · #890,180 worldwide 4.3k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 J Valbracht United States · #1,314,075 worldwide 1.1k citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Sulochan Malla United States · #1,486,584 worldwide 387 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Matthew John Payea United States · #1,734,798 worldwide 458 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Rosalie S. Wolf United States · #1,808,269 worldwide 954 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Robert Futterman United States · #1,979,265 worldwide 977 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Showkat Ahmad Dar United States · #2,177,015 worldwide 314 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Elizabeth Mackenzie United States · #2,521,244 worldwide 735 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Lisa Nerenberg United States · #4,121,688 worldwide 279 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Institute on Aging

What are the most cited papers from Institute on Aging?

The most cited paper from Institute on Aging is "A Short Physical Performance Battery Assessing Lower Extremity Function: Association With Self-Reported Disability and Prediction of Mortality and Nursing Home Admission" (Jack M. Guralnik, E. M. Simonsick, Luigi Ferrucci et al., 1994), with 9,940 citations. Next come "Ubiquitinated TDP-43 in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis" (6,756) and "The MOS social support survey" (6,738).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Short Physical Performance Battery Assessing Lower Extremity Function: Association With Self-Reported Disability and Prediction of Mortality and Nursing Home Admission Jack M. Guralnik, E. M. Simonsick, Luigi Ferrucci et al. · Journal of Gerontology Mar 1994 9,940
2 Ubiquitinated TDP-43 in Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Manuela Neumann, Deepak M. Sampathu, Linda K. Kwong et al. · Science 5 Oct 2006 6,756
3 The MOS social support survey Cathy Donald Sherbourne, Anita L. Stewart · Social Science & Medicine 1991 6,738
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and ROS-Induced ROS Release Dmitry B. Zorov, Magdalena Juhaszova, Steven J. Sollott · Physiological Reviews ReviewOpen access Jul 2014 5,423
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute on Aging?

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

▲ 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-now 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. Aging60▲ 21×17 topics
  2. Inflammation43▲ 3.9×69 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress42▲ 4.9×40 topics
  4. Biomarkers29▲ 8.1×14 topics
  5. Social Support29▲ 10×16 topics
  6. Epidemiology28▲ 1.37×68 topics
  7. Mental Health27▲ 3.6×26 topics
  8. Neurodegeneration27▲ 17×10 topics
  9. Public Health25▲ 3.2×22 topics
  10. Neuroimaging25▲ 17×8 topics
  11. Alzheimer's Disease24▲ 17×8 topics
  12. Neuroinflammation23▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Quality of Life22▲ 2.9×39 topics
  14. Cancer22▲ 3.1×40 topics
  15. Caregiver Burden20▲ 34×3 topics
  16. Cognitive Decline20▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Social Relationships19▲ 41×2 topics
  18. Cognitive Training19▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Dementia18▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Mild Cognitive Impairment18▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Vascular Risk Factors18▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Depression18▲ 4.0×18 topics
  23. Mortality Risk17▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 2.8×34 topics
  25. Long-Term Care15▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders15▲ 4.9×17 topics
  27. Health Disparities14▲ 11×8 topics
  28. Mitochondrial Dysfunction14▲ 9.1×8 topics
  29. Parkinson's Disease13▲ 9.9×8 topics
  30. Subjective Well-Being12▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Brain Development12▲ 13×6 topics
  32. Health Equity11▲ 7.4×4 topics
  33. Therapeutic Strategies11▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Amyloid Hypothesis11▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Memory11▲ 8.8×5 topics
  36. Tau Pathology11▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Neighborhood Effects11▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Loneliness10▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Socioeconomic Inequalities10▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Cognition10▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Institute on Aging publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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…18Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 18 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 11 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: 9 fractional worksIntergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 6 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…5Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 5 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 5 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 5 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyHealthGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 18 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 11 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 9 works
  6. 6 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  7. 7 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 5 works
  8. 8 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 5 works
  9. 9 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 5 works
  10. 10 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 5 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute on Aging's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

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grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institute on Aging as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0019% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Institute on Aging0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute on Aging over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Institute on Aging16.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.9% in 2013.

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