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Intellectual Ventures (United States)

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World rank, all time
#12,435
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,580
of 7,310
Research works
139
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.3k
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Intellectual Ventures (United States)

Which fields of science does Intellectual Ventures (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Intellectual Ventures (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Medicine (15%), Physics and Astronomy (13%).

Physical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 47.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 15.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 13.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 21.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 20.0% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 14.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKIntellectualVentures (United…29fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences22%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering515.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy413.5%
    3. Materials Science25.6%
    4. Computer Science25.3%
    5. Environmental Science13.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.5%
    7. Mathematics00.5%
    8. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Social Sciences412.8%
    2. Psychology13.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Medicine414.7%
    2. Health Professions25.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology28.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.05× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.06× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.06×4 works
  2. Health Professions2.02×2 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.99×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.61×1 works
  5. Materials Science1.59×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.55×2 works
  7. Psychology1.12×1 works
  8. Engineering1.05×5 works
  9. Social Sciences1.02×4 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.00×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.79×1 works
  12. Medicine0.77×4 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.69×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.68×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.46×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  18. Chemistry0.33×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Intellectual Ventures (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Amy E Steadman, Damian Madan and Courosh Mehanian lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Intellectual Ventures (United States).

  1. 1 Amy E Steadman United States · #589,586 worldwide 381 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Damian Madan United States · #668,422 worldwide 906 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Courosh Mehanian United States · #720,782 worldwide 730 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Christine Bachman United States · #736,363 worldwide 1.1k citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Nathan Myhrvold United States · #737,772 worldwide 2.4k citations · 134 works
  6. 6 Kevin Paul Nichols United States · #843,027 worldwide 2k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Alexey S. Ball United States · #898,574 worldwide 1k citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Matthew P. Horning United States · #1,078,901 worldwide 946 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Caitlin E. Anderson United States · #1,259,837 worldwide 928 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Veronika A. Glukhova United States · #1,427,173 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Intellectual Ventures (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Intellectual Ventures (United States)?

The most cited paper from Intellectual Ventures (United States) is "The effect of malaria control on Plasmodium falciparum in Africa between 2000 and 2015" (Samir Bhatt et al., 2015), with 3,642 citations. Next come "An amniote life‐history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles" (451) and "HIV Treatment as Prevention: Systematic Comparison of Mathematical Models of the Potential Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on HIV Incidence in South Africa" (408).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The effect of malaria control on Plasmodium falciparum in Africa between 2000 and 2015 Samir Bhatt et al. · Nature Open access 16 Sep 2015 3,642
2 An amniote life‐history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles Nathan Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan et al. · Ecology Open access Nov 2015 451
3 HIV Treatment as Prevention: Systematic Comparison of Mathematical Models of the Potential Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on HIV Incidence in South Africa Jeffrey W. Eaton, Leigh Francis Johnson, Joshua A. Salomon et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 10 Jul 2012 408
4 SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Nucleocapsid Antigen-Detecting Half-Strip Lateral Flow Assay Toward the Development of Point of Care Tests Using Commercially Available Reagents Benjamin D. Grant, Caitlin E. Anderson, John R. Williford et al. · Analytical Chemistry Open access Jul 2020 360
5 Tools and Strategies for Malaria Control and Elimination: What Do We Need to Achieve a Grand Convergence in Malaria? Janet Hemingway, Rima Shretta, Timothy N. C. Wells et al. · PLoS Biology Open access 2 Mar 2016 319
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Which keywords describe research at Intellectual Ventures (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Social Justice, Health Promotion, Superconductivity, Ethnicity, Race, Migration and Democracy.

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

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Biosensors2▲ 14×6 topics
  2. Social Justice2▲ 10×4 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.48×11 topics
  4. Health Promotion2▲ 16×3 topics
  5. Globalization1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  6. Education1▲ 2.6×2 topics
  7. Ethnicity1▲ 12×2 topics
  8. Race1▲ 38×2 topics
  9. Superconductivity1▲ 27×5 topics
  10. Deep Learning1▲ 1.18×10 topics
  11. Democracy1▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Health Disparities1▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Machine Learning1▲ 1.23×10 topics
  14. Migration1▲ 12×3 topics
  15. Public Health1▲ 2.7×2 topics
  16. Biomedical Research1▲ 77×2 topics
  17. Healthcare1▲ 3.3×2 topics
  18. Digital Storytelling1▲ 150×1 topic
  19. Environmental Sustainability1▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Epigenetics1▲ 75×1 topic
  21. Genetics1▲ 4.8×1 topic
  22. Human Rights1▲ 3.3×1 topic
  23. Inequality1▲ 15×1 topic
  24. Lab-on-a-Chip1▲ 29×4 topics
  25. Student Learning1▲ 135×1 topic

Which research topics does Intellectual Ventures (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Storytelling and Education, Socio-political and Technological Issues, Race, Genetics, and Society and Biosensors and Analytical Detection.

Digital Storytelling and Education: 1 fractional worksSocio-political and Technological Issues: 1 fractional worksRace, Genetics, and Soci…1Race, Genetics, and Society: 1 fractional worksBiosensors and Analytica…1Biosensors and Analytical Detection: 1 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …0Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 0 fractional worksSuperconductivity in MgB…0Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys: 0 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …0Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 0 fractional worksRare-earth and actinide compounds: 0 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 0 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 0 fractional works
Speech and HearingSociology and Political ScienceGeneticsBiomedical Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Storytelling and Education Speech and Hearing 1 works
  2. 2 Socio-political and Technological Issues Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Race, Genetics, and Society Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Biosensors and Analytical Detection Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys Condensed Matter Physics 0 works
  7. 7 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  8. 8 Rare-earth and actinide compounds Condensed Matter Physics 0 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Intellectual Ventures (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 Intellectual Ventures (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

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