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Jackson Laboratory

In research, Jackson Laboratory stands highest in Life Sciences (#616 of 6,403 worldwide), Health Sciences (#994 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#981 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Immunology and Molecular Biology (Genetics is 9.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,160
of 22,385 · #1,011 all time
Rank in United States
#400
of 3,332
Research works
5.3k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
280k
52.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Jackson Laboratory

What is Jackson Laboratory 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
Life SciencesDomain #616 of 6,403 11.7%302 #369
Health SciencesDomain #994 of 9,902 17.0%180 #517
MedicineField #981 of 8,541 17.0%174 #511
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #429 of 2,964 11.3%222 #262
Molecular BiologySubfield #402 of 1,880 10.5%135 #272

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Jackson Laboratory 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. Life Sciences#369 #616
  2. Health Sciences#517 #994
  3. Medicine#511 #981
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#262 #429
  5. Molecular Biology#272 #402
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 Jackson Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Jackson Laboratory is in Life Sciences, 35% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (42%), Medicine (33%), Neuroscience (7%). It does 4.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 340 fractional works · 57.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 248 fractional works · 41.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 151 fractional works · 25.3% of its workGenetics: 47 fractional works · 7.9% of its workCancer Research: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAging: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 7.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 40 fractional works · 6.8% of its workImmunology: 39 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 206 fractional works · 34.6% of its workMedicine: 198 fractional works · 33.4% of its workOncology: 33 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPhysiology: 30 fractional works · 5.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 6.7% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKJacksonLaboratory595fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences57%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences2%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology24841.6%
    2. Neuroscience437.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology406.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences81.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine19833.4%
    2. Nursing40.6%
    3. Veterinary20.4%
    4. Health Professions10.2%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science172.9%
    2. Engineering81.4%
    3. Environmental Science81.3%
    4. Chemistry40.6%
    5. Mathematics10.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    7. Materials Science10.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology40.7%
    2. Decision Sciences10.2%
    3. Social Sciences10.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Jackson Laboratory specialise in?

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

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 47.1 works9.6×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 38.7 works9.4×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 150.6 works8.4×
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 247.7 works7.8×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.81× its world share, 248 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.72× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.43× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.73× its world share, 198 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.88× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.81×248 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology6.72×40 works
  3. Neuroscience4.43×43 works
  4. Veterinary2.88×2 works
  5. Medicine1.73×198 works
  6. Nursing1.28×4 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.39×4 works
  9. Computer Science0.38×17 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×8 works
  11. Environmental Science0.26×8 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.25×1 works
  13. Psychology0.22×4 works
  14. Mathematics0.14×1 works
  15. Engineering0.10×8 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×1 works
  17. Health Professions0.06×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.04×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.04×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.02×1 works
  24. Energy0.01×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Jackson Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Joshy George, Roel G.W. Verhaak and Paul Robson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jackson Laboratory.

  1. 1 Joshy George United States · #2,145 worldwide 32k citations · 467 works
  2. 2 Roel G.W. Verhaak United States · #4,454 worldwide 77k citations · 581 works
  3. 3 Paul Robson United States · #12,034 worldwide 24k citations · 752 works
  4. 4 George M. Weinstock United States · #12,296 worldwide 173k citations · 614 works
  5. 5 John J. Eppig United States · #27,379 worldwide 28k citations · 253 works
  6. 6 Samirkumar B. Amin United States · #27,557 worldwide 25k citations · 136 works
  7. 7 Derya Unutmaz United States · #36,364 worldwide 24k citations · 214 works
  8. 8 Simon W. M. John United States · #37,752 worldwide 22k citations · 282 works
  9. 9 Ryan Tewhey United States · #39,545 worldwide 8.4k citations · 160 works
  10. 10 Carol J. Bult United States · #41,702 worldwide 44k citations · 549 works
All ranked researchers at Jackson Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Jackson Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Jackson Laboratory is "A global reference for human genetic variation" (Corresponding authors et al., 2015), with 20,444 citations. Next come "Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans" (10,439) and "Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome" (7,343).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A global reference for human genetic variation Corresponding authors et al. · Nature Open access815 authors 29 Sep 2015 20,444
2 Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans Monkol Lek et al. · Nature Open access Aug 2016 10,439
3 Initial sequencing and comparative analysis of the mouse genome Asif T. Chinwalla et al. · Nature Open access223 authors Dec 2002 7,343
4 MetaboAnalyst 5.0: narrowing the gap between raw spectra and functional insights Zhiqiang Pang, Jasmine Chong, Guangyan Zhou et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 28 Apr 2021 4,235
5 The hypocretins: Hypothalamus-specific peptides with neuroexcitatory activity Luı́s de Lecea, Thomas S. Kilduff, Christelle Peyron et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 6 Jan 1998 3,912
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Jackson Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Gene Expression, Neurodegeneration, Immunotherapy, Neuroinflammation, Inflammation, Innate Immunity and Cancer.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress51▲ 5.2×44 topics
  2. Inflammation41▲ 3.2×64 topics
  3. Gene Expression35▲ 9.5×18 topics
  4. Neurodegeneration34▲ 18×8 topics
  5. Immunotherapy32▲ 7.5×18 topics
  6. Neuroinflammation31▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Cancer30▲ 3.7×37 topics
  8. Innate Immunity22▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Data Integration20▲ 19×3 topics
  10. Amyloid Hypothesis19▲ 53×1 topic
  11. Tau Pathology19▲ 53×1 topic
  12. Cancer Immunotherapy19▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Precision Medicine18▲ 6.3×7 topics
  14. Tumor Regression18▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Aging18▲ 5.6×13 topics
  16. Biomarkers17▲ 4.2×13 topics
  17. Immunity16▲ 6.7×7 topics
  18. Gene Therapy15▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Genetic Variation15▲ 12×8 topics
  20. RNA-Seq15▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 5.3×7 topics
  22. Data Analysis14▲ 8.8×3 topics
  23. Mitochondrial Dysfunction14▲ 7.8×10 topics
  24. Lymphoma12▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Transcriptional Regulation12▲ 13×9 topics
  26. Single-Cell12▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Transcriptomics12▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Genomic Instability12▲ 18×3 topics
  29. Brain Development12▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Cytokines12▲ 6.8×8 topics
  31. Leukemia12▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Targeted Therapy12▲ 8.8×4 topics
  33. CAR T Cells12▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Chimeric Antigen Receptor12▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Genomics11▲ 6.4×7 topics
  36. Cell-Free DNA11▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis10▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Protein-Protein Interaction Networks10▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Microglia10▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Cancer Genomics10▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Jackson Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, CAR-T cell therapy research and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.

Alzheimer's disease rese…19Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 19 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …12Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 12 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…12CAR-T cell therapy research: 12 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genom…10Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 10 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 10 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 8 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing8RNA Research and Splicing: 8 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 7 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 7 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…7RNA modifications and cancer: 7 fractional works
PhysiologyMolecular BiologyOncologyCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 19 works
  2. 2 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 12 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 12 works
  4. 4 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 10 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 10 works
  6. 6 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 8 works
  7. 7 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 8 works
  8. 8 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 7 works
  9. 9 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 7 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 7 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 available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.7%domestic only85.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Jackson Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Jackson Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Jackson Laboratory0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Jackson Laboratory 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%Jackson Laboratory11.8% 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 23.8% in 2018.

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