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Jackson Laboratory

In research, Jackson Laboratory stands highest in Life Sciences (#844 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#904 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,407 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Genetics, Immunology and Molecular Biology — Genetics is 9.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,382
of 28,054 · #1,229 all time
Rank in United States
#364
of 4,192
Research works
5.3k
▲ 31% vs 2013–17
Citations
279k
52.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Jackson Laboratory 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 #844 of 7,800 20.0%300 #406
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #904 of 3,579 20.0%221 #368
MedicineField #3,407 of 10,443 19.5%173 #900
Molecular BiologySubfield #730 of 2,175 19.9%134 #269
Health SciencesDomain #4,685 of 11,982 19.5%179 #1171

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 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#406 #844
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#368 #904
  3. Medicine#900 #3,407
  4. Molecular Biology#269 #730
  5. Health Sciences#1,171 #4,685
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 Jackson Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Genetics takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeneticsSubfield · 42.5 works9.8×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 32.1 works8.9×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 134.5 works8.5×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.91× its world share, 221 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.32× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.45× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 173 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.03× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× 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: 0.21× its world share, 3 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, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Jackson Laboratory?

Ranked on the composite score, Roel G.W. Verhaak, Gary A. Churchill and Leonard D. Shultz lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Jackson Laboratory.

  1. 1 Roel G.W. Verhaak United States · #5,626 worldwide 2k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Gary A. Churchill United States · #15,504 worldwide 697 citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Leonard D. Shultz United States · #23,431 worldwide 596 citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Judith A. Blake United States · #25,019 worldwide 5.4k citations · 35 works
  5. 5 John J. Eppig United States · #27,397 worldwide 424 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Janan T. Eppig United States · #29,924 worldwide 5k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Joel E. Richardson United States · #29,938 worldwide 5k citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Nadia Rosenthal United States · #30,886 worldwide 395 citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Carol J. Bult United States · #46,318 worldwide 360 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Elissa J. Chesler United States · #47,417 worldwide 337 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Jackson Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Jackson Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Neurodegeneration, Gene Expression, Neuroinflammation, Immunotherapy, 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 2022–2025 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. Oxidative Stress45▲ 5.2×42 topics
  2. Inflammation33▲ 3.1×60 topics
  3. Neurodegeneration31▲ 20×8 topics
  4. Gene Expression31▲ 9.6×18 topics
  5. Neuroinflammation28▲ 19×5 topics
  6. Immunotherapy27▲ 7.3×17 topics
  7. Cancer26▲ 3.7×37 topics
  8. Innate Immunity19▲ 12×10 topics
  9. Amyloid Hypothesis18▲ 57×1 topic
  10. Precision Medicine18▲ 7.2×7 topics
  11. Tau Pathology18▲ 57×1 topic
  12. Data Integration16▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Cancer Immunotherapy16▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Tumor Regression16▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Biomarkers15▲ 4.2×13 topics
  16. Aging14▲ 5.1×13 topics
  17. Gene Therapy13▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Genetic Variation13▲ 12×8 topics
  19. Immunity13▲ 6.3×7 topics
  20. Tumor Microenvironment13▲ 5.6×7 topics
  21. Data Analysis13▲ 8.8×3 topics
  22. Mitochondrial Dysfunction12▲ 8.1×10 topics
  23. RNA-Seq12▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Genomic Instability12▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Targeted Therapy11▲ 9.7×4 topics
  26. Cytokines11▲ 7.6×8 topics
  27. Transcriptional Regulation11▲ 13×9 topics
  28. Brain Development11▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Genomics11▲ 7.0×7 topics
  30. Lymphoma11▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Cell-Free DNA10▲ 20×2 topics
  32. CAR T Cells10▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Chimeric Antigen Receptor10▲ 26×1 topic
  34. Leukemia10▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Cancer Genomics10▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Mutational Signatures10▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Microglia10▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis9▲ 52×1 topic
  39. Single-Cell9▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Transcriptomics9▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Jackson Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, CAR-T cell therapy research, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks.

Alzheimer's disease rese…18Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 18 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…10CAR-T cell therapy research: 10 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…10Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 10 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genom…9Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 9 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 9 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 8 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing7RNA Research and Splicing: 7 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 7 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 7 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining a…7Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 7 fractional works
PhysiologyOncologyCancer ResearchMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 18 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 10 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 10 works
  4. 4 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 9 works
  5. 5 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 9 works
  6. 6 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 8 works
  7. 7 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 7 works
  8. 8 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 7 works
  9. 9 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 7 works
  10. 10 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Jackson Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher 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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