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James S. McDonnell Foundation

In research, James S. McDonnell Foundation stands highest in Engineering (#777 of 9,532 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,467 of 17,446 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,077 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 6.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,673
of 22,385 · #1,261 all time
Rank in United States
#1,032
of 3,332
Research works
2.4k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
42k
17.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
James S. McDonnell Foundation

What is James S. McDonnell Foundation known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #777 of 9,532 5.6%1,269
Physical SciencesDomain #1,467 of 17,446 6.1%1,955
Life SciencesDomain #1,077 of 11,023 19.2%167
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #208 of 1,601 5.9%357
Computational MechanicsSubfield #269 of 1,225 5.8%208
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #935 of 3,725 5.9%181
Physics and AstronomyField #854 of 2,917 10.6%217
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #602 of 1,960 2.8%148
Computer ScienceField #3,500 of 6,336 1.6%120

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where James S. McDonnell Foundation 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 fields of science does James S. McDonnell Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at James S. McDonnell Foundation is in Life Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (29%), Medicine (21%), Engineering (15%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 48 fractional works · 38.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 28.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 18.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 33.9% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 14.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 22.1% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 20.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKJames S.McDonnell…123fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences5%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3528.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology75.7%
    3. Neuroscience32.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.6%
    1. Engineering1814.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1411.5%
    3. Environmental Science42.9%
    4. Computer Science21.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Materials Science10.6%
    8. Energy10.5%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine2520.5%
    2. Health Professions10.7%
    3. Veterinary10.5%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    1. Psychology21.4%
    2. Decision Sciences21.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    4. Social Sciences10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does James S. McDonnell Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 22.3 works6.0×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.40× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.70× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.67× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.98× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.18× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.07× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.40× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.70×7 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.40×35 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy5.18×14 works
  4. Veterinary3.40×1 works
  5. Neuroscience1.67×3 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.28×2 works
  7. Medicine1.07×25 works
  8. Engineering0.98×18 works
  9. Nursing0.94×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.68×1 works
  11. Energy0.59×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.59×4 works
  13. Psychology0.46×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.41×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.25×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.25×1 works
  18. Computer Science0.23×2 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.18×1 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at James S. McDonnell Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Chad Tomlinson, Milinn Kremitzki and Christopher Markovic lead among researchers whose main affiliation is James S. McDonnell Foundation.

  1. 1 Chad Tomlinson United States · #52,001 worldwide 26k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Milinn Kremitzki United States · #194,987 worldwide 8.3k citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Christopher Markovic United States · #755,694 worldwide 1.5k citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Peter J. Meschter United States · #841,094 worldwide 1.2k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 John M. Putnam United States · #1,289,668 worldwide 693 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Jerome E. Holliday United States · #1,351,527 worldwide 678 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 T. J. Bogar United States · #1,416,792 worldwide 988 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 John F. Donovan United States · #1,540,200 worldwide 1.8k citations · 84 works
  9. 9 D. E. Parekh United States · #1,569,745 worldwide 755 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 L.N. Medgyesi-Mitschang United States · #1,606,858 worldwide 1.4k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at James S. McDonnell Foundation

What are the most cited papers from James S. McDonnell Foundation?

The most cited paper from James S. McDonnell Foundation is "Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues" (François Aguet et al., 2017), with 4,762 citations. Next come "The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer" (3,854) and "The complete sequence of a human genome" (3,475).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues François Aguet et al. · Nature Open access250 authors 10 Oct 2017 4,762
2 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
3 The complete sequence of a human genome Sergey Nurk et al. · Science Open access100 authors 31 Mar 2022 3,475
4 Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas Francisco Sánchez-Vega et al. · Cell Open access779 authors Apr 2018 3,452
5 Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes Lauri A. Aaltonen et al. · Nature Open access1,324 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,360
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at James S. McDonnell Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, RNA-Seq, Cancer, Gravitational Waves, Epigenetic Regulation, Cancer Progression, Genomic Instability and Targeted Therapy.

▲ 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. Cancer6▲ 3.6×23 topics
  2. Gene Expression6▲ 7.7×13 topics
  3. RNA-Seq4▲ 29×2 topics
  4. Gravitational Waves3▲ 49×2 topics
  5. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 13×5 topics
  6. Cancer Progression3▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Genomic Instability3▲ 22×2 topics
  8. DNA Methylation3▲ 21×3 topics
  9. Targeted Therapy3▲ 11×3 topics
  10. Cell-Free DNA3▲ 24×2 topics
  11. Dark Matter3▲ 20×2 topics
  12. Data Integration3▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Galactic Center3▲ 52×2 topics
  14. Particle Physics3▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Cancer Genomics3▲ 32×1 topic
  16. Helminth Infections3▲ 55×2 topics
  17. Mutational Signatures3▲ 32×1 topic
  18. Immunity3▲ 5.4×7 topics
  19. Single-Cell3▲ 43×1 topic
  20. Transcriptomics3▲ 43×1 topic
  21. Epigenetic Reprogramming2▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Gene Expression Regulation2▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Supernovae2▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Cancer Epigenetics2▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Histone Modification2▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Epigenetics2▲ 41×2 topics
  27. RNA methylation2▲ 23×1 topic
  28. m6A-seq2▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 12×3 topics
  30. Innate Immunity2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  31. Chromatin2▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Cosmic Rays2▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Equation of State2▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Neutrinos2▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Antigen Presentation2▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Black Holes2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Transcription Factors2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Binary Black Hole2▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Disease Burden2▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Immune Regulation2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does James S. McDonnell Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation and RNA modifications and cancer.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …3Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…2Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…2RNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksPulsars and Gravitational Waves Research: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases2Genomics and Rare Diseases: 2 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 2 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…2Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyAstronomy and AstrophysicsGenetics1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  2. 2 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  9. 9 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 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 available17.0%not open83.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.9%domestic only95.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has James S. McDonnell Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% 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 James S. McDonnell Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%James S. McDonnell Foundation0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of James S. McDonnell Foundation 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%James S. McDonnell Foundation11.8% 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 22.8% in 2023.

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