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Joslin Diabetes Center

In research, Joslin Diabetes Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,700 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,508 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,786 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — Geophysics is 43.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,518
of 28,054 · #1,602 all time
Rank in United States
#998
of 4,192
Research works
2.7k
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
220k
81.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Joslin Diabetes Center 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
MedicineField #2,700 of 10,443 26.7%149 #710
Health SciencesDomain #3,508 of 11,982 27.2%159 #884
Physical SciencesDomain #12,786 of 12,888 0.4%129 #13259
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #1,209 of 1,209 0.0%68 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Joslin Diabetes Center 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. Medicine#710 #2,700
  2. Health Sciences#884 #3,508
  3. Physical Sciences#13,259 #12,786
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 Joslin Diabetes Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 43.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 52.2 works44×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 47.0 works26×
  3. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 39.9 works21×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 68.3 works13×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.38× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.69× its world share, 68 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.50× its world share, 50 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.25× its world share, 149 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 2 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: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Lori M. Laffel, George L. King and C. Ronald Kahn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Joslin Diabetes Center.

  1. 1 Lori M. Laffel United States · #6,900 worldwide 755 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 George L. King United States · #8,348 worldwide 945 citations · 81 works
  3. 3 C. Ronald Kahn United States · #10,075 worldwide 942 citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Morris F. White United States · #11,866 worldwide 805 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Edward S. Horton United States · #16,276 worldwide 594 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Gordon C. Weir United States · #29,392 worldwide 413 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Andrzej S. Królewski United States · #52,675 worldwide 361 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Lloyd Paul Aiello United States · #55,573 worldwide 454 citations · 87 works
  9. 9 Laurie J. Goodyear United States · #59,344 worldwide 353 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 J. Stuart Soeldner United States · #59,803 worldwide 294 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center

Which keywords describe research at Joslin Diabetes Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Cardiovascular Disease, Glycemic Control, Diabetes, Insulin Therapy and Seismic Noise.

▲ 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. Solar Wind47▲ 148×2 topics
  2. Ionosphere41▲ 215×1 topic
  3. Magnetosphere41▲ 215×1 topic
  4. Cardiovascular Disease36▲ 9.3×28 topics
  5. Glycemic Control34▲ 65×4 topics
  6. Inflammation32▲ 4.5×53 topics
  7. Diabetes31▲ 18×14 topics
  8. Insulin Therapy30▲ 71×3 topics
  9. Seismic Noise27▲ 161×1 topic
  10. Tomography27▲ 43×1 topic
  11. Type 1 Diabetes26▲ 90×2 topics
  12. Ionospheric Anomalies26▲ 193×1 topic
  13. Seismic Electromagnetics26▲ 193×1 topic
  14. Oxidative Stress23▲ 4.2×30 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 8.0×13 topics
  16. Obesity19▲ 7.4×19 topics
  17. Type 2 Diabetes18▲ 24×6 topics
  18. Complications18▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Continuous Glucose Monitoring17▲ 107×1 topic
  20. Hypoglycemia17▲ 107×1 topic
  21. Insulin Resistance17▲ 11×8 topics
  22. Hydrological Modeling16▲ 20×2 topics
  23. GRACE16▲ 91×1 topic
  24. Sea Level Rise16▲ 37×1 topic
  25. Diabetes Mellitus16▲ 23×6 topics
  26. Weight Loss14▲ 26×4 topics
  27. Macular Degeneration12▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Diabetic Retinopathy12▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Heart Failure11▲ 7.5×11 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Exercise10▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Pancreatic Islets10▲ 71×1 topic
  33. ß-Cell Dysfunction10▲ 71×1 topic
  34. Microbial Communities10▲ 6.7×2 topics
  35. Autoimmunity10▲ 20×5 topics
  36. Metabolic Regulation10▲ 17×5 topics
  37. Mitochondrial Dysfunction10▲ 9.5×6 topics
  38. Clinical Guidelines9▲ 9.0×3 topics
  39. HLA Genes9▲ 69×1 topic
  40. Insulin Production9▲ 69×1 topic

Which research topics does Joslin Diabetes Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Earthquake Detection and Analysis and Diabetes Management and Research.

Ionosphere and magnetosp…41Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 41 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 27 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 26 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 17 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 16 fractional worksPancreatic function and …10Pancreatic function and diabetes: 10 fractional worksDiabetes and associated disorders: 9 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 9 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 8 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 8 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsGeophysicsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismOceanography4 others

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

  1. 1 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 41 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 27 works
  3. 3 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 26 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 17 works
  5. 5 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 16 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 10 works
  7. 7 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 9 works
  8. 8 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 9 works
  9. 9 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  10. 10 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 8 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Joslin Diabetes Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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