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La Jolla Institute for Immunology

In research, La Jolla Institute for Immunology stands highest in Life Sciences (#673 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#2,211 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,174 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Immunology and Microbiology and Infectious Diseases — Immunology is 35.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,732
of 28,054 · #618 all time
Rank in United States
#271
of 4,192
Research works
2.3k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
217k
94.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is La Jolla Institute for Immunology 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 #673 of 7,800 28.9%124 #154
MedicineField #2,211 of 10,443 32.6%108 #991
Health SciencesDomain #3,174 of 11,982 32.5%110 #1309
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #289 of 682 29.3%64 #57
ImmunologySubfield #276 of 455 28.2%60 #48

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where La Jolla Institute for Immunology 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#154 #673
  2. Medicine#991 #2,211
  3. Health Sciences#1,309 #3,174
  4. Immunology and Microbiology#57 #289
  5. Immunology#48 #276
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 La Jolla Institute for Immunology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 35.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 60.5 works36×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 64.2 works26×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 38.0 works23×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 40.2 works5.4×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.99× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 25.93× its world share, 64 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.29× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 25.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology?

Ranked on the composite score, Klaus Ley, Mitchell Kronenberg and Daniela Weiskopf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is La Jolla Institute for Immunology.

  1. 1 Klaus Ley United States · #3,521 worldwide 1.3k citations · 130 works
  2. 2 Mitchell Kronenberg United States · #8,284 worldwide 792 citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Daniela Weiskopf United States · #25,123 worldwide 441 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Michael Croft United States · #28,732 worldwide 430 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Bjoern Peters United States · #30,372 worldwide 460 citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Howard M. Grey United States · #45,485 worldwide 508 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Alessandro Sette United States · #48,690 worldwide 859 citations · 156 works
  8. 8 Carl F. Ware United States · #52,423 worldwide 313 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Shane Crotty United States · #55,308 worldwide 298 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 John Sidney United States · #58,999 worldwide 362 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Which keywords describe research at La Jolla Institute for Immunology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunity, Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Antigen Presentation, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 and ACE2 Receptor.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 4.4×44 topics
  2. Immunity34▲ 34×8 topics
  3. Vaccine32▲ 32×10 topics
  4. Immune Response26▲ 19×18 topics
  5. Antigen Presentation26▲ 118×2 topics
  6. Pandemic25▲ 9.5×5 topics
  7. Inflammation25▲ 4.8×36 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-224▲ 30×6 topics
  9. ACE2 Receptor22▲ 37×3 topics
  10. Cancer Immunotherapy18▲ 49×3 topics
  11. Pathogenesis16▲ 13×12 topics
  12. Autoimmunity16▲ 46×4 topics
  13. Viral Transmission16▲ 44×3 topics
  14. Coronavirus16▲ 31×2 topics
  15. Innate Immunity16▲ 20×5 topics
  16. Dendritic Cells15▲ 70×3 topics
  17. Mutation15▲ 33×3 topics
  18. TGF-ß15▲ 40×3 topics
  19. antibody15▲ 57×1 topic
  20. spike protein15▲ 57×1 topic
  21. CD4+CD25+14▲ 163×1 topic
  22. Foxp314▲ 163×1 topic
  23. Epitope Prediction13▲ 203×1 topic
  24. Peptide-MHC Binding13▲ 203×1 topic
  25. NK Cell Recognition13▲ 80×1 topic
  26. Natural Killer Cells13▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Cancer13▲ 3.9×25 topics
  28. Treatment12▲ 4.2×14 topics
  29. Tumor Antigen12▲ 81×1 topic
  30. Vaccine Adjuvants12▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Genetics9▲ 5.2×8 topics
  32. Thrombosis9▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Vaccine Development8▲ 12×7 topics
  34. Regulatory T Cells7▲ 26×4 topics
  35. Glycosylation7▲ 27×3 topics
  36. Pathophysiology7▲ 9.9×2 topics
  37. Clinical Characteristics7▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Cytokine Storm7▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Genetic Diversity7▲ 6.7×5 topics
  40. Asthma7▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does La Jolla Institute for Immunology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, T-cell and B-cell Immunology, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …15SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 15 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…14T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 14 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinfor…13vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 13 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…13Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 13 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 7 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…6Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 6 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 6 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 6 fractional worksViral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 5 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesImmunologyMolecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 15 works
  2. 2 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 14 works
  3. 3 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 13 works
  4. 4 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 13 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 12 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 7 works
  7. 7 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 6 works
  9. 9 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 6 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 5 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 available55.3%not open44.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has La Jolla Institute for Immunology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower 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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