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Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre

In research, Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,738 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 6.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,951
of 28,054 · #15,795 all time
Rank in Latvia
#10
of 33
Research works
536
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
27.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre 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 #5,738 of 7,800 16.9%61 #7776

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre 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).

What does Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 6.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 23.1 works6.2×
← 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: 1.88× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.76× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.76× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.60× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 32 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Jānis Kloviņš, Kaspars Tārs and Jekaterina Ērenpreisa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre.

  1. 1 Jānis Kloviņš Latvia · #108,314 worldwide 215 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Kaspars Tārs Latvia · #1,174,981 worldwide 39 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Jekaterina Ērenpreisa Latvia · #1,367,289 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Vita Rovīte Latvia · #1,413,905 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Andris Kazāks Latvia · #1,580,273 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Juris Jansons Latvia · #1,621,330 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre

Which keywords describe research at Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genomics, Evolution, Microbiome, Virus, Therapy, Metagenomics and Ecology.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.7×47 topics
  2. Genomics7▲ 19×7 topics
  3. Evolution7▲ 23×4 topics
  4. Cancer6▲ 3.8×15 topics
  5. Microbiome6▲ 36×3 topics
  6. Nanoparticles6▲ 3.9×6 topics
  7. Virus6▲ 49×2 topics
  8. Therapy6▲ 23×2 topics
  9. Ecology5▲ 29×2 topics
  10. Metagenomics5▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Bacteriophage5▲ 90×1 topic
  12. Marine5▲ 90×1 topic
  13. Microbial Communities5▲ 9.3×4 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota5▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Immunity4▲ 8.9×7 topics
  16. Innate Immunity4▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Host-Pathogen Interactions4▲ 39×3 topics
  18. Immune Response4▲ 5.8×10 topics
  19. Immune Responses4▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Biomarkers4▲ 4.7×9 topics
  21. Metagenomic Analysis4▲ 28×1 topic
  22. Short-Chain Fatty Acids4▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Cancer Therapy3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  24. Phylogenetic Analysis3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  25. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.4×13 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 6.6×9 topics
  27. Vaccine3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  28. Biogenesis3▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Gene Silencing3▲ 24×2 topics
  30. Plant Immunity3▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Antigen Presentation3▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Pathogen Transmission2▲ 31×2 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-22▲ 6.4×4 topics
  34. Lyme Disease2▲ 81×1 topic
  35. Tick-Borne Diseases2▲ 81×1 topic
  36. Vaccine Development2▲ 7.8×8 topics
  37. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. RNA-Seq2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Viral RNA Silencing2▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Virus-Host Interactions2▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bacteriophages and microbial interactions, Gut microbiota and health, Vector-borne infectious diseases and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Bacteriophages and micro…5Bacteriophages and microbial interactions: 5 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 4 fractional worksVector-borne infectious diseases: 2 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…2Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 2 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 1 fractional worksTransgenic Plants and Applications: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional works
EcologyMolecular BiologyParasitologyPlant Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 5 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Vector-borne infectious diseases Parasitology 2 works
  4. 4 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Transgenic Plants and Applications Biotechnology 1 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 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 available61.4%not open38.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.2%domestic only66.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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