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Laureate Institute for Brain Research

In research, Laureate Institute for Brain Research stands highest in Neuroscience (#878 of 2,157 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,440 of 11,023 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#13,411 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience (Experimental and Cognitive Psychology is 36.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,243
of 22,385 · #13,042 all time
Rank in United States
#1,858
of 3,332
Research works
404
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
37.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Laureate Institute for Brain Research

What is Laureate Institute for Brain Research 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
NeuroscienceField #878 of 2,157 18.8%148
Life SciencesDomain #5,440 of 11,023 18.8%162
Social SciencesDomain #13,411 of 14,833 19.1%129

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Laureate Institute for Brain Research 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 Laureate Institute for Brain Research work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research at Laureate Institute for Brain Research is in Social Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (32%), Neuroscience (31%), Medicine (21%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 61 fractional works · 38.5% of its workPsychology: 52 fractional works · 32.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 28 fractional works · 17.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 17 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 34.2% of its workNeuroscience: 49 fractional works · 30.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 18.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 22.6% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 21.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLaureateInstitute for…159fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences38%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology5232.4%
    2. Social Sciences74.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    4. Decision Sciences10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Neuroscience4930.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine3321.0%
    2. Health Professions21.4%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Computer Science31.9%
    2. Chemistry21.1%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Mathematics10.5%
    5. Engineering10.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Laureate Institute for Brain Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology takes 36.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 27.6 works36×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 30.1 works26×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 48.7 works19×
  4. PsychologyField · 51.6 works11×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 18.87× its world share, 49 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 33 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 10.65× its world share, 52 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 18.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience18.87×49 works
  2. Psychology10.65×52 works
  3. Medicine1.09×33 works
  4. Chemistry0.70×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.65×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×5 works
  7. Health Professions0.54×2 works
  8. Mathematics0.43×1 works
  9. Nursing0.35×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.34×7 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.32×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.25×3 works
  14. Environmental Science0.12×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  19. Engineering0.02×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Laureate Institute for Brain Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Sahib S. Khalsa, Martin P. Paulus and W. Kyle Simmons lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Laureate Institute for Brain Research.

  1. 1 Sahib S. Khalsa United States · #28,946 worldwide 11k citations · 255 works
  2. 2 Martin P. Paulus United States · #29,613 worldwide 58k citations · 938 works
  3. 3 W. Kyle Simmons United States · #31,757 worldwide 19k citations · 114 works
  4. 4 Jerzy Bodurka United States · #53,525 worldwide 18k citations · 220 works
  5. 5 Jonathan B. Savitz United States · #86,106 worldwide 15k citations · 204 works
  6. 6 Justin S. Feinstein United States · #98,519 worldwide 8.7k citations · 98 works
  7. 7 Rayus Kuplicki United States · #173,906 worldwide 6k citations · 216 works
  8. 8 Patrick S.F. Bellgowan United States · #193,174 worldwide 11k citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Raquel Phillips United States · #220,448 worldwide 4.6k citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Ryan S. Smith United States · #227,891 worldwide 7.4k citations · 345 works
All ranked researchers at Laureate Institute for Brain Research

What are the most cited papers from Laureate Institute for Brain Research?

The most cited paper from Laureate Institute for Brain Research is "Interoceptive predictions in the brain" (Lisa Feldman Barrett, W. Kyle Simmons, 2015), with 1,849 citations. Next come "Interoception and Mental Health: A Roadmap" (1,488) and "The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms" (1,254).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interoceptive predictions in the brain Lisa Feldman Barrett, W. Kyle Simmons · Nature reviews. Neuroscience ReviewOpen access 28 May 2015 1,849
2 Interoception and Mental Health: A Roadmap Sahib S. Khalsa et al. · Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Open access 28 Dec 2017 1,488
3 The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms Marina B Romanello et al. · The Lancet Open access114 authors 14 Nov 2023 1,254
4 Association between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study Sammi R. Chekroud, Ralitza V. Gueorguieva, Amanda B. Zheutlin et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry 8 Aug 2018 1,207
5 Image processing and analysis methods for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study Donald J. Hagler et al. · NeuroImage Open access143 authors 12 Aug 2019 1,197
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Laureate Institute for Brain Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Emotion Regulation, Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Neurobiological Correlates, Prefrontal Cortex, Psychopathology, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Depressive Symptoms.

▲ 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. Emotion Regulation32▲ 63×8 topics
  2. Depression21▲ 15×14 topics
  3. Anxiety Disorders17▲ 96×2 topics
  4. Neurobiological Correlates16▲ 102×3 topics
  5. Prefrontal Cortex15▲ 113×3 topics
  6. Psychopathology15▲ 53×3 topics
  7. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy14▲ 172×2 topics
  8. Depressive Symptoms14▲ 149×2 topics
  9. Attentional Bias14▲ 276×1 topic
  10. Rumination14▲ 276×1 topic
  11. Mental Disorders12▲ 65×3 topics
  12. Neurobiology12▲ 29×9 topics
  13. Neural Mechanisms12▲ 72×4 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders11▲ 12×9 topics
  15. Stress11▲ 19×6 topics
  16. Emotion Dynamics11▲ 131×1 topic
  17. Network Analysis11▲ 59×1 topic
  18. Functional Connectivity11▲ 49×3 topics
  19. Mental Health10▲ 4.4×20 topics
  20. Decision Making9▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Neuroimaging Studies9▲ 101×3 topics
  22. Hippocampus9▲ 89×2 topics
  23. Cognitive Control9▲ 87×2 topics
  24. Executive Functions9▲ 90×2 topics
  25. Adolescent Brain Development9▲ 146×1 topic
  26. Attentional Networks9▲ 146×1 topic
  27. Default Mode Network8▲ 69×1 topic
  28. Resting-State fMRI8▲ 69×1 topic
  29. Adolescents7▲ 13×6 topics
  30. Anxiety7▲ 9.7×8 topics
  31. Adaptation6▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Neural Plasticity6▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Immune System6▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Brain6▲ 95×1 topic
  35. Cortisol6▲ 95×1 topic
  36. Prevalence6▲ 9.0×8 topics
  37. Genetic Variation5▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Neuroinflammation5▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Cytokines5▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Microglia5▲ 28×2 topics

Which research topics does Laureate Institute for Brain Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Mental Health Research Topics, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Anxiety, Depression, Psy…14Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes: 14 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 11 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 9 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 8 fractional worksStress Responses and Cortisol: 6 fractional worksTryptophan and brain dis…5Tryptophan and brain disorders: 5 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 4 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceBehavioral NeuroscienceBiological Psychiatry4 others

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

  1. 1 Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 14 works
  2. 2 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 11 works
  3. 3 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 9 works
  4. 4 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  5. 5 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 6 works
  6. 6 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 5 works
  7. 7 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  8. 8 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 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 available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.1%domestic only76.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Laureate Institute for Brain Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Laureate Institute for Brain Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Laureate Institute for Brain Research0.00054% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Laureate Institute for Brain Research 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%Laureate Institute for Brain Research16.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.4% in 2015.

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