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Lieber Institute for Brain Development

In research, Lieber Institute for Brain Development stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,104 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,760
of 28,054 · #12,565 all time
Rank in United States
#1,461
of 4,192
Research works
241
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
47.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
69%
world 28%

What is Lieber Institute for Brain Development 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
Life SciencesDomain #5,104 of 14,347 32.3%164

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lieber Institute for Brain Development 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 Lieber Institute for Brain Development specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 20.6 works10×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.96× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 13.03× its world share, 14 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 13.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lieber Institute for Brain Development?

Ranked on the composite score, Daniel R. Weinberger, Thomas M. Hyde and Andrew E. Jaffe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lieber Institute for Brain Development.

  1. 1 Daniel R. Weinberger United States · #20,807 worldwide 1k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 Thomas M. Hyde United States · #28,969 worldwide 485 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Andrew E. Jaffe United States · #46,870 worldwide 1k citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Joel E. Kleinman United States · #126,267 worldwide 357 citations · 70 works
  5. 5 Richard E. Straub United States · #132,575 worldwide 241 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Joo Heon Shin United States · #179,006 worldwide 169 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Qiang Chen United States · #293,169 worldwide 83 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Keri Martinowich United States · #318,480 worldwide 104 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Leonardo Collado‐Torres United States · #330,315 worldwide 215 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Dwight Dickinson United States · #342,138 worldwide 98 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Lieber Institute for Brain Development

Which keywords describe research at Lieber Institute for Brain Development?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Genetics, Brain Development, Oxidative Stress, RNA-Seq, Genetic Variation and Single-Cell.

▲ 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. Gene Expression10▲ 24×10 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress5▲ 4.6×22 topics
  3. Epidemiology5▲ 1.86×17 topics
  4. Mitochondrial Dysfunction5▲ 23×5 topics
  5. Brain Development4▲ 35×4 topics
  6. Genetics4▲ 8.8×7 topics
  7. RNA-Seq4▲ 49×2 topics
  8. Genetic Variation4▲ 25×5 topics
  9. Single-Cell3▲ 107×1 topic
  10. Transcriptomics3▲ 107×1 topic
  11. Bioinformatics3▲ 42×3 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders3▲ 8.2×7 topics
  13. Neuroinflammation3▲ 16×5 topics
  14. Cytokines3▲ 15×3 topics
  15. DNA Methylation3▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Microglia3▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Genome-Wide Association3▲ 52×2 topics
  18. Population Genetics3▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Data Analysis3▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Depression3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  21. Epigenetic Reprogramming3▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Haplotype Mapping3▲ 120×1 topic
  23. Histone Modification3▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Mendelian Randomization3▲ 120×1 topic
  25. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 23×4 topics
  26. Normalization2▲ 75×2 topics
  27. Biomarkers2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  28. Dendritic Spines2▲ 43×2 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration2▲ 12×7 topics
  30. Feature Selection2▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Chaperones2▲ 55×2 topics
  32. Differential Expression2▲ 131×1 topic
  33. Microarray2▲ 131×1 topic
  34. Protein Aggregation2▲ 55×2 topics
  35. Innate Immunity2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  36. Exercise2▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Huntington's Disease2▲ 92×1 topic
  38. Polyglutamine2▲ 92×1 topic
  39. Brown Adipose Tissue2▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Lieber Institute for Brain Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology and Gene expression and cancer classification.

Single-cell and spatial …3Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…3Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 3 fractional worksGenetic Associations and…3Genetic Associations and Epidemiology: 3 fractional worksGene expression and canc…2Gene expression and cancer classification: 2 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 2 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cog…2Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 2 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…2RNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyGeneticsCellular and Molecular NeurosciencePhysiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 3 works
  4. 4 Gene expression and cancer classification Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 2 works
  7. 7 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  8. 8 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 RNA modifications and cancer 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 available69.1%not open30.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.1%domestic only65.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lieber Institute for Brain Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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