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London Biofoundry

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,757
of 28,054 · #17,208 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#326
of 1,094
Research works
125
▲ 23252% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What does London Biofoundry specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Chemistry takes 21.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ChemistryField · 20.9 works21×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.28× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.08× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 9.22× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 20.99× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.74× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.02× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 21.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at London Biofoundry?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Medicinal Chemistry, Nanoparticles, Synthesis, Enantioselective, Drug Discovery, Catalytic and Metal-Organic Frameworks.

▲ 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. Catalysis8▲ 18×19 topics
  2. Medicinal Chemistry5▲ 29×9 topics
  3. Nanoparticles5▲ 5.8×14 topics
  4. Synthesis4▲ 15×7 topics
  5. Enantioselective3▲ 200×3 topics
  6. Nanomaterials3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  7. Catalytic3▲ 41×4 topics
  8. Drug Discovery3▲ 22×7 topics
  9. Metal-Organic Frameworks3▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Self-Assembly3▲ 14×6 topics
  11. Organometallic Chemistry3▲ 93×4 topics
  12. Hydrogenation2▲ 23×5 topics
  13. Amination2▲ 236×1 topic
  14. C-H Bonds2▲ 236×1 topic
  15. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 23×5 topics
  16. Macrocycles2▲ 77×2 topics
  17. Transition Metal Complexes2▲ 39×4 topics
  18. Water Splitting2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  19. Transition Metal Catalysis2▲ 40×3 topics
  20. Organic Synthesis2▲ 28×7 topics
  21. Oxidative Coupling2▲ 63×2 topics
  22. Drug Delivery2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  23. Energy Storage2▲ 4.6×4 topics
  24. Molecular Machines2▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Drug Design2▲ 44×4 topics
  26. Electrocatalysis2▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Heterocycles2▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions2▲ 49×2 topics
  29. Efficiency2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  30. Heterogeneous Catalysis2▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Foldamers2▲ 76×1 topic
  32. Peptide Synthesis2▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Asymmetric Synthesis2▲ 45×5 topics
  34. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation2▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Chemical Sensors2▲ 9.6×3 topics
  36. C–H Activation2▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Dehydrogenation2▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Electrochemistry2▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Polymerization2▲ 25×3 topics
  40. Visible Light2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does London Biofoundry publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions: 2 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Analysis: 2 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…2Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 2 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …1Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 1 fractional worksCoordination Chemistry and Organometallics: 1 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 1 fractional worksConducting polymers and …1Conducting polymers and applications: 1 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 1 fractional worksSynthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…1Machine Learning in Materials Science: 1 fractional works
Organic ChemistryMolecular BiologyInorganic ChemistryPolymers and Plastics1 others

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

  1. 1 Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions Organic Chemistry 2 works
  2. 2 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 Coordination Chemistry and Organometallics Organic Chemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 1 works
  8. 8 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds Inorganic Chemistry 1 works
  10. 10 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 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 available79.8%not open20.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.3%domestic only60.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has London Biofoundry's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23252% 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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