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Lou Ruvo Brain Institute

In research, Lou Ruvo Brain Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,914 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,556 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,280
of 22,385 · #15,019 all time
Rank in United States
#2,995
of 3,332
Research works
305
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.9k
32.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Lou Ruvo Brain Institute

What is Lou Ruvo Brain Institute 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,914 of 16,688 13.3%200
MedicineField #4,556 of 14,558 13.3%192

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

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Lou Ruvo Brain Institute is in Health Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Neuroscience (17%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 57 fractional works · 62.7% of its workMedicine: 54 fractional works · 59.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 15.8% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 10.8% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 23.4% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 17.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 7.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKLou Ruvo BrainInstitute91fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences63%Social Sciences11%

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. Medicine5459.6%
    2. Health Professions22.6%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience1617.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology77.8%
    2. Social Sciences21.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Environmental Science11.3%
    2. Computer Science11.0%
    3. Mathematics10.6%
    4. Engineering00.4%
    5. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 10.63× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.10× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.56× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 10.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience10.63×16 works
  2. Medicine3.10×54 works
  3. Psychology2.56×7 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.60×2 works
  5. Health Professions0.99×2 works
  6. Nursing0.89×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×4 works
  8. Mathematics0.48×0 works
  9. Environmental Science0.26×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  11. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.14×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.14×2 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  18. Engineering0.03×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Lou Ruvo Brain Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Kate Zhong, James B. Leverenz and Sarah Jane Banks lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lou Ruvo Brain Institute.

  1. 1 Kate Zhong United States · #106,329 worldwide 8.3k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 James B. Leverenz United States · #721,526 worldwide 718 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Sarah Jane Banks United States · #1,079,037 worldwide 1.9k citations · 86 works
  4. 4 Shehroo B. Pudumjee United States · #1,435,678 worldwide 288 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Justin B. Miller United States · #1,542,317 worldwide 1.5k citations · 118 works
All ranked researchers at Lou Ruvo Brain Institute

What are the most cited papers from Lou Ruvo Brain Institute?

The most cited paper from Lou Ruvo Brain Institute is "Alzheimer's disease" (Philip Scheltens, Bart De Strooper, Miia Kivipelto et al., 2021), with 5,240 citations. Next come "Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease: the IWG-2 criteria" (3,373) and "Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing" (3,277).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Alzheimer's disease Philip Scheltens, Bart De Strooper, Miia Kivipelto et al. · The Lancet Open access 2 Mar 2021 5,240
2 Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease: the IWG-2 criteria Bruno Dubois et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 18 May 2014 3,373
3 Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing Brian W. Kunkle et al. · Nature Genetics ReviewOpen access469 authors 28 Feb 2019 3,277
4 New insights into the genetic etiology of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias Céline Bellenguez et al. · Nature Genetics Open access1,266 authors Apr 2022 2,608
5 Analysis of shared heritability in common disorders of the brain Verneri Anttila et al. · Science Open access577 authors 21 Jun 2018 2,056
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lou Ruvo Brain Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neuroimaging, Aging, Biomarkers, Alzheimer's Disease, Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Cognitive Training and Dementia.

▲ 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. Neuroimaging14▲ 55×9 topics
  2. Aging14▲ 27×8 topics
  3. Biomarkers13▲ 20×5 topics
  4. Alzheimer's Disease13▲ 50×6 topics
  5. Neurodegeneration13▲ 45×7 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress12▲ 8.2×10 topics
  7. Cognitive Training12▲ 139×2 topics
  8. Dementia12▲ 135×2 topics
  9. Caregiver Burden12▲ 112×2 topics
  10. Cognitive Decline12▲ 104×1 topic
  11. Mild Cognitive Impairment12▲ 148×1 topic
  12. Neuroinflammation10▲ 38×5 topics
  13. Neurological Disorders9▲ 18×15 topics
  14. Diagnostic Criteria8▲ 38×5 topics
  15. Parkinson's Disease8▲ 33×7 topics
  16. Amyloid Hypothesis7▲ 120×1 topic
  17. Tau Pathology7▲ 120×1 topic
  18. Depression6▲ 7.6×12 topics
  19. Epidemiology6▲ 1.67×20 topics
  20. Cognitive Impairment6▲ 25×7 topics
  21. Neurobiology4▲ 19×7 topics
  22. Multiple Sclerosis4▲ 125×1 topic
  23. Neuromyelitis Optica4▲ 125×1 topic
  24. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 14×6 topics
  25. Brain Development4▲ 22×5 topics
  26. Dopaminergic Neurons4▲ 61×2 topics
  27. Stress4▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Cytokines3▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Neuropathology3▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Genetics3▲ 5.1×9 topics
  31. Genetic Risk Factors3▲ 67×1 topic
  32. a-Synuclein3▲ 67×1 topic
  33. Hippocampus3▲ 54×2 topics
  34. Innate Immunity3▲ 10×5 topics
  35. Consciousness3▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Epilepsy3▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Microglia3▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Deep Brain Stimulation3▲ 42×3 topics
  39. Functional Connectivity3▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Recovery3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Lou Ruvo Brain Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments.

Dementia and Cognitive I…12Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 12 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…7Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 7 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Resea…4Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 4 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…3Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury R…3Traumatic Brain Injury Research: 3 fractional worksStress Responses and Cor…2Stress Responses and Cortisol: 2 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyPathology and Forensic MedicineNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 12 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 7 works
  3. 3 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 3 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Stress Responses and Cortisol Behavioral Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  10. 10 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 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 available61.4%not open38.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.0%domestic only81.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lou Ruvo Brain Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Lou Ruvo Brain Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Lou Ruvo Brain Institute0.00035% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Lou Ruvo Brain Institute 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Lou Ruvo Brain Institute8.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.5% in 2018.

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