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Lung Institute

In research, Lung Institute stands highest in Medicine (#673 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#951 of 11,982 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#130 of 1,144 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Physiology — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 13.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,021
of 28,054 · #1,257 all time
Rank in United States
#431
of 4,192
Research works
4.9k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
298k
60.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Lung Institute 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
MedicineField #673 of 10,443 26.8%403 #311
Health SciencesDomain #951 of 11,982 26.9%423 #379
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #130 of 1,144 26.2%119 #91
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #159 of 738 26.5%80 #92
Life SciencesDomain #2,119 of 7,800 27.0%108 #620
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,132 of 3,579 29.3%69 #723

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Lung 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#311 #673
  2. Health Sciences#379 #951
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#91 #130
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#92 #159
  5. Life Sciences#620 #2,119
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#723 #2,132
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Lung Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 13.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 119.5 works13×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 80.3 works13×
  3. PhysiologySubfield · 28.1 works5.4×
  4. ImmunologySubfield · 21.5 works5.2×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 70 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.83× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.97× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 403 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Lung Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, A B Kay, Siamak Mohammadi and PA Poole-Wilson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lung Institute.

  1. 1 A B Kay United States · #91,795 worldwide 250 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Siamak Mohammadi United States · #224,010 worldwide 86 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 PA Poole-Wilson United States · #315,230 worldwide 113 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 A.B. Kay United States · #353,875 worldwide 93 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Peter H. Sugden United States · #401,283 worldwide 137 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 P H Sugden United States · #408,041 worldwide 162 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Alan J. Williams United States · #462,374 worldwide 139 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 John Dean United States · #738,444 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Robert H. Anderson United States · #816,056 worldwide 38 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Bill Brashier United States · #1,251,495 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Lung Institute

Which keywords describe research at Lung Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Echocardiography, Heart Failure, Treatment, Management and Pulmonary Hypertension.

▲ 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. Epidemiology66▲ 2.8×82 topics
  2. Inflammation55▲ 4.4×71 topics
  3. Diagnosis35▲ 6.2×27 topics
  4. Treatment32▲ 4.4×31 topics
  5. Echocardiography31▲ 19×8 topics
  6. Heart Failure29▲ 11×13 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease27▲ 4.1×32 topics
  8. Management27▲ 5.7×22 topics
  9. Cancer23▲ 2.9×44 topics
  10. Obesity23▲ 5.2×19 topics
  11. Pulmonary Hypertension22▲ 26×3 topics
  12. Cystic Fibrosis21▲ 50×3 topics
  13. Pulmonary Infections20▲ 59×2 topics
  14. Microbiota20▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Bronchiectasis20▲ 114×1 topic
  16. CFTR20▲ 114×1 topic
  17. Fibrosis19▲ 17×8 topics
  18. Global Burden19▲ 6.0×12 topics
  19. Myocardial Infarction19▲ 14×7 topics
  20. Respiratory17▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Asthma17▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Atherosclerosis16▲ 9.3×11 topics
  23. COPD15▲ 38×1 topic
  24. spirometry15▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Preterm Infants14▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Respiratory Distress Syndrome14▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Immunology14▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Allergic Diseases14▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Cardiac Imaging14▲ 19×3 topics
  30. Endothelial Dysfunction14▲ 9.8×8 topics
  31. Eosinophils14▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia13▲ 34×2 topics
  33. Lung Stem Cells13▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Surfactant Proteins13▲ 38×1 topic
  35. TGF-ß13▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Magnetic Resonance Imaging13▲ 8.5×7 topics
  37. Interstitial Lung Disease13▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Coronary Artery Disease12▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement12▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement12▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does Lung Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases and Neonatal Respiratory Health Research.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…20Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 20 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…15Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 15 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…14Asthma and respiratory diseases: 14 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Hea…13Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 13 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 12 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 12 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …10Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 10 fractional worksInhalation and Respirato…9Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 9 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…8Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 8 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…8Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 8 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  2. 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  3. 3 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 14 works
  4. 4 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  8. 8 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  9. 9 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 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 available46.1%not open53.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.8%domestic only54.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Lung Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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