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Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

In research, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,058 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#11,031 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,246 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#8,495
of 42,892
Rank in New Zealand
#24
of 117
Research works
400
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
45.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Malaghan Institute of Medical 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,058 of 14,347 20.7%212
MedicineField #11,031 of 17,978 28.3%134
Health SciencesDomain #13,246 of 20,462 29.1%145

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

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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.90× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 23.60× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 14.16× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 23.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Malaghan Institute of Medical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Graham Le Gros, Robert Weinkove and Michael V. Berridge lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Malaghan Institute of Medical Research.

  1. 1 Graham Le Gros New Zealand · #170,996 worldwide 115 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Robert Weinkove New Zealand · #349,130 worldwide 122 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Michael V. Berridge New Zealand · #441,423 worldwide 148 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Ian F. Hermans New Zealand · #445,164 worldwide 102 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 David Eccles New Zealand · #962,618 worldwide 25 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

Which keywords describe research at Malaghan Institute of Medical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Immunotherapy, Immunity, Immunotherapy, Natural Killer Cells, NK Cell Recognition, Innate Immunity, Inflammation and Antigen Presentation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 2.3×20 topics
  2. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 53×3 topics
  3. Immunity4▲ 18×4 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 3.5×23 topics
  5. Immunotherapy3▲ 8.0×8 topics
  6. NK Cell Recognition3▲ 85×1 topic
  7. Natural Killer Cells3▲ 85×1 topic
  8. Innate Immunity3▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Antigen Presentation2▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Gene Expression2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  11. Inflammatory Diseases2▲ 27×2 topics
  12. Dendritic Cells2▲ 51×1 topic
  13. Single-Cell2▲ 104×1 topic
  14. Transcriptomics2▲ 104×1 topic
  15. Tumor Antigen2▲ 74×1 topic
  16. Lymphoma2▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Regulatory T Cells2▲ 36×2 topics
  18. Cancer2▲ 2.9×13 topics
  19. Genetics2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  20. Leukemia2▲ 43×2 topics
  21. Treatment2▲ 2.9×6 topics
  22. Tumor Regression2▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Autoimmunity2▲ 23×3 topics
  24. CAR T Cells2▲ 46×1 topic
  25. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 46×1 topic
  26. IL-332▲ 177×1 topic
  27. Innate Lymphoid Cells2▲ 177×1 topic
  28. Gene Therapy2▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Foxp31▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Immune Regulation1▲ 26×4 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-21▲ 8.8×4 topics
  32. TGF-ß1▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Image Processing1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Immune Response1▲ 5.0×9 topics
  35. RNA Interference1▲ 33×1 topic
  36. siRNA Delivery1▲ 47×1 topic
  37. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Microscopy1▲ 35×2 topics
  39. Prostate Cancer1▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Immunomodulation1▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Malaghan Institute of Medical Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune Cell Function and Interaction, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses and IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways.

Immune Cell Function and…3Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …2Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…2Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 2 fractional worksIL-33, ST2, and ILC Path…2IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 1 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gen…1RNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 1 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksParasites and Host Interactions: 1 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 1 fractional works
ImmunologyMolecular BiologyOncologyBiophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 3 works
  2. 2 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 2 works
  4. 4 IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 1 works
  7. 7 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 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 available50.5%not open49.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.5%domestic only75.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Malaghan Institute of Medical Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower 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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