Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Research facility · Auckland · New Zealand

Maurice Wilkins Centre

In research, Maurice Wilkins Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,865 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 8.0× its share of world research.

mauricewilkinscentre.orgROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#8,202
of 28,054 · #9,085 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#22
of 71
Research works
602
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
30.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Maurice Wilkins Centre 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,865 of 7,800 22.5%71 #4187

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maurice Wilkins Centre 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 Maurice Wilkins Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 34.9 works8.0×
← 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: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.57× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.37× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.98× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.76× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.34× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 50 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Maurice Wilkins Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drug Discovery, Epidemiology, Cancer, Marine Natural Products, Metagenomics, Virulence Factors, Innate Immunity and Genomics.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.3×45 topics
  2. Drug Discovery9▲ 28×6 topics
  3. Cancer7▲ 3.8×27 topics
  4. Inflammation7▲ 2.2×37 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.1×25 topics
  6. Marine Natural Products5▲ 80×2 topics
  7. Cancer Therapy5▲ 5.6×15 topics
  8. Immune Response4▲ 5.4×13 topics
  9. Metagenomics4▲ 33×3 topics
  10. Virulence Factors4▲ 21×3 topics
  11. Innate Immunity4▲ 9.2×8 topics
  12. Genomics4▲ 9.4×7 topics
  13. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.3×10 topics
  14. Vaccine4▲ 6.6×9 topics
  15. Pharmacology3▲ 9.6×3 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.1×7 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 5.8×8 topics
  18. Immune Modulation3▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Immunity3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  20. Apoptosis3▲ 7.2×10 topics
  21. Drug Resistance3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  22. Endophytic Fungi3▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Natural Products3▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Signal Transduction3▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Therapy3▲ 11×3 topics
  26. Antibiotics3▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Genome Sequencing3▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Microbial Metabolites3▲ 59×1 topic
  29. Protein-Protein Interactions3▲ 46×2 topics
  30. Ribosome3▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Secondary Metabolites3▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Translation3▲ 12×1 topic
  33. Evolution3▲ 8.0×2 topics
  34. Foldamers3▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Peptide Synthesis3▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Necrotizing Fasciitis3▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Streptococcus Pyogenes3▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Toxins3▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Microbiome3▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Virus3▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Maurice Wilkins Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Chemical Synthesis and Analysis and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments.

RNA and protein synthesi…3RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 3 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Produc…3Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 3 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…3Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 3 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections…3Streptococcal Infections and Treatments: 3 fractional worksBacteriophages and microbial interactions: 2 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksNeonatal and Maternal In…2Neonatal and Maternal Infections: 2 fractional worksMarine Sponges and Natural Products: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksClick Chemistry and Appl…2Click Chemistry and Applications: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPharmacologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEcology2 others

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 3 works
  3. 3 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Neonatal and Maternal Infections Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Marine Sponges and Natural Products Biotechnology 2 works
  9. 9 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Click Chemistry and Applications Organic Chemistry 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 available59.8%not open40.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.5%domestic only65.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maurice Wilkins Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Auckland

All research institutions in Auckland

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.