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McGovern Institute for Brain Research

In research, McGovern Institute for Brain Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#717 of 7,800 worldwide), Neuroscience (#295 of 1,168 worldwide) and Cognitive Neuroscience (#153 of 530 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 37.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,970
of 28,054 · #1,394 all time
Rank in United States
#302
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
147k
124.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
41.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
77%
world 28%

What is McGovern Institute for Brain Research 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 #717 of 7,800 44.0%147 #456
NeuroscienceField #295 of 1,168 42.3%103 #181
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #153 of 530 39.2%71 #57

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where McGovern Institute for Brain 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).

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. Life Sciences#456 #717
  2. Neuroscience#181 #295
  3. Cognitive Neuroscience#57 #153
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 McGovern Institute for Brain Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 37.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 71.5 works38×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 102.7 works24×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.85× its world share, 40 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 24.31× its world share, 103 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.04× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.04× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 24.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at McGovern Institute for Brain Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Guoping Feng and Michael A. Cohen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is McGovern Institute for Brain Research.

  1. 1 Guoping Feng United States · #29,629 worldwide 393 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Michael A. Cohen United States · #201,406 worldwide 108 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at McGovern Institute for Brain Research

Which keywords describe research at McGovern Institute for Brain Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Neuronal Oscillations, Working Memory, Synchronization, Neural Mechanisms, Cortical Networks, Gamma Rhythms and Functional Connectivity.

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders22▲ 15×14 topics
  2. Neuronal Oscillations19▲ 97×2 topics
  3. Working Memory19▲ 80×3 topics
  4. Neural Mechanisms17▲ 71×4 topics
  5. Synchronization17▲ 54×2 topics
  6. Cortical Networks17▲ 112×1 topic
  7. Gamma Rhythms17▲ 112×1 topic
  8. Deep Learning16▲ 1.77×39 topics
  9. Functional Connectivity14▲ 40×3 topics
  10. Prefrontal Cortex12▲ 60×3 topics
  11. Social Cognition12▲ 28×8 topics
  12. Default Mode Network11▲ 58×1 topic
  13. Resting-State fMRI11▲ 58×1 topic
  14. Emotion Regulation10▲ 13×9 topics
  15. Neural Networks10▲ 2.6×19 topics
  16. Neural Circuits10▲ 43×4 topics
  17. Cognitive Control10▲ 63×2 topics
  18. Neurobiology10▲ 14×8 topics
  19. Synaptic Plasticity9▲ 16×6 topics
  20. Neuronal Circuits8▲ 42×2 topics
  21. Brain Development8▲ 18×5 topics
  22. Language Development8▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Cortical Connectivity8▲ 71×2 topics
  24. Dendritic Spines8▲ 37×2 topics
  25. Decision Making7▲ 8.9×5 topics
  26. Memory7▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Spatial Representation7▲ 65×2 topics
  28. Emotion Recognition7▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Astrocyte Function6▲ 41×2 topics
  30. Hippocampus6▲ 41×2 topics
  31. GABAergic6▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Neurotransmission6▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Executive Functions6▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Neuroimaging6▲ 8.9×9 topics
  35. Neural Processing6▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Neuroscience6▲ 7.8×10 topics
  37. Bilingualism6▲ 16×3 topics
  38. Neural Basis6▲ 26×4 topics
  39. Neuroimaging Studies6▲ 43×3 topics
  40. Perceptual Learning6▲ 46×2 topics

Which research topics does McGovern Institute for Brain Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies.

Neural dynamics and brai…17Neural dynamics and brain function: 17 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 11 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 6 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 6 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 6 fractional worksVisual perception and processing mechanisms: 5 fractional worksFace Recognition and Perception: 5 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 4 fractional worksNeurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 4 fractional worksPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research: 4 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 17 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 11 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 works
  4. 4 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  5. 5 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  6. 6 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  7. 7 Face Recognition and Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  8. 8 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  9. 9 Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  10. 10 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 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 available76.9%not open23.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.1%domestic only58.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has McGovern Institute for Brain Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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