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McKnight Brain Research Foundation

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Research works
42
▲ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
34.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
McKnight Brain Research Foundation

Not ranked overall: McKnight Brain Research Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does McKnight Brain Research Foundation work in?

In all years, 53% of research at McKnight Brain Research Foundation is in Life Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Neuroscience (39%), Medicine (30%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 2.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 22 fractional works · 52.7% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 38.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 18.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 10.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 11.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 32.4% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 30.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMcKnight BrainResearch…42fractional works, all years
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences10%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience1638.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology511.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Medicine1330.4%
    2. Health Professions11.6%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Psychology38.3%
    2. Social Sciences00.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Environmental Science11.9%
    2. Engineering11.7%
    3. Computer Science11.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
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: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 18.30× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.94× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 18.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience18.30×5 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.12×0 works
  3. Medicine1.94×6 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.93×0 works
  5. Psychology1.87×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.54×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.97×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.64×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.52×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.32×0 works
  12. Engineering0.21×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.17×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.07×0 works

What are the most cited papers from McKnight Brain Research Foundation?

The most cited paper from McKnight Brain Research Foundation is "Conceptual and methodological issues in research on mindfulness and meditation." (Richard J. Davidson, Alfred W. Kaszniak, 2015), with 798 citations. Next come "Mediterranean-style diet and risk of ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death: the Northern Manhattan Study" (240) and "G9a/GLP Histone Lysine Dimethyltransferase Complex Activity in the Hippocampus and the Entorhinal Cortex Is Required for Gene Activation and Silencing during Memory Consolidation" (232).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Conceptual and methodological issues in research on mindfulness and meditation. Richard J. Davidson, Alfred W. Kaszniak · American Psychologist Open access Oct 2015 798
2 Mediterranean-style diet and risk of ischemic stroke, myocardial infarction, and vascular death: the Northern Manhattan Study Hannah E. Gardener, Clinton B. Wright, Yian Gu et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Open access 10 Nov 2011 240
3 G9a/GLP Histone Lysine Dimethyltransferase Complex Activity in the Hippocampus and the Entorhinal Cortex Is Required for Gene Activation and Silencing during Memory Consolidation Swati Gupta, Aimee V. Franklin, Thomas Patrick DeRamus et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 18 Apr 2012 232
4 Neuronal Ensembles in Amygdala, Hippocampus, and Prefrontal Cortex Track Differential Components of Contextual Fear Moriel Zelikowsky, Sarah Hersman, Monica K. Chawla et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 18 Jun 2014 227
5 Pattern separation deficits may contribute to age-associated recognition impairments. Sara N. Burke, Jenelle L. Wallace, Saman Nematollahi et al. · Behavioral Neuroscience Open access 2010 181
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at McKnight Brain Research Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurobiology, Hippocampus, Memory, Neurological Disorders, Prefrontal Cortex, Navigation, Neural Circuits and Amygdala.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Neurobiology5▲ 37×6 topics
  2. Hippocampus4▲ 107×2 topics
  3. Memory4▲ 39×3 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders4▲ 15×7 topics
  5. Navigation4▲ 166×2 topics
  6. Prefrontal Cortex4▲ 67×3 topics
  7. Neural Circuits4▲ 58×3 topics
  8. Amygdala4▲ 214×1 topic
  9. Fear Conditioning4▲ 214×1 topic
  10. Neuronal Circuits3▲ 42×2 topics
  11. Astrocyte Function3▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Epidemiology3▲ 1.76×16 topics
  13. Synaptic Plasticity3▲ 23×3 topics
  14. GABAergic3▲ 52×1 topic
  15. Neurotransmission3▲ 52×1 topic
  16. Inflammation2▲ 2.6×16 topics
  17. Brain Development2▲ 29×3 topics
  18. Biomarkers2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  19. Depression2▲ 7.3×10 topics
  20. Neurodegeneration2▲ 17×9 topics
  21. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.8×11 topics
  22. Neuroimaging2▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Aging2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  24. Cognitive Training2▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Hypertension2▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Public Health2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.5×11 topics
  28. Alzheimer's Disease2▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Neuroinflammation2▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Cognitive Decline1▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Cognitive Functions1▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Dementia1▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Mild Cognitive Impairment1▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Stress1▲ 7.7×4 topics
  35. Cortical Networks1▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Emotion Regulation1▲ 8.4×6 topics
  37. Ischemic Stroke1▲ 21×3 topics
  38. Neuronal Oscillations1▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Adult Stem Cells1▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Neurogenesis1▲ 76×1 topic

Which research topics does McKnight Brain Research Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Memory and Neural Mechanisms, Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Sleep and Wakefulness Research.

Memory and Neural Mechan…1Memory and Neural Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…0Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Re…0Sleep and Wakefulness Research: 0 fractional worksOlder Adults Driving Studies: 0 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 0 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…0Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 0 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 0 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Analysis: 0 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 0 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceDevelopmental NeurosciencePsychiatry and Mental healthPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation5 others

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

  1. 1 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  2. 2 Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms Developmental Neuroscience 0 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  4. 4 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  5. 5 Older Adults Driving Studies Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 0 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0 works
  7. 7 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 0 works
  8. 8 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 0 works
  9. 9 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 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 available74.2%not open25.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has McKnight Brain Research Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is McKnight Brain Research Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000029% in 2024.

still counting0.000025%0.000050%0.000075%McKnight Brain Research Foundation0.000074% in 202520102020

Fractional works of McKnight Brain Research Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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