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Meso Scale Discovery (United States)

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World rank, all time
#29,071
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,118
of 7,310
Research works
146
▲ 184% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
40.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Meso Scale Discovery (United States)

Which fields of science does Meso Scale Discovery (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 29% of research at Meso Scale Discovery (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (20%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 28.7% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 14.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 26.9% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 25.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 23.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 7.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 20.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 15.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 12.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMeso ScaleDiscovery (Unite…44fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences24%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering614.0%
    2. Computer Science510.2%
    3. Energy11.3%
    4. Materials Science01.1%
    5. Chemistry01.0%
    6. Environmental Science00.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine1225.9%
    2. Health Professions00.9%
    1. Social Sciences920.4%
    2. Decision Sciences12.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.9%
    4. Psychology00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology715.0%
    2. Neuroscience13.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.81× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.94× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 12 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 9 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, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.81×7 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.20×1 works
  3. Neuroscience1.86×1 works
  4. Social Sciences1.62×9 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.37×1 works
  6. Energy1.36×1 works
  7. Medicine1.35×12 works
  8. Computer Science1.31×4 works
  9. Engineering0.94×6 works
  10. Chemistry0.62×0 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.43×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.36×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.31×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×0 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.27×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.16×0 works
  18. Psychology0.12×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Meso Scale Discovery (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, George B. Sigal, Robert M. Umek and Ilia V. Davydov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meso Scale Discovery (United States).

  1. 1 George B. Sigal United States · #113,283 worldwide 5.6k citations · 119 works
  2. 2 Robert M. Umek United States · #548,511 worldwide 5.5k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Ilia V. Davydov United States · #757,838 worldwide 2.8k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Jacob N. Wohlstadter United States · #834,355 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  5. 5 John H. Kenten United States · #901,562 worldwide 2.5k citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Anu Mathew United States · #955,811 worldwide 6.7k citations · 80 works
  7. 7 Pradeepthi Bathala United States · #1,093,897 worldwide 462 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Martin K. Stengelin United States · #1,362,970 worldwide 680 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Leonid Dzantiev United States · #1,425,500 worldwide 1.6k citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Mingyue Wang United States · #1,428,505 worldwide 853 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Meso Scale Discovery (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Meso Scale Discovery (United States)?

The most cited paper from Meso Scale Discovery (United States) is "Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid peptides are released in association with exosomes" (Lawrence Rajendran, Masanori Honsho, Tobias R. Zahn et al., 2006), with 1,350 citations. Next come "A comparison of selected mRNA and protein abundances in human liver" (1,270) and "Proteome and proteomics: New technologies, new concepts, and new words" (1,063).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid peptides are released in association with exosomes Lawrence Rajendran, Masanori Honsho, Tobias R. Zahn et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Jul 2006 1,350
2 A comparison of selected mRNA and protein abundances in human liver Leigh Anderson, Jeff Seilhamer · Electrophoresis 1997 1,270
3 Proteome and proteomics: New technologies, new concepts, and new words N. Leigh Anderson, Norman G. Anderson, Norman G. Anderson et al. · Electrophoresis Aug 1998 1,063
4 Disease-specific alterations in frontal cortex brain proteins in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder N L Johnston-Wilson, Colin Sims, J. -P. Hofmann et al. · Molecular Psychiatry Mar 2000 541
5 Randomized trial of a gatekeeper program for suicide prevention: 1-year impact on secondary school staff. Peter A. Wyman, C. Hendricks Brown, Jeff Inman et al. · Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Open access 2008 531
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Which keywords describe research at Meso Scale Discovery (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Air Force, Culture, Islam, Legal Regulation, Modernization, Transport Policy, SARS-CoV-2 and Biosensors.

▲ 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-now 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 36 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 36 words, with their numbers
  1. Air Force3▲ 63×1 topic
  2. Culture3▲ 14×1 topic
  3. Islam3▲ 36×1 topic
  4. Legal Regulation3▲ 33×1 topic
  5. Modernization3▲ 41×1 topic
  6. Transport Policy3▲ 61×1 topic
  7. Deep Learning2▲ 1.50×12 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-22▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Biosensors2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  10. Cancer Therapy2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  11. Neural Networks2▲ 2.4×7 topics
  12. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Pandemic2▲ 3.3×2 topics
  14. Inflammation1▲ 1.51×15 topics
  15. Biomarkers1▲ 4.1×6 topics
  16. Epidemiology1▼ 0.76×14 topics
  17. Machine Learning1◆ 0.89×10 topics
  18. Vaccine1▲ 7.5×6 topics
  19. COVID-191▲ 1.99×4 topics
  20. Cancer1▲ 2.0×8 topics
  21. Neurodegeneration1▲ 8.5×5 topics
  22. Synthetic Lethality1▲ 72×2 topics
  23. Cell Death1▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Coronavirus1▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Immune Response1▲ 4.5×9 topics
  26. Nanoparticles1▲ 1.90×6 topics
  27. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.45×13 topics
  28. BRCA Mutation1▲ 90×1 topic
  29. Black Studies1▲ 106×1 topic
  30. Civil Rights Movement1▲ 106×1 topic
  31. High-Throughput Analysis1▲ 65×1 topic
  32. Immunity1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  33. PARP Inhibitors1▲ 90×1 topic
  34. Protein Microarrays1▲ 132×1 topic
  35. Radiotherapy1▲ 5.8×2 topics
  36. Viral Transmission1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Meso Scale Discovery (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies, Military Technology and Strategies and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research.

Legal and Regulatory Ana…3Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 3 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…3Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 3 fractional worksMilitary Technology and …3Military Technology and Strategies: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 1 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles in disease: 1 fractional works
TransportationSociology and Political ScienceAerospace EngineeringInfectious Diseases3 others

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

  1. 1 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 3 works
  2. 2 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 1 works
  6. 6 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  10. 10 Extracellular vesicles in disease 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 available40.6%not open59.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Meso Scale Discovery (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 184% 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 Meso Scale Discovery (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Meso Scale Discovery (United States)0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Meso Scale Discovery (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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