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Microbiotix (United States)

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Research works
92
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.2k
35.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Microbiotix (United States)

Not ranked overall: Microbiotix (United States) 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 Microbiotix (United States) work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Microbiotix (United States) is in Life Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (35%), Chemistry (14%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 40 fractional works · 43.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 35.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 8.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 36.5% of its workMedicine: 33 fractional works · 35.7% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 14.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 19.0% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 14.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMicrobiotix(United States)92fractional works, all years
Life Sciences44%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences1%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3235.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology44.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.4%
    5. Neuroscience11.0%
    1. Medicine3335.7%
    2. Dentistry00.4%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Chemistry1314.4%
    2. Environmental Science22.5%
    3. Materials Science11.1%
    4. Engineering10.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences00.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    3. Psychology00.1%
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: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.70× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.73× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.58× its world share, 4 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology6.73×0 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.70×2 works
  3. Medicine2.58×4 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.95×1 works
  5. Environmental Science0.42×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.29×0 works
  7. Chemistry0.25×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Microbiotix (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Debra M. Mills, Donald T. Moir and Timothy J. Opperman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Microbiotix (United States).

  1. 1 Debra M. Mills United States · #784,496 worldwide 3.4k citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Donald T. Moir United States · #845,690 worldwide 6.6k citations · 94 works
  3. 3 Timothy J. Opperman United States · #939,551 worldwide 2.3k citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Son T. Nguyen United States · #1,051,302 worldwide 1.4k citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Steven M. Kwasny United States · #1,435,208 worldwide 923 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Terry L. Bowlin United States · #1,680,056 worldwide 6k citations · 185 works
  7. 7 Daniel Andrew Aiello United States · #1,794,780 worldwide 692 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 John David Williams United States · #1,857,713 worldwide 5.1k citations · 230 works
  9. 9 Helena Majgier-Báranowska United States · #2,628,555 worldwide 358 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Steven C. Cardinale United States · #2,676,794 worldwide 571 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Microbiotix (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Microbiotix (United States)?

The most cited paper from Microbiotix (United States) is "Characterization of the Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) of Bacteria" (W. Ranjith Premasiri, Donald T. Moir, Mark S. Klempner et al., 2004), with 490 citations. Next come "In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of PEDOT Microelectrodes for Neural Stimulation and Recording" (323) and "Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) polymer coatings facilitate smaller neural recording electrodes" (290).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Characterization of the Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) of Bacteria W. Ranjith Premasiri, Donald T. Moir, Mark S. Klempner et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 16 Dec 2004 490
2 In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of PEDOT Microelectrodes for Neural Stimulation and Recording Subramaniam Venkatraman, Jeffrey L. Hendricks, Zachary A. King et al. · IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering 31 Jan 2011 323
3 Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) polymer coatings facilitate smaller neural recording electrodes Kip A. Ludwig, Nicholas B. Langhals, Mike D Joseph et al. · Journal of Neural Engineering Open access 19 Jan 2011 290
4 Recent advances toward a molecular mechanism of efflux pump inhibition Timothy J. Opperman, Son T. Nguyen · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 5 May 2015 266
5 Molecular basis for inhibition of AcrB multidrug efflux pump by novel and powerful pyranopyridine derivatives Hanno Sjuts, Attilio Vittorio Vargiu, Steven M. Kwasny et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 14 Mar 2016 212
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Microbiotix (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antibiotic Resistance, Epidemiology, ESKAPE Pathogens, Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria, Immune Response, Vaccine, Synthesis and Vaccine Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 4.5×26 topics
  2. Antibiotic Resistance15▲ 39×8 topics
  3. ESKAPE Pathogens8▲ 167×1 topic
  4. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria8▲ 167×1 topic
  5. Immune Response8▲ 14×10 topics
  6. Vaccine7▲ 19×7 topics
  7. Synthesis7▲ 13×10 topics
  8. Vaccine Development6▲ 22×8 topics
  9. Genomic Stability5▲ 63×2 topics
  10. Treatment5▲ 4.4×8 topics
  11. Anticancer Drugs5▲ 128×2 topics
  12. Genetic Variants5▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Infection5▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Chemotherapy5▲ 7.4×3 topics
  15. DNA5▲ 164×1 topic
  16. Topoisomerases5▲ 164×1 topic
  17. Transplant Recipients5▲ 63×2 topics
  18. Antiviral Therapy5▲ 34×3 topics
  19. Diagnosis4▲ 4.7×6 topics
  20. Medicinal Chemistry4▲ 13×6 topics
  21. Anticancer Agents4▲ 18×5 topics
  22. Hearing Loss4▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Immune Evasion4▲ 77×2 topics
  24. Microbial Communities4▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Congenital Infection4▲ 90×1 topic
  26. Cytomegalovirus4▲ 90×1 topic
  27. Genetic Diversity4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 15×5 topics
  29. Catalyst3▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Encephalitis3▲ 61×2 topics
  31. Herpes Zoster3▲ 76×1 topic
  32. Herpesviruses3▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Drug Discovery3▲ 8.3×5 topics
  34. Pathogenesis3▲ 6.1×7 topics
  35. Antimicrobial Activity3▲ 17×4 topics
  36. Asymmetric Synthesis3▲ 22×5 topics
  37. Virulence Factors3▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Bacterial Physiology3▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Gene Regulation3▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Virulence3▲ 39×3 topics

Which research topics does Microbiotix (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gut microbiota and health, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments.

Gut microbiota and health0Gut microbiota and health: 0 fractional worksClostridium difficile an…0Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 0 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herp…0Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 0 fractional worksHerpesvirus Infections a…0Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments: 0 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and B…0Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 0 fractional worksTuberculosis Research an…0Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 0 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 0 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 0 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologyGenetics1 others

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

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 0 works
  2. 2 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 0 works
  3. 3 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 0 works
  4. 4 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 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 available52.0%not open48.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Microbiotix (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower 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 Microbiotix (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000031% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Microbiotix (United States)0.000012% in 20251990200020102020

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

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