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Micromun

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Research works
32
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
925
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Micromun

Not ranked overall: Micromun 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 Micromun work in?

In all years, 40% of research at Micromun is in Life Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (31%), Medicine (27%), Mathematics (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 13 fractional works · 40.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 30.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 21.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 33.8% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 27.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 20.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMicromun32fractional works, all years
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences5%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1030.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology14.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics12.0%
    5. Neuroscience00.5%
    1. Medicine927.3%
    2. Dentistry13.7%
    3. Health Professions12.5%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Mathematics26.3%
    2. Chemistry14.3%
    3. Computer Science12.9%
    4. Materials Science11.8%
    5. Environmental Science11.7%
    6. Engineering11.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    9. Energy00.5%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Psychology12.6%
    2. Social Sciences11.7%
    3. Decision Sciences00.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
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: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 16.34× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 26.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 3.47× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 26.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry26.61×1 works
  2. Mathematics16.34×1 works
  3. Psychology3.47×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.88×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.62×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.15×0 works
  7. Computer Science1.11×1 works
  8. Medicine0.79×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.70×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.65×0 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.49×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.43×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×0 works
  15. Engineering0.18×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Micromun?

The most cited paper from Micromun is "Substrate-Controlled Succession of Marine Bacterioplankton Populations Induced by a Phytoplankton Bloom" (Hanno Teeling et al., 2012), with 1,500 citations. Next come "Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function" (547) and "The state of the art in the analysis of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis images" (255).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Substrate-Controlled Succession of Marine Bacterioplankton Populations Induced by a Phytoplankton Bloom Hanno Teeling et al. · Science 3 May 2012 1,500
2 Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function Cristian Pattaro et al. · Nature Communications Open access700 authors 21 Jan 2016 547
3 The state of the art in the analysis of two-dimensional gel electrophoresis images Matthias Berth, Frank Michael Moser, Markus Kolbe et al. · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Open access 22 Aug 2007 255
4 Taxonomy of the order Mononegavirales: update 2017 Gaya K. Amarasinghe et al. · Archives of Virology Open access 7 Apr 2017 228
5 Serum prolactin concentrations as risk factor of metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes? L Balbach, Henri Wallaschofski, Henry Völzke et al. · BMC Endocrine Disorders Open access 21 Mar 2013 107
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Micromun?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Infection, Gene Therapy, Cancer Therapy, Genomic Integration and AAV.

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

All 12 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.9×19 topics
  2. Vaccine2▲ 15×6 topics
  3. Cancer Therapy1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  4. Infection1▲ 16×4 topics
  5. Pathogenesis1▲ 7.8×5 topics
  6. Gene Therapy1▲ 15×2 topics
  7. Genomic Integration1▲ 36×2 topics
  8. AAV1▲ 54×1 topic
  9. Antioxidant Activity1▲ 6.4×1 topic
  10. Medicinal Mushrooms1▲ 86×1 topic
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  12. Viral Vectors1▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Micromun publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education Methods and Technologies, Dental Health and Care Utilization, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research and Advanced Algebra and Geometry.

Education Methods and Te…0Education Methods and Technologies: 0 fractional worksDental Health and Care U…0Dental Health and Care Utilization: 0 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Algebra and Geometry: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 0 fractional worksMindfulness and Compassi…0Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions: 0 fractional worksFractional Differential Equations Solutions: 0 fractional worksAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models: 0 fractional works
EducationPeriodonticsMathematical PhysicsClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Education Methods and Technologies Education 0 works
  2. 2 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 0 works
  3. 3 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 0 works
  4. 4 Advanced Algebra and Geometry Mathematical Physics 0 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 0 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Fractional Differential Equations Solutions Modeling and Simulation 0 works
  10. 10 Algebraic structures and combinatorial models Geometry and Topology 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 available61.7%not open38.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Micromun's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Micromun as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000025% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Micromun0.000052% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Micromun over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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