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MIND Research Institute

In research, MIND Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,258 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#3,963 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,009 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 15.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,338
of 28,054 · #4,438 all time
Rank in United States
#477
of 4,192
Research works
941
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
46.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is MIND Research Institute 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 #1,258 of 7,800 33.8%116 #1819
MedicineField #3,963 of 10,443 27.6%94 #3360
Health SciencesDomain #5,009 of 11,982 27.7%100 #4205
NeuroscienceField #553 of 1,168 31.6%65 #780

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MIND Research Institute 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#1,819 #1,258
  2. Medicine#3,360 #3,963
  3. Health Sciences#4,205 #5,009
  4. Neuroscience#780 #553
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 MIND Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 15.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 65.0 works16×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 28.9 works16×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.15× its world share, 43 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 15.71× its world share, 65 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.93× its world share, 94 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 15.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at MIND Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Neuroinflammation, Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Brain Development, Ischemic Stroke, Synaptic Plasticity and Neuroprotection.

▲ 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 Disorders20▲ 14×18 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress18▲ 4.3×36 topics
  3. Neuroinflammation18▲ 24×6 topics
  4. Neurodegeneration17▲ 22×9 topics
  5. Inflammation14▲ 2.7×55 topics
  6. Epidemiology13▲ 1.30×51 topics
  7. Brain Development12▲ 26×5 topics
  8. Ischemic Stroke10▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Synaptic Plasticity10▲ 19×6 topics
  10. Neuroprotection10▲ 11×10 topics
  11. Risk Factors10▲ 3.4×18 topics
  12. Mitochondrial Dysfunction9▲ 12×8 topics
  13. Neurobiology9▲ 14×10 topics
  14. Parkinson's Disease9▲ 14×8 topics
  15. Innate Immunity8▲ 10.0×6 topics
  16. Neuroimaging8▲ 11×10 topics
  17. Dendritic Spines8▲ 38×2 topics
  18. Depression8▲ 3.4×16 topics
  19. Cytokines7▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Neuronal Circuits7▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Working Memory7▲ 32×3 topics
  22. Astrocyte Function7▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Neuronal Oscillations7▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Microglia7▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Synchronization7▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Cortical Networks7▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Gamma Rhythms7▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Aging7▲ 4.8×12 topics
  29. GABAergic7▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Neurotransmission7▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Global Burden6▲ 4.8×7 topics
  32. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Functional Connectivity6▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Prefrontal Cortex6▲ 28×3 topics
  36. Revascularization5▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Endovascular Therapy5▲ 31×1 topic
  38. Thrombolysis5▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Astrocytes5▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Synaptic Pruning5▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does MIND Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Neural dynamics and brai…7Neural dynamics and brain function: 7 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…7Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 7 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…5Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 5 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…5Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 5 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 4 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…3Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksIntracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research: 3 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances: 3 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 3 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceEpidemiologyNeurology1 others

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  2. 2 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 7 works
  3. 3 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 5 works
  4. 4 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 5 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 5 works
  6. 6 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 4 works
  7. 7 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 3 works
  8. 8 Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research Neurology 3 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances Neurology 3 works
  10. 10 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 3 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 available67.8%not open32.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.2%domestic only51.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MIND Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher 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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