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MindSpec

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Research works
14
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
739
52.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
MindSpec

Not ranked overall: MindSpec 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 MindSpec work in?

In all years, 73% of research at MindSpec is in Life Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (44%), Neuroscience (27%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 10 fractional works · 72.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 44.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 27.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 13.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 27.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 27.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 16.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workALL ITS WORKMindSpec14fractional works, all years
Life Sciences73%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences6%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 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology644.2%
    2. Neuroscience427.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.2%
    1. Computer Science17.1%
    2. Engineering14.7%
    3. Environmental Science14.7%
    1. Medicine15.9%
    1. Social Sciences14.7%
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.

    What are the most cited papers from MindSpec?

    The most cited paper from MindSpec is "SFARI Gene 2.0: a community-driven knowledgebase for the autism spectrum disorders (ASDs)" (Brett S. Abrahams, Dan E. Arking, Jerry L. Campbell et al., 2013), with 969 citations. Next come "AutDB: a gene reference resource for autism research" (425) and "Prenatal maternal infection and risk for autism in offspring: A meta‐analysis" (104).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 SFARI Gene 2.0: a community-driven knowledgebase for the autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) Brett S. Abrahams, Dan E. Arking, Jerry L. Campbell et al. · Molecular Autism Open access 3 Oct 2013 969
    2 AutDB: a gene reference resource for autism research Saumyendra N. Basu, Ravi Kollu, Sharmila Banerjee‐Basu · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 10 Nov 2008 425
    3 Prenatal maternal infection and risk for autism in offspring: A meta‐analysis Nina Tioleco, Anna E. Silberman, Katharine A. Stratigos et al. · Autism Research 15 Mar 2021 104
    4 Co-expression Profiling of Autism Genes in the Mouse Brain Idan Menashe, Pascal Grange, Eric C. Larsen et al. · PLoS Computational Biology Open access 25 Jul 2013 71
    5 A systematic variant annotation approach for ranking genes associated with autism spectrum disorders Eric C. Larsen, Idan Menashe, Mark N. Ziats et al. · Molecular Autism Open access 21 Oct 2016 56
    All 15 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which research topics does MindSpec publish most on?

    By volume: Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications and Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities.

    Autism Spectrum Disorder…4Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 4 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelo…3Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 3 fractional worksEvolutionary Algorithms and Applications: 1 fractional worksGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities: 1 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 1 fractional worksVirology and Viral Diseases: 1 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Policies and Emissions: 1 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 1 fractional works
    Cognitive NeuroscienceGeneticsArtificial IntelligenceAutomotive Engineering4 others

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

    1. 1 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
    2. 2 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 3 works
    3. 3 Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
    4. 4 Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities Genetics 1 works
    5. 5 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 1 works
    6. 6 Virology and Viral Diseases Epidemiology 1 works
    7. 7 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 1 works
    8. 8 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 1 works
    9. 9 Environmental Policies and Emissions Pollution 1 works
    10. 10 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering 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 available78.5%not open21.5%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors9.1%domestic only90.9%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has MindSpec's research output changed?

    Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

    201020152020
    grewheldshrank

    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 MindSpec as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000022% in 2019.

    0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%MindSpec0.0000049% in 202120102020

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

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