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Moderna Therapeutics (United States)

In research, Moderna Therapeutics (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#522 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#622 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#666 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology (Infectious Diseases is 25.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,658
of 22,385 · #1,717 all time
Rank in United States
#329
of 3,332
Research works
385
▲ 278% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
41.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.33×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
78%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Moderna Therapeutics (United States)

What is Moderna Therapeutics (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #522 of 9,902 27.8%125 #768
MedicineField #622 of 8,541 28.4%120 #875
Life SciencesDomain #666 of 6,403 24.1%79 #605

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Moderna Therapeutics (United States) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#768 #522
  2. Medicine#875 #622
  3. Life Sciences#605 #666
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Moderna Therapeutics (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Moderna Therapeutics (United States) is in Health Sciences, 33% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (21%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 152 fractional works · 51.3% of its workMedicine: 147 fractional works · 49.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 51 fractional works · 17.2% of its workEpidemiology: 44 fractional works · 14.9% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 98 fractional works · 33.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 62 fractional works · 21.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 14.1% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 7.8% of its workImmunology: 19 fractional works · 6.5% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMathematics: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKModernaTherapeutics…296fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences51%Social Sciences8%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14749.5%
    2. Health Professions41.4%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6221.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology237.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences103.4%
    4. Neuroscience20.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    1. Mathematics72.3%
    2. Computer Science51.8%
    3. Engineering31.1%
    4. Environmental Science20.8%
    5. Materials Science20.7%
    6. Chemistry10.4%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences124.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.8%
    3. Decision Sciences31.0%
    4. Psychology20.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Moderna Therapeutics (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 25.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 50.9 works25×
  2. EpidemiologySubfield · 44.0 works10×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.93× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.70× its world share, 23 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.97× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.58× its world share, 147 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.70×23 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.93×62 works
  3. Medicine2.58×147 works
  4. Mathematics1.97×7 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.47×2 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.00×3 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×6 works
  8. Veterinary0.80×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.71×10 works
  10. Health Professions0.55×4 works
  11. Energy0.43×1 works
  12. Neuroscience0.39×2 works
  13. Social Sciences0.32×12 works
  14. Nursing0.31×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.28×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.24×6 works
  17. Materials Science0.21×2 works
  18. Psychology0.17×2 works
  19. Environmental Science0.16×2 works
  20. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.11×1 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  24. Engineering0.07×3 works

Who are the top researchers at Moderna Therapeutics (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrea Carfı́, Sunny Himansu and Darin K. Edwards lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Moderna Therapeutics (United States).

  1. 1 Andrea Carfı́ United States · #5,804 worldwide 17k citations · 201 works
  2. 2 Sunny Himansu United States · #14,022 worldwide 7k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Darin K. Edwards United States · #19,953 worldwide 8.7k citations · 95 works
  4. 4 Sayda M. Elbashir United States · #50,130 worldwide 23k citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Christine A. Shaw United States · #67,980 worldwide 5.3k citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Sonia Stoszek United States · #97,260 worldwide 7.5k citations · 100 works
  7. 7 Tal Z. Zaks United States · #109,765 worldwide 11k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Hamilton Bennett United States · #115,584 worldwide 12k citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Rituparna Das United States · #118,642 worldwide 4.7k citations · 143 works
  10. 10 Brett A. Leav United States · #140,079 worldwide 7.8k citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Moderna Therapeutics (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Moderna Therapeutics (United States) is "Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery" (Xucheng Hou, Tal Z. Zaks, Róbert Langer et al., 2021), with 3,994 citations. Next come "SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine design enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness" (1,695) and "Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults" (1,641).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery Xucheng Hou, Tal Z. Zaks, Róbert Langer et al. · Nature Reviews Materials ReviewOpen access 10 Aug 2021 3,994
2 SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine design enabled by prototype pathogen preparedness Kizzmekia S. Corbett et al. · Nature Open access 5 Aug 2020 1,695
3 Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults Evan J. Anderson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 29 Sep 2020 1,641
4 Immune correlates analysis of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine efficacy clinical trial Peter B. Gilbert et al. · Science Open access 6 Jan 2022 1,218
5 Optimization of Lipid Nanoparticles for Intramuscular Administration of mRNA Vaccines Kimberly J. Hassett, Kerry E. Benenato, Eric Jacquinet et al. · Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids Open access 10 Feb 2019 937
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Moderna Therapeutics (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, Coronavirus, ACE2 Receptor, Immunity and Viral Transmission.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology73▲ 6.2×46 topics
  2. Vaccine54▲ 46×10 topics
  3. Pandemic47▲ 16×6 topics
  4. SARS-CoV-241▲ 45×6 topics
  5. Coronavirus37▲ 63×2 topics
  6. ACE2 Receptor36▲ 54×2 topics
  7. Immunity35▲ 29×5 topics
  8. Viral Transmission31▲ 76×4 topics
  9. Pathogenesis29▲ 19×15 topics
  10. Immune Response29▲ 17×12 topics
  11. Mutation28▲ 53×2 topics
  12. antibody28▲ 97×1 topic
  13. spike protein28▲ 97×1 topic
  14. Vaccine Development26▲ 35×6 topics
  15. Gene Therapy18▲ 32×4 topics
  16. Viral Infections17▲ 102×2 topics
  17. Disease Burden17▲ 77×2 topics
  18. Infection17▲ 23×6 topics
  19. Host Immune Response17▲ 91×2 topics
  20. Human Metapneumovirus17▲ 121×1 topic
  21. Respiratory Syncytial Virus17▲ 121×1 topic
  22. Gene Silencing12▲ 44×2 topics
  23. RNA Interference12▲ 50×1 topic
  24. siRNA Delivery12▲ 71×1 topic
  25. Antigen Presentation12▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Transplant Recipients11▲ 65×2 topics
  27. Antiviral Therapy10▲ 36×3 topics
  28. Metagenomics10▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Antibodies10▲ 58×2 topics
  30. Genomics10▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Thrombosis9▲ 12×3 topics
  32. COVID-19 Vaccine9▲ 44×2 topics
  33. Health Behavior9▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Vaccine Hesitancy9▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Virus9▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Genomic Sequencing9▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Circovirus9▲ 97×1 topic
  38. Influenza9▲ 72×2 topics
  39. Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus9▲ 97×1 topic
  40. Immune Evasion9▲ 64×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Respiratory viral infections research, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …28SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 28 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 17 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 12 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 9 fractional worksAnimal Virus Infections Studies: 9 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 8 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 8 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 7 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 6 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyMolecular BiologyHealth1 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 28 works
  2. 2 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 17 works
  3. 3 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 12 works
  4. 4 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 9 works
  5. 5 Animal Virus Infections Studies Animal Science and Zoology 9 works
  6. 6 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 8 works
  7. 7 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 8 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 8 works
  9. 9 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  10. 10 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 6 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 available78.3%not open21.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 278% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Moderna Therapeutics (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Moderna Therapeutics (United States)0.0012% in 20251990200020102020

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