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Morgridge Institute for Research

In research, Morgridge Institute for Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,178 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,355
of 28,054 · #6,343 all time
Rank in United States
#610
of 4,192
Research works
459
▲ 150% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
50.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is Morgridge Institute for Research 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 #2,178 of 7,800 26.9%74 #2958

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Morgridge Institute for Research 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).

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: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.41× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.35× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.83× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.95× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.54× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.94× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Morgridge Institute for Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Jan Huisken, Nan Li and Timothy Grant lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Morgridge Institute for Research.

  1. 1 Jan Huisken United States · #152,705 worldwide 173 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Nan Li United States · #684,604 worldwide 16 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Timothy Grant United States · #855,920 worldwide 64 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Melissa C. Skala United States · #1,011,187 worldwide 82 citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at Morgridge Institute for Research

Which keywords describe research at Morgridge Institute for Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Super-Resolution Imaging, Mass Spectrometry, Image Processing, Reactive Oxygen Species, Immunity, Fluorescent Proteins and Single-Molecule Imaging.

▲ 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. Inflammation11▲ 3.3×28 topics
  2. Deep Learning7▲ 1.34×13 topics
  3. Machine Learning7▲ 1.34×14 topics
  4. Cancer7▲ 3.2×22 topics
  5. Mass Spectrometry6▲ 25×3 topics
  6. Super-Resolution Imaging6▲ 128×2 topics
  7. Image Processing6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  8. Reactive Oxygen Species6▲ 9.2×7 topics
  9. Immunity6▲ 9.1×5 topics
  10. Fluorescent Proteins6▲ 159×1 topic
  11. Single-Molecule Imaging6▲ 159×1 topic
  12. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.6×9 topics
  13. Gene Expression5▲ 5.2×12 topics
  14. Genomics5▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Biomedical Applications5▲ 2.6×10 topics
  16. Regenerative Medicine4▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Polarization4▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Data Integration4▲ 16×4 topics
  19. Proteomics4▲ 43×2 topics
  20. Cancer Detection4▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Tissue Engineering4▲ 4.1×6 topics
  22. Metabolism4▲ 4.8×10 topics
  23. High-Resolution Imaging4▲ 50×2 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  25. NMR Spectroscopy3▲ 25×3 topics
  26. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Cryo-Electron Microscopy3▲ 122×1 topic
  28. Single-Particle Analysis3▲ 122×1 topic
  29. Tumor Targeting3▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Imaging3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  31. Microscopy3▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Autoimmunity3▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Data Analysis3▲ 6.6×4 topics
  34. Cell Culture3▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Macrophage3▲ 23×2 topics
  36. Vibrational Spectroscopy3▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Microfluidic Devices3▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Quantitative Analysis3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  39. RNA-Seq3▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Raman Spectroscopy3▲ 8.2×3 topics

Which research topics does Morgridge Institute for Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques, Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications, Immune cells in cancer and Cell Image Analysis Techniques.

Advanced Fluorescence Mi…6Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 3 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 2 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 2 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Met…2Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksNeutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 2 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techni…2Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional works
BiophysicsStructural BiologyImmunologyBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 6 works
  2. 2 Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications Structural Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 3 works
  4. 4 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 2 works
  5. 5 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 2 works
  6. 6 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  8. 8 Neutrophil, Myeloperoxidase and Oxidative Mechanisms Immunology 2 works
  9. 9 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 2 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 available73.6%not open26.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Morgridge Institute for Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 150% 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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