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Motor Neurone Disease Association

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Research works
63
▲ 154% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
54.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Motor Neurone Disease Association

Not ranked overall: Motor Neurone Disease Association is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Motor Neurone Disease Association work in?

In all years, 64% of research at Motor Neurone Disease Association is in Health Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Engineering (10%), Health Professions (9%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 40 fractional works · 64.1% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 53.8% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 27.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 10.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 10.5% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMotor NeuroneDisease…63fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences64%Social Sciences10%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3453.8%
    2. Health Professions58.7%
    3. Nursing11.6%
    1. Engineering610.2%
    2. Computer Science11.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    4. Materials Science10.9%
    5. Environmental Science00.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    1. Neuroscience45.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    1. Social Sciences23.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.5%
    3. Psychology12.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.4%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.98× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.96× its world share, 10 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.56×0 works
  2. Neuroscience2.98×1 works
  3. Medicine2.96×10 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.50×1 works
  5. Health Professions1.86×1 works
  6. Psychology1.10×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.76×1 works
  9. Engineering0.44×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.36×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.34×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.20×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.18×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Motor Neurone Disease Association?

The most cited paper from Motor Neurone Disease Association is "El Escorial revisited: Revised criteria for the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" (Benjamin Rix Brooks, Robert G. Miller, Michael Swash et al., 2000), with 5,487 citations. Next come "European Academy of Neurology guideline on trigeminal neuralgia" (674) and "Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis" (639).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 El Escorial revisited: Revised criteria for the diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Benjamin Rix Brooks, Robert G. Miller, Michael Swash et al. · Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders 2000 5,487
2 European Academy of Neurology guideline on trigeminal neuralgia Lars Bendtsen, Joanna M. Zakrzewska, Jeremy J. Abbott et al. · European Journal of Neurology 12 Mar 2019 674
3 Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis PARALS Registry et al. · Nature Genetics Open access181 authors 25 Jul 2016 639
4 Neurobiology of the Premonitory Urge in Tourette’s Syndrome: Pathophysiology and Treatment Implications Andrea E. Cavanna, KEVIN JOHN BLACK, Mark Hallett et al. · Journal of Neuropsychiatry Open access 25 Jan 2017 199
5 SMN regulates axonal local translation via miR-183/mTOR pathway Min Jeong Kye, Emily D. Niederst, Mary H. Wertz et al. · Human Molecular Genetics Open access 4 Jul 2014 158
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Motor Neurone Disease Association?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Genetics, FUS/TLS, TDP-43, Neuromuscular Junction, SMN1, Spinal Muscular Atrophy and Mitochondrial Dysfunction.

▲ 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 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. Neurodegeneration16▲ 82×5 topics
  2. Genetics15▲ 31×5 topics
  3. FUS/TLS14▲ 1220×1 topic
  4. TDP-4314▲ 1220×1 topic
  5. Neuromuscular Junction6▲ 211×2 topics
  6. SMN16▲ 413×1 topic
  7. Spinal Muscular Atrophy6▲ 413×1 topic
  8. Mitochondrial Dysfunction3▲ 15×6 topics
  9. Quality of Life3▲ 4.0×12 topics
  10. Epidemiology3▲ 1.25×13 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders3▲ 7.3×10 topics
  12. Rehabilitation3▲ 12×3 topics
  13. Public Health3▲ 3.1×8 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency2▲ 5.0×2 topics
  15. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Parkinson's Disease2▲ 14×6 topics
  17. Primary Care2▲ 6.9×7 topics
  18. Renewable Energy2▲ 2.9×2 topics
  19. Protein Aggregation2▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Steam Generation2▲ 251×1 topic
  21. Stroke2▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Thermal Conductivity2▲ 18×1 topic
  23. Dysphagia1▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Elderly1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  25. Aspiration Pneumonia1▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Cerebral Palsy1▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Chaperones1▲ 31×2 topics
  28. Cognitive Impairment1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Combustion1▲ 31×2 topics
  30. ICF Model1▲ 55×1 topic
  31. Nursing Education1▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Swallowing1▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Huntington's Disease1▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Neuroimaging1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  35. Non-Communicable Diseases1▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Patient Engagement1▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Polyglutamine1▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Public Involvement1▲ 88×1 topic
  39. Systematic Review1▲ 47×2 topics
  40. Deep Brain Stimulation1▲ 25×3 topics

Which research topics does Motor Neurone Disease Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research, Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases and Muscle Physiology and Disorders.

Amyotrophic Lateral Scle…4Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 4 fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 1 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 1 fractional worksMuscle Physiology and Disorders: 0 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 0 fractional worksGeological Formations and Processes Exploration: 0 fractional worksMedical Research and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 0 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional works
NeurologyGeneticsCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceMolecular Biology6 others

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

  1. 1 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 4 works
  2. 2 Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  4. 4 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  6. 6 Geological Formations and Processes Exploration Geophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  9. 9 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.7%domestic only74.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Motor Neurone Disease Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 154% 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 Motor Neurone Disease Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000059% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Motor Neurone Disease Association0.000094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Motor Neurone Disease Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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