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Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

In research, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,726 of 11,023 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,156 of 5,801 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#1,719 of 3,729 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Life Sciences (Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology is 9.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#11,557
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,402
of 7,310
Research works
640
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
39.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

What is Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #2,726 of 11,023 11.3%326
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,156 of 5,801 11.2%211
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,719 of 3,729 12.1%129
Environmental ScienceField #3,041 of 5,407 13.6%135
Physical SciencesDomain #14,408 of 17,446 12.5%185

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory 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 fields of science does Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is in Life Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (53%), Medicine (25%), Environmental Science (5%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 27 fractional works · 62.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 23 fractional works · 52.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 31.7% of its workAging: 4 fractional works · 8.5% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 26.2% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 24.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMount DesertIsland Biologica…44fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences62%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences3%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2352.8%
    2. Neuroscience23.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology12.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine1124.6%
    2. Nursing11.7%
    1. Environmental Science24.7%
    2. Engineering12.1%
    3. Energy00.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Social Sciences11.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities01.1%
    3. Psychology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 23.0 works9.9×
  2. Life SciencesDomain · 27.1 works4.8×
← 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: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.90× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.58× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 3.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 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, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.90×23 works
  2. Nursing3.39×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.58×1 works
  4. Neuroscience2.31×2 works
  5. Medicine1.28×11 works
  6. Environmental Science0.94×2 works
  7. Energy0.83×0 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.73×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×1 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.40×0 works
  13. Chemistry0.24×0 works
  14. Engineering0.14×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.11×1 works
  16. Psychology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory?

Ranked on the quality score, Bodil Schmidt‐Nielsen, William B. Kinter and Dustin L. Updike lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory.

  1. 1 Bodil Schmidt‐Nielsen United States · #207,292 worldwide 5.7k citations · 140 works
  2. 2 William B. Kinter United States · #490,750 worldwide 2.4k citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Dustin L. Updike United States · #540,243 worldwide 2k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Benjamin L. King United States · #694,951 worldwide 12k citations · 135 works
  5. 5 Aric N. Rogers United States · #893,937 worldwide 3.2k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 David W. Towle United States · #993,117 worldwide 5.4k citations · 95 works
  7. 7 Viravuth P. Yin United States · #1,695,363 worldwide 2.6k citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Jarod A. Rollins United States · #1,752,247 worldwide 1.8k citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Patricia Schröder United States · #1,789,006 worldwide 705 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Ashley M. Smith United States · #2,257,186 worldwide 2.3k citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

What are the most cited papers from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory?

The most cited paper from Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory is "The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database: update 2019" (Allan Peter Davis, Cynthia Grondin, Robin J. Johnson et al., 2018), with 1,074 citations. Next come "Exosome Delivered Anticancer Drugs Across the Blood-Brain Barrier for Brain Cancer Therapy in Danio Rerio" (979) and "The ultrastructure of mammalian arterioles and precapillary sphincters" (692).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Comparative Toxicogenomics Database: update 2019 Allan Peter Davis, Cynthia Grondin, Robin J. Johnson et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 17 Sep 2018 1,074
2 Exosome Delivered Anticancer Drugs Across the Blood-Brain Barrier for Brain Cancer Therapy in Danio Rerio Tianzhi Yang, Paige B Martin, Brittany Fogarty et al. · Pharmaceutical Research Open access 22 Jan 2015 979
3 The ultrastructure of mammalian arterioles and precapillary sphincters Johannes A.G. Rhodin · Journal of Ultrastructure Research Apr 1967 692
4 Ultrastructure of mammalian venous capillaries, venules, and small collecting veins Johannes A.G. Rhodin · Journal of Ultrastructure Research Dec 1968 684
5 The miRNA-212/132 family regulates both cardiac hypertrophy and cardiomyocyte autophagy Ahmet Uçar et al. · Nature Communications Open access 25 Sep 2012 617
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Insulin Signaling, Proteostasis, Aging, Genetic Regulation, Longevity, Pluripotent Stem Cells and Alternative Splicing.

▲ 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 39 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Oxidative Stress7▲ 9.8×14 topics
  2. Insulin Signaling4▲ 112×2 topics
  3. Aging4▲ 17×3 topics
  4. Proteostasis4▲ 247×2 topics
  5. Genetic Regulation4▲ 52×1 topic
  6. Longevity4▲ 108×1 topic
  7. Pluripotent Stem Cells3▲ 129×2 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 2.7×15 topics
  9. Alternative Splicing2▲ 111×1 topic
  10. RNA-Binding Proteins2▲ 111×1 topic
  11. Stem Cells2▲ 18×8 topics
  12. Gene Expression2▲ 7.4×10 topics
  13. Kidney Organoids2▲ 185×1 topic
  14. Nephrogenesis2▲ 185×1 topic
  15. Cancer2▲ 3.3×12 topics
  16. Genetics2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  17. Cancer Progression2▲ 23×2 topics
  18. Gene Expression Regulation2▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Development2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  21. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 21×4 topics
  22. RNA methylation2▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 21×5 topics
  24. m6A-seq2▲ 42×1 topic
  25. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.6×4 topics
  26. Neurodegeneration1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  27. Epigenetic Regulation1▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Neuroscience1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  29. Zebrafish1▲ 115×2 topics
  30. Gene Regulation1▲ 26×3 topics
  31. Global Burden1▲ 4.6×3 topics
  32. Toxicity1▲ 5.9×4 topics
  33. Angiogenesis1▲ 6.9×5 topics
  34. Embryonic Stem Cells1▲ 54×2 topics
  35. Epidemiology1▼ 0.59×7 topics
  36. FUS/TLS1▲ 95×1 topic
  37. Nutrition1▲ 5.4×3 topics
  38. TDP-431▲ 95×1 topic
  39. Transcription Factors1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, RNA Research and Splicing, Renal and related cancers and RNA modifications and cancer.

Genetics, Aging, and Lon…4Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 4 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksRenal and related cancers: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 1 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells R…1Pluripotent Stem Cells Research: 1 fractional worksZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications: 1 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 1 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 1 fractional works
AgingMolecular BiologyNeurologyCell Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 4 works
  2. 2 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Renal and related cancers Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 1 works
  6. 6 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications Cell Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 1 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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