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Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

In research, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,148 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#2,746 of 7,814 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#3,501 of 6,208 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 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#10,679
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,360
of 8,685
Research works
640
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
39.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

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 #4,148 of 14,347 23.3%326
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,746 of 7,814 19.8%211
Environmental ScienceField #3,501 of 6,208 35.8%135
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,472 of 4,961 21.1%129
Physical SciencesDomain #17,962 of 21,541 32.9%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 20.4 works10×
  2. Life SciencesDomain · 23.3 works4.9×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10.43× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.46× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 1.30× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 4.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Benjamin L. King, Kevin Strange and R. Rappaport lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory.

  1. 1 Benjamin L. King United States · #242,320 worldwide 146 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Kevin Strange United States · #429,190 worldwide 125 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 R. Rappaport United States · #447,305 worldwide 97 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Hiroaki Miyazaki United States · #925,731 worldwide 53 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

Which keywords describe research at Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Oxidative Stress7▲ 11×13 topics
  2. Insulin Signaling4▲ 130×2 topics
  3. Aging4▲ 20×3 topics
  4. Proteostasis4▲ 298×2 topics
  5. Genetic Regulation4▲ 61×1 topic
  6. Longevity4▲ 125×1 topic
  7. Pluripotent Stem Cells3▲ 149×2 topics
  8. Alternative Splicing2▲ 119×1 topic
  9. RNA-Binding Proteins2▲ 119×1 topic
  10. Kidney Organoids2▲ 199×1 topic
  11. Nephrogenesis2▲ 199×1 topic
  12. Cancer Progression2▲ 27×2 topics
  13. Gene Expression2▲ 8.0×10 topics
  14. Genetics2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  15. Inflammation2▲ 2.3×10 topics
  16. Gene Expression Regulation2▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Stem Cells2▲ 17×7 topics
  18. RNA methylation2▲ 46×1 topic
  19. m6A-seq2▲ 46×1 topic
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 15×4 topics
  21. Cancer1▲ 2.7×10 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 3.1×4 topics
  23. Metabolic Regulation1▲ 21×4 topics
  24. Neurodegeneration1▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Development1▲ 9.5×4 topics
  26. Transcriptional Regulation1▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Global Burden1▲ 5.6×3 topics
  28. Neuroscience1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  29. Embryonic Stem Cells1▲ 65×2 topics
  30. Epigenetic Regulation1▲ 13×4 topics
  31. FUS/TLS1▲ 124×1 topic
  32. Nutrition1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  33. TDP-431▲ 124×1 topic
  34. Transcription Factors1▲ 23×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 1 fractional worksZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 1 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 1 fractional works
AgingMolecular BiologyNeurologyPlant Science3 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 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 1 works
  8. 8 Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications Cell Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower 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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