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Nanostring Technologies (United States)

In research, Nanostring Technologies (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,985 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,796
of 28,054 · #11,920 all time
Rank in United States
#1,034
of 4,192
Research works
242
▲ 232% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.1k
29.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Nanostring Technologies (United States) 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 #4,985 of 14,347 15.3%128

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nanostring Technologies (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Nanostring Technologies (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 25.5 works11×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.47× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.82× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nanostring Technologies (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Joseph Beechem, Sarah Warren and Yan Liang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nanostring Technologies (United States).

  1. 1 Joseph Beechem United States · #313,509 worldwide 170 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Sarah Warren United States · #521,001 worldwide 106 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Yan Liang United States · #1,083,885 worldwide 10 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Mark Gregory United States · #1,559,277 worldwide 5 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Nanostring Technologies (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Nanostring Technologies (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, RNA-Seq, Single-Cell, Transcriptomics, Immunotherapy, Data Analysis, Normalization and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Gene Expression19▲ 42×9 topics
  2. RNA-Seq12▲ 150×2 topics
  3. Single-Cell12▲ 358×1 topic
  4. Transcriptomics12▲ 358×1 topic
  5. Immunotherapy9▲ 17×13 topics
  6. Machine Learning7▲ 2.7×4 topics
  7. Data Analysis6▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Normalization6▲ 145×2 topics
  9. Cancer5▲ 5.2×14 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 16×6 topics
  11. Quantitative Analysis5▲ 31×2 topics
  12. Inflammation4▲ 2.8×14 topics
  13. Quantitative4▲ 60×2 topics
  14. Precision Medicine4▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Immunity4▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Real-Time PCR4▲ 173×1 topic
  17. Reference Genes4▲ 173×1 topic
  18. Tumor Regression4▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Tumor Targeting3▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Medical Imaging3▲ 8.1×1 topic
  21. Radiomics3▲ 35×1 topic
  22. Innate Immunity3▲ 12×7 topics
  23. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 33×1 topic
  24. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.6×9 topics
  27. Metabolism2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  28. Gene Therapy2▲ 16×2 topics
  29. High-Throughput Analysis2▲ 87×1 topic
  30. Protein Microarrays2▲ 181×1 topic
  31. Activation2▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Macrophage2▲ 40×1 topic
  33. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Neurodegeneration2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  35. Differential Expression2▲ 112×1 topic
  36. Microarray2▲ 112×1 topic
  37. Arginine Deprivation2▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Bacterial Therapy2▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Lymphoma2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. CAR T Cells2▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Nanostring Technologies (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Single-cell and spatial …12Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 12 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer2Immune cells in cancer: 2 fractional worksGene expression and cancer classification: 2 fractional worksCancer Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 12 works
  2. 2 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  5. 5 Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 2 works
  7. 7 Gene expression and cancer classification Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 2 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 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 available46.2%not open53.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.8%domestic only72.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nanostring Technologies (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 232% 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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