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National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

In research, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,776 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#6,926 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,398 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,161
of 28,054 · #7,634 all time
Rank in United States
#1,091
of 4,192
Research works
698
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
33.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
74%
world 28%

What is National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences 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 #3,776 of 7,800 23.2%97 #3159
MedicineField #6,926 of 10,443 22.6%81 #6551
Health SciencesDomain #8,398 of 11,982 23.8%86 #7779
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,848 of 3,579 23.9%72 #2497

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#3,159 #3,776
  2. Medicine#6,551 #6,926
  3. Health Sciences#7,779 #8,398
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,497 #2,848
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 48.3 works7.1×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.01× its world share, 72 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.25× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.75× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.14× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.63× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.86× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.31× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Matthew D. Hall, Craig J. Thomas and Patrick J. Morris lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences.

  1. 1 Matthew D. Hall United States · #81,347 worldwide 269 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Craig J. Thomas United States · #85,172 worldwide 467 citations · 109 works
  3. 3 Patrick J. Morris United States · #127,273 worldwide 295 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Xin Hu United States · #166,518 worldwide 136 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 David J. Maloney United States · #171,916 worldwide 150 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Ajit Jadhav United States · #180,877 worldwide 187 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Menghang Xia United States · #187,705 worldwide 248 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Min Shen United States · #191,040 worldwide 86 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Qian Zhu United States · #254,201 worldwide 171 citations · 54 works
  10. 10 Sam Michael United States · #307,479 worldwide 69 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences

Which keywords describe research at National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pharmacokinetics, Medicinal Chemistry, Machine Learning, Molecular Docking, Drug Target Identification, Virtual Screening, Cancer Therapy and Cancer.

▲ 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. Machine Learning19▲ 2.6×14 topics
  2. Pharmacokinetics14▲ 24×6 topics
  3. Cancer13▲ 4.3×37 topics
  4. Medicinal Chemistry12▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Epidemiology11▲ 1.24×65 topics
  6. Inflammation11▲ 2.3×48 topics
  7. Molecular Docking11▲ 38×2 topics
  8. Drug Target Identification11▲ 51×1 topic
  9. Oxidative Stress11▲ 2.9×34 topics
  10. Virtual Screening11▲ 51×1 topic
  11. Cancer Therapy10▲ 8.0×13 topics
  12. Transcriptional Regulation9▲ 25×8 topics
  13. Immunity7▲ 7.4×8 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-27▲ 9.1×6 topics
  15. Biomarkers6▲ 4.2×13 topics
  16. Gene Expression6▲ 4.4×13 topics
  17. Immunotherapy6▲ 3.6×15 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering6▲ 4.3×4 topics
  19. Cell Culture6▲ 23×2 topics
  20. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 10×3 topics
  21. Regenerative Medicine6▲ 9.9×3 topics
  22. Academic Medicine6▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Apoptosis6▲ 8.0×9 topics
  24. Genetic Variants5▲ 14×4 topics
  25. Microfluidic Devices5▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Bioinks5▲ 39×1 topic
  27. Bioprinting5▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Medical Research5▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Physician-Scientist5▲ 80×1 topic
  30. Vaccine5▲ 5.4×9 topics
  31. Mutation5▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Neurodegeneration5▲ 6.8×9 topics
  33. Cell Death4▲ 8.7×6 topics
  34. Innate Immunity4▲ 6.2×9 topics
  35. Genomics4▲ 6.2×4 topics
  36. Genetic Variation4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  37. Mass Spectrometry4▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Clinical Genomics4▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Sequence Interpretation4▲ 49×1 topic
  40. Brain Development4▲ 9.3×4 topics

Which research topics does National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Health and Medical Research Impacts, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research and Genomics and Rare Diseases.

Computational Drug Disco…11Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 11 fractional worksHealth and Medical Resea…5Health and Medical Research Impacts: 5 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedica…53D Printing in Biomedical Research: 5 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksPharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 3 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 3 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 3 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 3 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 2 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthBiomedical EngineeringGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 11 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  3. 3 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 4 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  6. 6 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 3 works
  7. 7 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 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 available74.2%not open25.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.7%domestic only80.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% 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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