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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

In research, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases stands highest in Life Sciences (#835 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#513 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,836 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 13.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,935
of 28,054 · #598 all time
Rank in United States
#295
of 4,192
Research works
8.6k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
721k
83.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 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 #835 of 7,800 28.6%274 #225
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #513 of 3,579 27.7%217 #147
MedicineField #1,836 of 10,443 27.6%284 #353
Health SciencesDomain #2,339 of 11,982 27.5%300 #430
Molecular BiologySubfield #868 of 2,175 25.3%142 #139

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 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#225 #835
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#147 #513
  3. Medicine#353 #1,836
  4. Health Sciences#430 #2,339
  5. Molecular Biology#139 #868
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 Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 48.0 works14×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.39× its world share, 216 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.13× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.69× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.41× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.32× its world share, 284 worksMedicineNursing: 2.66× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× 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, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases?

Ranked on the composite score, John W. Kusek, Robert Tycko and Lawrence Y. Agodoa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases.

  1. 1 John W. Kusek United States · #7,876 worldwide 1k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Robert Tycko United States · #10,961 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Lawrence Y. Agodoa United States · #11,411 worldwide 899 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Jeffrey B. Kopp United States · #19,051 worldwide 557 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Kevin D. Hall United States · #22,278 worldwide 642 citations · 76 works
  6. 6 James E. Everhart United States · #29,808 worldwide 378 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 William C. Knowler United States · #33,527 worldwide 649 citations · 89 works
  8. 8 Robert G. Nelson United States · #34,243 worldwide 546 citations · 78 works
  9. 9 Paul W. Eggers United States · #34,607 worldwide 580 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Peter H. Bennett United States · #35,287 worldwide 371 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Oxidative Stress, Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Cancer and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Inflammation58▲ 4.3×70 topics
  2. Epidemiology46▲ 1.84×74 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress44▲ 4.2×46 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease42▲ 5.9×31 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome39▲ 7.6×21 topics
  6. Cancer34▲ 4.0×41 topics
  7. Obesity31▲ 6.5×19 topics
  8. Insulin Resistance30▲ 10×9 topics
  9. Diabetes19▲ 6.1×16 topics
  10. Immune Response19▲ 5.4×19 topics
  11. Cancer Therapy19▲ 5.2×14 topics
  12. Mitochondrial Dysfunction18▲ 9.8×11 topics
  13. Chronic Kidney Disease15▲ 10×8 topics
  14. Glycemic Control15▲ 16×4 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders15▲ 4.2×14 topics
  16. Insulin Therapy15▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Signal Transduction14▲ 15×5 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 5.0×8 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations14▲ 5.0×15 topics
  20. Molecular Dynamics14▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Magnetic Resonance Imaging13▲ 8.1×7 topics
  22. Metabolic Regulation13▲ 12×5 topics
  23. Neuroprotection13▲ 5.8×10 topics
  24. Hepatocellular Carcinoma13▲ 9.7×3 topics
  25. Type 1 Diabetes12▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Drug Discovery12▲ 8.7×6 topics
  27. Type 2 Diabetes12▲ 8.7×5 topics
  28. Protein12▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Translation12▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis12▲ 6.6×11 topics
  31. Cancer Progression12▲ 10×7 topics
  32. Cell Signaling12▲ 12×9 topics
  33. Gene Regulation11▲ 20×4 topics
  34. Therapeutic Targets11▲ 12×8 topics
  35. Structure11▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Exercise11▲ 14×3 topics
  37. RNA Structure11▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Ribosome11▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Alternative Splicing11▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Liver Disease11▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA Research and Splicing, Protein Structure and Dynamics and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

RNA and protein synthesi…11RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 11 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing11RNA Research and Splicing: 11 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 11 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…10Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksReceptor Mechanisms and …9Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling: 9 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 8 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …8Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 7 fractional worksAdenosine and Purinergic Signaling: 7 fractional works
Molecular BiologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPhysiologyEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 11 works
  2. 2 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 11 works
  3. 3 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 11 works
  4. 4 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  5. 5 Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Molecular Biology 9 works
  6. 6 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 8 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 8 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 7 works
  10. 10 Adenosine and Purinergic Signaling Physiology 7 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 available50.0%not open50.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.5%domestic only83.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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