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National Institute of General Medical Sciences

In research, National Institute of General Medical Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,183 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#8,667 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,772 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,117
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,237
of 8,685
Research works
414
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
42.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is National Institute of General Medical Sciences 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 #5,183 of 14,347 29.4%165
MedicineField #8,667 of 17,978 29.2%144
Health SciencesDomain #10,772 of 20,462 28.2%163

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of General Medical 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).

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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.54× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.52× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.71× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.36× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of General Medical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, MASAMI KUROKAWA lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of General Medical Sciences.

  1. 1 MASAMI KUROKAWA United States · #1,447,194 worldwide 17 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of General Medical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Academic Medicine, Neurological Disorders, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Public Health and Career Development.

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

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.6×30 topics
  2. Inflammation3▲ 3.9×16 topics
  3. Public Health2▲ 3.3×12 topics
  4. Academic Medicine2▲ 59×2 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 5.7×9 topics
  6. Neurological Disorders2▲ 7.5×8 topics
  7. Insulin Resistance1▲ 8.8×6 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 3.2×11 topics
  9. Resilience1▲ 6.6×2 topics
  10. Career Development1▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Media1▲ 19×1 topic
  12. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.80×8 topics
  13. Religion1▲ 6.2×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institute of General Medical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies, Health and Medical Research Impacts, Diversity and Career in Medicine and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies: 1 fractional worksHealth and Medical Research Impacts: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …1Diversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …1Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 0 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 0 fractional worksLipid Membrane Structure…0Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior: 0 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 0 fractional worksBacterial biofilms and q…0Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGender StudiesEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Religious, Philosophical, and Educational Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Health and Medical Research Impacts Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  3. 3 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 0 works
  10. 10 Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing Molecular Biology 0 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of General Medical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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