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National Marrow Donor Program

In research, National Marrow Donor Program stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,530 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,170 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology (Hematology is 74.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,249
of 22,385 · #20,218 all time
Rank in United States
#2,684
of 3,332
Research works
543
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
22.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
National Marrow Donor Program

What is National Marrow Donor Program known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,530 of 9,902 13.8%77 #4806
MedicineField #4,170 of 8,541 13.5%73 #5202

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Marrow Donor Program 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does National Marrow Donor Program work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at National Marrow Donor Program is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Immunology and Microbiology (10%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 90 fractional works · 72.5% of its workMedicine: 86 fractional works · 68.9% of its workHematology: 28 fractional works · 22.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 13 fractional works · 10.4% of its workTransplantation: 10 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 23 fractional works · 18.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 9.9% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 9.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNational MarrowDonor Program124fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8668.9%
    2. Health Professions43.5%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology129.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology107.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.7%
    2. Social Sciences32.5%
    3. Psychology10.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Mathematics10.6%
    2. Computer Science10.6%
    3. Engineering10.4%
    4. Chemistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Marrow Donor Program specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 74.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 28.2 works75×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.44× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.88× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 86 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× 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, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology9.88×12 works
  2. Medicine3.59×86 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.44×10 works
  4. Health Professions1.32×4 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×3 works
  6. Veterinary0.89×0 works
  7. Mathematics0.52×1 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.32×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.31×0 works
  11. Psychology0.30×1 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.20×3 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  17. Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Marrow Donor Program?

Ranked on the quality score, Stephen R. Spellman, Caitrin Bupp and Alan N Howard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Marrow Donor Program.

  1. 1 Stephen R. Spellman United States · #220,080 worldwide 20k citations · 609 works
  2. 2 Caitrin Bupp United States · #448,353 worldwide 846 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Alan N Howard United States · #470,386 worldwide 5.5k citations · 183 works
  4. 4 Elizabeth Ann Murphy United States · #470,607 worldwide 11k citations · 223 works
  5. 5 Dennis L. Confer United States · #580,749 worldwide 13k citations · 226 works
  6. 6 Roberta King United States · #606,267 worldwide 4.1k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Michelle I. Setterholm United States · #609,340 worldwide 5.3k citations · 105 works
  8. 8 Meilun He United States · #777,963 worldwide 441 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Valerie Stewart United States · #873,950 worldwide 1.6k citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Anna M. Hassebroek United States · #990,678 worldwide 1.7k citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at National Marrow Donor Program

What are the most cited papers from National Marrow Donor Program?

The most cited paper from National Marrow Donor Program is "Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System, 2026" (Steven G.E. Marsh et al., 2010), with 4,206 citations. Next come "High-resolution donor-recipient HLA matching contributes to the success of unrelated donor marrow transplantation" (1,261) and "HLA Match Likelihoods for Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Grafts in the U.S. Registry" (1,117).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nomenclature for Factors of the HLA System, 2026 Steven G.E. Marsh et al. · Tissue Antigens Open access 17 Mar 2010 4,206
2 High-resolution donor-recipient HLA matching contributes to the success of unrelated donor marrow transplantation Stephanie J. Lee, John P. Klein, Michael D. Haagenson et al. · Blood Open access 4 Sep 2007 1,261
3 HLA Match Likelihoods for Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Grafts in the U.S. Registry Loren A. Gragert, Mary Eapen, Eric Williams et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Jul 2014 1,117
4 Peripheral-Blood Stem Cells versus Bone Marrow from Unrelated Donors Claudio Anasetti et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Oct 2012 919
5 Prognostic Mutations in Myelodysplastic Syndrome after Stem-Cell Transplantation Robert Coleman Lindsley, Wael Saber, Brenton G. Mar et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Feb 2017 788
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Marrow Donor Program?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Bone Marrow Niche, Graft-versus-Host Disease, Graft Survival, Kidney Transplantation, Prognostic Factors and Immunosuppressive Drugs.

▲ 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-now 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. Hematopoietic Stem Cells23▲ 215×3 topics
  2. Mesenchymal Stem Cells19▲ 140×2 topics
  3. Bone Marrow Niche18▲ 615×1 topic
  4. Graft-versus-Host Disease18▲ 615×1 topic
  5. Graft Survival13▲ 120×3 topics
  6. Kidney Transplantation13▲ 161×2 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors12▲ 22×3 topics
  8. Antibody-Mediated Rejection10▲ 202×1 topic
  9. Immunosuppressive Drugs10▲ 124×2 topics
  10. Renal Allograft10▲ 202×1 topic
  11. Minimal Residual Disease7▲ 81×2 topics
  12. Autoimmunity7▲ 38×4 topics
  13. Transplantation6▲ 50×4 topics
  14. Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia6▲ 151×1 topic
  15. Childhood Cancer6▲ 151×1 topic
  16. Ethical Considerations6▲ 13×4 topics
  17. CD4+CD25+6▲ 135×1 topic
  18. Foxp36▲ 135×1 topic
  19. TGF-ß6▲ 29×2 topics
  20. AML5▲ 82×1 topic
  21. Acute Myeloid Leukemia5▲ 82×1 topic
  22. Cancer5▲ 3.0×12 topics
  23. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Clinical Trials5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  25. NK Cell Recognition4▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Natural Killer Cells4▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Childhood Cancer Survivor Study4▲ 66×1 topic
  28. Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory4▲ 66×1 topic
  29. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Mutation3▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Liver Transplantation3▲ 21×3 topics
  32. Living Kidney Donors3▲ 98×1 topic
  33. Organ Donation3▲ 98×1 topic
  34. Adolescents3▲ 6.6×2 topics
  35. Donor Risk Index3▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Ethical Issues3▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury3▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Patient Safety3▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Regulatory Challenges3▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Stem Cell Regulation3▲ 103×1 topic

Which research topics does National Marrow Donor Program publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments, Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research and T-cell and B-cell Immunology.

Hematopoietic Stem Cell …18Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 18 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Ou…10Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 10 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…6Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 6 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 6 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 5 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…4Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 4 fractional worksChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 3 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 3 fractional works
HematologyTransplantationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthImmunology3 others

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

  1. 1 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 18 works
  2. 2 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 10 works
  3. 3 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  4. 4 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 6 works
  5. 5 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 5 works
  6. 6 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 4 works
  7. 7 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  8. 8 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  9. 9 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 3 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.0%domestic only78.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Marrow Donor Program's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is National Marrow Donor Program as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00063% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%National Marrow Donor Program0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Marrow Donor Program over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Marrow Donor Program6.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.6% in 2023.

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