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Neurosciences Institute

In research, Neurosciences Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#611 of 7,800 worldwide), Neuroscience (#131 of 1,168 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,783 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 21.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,699
of 28,054 · #2,006 all time
Rank in United States
#263
of 4,192
Research works
2k
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
131k
65.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Neurosciences Institute 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 #611 of 7,800 36.0%200 #728
NeuroscienceField #131 of 1,168 37.3%135 #213
MedicineField #2,783 of 10,443 21.5%163 #2311
Health SciencesDomain #3,663 of 11,982 21.3%173 #3084
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #166 of 530 37.3%68 #153

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Neurosciences Institute 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#728 #611
  2. Neuroscience#213 #131
  3. Medicine#2,311 #2,783
  4. Health Sciences#3,084 #3,663
  5. Cognitive Neuroscience#153 #166
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 Neurosciences Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 21.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 31.2 works22×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 67.9 works20×
  3. NeuroscienceField · 135.0 works18×
  4. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 24.0 works10×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.28× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 18.04× its world share, 135 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.84× its world share, 163 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.62× its world share, 37 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 18.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Neurosciences Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Ralph J. Greenspan, Erol Veznedaroglu and Thomas Miconi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Neurosciences Institute.

  1. 1 Ralph J. Greenspan United States · #424,557 worldwide 97 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Erol Veznedaroglu United States · #491,959 worldwide 57 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Thomas Miconi United States · #1,449,384 worldwide 22 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Mandy J. Binning United States · #1,482,806 worldwide 8 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Neurosciences Institute

Which keywords describe research at Neurosciences Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Neurodegeneration, Neuroinflammation, Neurobiology, Neuroimaging, Oxidative Stress, Neuronal Oscillations and Brain 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 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. Neurological Disorders38▲ 14×18 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress27▲ 3.6×31 topics
  3. Neurodegeneration24▲ 18×9 topics
  4. Neuroinflammation24▲ 18×6 topics
  5. Neurobiology20▲ 17×10 topics
  6. Neuroimaging19▲ 16×9 topics
  7. Inflammation19▲ 1.99×50 topics
  8. Brain Development17▲ 20×6 topics
  9. Neuronal Oscillations17▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Working Memory16▲ 39×3 topics
  11. Genetics16▲ 5.1×17 topics
  12. Functional Connectivity16▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Prefrontal Cortex15▲ 41×3 topics
  14. Ischemic Stroke15▲ 22×3 topics
  15. Cortical Networks15▲ 55×1 topic
  16. Synchronization15▲ 27×1 topic
  17. Aging13▲ 5.3×10 topics
  18. Synaptic Plasticity13▲ 13×6 topics
  19. Alzheimer's Disease13▲ 9.8×8 topics
  20. Parkinson's Disease12▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Neural Plasticity12▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Neuronal Circuits12▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Memory12▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Neural Mechanisms12▲ 27×4 topics
  25. Neural Circuits11▲ 27×4 topics
  26. Neuroprotection11▲ 6.9×12 topics
  27. Mitochondrial Dysfunction11▲ 8.2×9 topics
  28. Innate Immunity11▲ 7.5×9 topics
  29. Cytokines11▲ 8.4×4 topics
  30. Dendritic Spines11▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Emotion Regulation11▲ 7.6×7 topics
  32. Microglia10▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Default Mode Network10▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Resting-State fMRI10▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Neuroscience10▲ 7.1×10 topics
  36. Astrocyte Function9▲ 33×2 topics
  37. GABAergic9▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Neurotransmission9▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Social Cognition9▲ 12×9 topics
  40. Hippocampus9▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Neurosciences Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Neural dynamics and brai…15Neural dynamics and brain function: 15 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…10Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 10 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…9Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 9 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…8Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 8 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 8 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechan…8Memory and Neural Mechanisms: 8 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 6 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 6 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural …6Neuroscience and Neural Engineering: 6 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceCellular and Molecular NeurosciencePsychiatry and Mental healthPhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 15 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 10 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 9 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  5. 5 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 8 works
  6. 6 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 8 works
  7. 7 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  8. 8 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 6 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 6 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 available58.2%not open41.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Neurosciences Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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