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North Carolina Biotechnology Center

In research, North Carolina Biotechnology Center stands highest in Life Sciences (#7,233 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,295
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,121
of 8,685
Research works
226
▲ 89% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
100.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is North Carolina Biotechnology Center 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 #7,233 of 14,347 41.5%141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Carolina Biotechnology Center 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.64× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.55× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.65× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at North Carolina Biotechnology Center?

Ranked on the composite score, John Ryals, E. R. Ward and Mark D. Dibner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Carolina Biotechnology Center.

  1. 1 John Ryals United States · #180,092 worldwide 330 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 E. R. Ward United States · #202,721 worldwide 181 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Mark D. Dibner United States · #1,104,892 worldwide 38 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at North Carolina Biotechnology Center

Which keywords describe research at North Carolina Biotechnology Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Plant Immunity, Biotechnology, Innovation, Microbiome, Capacity Building, Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation and Plant Secondary Metabolites.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Gene Expression22▲ 16×11 topics
  2. Plant Immunity18▲ 89×2 topics
  3. Biotechnology17▲ 78×3 topics
  4. Innovation16▲ 7.5×8 topics
  5. Microbiome14▲ 42×2 topics
  6. Capacity Building14▲ 84×2 topics
  7. Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation13▲ 99×1 topic
  8. Plant Secondary Metabolites13▲ 78×1 topic
  9. Entrepreneurship13▲ 21×2 topics
  10. Global Collaboration13▲ 136×1 topic
  11. Health Biotechnology13▲ 292×1 topic
  12. Root Exudates12▲ 90×2 topics
  13. Microbial Pathogens12▲ 120×1 topic
  14. Rhizosphere Interactions12▲ 73×1 topic
  15. Biopharmaceuticals10▲ 64×3 topics
  16. Recombinant Proteins10▲ 79×2 topics
  17. Plant Molecular Farming8▲ 154×1 topic
  18. Vaccine Antigens8▲ 154×1 topic
  19. Small RNAs8▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Genome Analysis7▲ 29×3 topics
  21. Gene Silencing7▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Genomics6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  23. Viral RNA Silencing6▲ 58×1 topic
  24. Virus-Host Interactions6▲ 58×1 topic
  25. RNA Interference6▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Quantitative Trait Loci5▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Insecticide Resistance5▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Bacillus thuringiensis5▲ 59×1 topic
  29. P450 enzymes5▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Drought Resistance5▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Host Recognition5▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Host Specificity5▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Food Safety4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  34. Signal Transduction4▲ 8.0×5 topics
  35. Environmental Risk Assessment4▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Genome Engineering4▲ 32×1 topic
  37. RNA-Guided4▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Consumer Attitudes4▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Genetically Modified Crops4▲ 142×1 topic
  40. Symbiosis4▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does North Carolina Biotechnology Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies, Protein purification and stability, Underwater Acoustics Research and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews.

Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies: 0 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 0 fractional worksUnderwater Acoustics Research: 0 fractional worksMeta-analysis and systematic reviews: 0 fractional worksDigital Holography and M…0Digital Holography and Microscopy: 0 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 0 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Eco…0Primate Behavior and Ecology: 0 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications: 0 fractional worksQualitative Comparative Analysis Research: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringMolecular BiologyOceanographyStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty5 others

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

  1. 1 Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 0 works
  4. 4 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  5. 5 Digital Holography and Microscopy Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  6. 6 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 0 works
  8. 8 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Qualitative Comparative Analysis Research Sociology and Political Science 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 available30.8%not open69.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.6%domestic only83.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has North Carolina Biotechnology Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 89% 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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