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Office of Extramural Research

In research, Office of Extramural Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,889 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#5,477 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,454 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,687
of 28,054 · #6,367 all time
Rank in United States
#1,747
of 4,192
Research works
670
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
45.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Office of Extramural Research 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 #2,889 of 14,347 23.6%227
MedicineField #5,477 of 17,978 30.1%239
Health SciencesDomain #6,454 of 20,462 29.6%283

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Office of Extramural Research 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: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.10× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.36× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.57× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.77× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 9.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Office of Extramural Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Stress, Genetic Variation, Prefrontal Cortex, Serotonin, Neural Plasticity, Dopamine and Reward Circuitry.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 2.4×53 topics
  2. Stress4▲ 12×4 topics
  3. Genetic Variation4▲ 20×4 topics
  4. Prefrontal Cortex4▲ 53×2 topics
  5. Serotonin3▲ 106×2 topics
  6. Dopamine3▲ 168×1 topic
  7. Inflammation3▲ 1.83×29 topics
  8. Neural Plasticity3▲ 22×3 topics
  9. Reward Circuitry3▲ 168×1 topic
  10. Neurobiology3▲ 13×6 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 2.1×20 topics
  13. Immune Response2▲ 5.1×13 topics
  14. Neurodegenerative Diseases2▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Vaccine2▲ 7.1×9 topics
  16. Dendritic Spines2▲ 33×2 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.3×9 topics
  19. Neuroprotection2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  20. Anxiety2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  21. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  23. Calcium Signaling2▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Chaperone2▲ 114×1 topic
  25. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  26. Primary Care2▲ 4.7×9 topics
  27. Sigma-1 Receptor2▲ 172×1 topic
  28. Anesthesia1▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Brain Development1▲ 9.0×3 topics
  30. Empathy1▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Synaptic Plasticity1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  32. Blended Learning1▲ 9.8×1 topic
  33. Fragile X Syndrome1▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Metabolic Regulation1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  35. Postoperative Pain1▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Rett Syndrome1▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Animal Welfare1▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Pain Assessment1▲ 64×1 topic
  39. Polarization1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Office of Extramural Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Online and Blended Learning.

Neurotransmitter Recepto…3Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 3 fractional worksPharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 1 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 1 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 1 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…1Misinformation and Its Impacts: 1 fractional worksFinancial Crisis of the 21st Century: 1 fractional worksNeuroendocrine regulation and behavior: 1 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Aut…1Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 1 fractional works
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceMolecular BiologyGeneticsEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  2. 2 Pharmacological Receptor Mechanisms and Effects Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 works
  5. 5 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 1 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Financial Crisis of the 21st Century Finance 1 works
  9. 9 Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 1 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 available51.7%not open48.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Office of Extramural Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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