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Office of the Director

In research, Office of the Director stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,356 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,894 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,293
of 28,054 · #13,363 all time
Rank in United States
#3,302
of 4,192
Research works
554
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Office of the Director 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,356 of 20,462 21.1%239
MedicineField #8,894 of 17,978 20.9%185

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Office of the Director 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: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.36× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.34× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.94× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.55× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 2.48× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.73× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Office of the Director?

Ranked on the composite score, E. Abel and Sumal Nandasena lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Office of the Director.

  1. 1 E. Abel United States · #1,025,514 worldwide 48 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Sumal Nandasena United States · #1,369,255 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Office of the Director

Which keywords describe research at Office of the Director?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Brain Imaging, Cognitive Enhancement, Neuroenhancement, Genetic Mutations, Genetics, Public Health and Ethical Considerations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.3×39 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 2.9×17 topics
  3. Genetics3▲ 4.8×11 topics
  4. Mental Health3▲ 2.3×13 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.8×10 topics
  6. Healthcare2▲ 2.6×8 topics
  7. Brain Imaging2▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Cognitive Enhancement2▲ 59×1 topic
  9. Neuroenhancement2▲ 143×1 topic
  10. Diagnosis2▲ 2.9×11 topics
  11. Immune Response2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  12. Internet of Things2▲ 3.0×3 topics
  13. Treatment2▲ 2.1×14 topics
  14. Ethical Considerations2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  15. Anxiety2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  17. Brain Development2▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Evolution2▲ 8.5×6 topics
  19. Genetic Variation2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  20. Neuroscience2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  21. Prefrontal Cortex2▲ 25×3 topics
  22. Dendritic Spines2▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Vaccine1▲ 4.5×6 topics
  24. Fragile X Syndrome1▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Neurobiology1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  26. Rett Syndrome1▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Attachment1▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Cognitive Therapy1▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Vaccine Development1▲ 6.1×5 topics
  30. Artificial Neural Network1▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Cognitive Function1▲ 7.4×7 topics
  32. Systems Biology1▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Therapy1▲ 6.9×3 topics
  34. Virus1▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Bell Inequality1▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Citizen Participation1▲ 10×1 topic
  37. Decoherence1▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Gene Regulatory Networks1▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Population Genetics1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Social Cognition1▲ 7.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Office of the Director publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Quantum Mechanics and Applications and Blockchain Technology Applications and Security.

Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 1 fractional worksQuantum Mechanics and Applications: 1 fractional worksBlockchain Technology Applications and Security: 1 fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 1 fractional worksQuality and Safety in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksGene Regulatory Network …1Gene Regulatory Network Analysis: 1 fractional worksLeprosy Research and Tre…1Leprosy Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Recepto…1Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 1 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…1Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceGeneticsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsInformation Systems6 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  2. 2 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Quantum Mechanics and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  4. 4 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Smart Cities and Technologies Media Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Quality and Safety in Healthcare Medical Laboratory Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Gene Regulatory Network Analysis Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Leprosy Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  10. 10 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 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 available39.3%not open60.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Office of the Director's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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