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Pacific Biosciences (United States)

In research, Pacific Biosciences (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,604 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 8.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,857
of 22,385 · #5,516 all time
Rank in United States
#1,664
of 3,332
Research works
622
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
67k
108.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Pacific Biosciences (United States)

What is Pacific Biosciences (United States) 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,604 of 6,403 17.6%69 #1297

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pacific Biosciences (United States) 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 Pacific Biosciences (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Pacific Biosciences (United States) is in Life Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (41%), Medicine (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%). It does 4.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 84 fractional works · 60.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 58 fractional works · 41.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 34 fractional works · 24.1% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 12.4% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 28 fractional works · 19.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 16.2% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 14.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPacificBiosciences…140fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences60%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences4%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5841.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1712.4%
    3. Neuroscience53.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology32.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    1. Environmental Science149.9%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences43.1%
    3. Engineering42.9%
    4. Materials Science11.0%
    5. Energy10.9%
    6. Chemistry10.9%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    8. Computer Science10.6%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine2014.1%
    2. Nursing21.3%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Health Professions00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences21.5%
    2. Psychology10.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Pacific Biosciences (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 8.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 33.8 works8.0×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 57.9 works7.7×
← 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: 2.60× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.74× its world share, 58 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.15× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.15× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.82× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 2.70× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.74×58 works
  2. Veterinary2.84×0 works
  3. Nursing2.70×2 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.60×17 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.15×3 works
  6. Neuroscience2.15×5 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.99×4 works
  8. Environmental Science1.99×14 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.82×1 works
  10. Energy1.01×1 works
  11. Medicine0.73×20 works
  12. Chemistry0.56×1 works
  13. Dentistry0.37×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.33×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.28×1 works
  16. Psychology0.28×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.27×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×1 works
  19. Engineering0.19×4 works
  20. Social Sciences0.12×2 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.09×0 works
  23. Computer Science0.07×1 works
  24. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pacific Biosciences (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Chen-Shan Chin, Aaron M. Wenger and Michael A. Eberle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pacific Biosciences (United States).

  1. 1 Chen-Shan Chin United States · #16,649 worldwide 28k citations · 133 works
  2. 2 Aaron M. Wenger United States · #20,668 worldwide 21k citations · 119 works
  3. 3 Michael A. Eberle United States · #23,305 worldwide 14k citations · 156 works
  4. 4 Egor Dolzhenko United States · #25,549 worldwide 6.2k citations · 122 works
  5. 5 Jonas Korlach United States · #28,717 worldwide 34k citations · 185 works
  6. 6 Eric E. Schadt United States · #37,867 worldwide 28k citations · 67 works
  7. 7 Zev N. Kronenberg United States · #39,087 worldwide 11k citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Tyson A. Clark United States · #42,350 worldwide 14k citations · 131 works
  9. 9 Paul Peluso United States · #71,971 worldwide 22k citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Sarah B. Kingan United States · #113,340 worldwide 8.5k citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at Pacific Biosciences (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Pacific Biosciences (United States)?

The most cited paper from Pacific Biosciences (United States) is "STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner" (Alexander Yu. Dobin, Carrie Davis, Felix Schlesinger et al., 2012), with 58,026 citations. Next come "Haplotype-resolved de novo assembly using phased assembly graphs with hifiasm" (5,964) and "A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs" (4,615).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 STAR: ultrafast universal RNA-seq aligner Alexander Yu. Dobin, Carrie Davis, Felix Schlesinger et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 25 Oct 2012 58,026
2 Haplotype-resolved de novo assembly using phased assembly graphs with hifiasm Haoyu Cheng, Gregory T. Concepcion, Xiaowen Feng et al. · Nature Methods Open access Feb 2021 5,964
3 A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs Sarah Shaw Murray et al. · Nature Open access211 authors Oct 2007 4,615
4 Nonhybrid, finished microbial genome assemblies from long-read SMRT sequencing data Chen-Shan Chin, David H. Alexander, Patrick J. Marks et al. · Nature Methods 3 May 2013 4,380
5 The B73 Maize Genome: Complexity, Diversity, and Dynamics Patrick S. Schnable et al. · Science 157 authors 20 Nov 2009 4,265
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pacific Biosciences (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Phylogenetic Analysis, RNA-Seq, Genomic Instability, Cell-Free DNA, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures and genome annotation.

▲ 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. Targeted Therapy8▲ 26×2 topics
  2. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 18×6 topics
  3. RNA-Seq8▲ 46×2 topics
  4. Genomic Instability8▲ 48×2 topics
  5. Cancer Genomics7▲ 70×1 topic
  6. Cell-Free DNA7▲ 52×2 topics
  7. Mutational Signatures7▲ 70×1 topic
  8. genome annotation7▲ 76×1 topic
  9. sequence alignment7▲ 76×1 topic
  10. Climate Change7▲ 1.74×34 topics
  11. Gene Expression6▲ 7.4×14 topics
  12. Genetic Variants6▲ 23×3 topics
  13. Clinical Genomics5▲ 100×1 topic
  14. Sequence Interpretation5▲ 100×1 topic
  15. Cancer5▲ 2.6×21 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.1×27 topics
  17. Mitochondrial Dysfunction4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  18. Genomics4▲ 9.3×9 topics
  19. Invasive Species4▲ 6.4×11 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity4▲ 6.1×12 topics
  21. Data Analysis4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  22. Biodiversity4▲ 3.2×12 topics
  23. Epigenetic Regulation4▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Genetic Variation3▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Microbial Ecology3▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Bacterial Diversity3▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Microbiota3▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Marine Microbes3▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Microbial Biogeography3▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Bioinformatics3▲ 18×4 topics
  31. Cancer Progression3▲ 11×4 topics
  32. Genome Engineering3▲ 31×1 topic
  33. RNA-Guided3▲ 31×1 topic
  34. Genome Evolution2▲ 43×2 topics
  35. Glycosylation2▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Chaperones2▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Transcription Factors2▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Huntington's Disease2▲ 54×1 topic
  39. Normalization2▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Protein Aggregation2▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Pacific Biosciences (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genomics and Rare Diseases and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…7Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 7 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 5 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 3 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 3 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerativ…2Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksSelenium in Biological Systems: 2 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyGeneticsEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 7 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 5 works
  4. 4 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 3 works
  5. 5 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Selenium in Biological Systems Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  10. 10 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 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 available56.0%not open44.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.9%domestic only72.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pacific Biosciences (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pacific Biosciences (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00060% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Pacific Biosciences (United States)0.00053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pacific Biosciences (United States) 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 counting20%40%Pacific Biosciences (United States)17.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.8% in 2017.

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