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Pacific Biosciences (United States)

In research, Pacific Biosciences (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,602 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,105
of 28,054 · #5,982 all time
Rank in United States
#1,081
of 4,192
Research works
622
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
108.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Pacific Biosciences (United States) 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 #3,602 of 7,800 27.1%69 #2487

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Pacific Biosciences (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 28.4 works7.9×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 47.0 works7.4×
← 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: 2.49× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.39× its world share, 47 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.26× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.18× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.14× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 3.11× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Michael A. Eberle, Egor Dolzhenko and Jonas Korlach lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pacific Biosciences (United States).

  1. 1 Michael A. Eberle United States · #259,321 worldwide 184 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Egor Dolzhenko United States · #521,640 worldwide 81 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Jonas Korlach United States · #568,295 worldwide 97 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 William McCulloch United States · #943,486 worldwide 40 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 James Holt United States · #1,063,022 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Jason G. Underwood United States · #1,270,641 worldwide 27 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Pacific Biosciences (United States)

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Phylogenetic Analysis, Genomic Instability, RNA-Seq, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures, genome annotation and sequence alignment.

▲ 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. Targeted Therapy7▲ 28×2 topics
  2. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 19×6 topics
  3. Genomic Instability6▲ 48×2 topics
  4. RNA-Seq6▲ 49×2 topics
  5. Cancer Genomics6▲ 72×1 topic
  6. Mutational Signatures6▲ 72×1 topic
  7. Climate Change6▲ 1.87×31 topics
  8. genome annotation6▲ 76×1 topic
  9. sequence alignment6▲ 76×1 topic
  10. Gene Expression5▲ 7.2×14 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.4×26 topics
  12. Cancer4▲ 2.7×21 topics
  13. Genetic Variants4▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Clinical Genomics4▲ 96×1 topic
  15. Sequence Interpretation4▲ 96×1 topic
  16. Invasive Species4▲ 7.3×11 topics
  17. Genomics4▲ 9.9×8 topics
  18. Biodiversity3▲ 3.8×11 topics
  19. Mitochondrial Dysfunction3▲ 9.5×6 topics
  20. Data Analysis3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  21. Microbial Ecology3▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Bacterial Diversity3▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Cancer Progression3▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Marine Microbes3▲ 40×1 topic
  26. Microbial Biogeography3▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Microbiota3▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Genome Engineering2▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Glycosylation2▲ 19×3 topics
  30. RNA-Guided2▲ 32×1 topic
  31. Genetic Diversity2▲ 4.5×10 topics
  32. Bioinformatics2▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Immunity2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  34. RNA methylation2▲ 21×1 topic
  35. m6A-seq2▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Cancer Prevention2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  37. Transcription Factors2▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Genome Evolution2▲ 42×2 topics
  39. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Normalization2▲ 32×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Genomics and Rare Diseases and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…6Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 6 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 3 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…2RNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 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 6 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 4 works
  4. 4 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 3 works
  5. 5 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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