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Pennington Biomedical Research Center

In research, Pennington Biomedical Research Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,102 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,227 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,976 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Physiology is 17.6× its share of world research).

pbrc.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#3,897
of 22,385 · #1,834 all time
Rank in United States
#560
of 3,332
Research works
3.4k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
198k
59.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Pennington Biomedical Research Center

What is Pennington Biomedical Research Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,102 of 9,902 14.9%315 #691
MedicineField #1,227 of 8,541 15.6%277 #808
Life SciencesDomain #1,976 of 6,403 12.5%82 #1228
PhysiologySubfield #233 of 587 19.9%75 #148

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pennington Biomedical Research 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#691 #1,102
  2. Medicine#808 #1,227
  3. Life Sciences#1,228 #1,976
  4. Physiology#148 #233
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Pennington Biomedical Research Center work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Pennington Biomedical Research Center is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (58%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Health Professions (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 365 fractional works · 66.0% of its workMedicine: 323 fractional works · 58.3% of its workPhysiology: 85 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 44 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 27 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 3.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 29 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPharmacy: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 13 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 99 fractional works · 17.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 64 fractional works · 11.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAging: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPsychology: 29 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 43 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPenningtonBiomedical…554fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences8%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine32358.3%
    2. Health Professions295.2%
    3. Nursing132.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6411.6%
    2. Neuroscience254.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Psychology295.2%
    2. Social Sciences122.1%
    3. Decision Sciences30.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Engineering213.8%
    2. Environmental Science122.2%
    3. Computer Science40.8%
    4. Mathematics30.6%
    5. Chemistry20.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Pennington Biomedical Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physiology takes 17.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhysiologySubfield · 84.8 works18×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 26.7 works8.9×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 44.0 works6.0×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.17× its world share, 64 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.77× its world share, 25 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.98× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.03× its world share, 323 worksMedicineNursing: 4.78× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.70× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.78×13 works
  2. Medicine3.03×323 works
  3. Neuroscience2.77×25 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.17×64 works
  5. Health Professions1.98×29 works
  6. Psychology1.70×29 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.83×5 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×1 works
  9. Mathematics0.50×3 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.48×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.45×12 works
  12. Engineering0.25×21 works
  13. Chemistry0.20×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×5 works
  15. Social Sciences0.17×12 works
  16. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×2 works
  18. Veterinary0.11×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.10×4 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.05×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Éric Ravussin, Steven B. Heymsfield and Heike Münzberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

  1. 1 Éric Ravussin United States · #19,478 worldwide 78k citations · 749 works
  2. 2 Steven B. Heymsfield United States · #20,277 worldwide 103k citations · 1,013 works
  3. 3 Heike Münzberg United States · #27,522 worldwide 15k citations · 180 works
  4. 4 Peter Todd Katzmarzyk United States · #27,903 worldwide 99k citations · 905 works
  5. 5 Timothy S. Church United States · #29,290 worldwide 43k citations · 505 works
  6. 6 Catrine E Tudor-Locke United States · #33,482 worldwide 29k citations · 360 works
  7. 7 Hans‐Rudolf Berthoud United States · #35,962 worldwide 20k citations · 203 works
  8. 8 Jeffrey M. Gimble United States · #49,903 worldwide 39k citations · 439 works
  9. 9 Leanne Maree Redman United States · #53,233 worldwide 26k citations · 414 works
  10. 10 Steven R. Smith United States · #71,115 worldwide 43k citations · 610 works
All ranked researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center

What are the most cited papers from Pennington Biomedical Research Center?

The most cited paper from Pennington Biomedical Research Center is "World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour" (Fiona Bull et al., 2020), with 11,799 citations. Next come "Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy" (8,429) and "2011 Compendium of Physical Activities" (6,392).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 World Health Organization 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour Fiona Bull et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access 25 Nov 2020 11,799
2 Effect of physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of burden of disease and life expectancy I‐Min Lee, Eric J. Shiroma, Felipe Lobelo et al. · The Lancet Open access Jul 2012 8,429
3 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities Barbara E. Ainsworth, William L. Haskell, Stephen D. Herrmann et al. · Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise 16 Jun 2011 6,392
4 A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure Lawrence J. Appel, Thomas J. Moore, Eva Obarzanek et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 17 Apr 1997 6,008
5 Effects on Blood Pressure of Reduced Dietary Sodium and the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) Diet Frank M. Sacks, Laura P. Svetkey, William M. Vollmer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jan 2001 5,664
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pennington Biomedical Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Obesity, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health, Insulin Resistance, Aging and Weight Loss.

▲ 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. Obesity96▲ 23×21 topics
  2. Inflammation93▲ 7.9×60 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome83▲ 19×21 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease67▲ 11×32 topics
  5. Public Health56▲ 7.0×23 topics
  6. Epidemiology52▲ 2.4×46 topics
  7. Insulin Resistance45▲ 18×10 topics
  8. Aging44▲ 15×13 topics
  9. Weight Loss43▲ 49×4 topics
  10. Physical Activity41▲ 15×11 topics
  11. Exercise36▲ 55×3 topics
  12. Type 2 Diabetes35▲ 28×5 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress34▲ 3.8×44 topics
  14. Diabetes29▲ 11×16 topics
  15. Alzheimer's Disease27▲ 17×6 topics
  16. Prevalence26▲ 12×12 topics
  17. Health Effects26▲ 7.8×10 topics
  18. Adolescents25▲ 12×6 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders25▲ 7.8×9 topics
  20. Metabolic Regulation24▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Mitochondrial Dysfunction24▲ 14×6 topics
  22. Muscle Mass23▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Cancer Therapy22▲ 6.9×9 topics
  24. Epilepsy Treatment21▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Lifestyle Intervention21▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Ketogenic Diet20▲ 41×1 topic
  27. Low-Carbohydrate Diet20▲ 46×1 topic
  28. Brown Adipose Tissue20▲ 74×1 topic
  29. Thermogenesis20▲ 74×1 topic
  30. Childhood20▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Overweight20▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Cardiovascular Risk19▲ 11×9 topics
  33. Chronic Diseases18▲ 13×5 topics
  34. Cancer Prevention17▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Health Outcomes17▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Metabolism17▲ 5.8×15 topics
  37. Heart Failure16▲ 6.3×10 topics
  38. Dietary Patterns15▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Mediterranean Diet15▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Atherosclerosis14▲ 9.1×9 topics

Which research topics does Pennington Biomedical Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diet and metabolism studies, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Diet and metabolism stud…20Diet and metabolism studies: 20 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metab…20Adipose Tissue and Metabolism: 20 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…20Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 20 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …15Nutritional Studies and Diet: 15 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 13 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksBody Composition Measure…10Body Composition Measurement Techniques: 10 fractional worksAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases: 9 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 8 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 8 fractional works
PhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 20 works
  2. 2 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 20 works
  3. 3 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 20 works
  4. 4 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 15 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 13 works
  6. 6 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 13 works
  7. 7 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 10 works
  8. 8 Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases Epidemiology 9 works
  9. 9 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 8 works
  10. 10 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 8 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 available49.4%not open50.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.0%domestic only80.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pennington Biomedical Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Pennington Biomedical Research Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0021% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Pennington Biomedical Research Center0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pennington Biomedical Research Center 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 counting10%20%30%Pennington Biomedical Research Center12.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.4% in 1992.

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