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Pennington Biomedical Research Center

In research, Pennington Biomedical Research Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,082 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,115 of 10,443 worldwide) and Physiology (#151 of 548 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Physiology is 18.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,229
of 28,054 · #2,281 all time
Rank in United States
#591
of 4,192
Research works
3.4k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
198k
59.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Pennington Biomedical Research Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,082 of 11,982 24.1%315 #1038
MedicineField #2,115 of 10,443 24.2%277 #1145
PhysiologySubfield #151 of 548 27.3%75 #72
Life SciencesDomain #2,547 of 7,800 19.8%82 #1118

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,038 #2,082
  2. Medicine#1,145 #2,115
  3. Physiology#72 #151
  4. Life Sciences#1,118 #2,547
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Pennington Biomedical Research Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physiology takes 18.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhysiologySubfield · 74.7 works18×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 21.3 works8.3×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 38.9 works6.2×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.11× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.75× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.05× its world share, 277 worksMedicineNursing: 4.96× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.68× its world share, 24 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven B. Heymsfield, Timothy S. Church and George A. Bray lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pennington Biomedical Research Center.

  1. 1 Steven B. Heymsfield United States · #972 worldwide 2.1k citations · 115 works
  2. 2 Timothy S. Church United States · #7,323 worldwide 521 citations · 68 works
  3. 3 George A. Bray United States · #10,000 worldwide 1.5k citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Peter T. Katzmarzyk United States · #10,129 worldwide 1k citations · 137 works
  5. 5 William T. Cefalu United States · #11,849 worldwide 699 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Donna H. Ryan United States · #16,483 worldwide 637 citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Éric Ravussin United States · #17,632 worldwide 781 citations · 99 works
  8. 8 Michael Lefevre United States · #22,650 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Jianping Ye United States · #23,584 worldwide 528 citations · 56 works
  10. 10 Frank L. Greenway United States · #39,300 worldwide 468 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Which keywords describe research at Pennington Biomedical Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health, Weight Loss, Aging and Insulin Resistance.

▲ 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. Inflammation81▲ 8.2×56 topics
  2. Obesity81▲ 23×21 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome72▲ 19×21 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease56▲ 11×28 topics
  5. Public Health49▲ 7.1×23 topics
  6. Epidemiology44▲ 2.4×45 topics
  7. Weight Loss39▲ 50×4 topics
  8. Aging39▲ 15×13 topics
  9. Insulin Resistance37▲ 17×10 topics
  10. Physical Activity35▲ 15×10 topics
  11. Exercise32▲ 55×3 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress29▲ 3.8×40 topics
  13. Type 2 Diabetes28▲ 27×5 topics
  14. Alzheimer's Disease25▲ 19×6 topics
  15. Diabetes24▲ 10×16 topics
  16. Prevalence24▲ 12×11 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders23▲ 8.6×8 topics
  18. Health Effects23▲ 8.1×7 topics
  19. Adolescents23▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Metabolic Regulation21▲ 27×4 topics
  21. Mitochondrial Dysfunction21▲ 15×5 topics
  22. Cancer Therapy21▲ 7.7×9 topics
  23. Muscle Mass20▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Epilepsy Treatment20▲ 41×2 topics
  25. Ketogenic Diet19▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Low-Carbohydrate Diet19▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Childhood18▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Overweight18▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Brown Adipose Tissue18▲ 73×1 topic
  30. Thermogenesis18▲ 73×1 topic
  31. Lifestyle Intervention16▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk16▲ 11×9 topics
  33. Cancer Prevention15▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Chronic Diseases15▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Health Outcomes14▲ 11×6 topics
  36. Dietary Patterns13▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Mediterranean Diet13▲ 46×1 topic
  38. Prognosis12▲ 8.1×4 topics
  39. Cancer Cachexia12▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Sarcopenia12▲ 29×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Diet and metabolism studies, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Diet and metabolism stud…19Diet and metabolism studies: 19 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…18Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 18 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metab…18Adipose Tissue and Metabolism: 18 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …13Nutritional Studies and Diet: 13 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 12 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksBody Composition Measure…8Body Composition Measurement Techniques: 8 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 7 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 7 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 7 fractional works
PhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgeryPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 19 works
  2. 2 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 18 works
  3. 3 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 18 works
  4. 4 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 12 works
  6. 6 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 11 works
  7. 7 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 8 works
  8. 8 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 7 works
  9. 9 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 7 works
  10. 10 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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