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Personalis (United States)

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World rank, all time
#27,219
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,696
of 7,310
Research works
207
▼ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Personalis (United States)

Which fields of science does Personalis (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Personalis (United States) is in Life Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (33%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 22 fractional works · 40.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 33.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 15.2% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 13.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 36.6% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 34.8% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPersonalis(United States)55fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences41%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences12%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1833.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology23.9%
    3. Neuroscience12.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Medicine1934.8%
    2. Health Professions11.2%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    1. Social Sciences46.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.6%
    3. Psychology11.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Engineering24.0%
    2. Computer Science23.9%
    3. Environmental Science12.2%
    4. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.28× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.90× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.81× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 4 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, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.28×18 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.90×2 works
  3. Medicine1.81×19 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.44×0 works
  5. Nursing1.24×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.20×1 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.56×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.51×4 works
  10. Computer Science0.50×2 works
  11. Psychology0.46×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.45×1 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.44×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.43×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.42×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×1 works
  17. Engineering0.27×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Personalis (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Rachel Marty Pyke, Christian D. Haudenschild and Charles W. Abbott lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Personalis (United States).

  1. 1 Rachel Marty Pyke United States · #197,246 worldwide 1.1k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Christian D. Haudenschild United States · #312,327 worldwide 14k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Charles W. Abbott United States · #324,382 worldwide 1.2k citations · 150 works
  4. 4 Richard Chen United States · #380,759 worldwide 5.6k citations · 303 works
  5. 5 Michael James Clark United States · #433,406 worldwide 4.5k citations · 49 works
  6. 6 John M. Lyle United States · #502,868 worldwide 4.8k citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Robin Guohuibin Li United States · #711,851 worldwide 6.9k citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Eric D. Levy United States · #761,623 worldwide 1.6k citations · 107 works
  9. 9 Lee McDaniel United States · #810,655 worldwide 953 citations · 99 works
  10. 10 Josette M. Northcott United States · #904,504 worldwide 1k citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Personalis (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Personalis (United States) is "A global reference for human genetic variation" (Corresponding authors et al., 2015), with 20,444 citations. Next come "Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Guiding Adjuvant Therapy in Stage II Colon Cancer" (1,076) and "Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) Guideline for Pharmacogenetics‐Guided Warfarin Dosing: 2017 Update" (724).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A global reference for human genetic variation Corresponding authors et al. · Nature Open access815 authors 29 Sep 2015 20,444
2 Circulating Tumor DNA Analysis Guiding Adjuvant Therapy in Stage II Colon Cancer Jeanne Tie et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jun 2022 1,076
3 Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium (CPIC) Guideline for Pharmacogenetics‐Guided Warfarin Dosing: 2017 Update JA Johnson, KE Caudle, Li Gong et al. · Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics Open access 15 Feb 2017 724
4 Characterizing the genetic basis of transcriptome diversity through RNA-sequencing of 922 individuals Alexis J. Battle, Sara Mostafavi, Xiaowei Zhu et al. · Genome Research Open access 3 Oct 2013 651
5 Tolerance of Whole-Genome Doubling Propagates Chromosomal Instability and Accelerates Cancer Genome Evolution Sally M. Dewhurst, Nicholas McGranahan, Rebecca A. Burrell et al. · Cancer Discovery Open access 16 Jan 2014 490
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Which keywords describe research at Personalis (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures, Tumor Microenvironment, Gene Expression, Immune Checkpoint Blockade, PD-1 and PD-L1 and RNA-Seq.

▲ 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▲ 66×2 topics
  2. Cancer Genomics7▲ 188×1 topic
  3. Mutational Signatures7▲ 188×1 topic
  4. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 17×5 topics
  5. Gene Expression4▲ 11×7 topics
  6. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 47×1 topic
  7. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 47×1 topic
  8. RNA-Seq3▲ 43×2 topics
  9. Antigen Presentation3▲ 53×2 topics
  10. Molecular Characterization2▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Cancer Risk2▲ 20×4 topics
  12. Single-Cell2▲ 85×1 topic
  13. Transcriptomics2▲ 85×1 topic
  14. Adjuvant Chemotherapy2▲ 61×2 topics
  15. Genetic Testing2▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Hereditary Syndromes2▲ 135×1 topic
  17. Microsatellite Instability2▲ 135×1 topic
  18. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.7×9 topics
  19. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Glycosylation2▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Machine Learning2◆ 0.91×7 topics
  22. Chemotherapy2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  23. Epitope Prediction2▲ 100×1 topic
  24. Inflammation2▲ 1.41×12 topics
  25. Peptide-MHC Binding2▲ 100×1 topic
  26. Fc Receptors2▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Therapeutic Antibodies2▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Biosensors1▲ 5.4×3 topics
  29. Cancer1▲ 1.85×8 topics
  30. Cancer Immunotherapy1▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Oxidative Stress1▲ 1.52×10 topics
  32. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 1.64×6 topics
  33. Immunity1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  34. Innate Immunity1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  35. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  36. Education1▲ 1.22×5 topics
  37. Epidemiology1▼ 0.52×14 topics
  38. Cancer Therapy1▲ 3.4×7 topics
  39. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 1.63×5 topics
  40. Cell Death1▲ 7.6×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics and Genetic factors in colorectal cancer.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…7Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …2Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 2 fractional worksGenetic factors in colorectal cancer: 2 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…2Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 1 fractional worksBiosensors and Analytical Detection: 1 fractional worksInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation: 1 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyMolecular BiologyPathology and Forensic Medicine3 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 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 1 works
  8. 8 Biosensors and Analytical Detection Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Personalis (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Personalis (United States)0.000083% in 202519801990200020102020

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