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QB3

In research, QB3 stands highest in Life Sciences (#914 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#595 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#616 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 11.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,304
of 28,054 · #2,025 all time
Rank in United States
#348
of 4,192
Research works
963
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
96k
100.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
43.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
80%
world 28%

What is QB3 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 #914 of 7,800 45.8%130 #783
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #595 of 3,579 44.7%104 #458
Molecular BiologySubfield #616 of 2,175 41.9%74 #379

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where QB3 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. Life Sciences#783 #914
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#458 #595
  3. Molecular Biology#379 #616
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 QB3 specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 74.4 works12×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 104.0 works9.4×
← 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: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.41× its world share, 104 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.75× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.75× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.88× its world share, 35 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at QB3?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Cancer Therapy, Inflammation, Genetic Code, Ribosome, Translation, Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis.

▲ 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. Cancer13▲ 4.7×31 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 2.8×42 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress10▲ 3.0×26 topics
  4. Cancer Therapy9▲ 7.3×16 topics
  5. Gene Expression7▲ 5.8×15 topics
  6. Genetic Code7▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Ribosome6▲ 59×1 topic
  8. Translation6▲ 18×1 topic
  9. Apoptosis6▲ 10×10 topics
  10. Immunity6▲ 7.5×7 topics
  11. Innate Immunity6▲ 8.6×9 topics
  12. Genome Engineering6▲ 42×1 topic
  13. RNA-Guided6▲ 42×1 topic
  14. Drug Discovery5▲ 11×6 topics
  15. RNA-Seq5▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Molecular Dynamics5▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Gene Regulation5▲ 26×4 topics
  18. Cell Death4▲ 9.4×6 topics
  19. Evolution4▲ 8.6×5 topics
  20. Prediction4▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Protein4▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Genomics4▲ 6.8×8 topics
  23. Signal Transduction4▲ 14×7 topics
  24. Alternative Splicing4▲ 39×1 topic
  25. RNA-Binding Proteins4▲ 39×1 topic
  26. Enzyme Catalysis4▲ 47×2 topics
  27. Cancer Progression4▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Force Field4▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Gene Therapy4▲ 9.7×4 topics
  30. Structure4▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Cell Signaling4▲ 11×7 topics
  32. Ion Channels4▲ 17×5 topics
  33. Membrane Proteins4▲ 25×3 topics
  34. Data Integration4▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Synthetic Biology3▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Pattern Recognition Receptors3▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Single-Cell3▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Transcription Factors3▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 9.8×8 topics
  40. Transcriptomics3▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does QB3 publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA Research and Splicing and Protein Structure and Dynamics.

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 6 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 6 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing4RNA Research and Splicing: 4 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…4Protein Structure and Dynamics: 4 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksCellular transport and secretion: 3 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…3Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome…3Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…3RNA modifications and cancer: 3 fractional worksEndoplasmic Reticulum St…2Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCell Biology

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 6 works
  2. 2 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  6. 6 Cellular transport and secretion Cell Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease Cell Biology 2 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 available80.3%not open19.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has QB3's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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