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QB3

In research, QB3 stands highest in Life Sciences (#248 of 6,403 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#152 of 2,964 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#113 of 1,880 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 12.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,301
of 22,385 · #590 all time
Rank in United States
#280
of 3,332
Research works
963
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
96k
100.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.30×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
QB3

What is QB3 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
Life SciencesDomain #248 of 6,403 23.9%130 #125
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #152 of 2,964 24.0%104 #71
Molecular BiologySubfield #113 of 1,880 21.5%74 #55

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 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. Life Sciences#125 #248
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#71 #152
  3. Molecular Biology#55 #113
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 QB3 work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at QB3 is in Life Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (51%), Medicine (16%), Engineering (5%). It does 4.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 158 fractional works · 63.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 127 fractional works · 51.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 91 fractional works · 36.7% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStructural Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workImmunology: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 44 fractional works · 17.6% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 17.5% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 16.2% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKQB3248fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences64%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences1%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12751.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology114.6%
    3. Neuroscience114.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Engineering135.1%
    2. Environmental Science72.6%
    3. Chemistry62.4%
    4. Materials Science62.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy51.9%
    6. Computer Science31.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.9%
    8. Energy20.9%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine4016.2%
    2. Health Professions20.9%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences20.6%
    2. Psychology10.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does QB3 specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 90.9 works12×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 127.2 works9.6×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.62× its world share, 127 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.59× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.81× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.55× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.62×127 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.59×11 works
  3. Neuroscience2.81×11 works
  4. Chemistry1.55×6 works
  5. Energy0.92×2 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.86×5 works
  7. Medicine0.84×40 works
  8. Materials Science0.69×6 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.62×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×7 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.53×7 works
  13. Nursing0.48×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.35×0 works
  15. Engineering0.34×12 works
  16. Health Professions0.33×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.16×3 works
  18. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  20. Psychology0.12×1 works
  21. Veterinary0.07×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.05×2 works
  23. Decision Sciences0.04×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  26. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at QB3?

Ranked on the quality score, Narayanan Eswar, Christopher C. Williams and Susan T. Mashiyama lead among researchers whose main affiliation is QB3.

  1. 1 Narayanan Eswar United States · #185,686 worldwide 14k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Christopher C. Williams United States · #558,109 worldwide 2.7k citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Susan T. Mashiyama United States · #679,268 worldwide 3.3k citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Deepto Mozumdar United States · #1,058,864 worldwide 178 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Prashant Kaushal United States · #1,232,744 worldwide 304 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Lorenzo Boninsegna United States · #1,341,782 worldwide 477 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Javier A. Velázquez-Muriel United States · #1,752,594 worldwide 1.9k citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Yuxiang Zhan United States · #2,155,915 worldwide 259 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 CF Lau United States · #4,479,964 worldwide 103 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at QB3

What are the most cited papers from QB3?

The most cited paper from QB3 is "Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome" (Lawrence A. David, Corinne F. Maurice, Rachel N. Carmody et al., 2013), with 10,461 citations. Next come "De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis" (9,312) and "Reference-based analysis of lung single-cell sequencing reveals a transitional profibrotic macrophage" (5,566).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome Lawrence A. David, Corinne F. Maurice, Rachel N. Carmody et al. · Nature Open access 11 Dec 2013 10,461
2 De novo transcript sequence reconstruction from RNA-seq using the Trinity platform for reference generation and analysis Brian J. Haas et al. · Nature Protocols Open access 11 Jul 2013 9,312
3 Reference-based analysis of lung single-cell sequencing reveals a transitional profibrotic macrophage Dvir Aran, Agnieszka P. Looney, Leqian Liu et al. · Nature Immunology Open access 4 Jan 2019 5,566
4 Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-Guided Platform for Sequence-Specific Control of Gene Expression Lei Stanley Qi, Matthew H. Larson, Luke A. Gilbert et al. · Cell Open access Feb 2013 5,298
5 A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing David Ezra Gordon et al. · Nature Open access125 authors 30 Apr 2020 4,901
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at QB3?

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

▲ 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. Cancer15▲ 4.5×34 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 2.6×44 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress12▲ 3.0×29 topics
  4. Cancer Therapy11▲ 7.5×16 topics
  5. Gene Expression9▲ 5.6×16 topics
  6. Genetic Code8▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Translation8▲ 19×2 topics
  8. RNA Structure8▲ 60×1 topic
  9. Ribosome8▲ 60×1 topic
  10. Gene Regulation7▲ 31×4 topics
  11. Apoptosis7▲ 9.2×12 topics
  12. Immunity7▲ 7.0×7 topics
  13. Innate Immunity7▲ 8.6×9 topics
  14. Genome Engineering6▲ 42×1 topic
  15. Molecular Dynamics6▲ 15×4 topics
  16. RNA-Guided6▲ 42×1 topic
  17. RNA-Seq6▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Drug Discovery6▲ 11×6 topics
  19. Membrane Proteins6▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Signal Transduction6▲ 15×7 topics
  21. Genomics5▲ 7.4×8 topics
  22. Cell Death5▲ 8.9×6 topics
  23. Aging5▲ 3.8×11 topics
  24. Prediction5▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Protein5▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Evolution5▲ 7.5×5 topics
  27. Cell Signaling5▲ 12×9 topics
  28. Cancer Progression5▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Ion Channels5▲ 17×5 topics
  30. Alternative Splicing5▲ 38×1 topic
  31. RNA-Binding Proteins5▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Enzyme Catalysis5▲ 44×2 topics
  33. Gene Therapy4▲ 9.5×5 topics
  34. Force Field4▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Structure4▲ 39×1 topic
  36. Data Integration4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  37. Transcription Factors4▲ 13×4 topics
  38. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 9.7×8 topics
  39. Chromatin4▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Synthetic Biology4▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does QB3 publish most on?

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

RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 8 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 6 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing5RNA Research and Splicing: 5 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…4Protein Structure and Dynamics: 4 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 4 fractional worksCellular transport and secretion: 3 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome…3Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways: 3 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 3 fractional worksPhotosynthetic Processes…3Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms: 3 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 8 works
  2. 2 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 5 works
  4. 4 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Cellular transport and secretion Cell Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has QB3's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 QB3 as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00082% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%QB30.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of QB3 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 counting20%40%60%QB324.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 42.2% in 2008.

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