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Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences

In research, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,244 of 11,982 worldwide), Life Sciences (#891 of 7,800 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,316 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology — Immunology is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,464
of 28,054 · #2,292 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#21
of 237
Research works
2.3k
▲ 78% vs 2013–17
Citations
86k
36.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
81%
world 28%

What is Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences 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 #1,244 of 11,982 28.7%377 #1938
Life SciencesDomain #891 of 7,800 31.7%188 #1061
MedicineField #1,316 of 10,443 28.1%328 #1839
Physical SciencesDomain #2,386 of 12,888 29.6%143 #4047
Social SciencesDomain #2,629 of 10,521 36.7%71 #4589
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,142 of 3,579 32.1%110 #1427
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,206 of 2,175 28.6%69 #1245

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences 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#1,938 #1,244
  2. Life Sciences#1,061 #891
  3. Medicine#1,839 #1,316
  4. Physical Sciences#4,047 #2,386
  5. Social Sciences#4,589 #2,629
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,427 #1,142
  7. Molecular Biology#1,245 #1,206
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 Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 31.6 works5.9×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 37.8 works4.8×
← 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: 0.43× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.65× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.83× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.22× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 42 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.93× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.23× its world share, 12 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.19× its world share, 328 worksMedicineNursing: 1.76× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Mitochondrial Dysfunction, Genetic Mutations, Oxidative Stress, Chemotherapy and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology64▲ 2.1×113 topics
  2. Inflammation41▲ 2.5×75 topics
  3. Quality of Life29▲ 2.6×46 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress22▲ 1.74×49 topics
  5. Cancer20▲ 1.95×44 topics
  6. Climate Change19◆ 0.91×55 topics
  7. Treatment19▲ 1.96×39 topics
  8. Chemotherapy16▲ 3.0×24 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease16▲ 1.85×33 topics
  10. Biomarkers16▲ 3.0×17 topics
  11. Immunotherapy16▲ 2.9×17 topics
  12. Diagnosis14▲ 1.99×32 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations14▲ 4.2×21 topics
  14. Mitochondrial Dysfunction14▲ 6.0×12 topics
  15. Clinical Trials13▲ 2.5×18 topics
  16. Aging12▲ 2.9×14 topics
  17. Immune Response12▲ 2.6×18 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 2.7×14 topics
  19. Depression11▲ 1.64×17 topics
  20. Management11▲ 1.80×27 topics
  21. Immunity10▲ 3.3×10 topics
  22. Global Burden10▲ 2.3×12 topics
  23. Rehabilitation10▲ 3.2×12 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors10▲ 2.8×14 topics
  25. Innate Immunity9▲ 3.8×11 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 2.6×8 topics
  27. Precision Medicine9▲ 2.4×8 topics
  28. Angiogenesis9▲ 3.4×15 topics
  29. Parkinson's Disease8▲ 4.4×8 topics
  30. Primary Care8▲ 2.8×11 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases8▲ 3.2×6 topics
  32. Drug Resistance8▲ 3.4×8 topics
  33. Cell Death7▲ 4.0×6 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life7▲ 4.0×5 topics
  35. Diagnostic Criteria7▲ 4.0×10 topics
  36. Genetic Variants7▲ 5.0×7 topics
  37. Epigenetic Reprogramming7▲ 9.5×2 topics
  38. Mitochondria6▲ 6.0×6 topics
  39. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 5.0×3 topics
  40. Antifungal Therapy6▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immune responses and vaccinations, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses and Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Immune responses and vac…5Immune responses and vaccinations: 5 fractional worksMitochondrial Function a…4Mitochondrial Function and Pathology: 4 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 3 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 3 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases3Genomics and Rare Diseases: 3 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 3 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 3 fractional works
ImmunologyMolecular BiologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Immune responses and vaccinations Immunology 5 works
  2. 2 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 3 works
  4. 4 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  5. 5 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 3 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 3 works
  9. 9 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 3 works
  10. 10 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 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 available80.6%not open19.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors47.4%domestic only52.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 78% higher 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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