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Reproductive Genetics Institute

In research, Reproductive Genetics Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,855 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,421 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,519
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,052
of 7,310
Research works
334
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
53.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.34×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Reproductive Genetics Institute

What is Reproductive Genetics Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #3,855 of 16,688 16.3%205
MedicineField #4,421 of 14,558 16.0%203

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Reproductive Genetics Institute 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 fields of science does Reproductive Genetics Institute work in?

In all years, 61% of research at Reproductive Genetics Institute is in Health Sciences, 35% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (61%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 205 fractional works · 61.5% of its workMedicine: 203 fractional works · 60.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 93 fractional works · 27.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 4.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHematology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransplantation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 118 fractional works · 35.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 93 fractional works · 27.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 45 fractional works · 13.5% of its workGenetics: 39 fractional works · 11.7% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 4.5% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKReproductiveGenetics…334fractional works, all years
Life Sciences35%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences61%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine20360.6%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9327.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology154.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences61.8%
    4. Neuroscience30.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Engineering41.1%
    2. Computer Science20.5%
    3. Environmental Science10.3%
    4. Chemistry10.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Social Sciences10.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    3. Psychology00.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.78× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.27× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.50×10 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.27×0 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.78×2 works
  4. Dentistry2.38×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.20×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.51×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.50×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.44×0 works
  10. Nursing0.31×0 works
  11. Psychology0.19×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.13×0 works
  14. Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Reproductive Genetics Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Aaron S. Lifchez, Jeanine Cieslak and Jorge A. Valle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Reproductive Genetics Institute.

  1. 1 Aaron S. Lifchez United States · #973,523 worldwide 1.7k citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Jeanine Cieslak United States · #1,177,466 worldwide 1.2k citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Jorge A. Valle United States · #1,204,726 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Melody White United States · #1,537,390 worldwide 995 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 S. Evsikov United States · #1,576,183 worldwide 1k citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Yury Verlinsky United States · #1,598,872 worldwide 8.7k citations · 237 works
  7. 7 Victor Ivakhnenko United States · #1,645,364 worldwide 1.5k citations · 43 works
  8. 8 J. Cieslak United States · #1,887,529 worldwide 1.1k citations · 33 works
  9. 9 C. Ström United States · #2,052,684 worldwide 1.7k citations · 46 works
  10. 10 V. I. Kukharenko United States · #2,710,758 worldwide 1.1k citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Reproductive Genetics Institute

What are the most cited papers from Reproductive Genetics Institute?

The most cited paper from Reproductive Genetics Institute is "Inhibition of pluripotential embryonic stem cell differentiation by purified polypeptides" (Austin G Smith, John K. Heath, Deborah D. Donaldson et al., 1988), with 1,869 citations. Next come "Isolation and characterization of genomic and cDNA clones of human erythropoietin" (1,105) and "Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding human antihaemophilic factor" (942).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Inhibition of pluripotential embryonic stem cell differentiation by purified polypeptides Austin G Smith, John K. Heath, Deborah D. Donaldson et al. · Nature Dec 1988 1,869
2 Isolation and characterization of genomic and cDNA clones of human erythropoietin Kenneth A. Jacobs, Charles B. Shoemaker, Richard A. Rudersdorf et al. · Nature Feb 1985 1,105
3 Molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding human antihaemophilic factor John J. Toole, John L. Knopf, John M. Wozney et al. · Nature Nov 1984 942
4 ICOS is critical for CD40-mediated antibody class switching Alexander J. McAdam, Rebecca J. Greenwald, Michele A. Levin et al. · Nature 2001 650
5 Human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor is a neutrophil activator Richard H. Weisbart, David W. Golde, Steven C. Clark et al. · Nature Mar 1985 553
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Which keywords describe research at Reproductive Genetics Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Prenatal Diagnosis, Cell-Free DNA, Genomic Sequencing, Aneuploidy Screening, Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing, Assisted Reproductive Technology, In Vitro Fertilization and Twin Pregnancy.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Prenatal Diagnosis82▲ 138×5 topics
  2. Cell-Free DNA65▲ 215×2 topics
  3. Genomic Sequencing65▲ 132×2 topics
  4. Aneuploidy Screening65▲ 532×1 topic
  5. Maternal Plasma DNA Sequencing65▲ 532×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology26▲ 1.94×27 topics
  7. Assisted Reproductive Technology24▲ 103×2 topics
  8. In Vitro Fertilization20▲ 193×1 topic
  9. Twin Pregnancy20▲ 193×1 topic
  10. Congenital Anomalies19▲ 71×2 topics
  11. Neurodevelopmental Disorders18▲ 36×4 topics
  12. Fertility Preservation18▲ 77×1 topic
  13. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation18▲ 77×1 topic
  14. Copy Number Variation18▲ 225×1 topic
  15. Genomic Rearrangements18▲ 202×1 topic
  16. Gene Expression15▲ 7.5×11 topics
  17. Pluripotent Stem Cells15▲ 64×2 topics
  18. Epigenetic Regulation14▲ 19×5 topics
  19. DNA Methylation13▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Fetal Outcome13▲ 73×2 topics
  21. Gastroschisis12▲ 131×1 topic
  22. Omphalocele12▲ 131×1 topic
  23. Genomic Imprinting11▲ 172×1 topic
  24. Parental Influence11▲ 172×1 topic
  25. Transcriptional Regulation10▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Embryonic Stem Cells9▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Differentiation9▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Pregnancy Complications9▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Infertility8▲ 18×3 topics
  30. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells8▲ 71×1 topic
  31. Reprogramming8▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Intrauterine Infection8▲ 55×2 topics
  33. Viral Pathogenesis8▲ 28×2 topics
  34. Viral Transmission8▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Fetal Hydrops7▲ 105×1 topic
  36. Immune Regulation7▲ 16×4 topics
  37. Parvovirus B197▲ 105×1 topic
  38. Regulatory T Cells7▲ 19×4 topics
  39. Kidney Organoids7▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Nephrogenesis7▲ 58×1 topic

Which research topics does Reproductive Genetics Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics, Ovarian function and disorders, Reproductive Biology and Fertility and Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy.

Prenatal Screening and D…3Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 1 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 1 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 1 fractional worksGenomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities: 1 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 0 fractional worksPaleopathology and ancient diseases: 0 fractional worksReproductive System and Pregnancy: 0 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 0 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthReproductive MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  2. 2 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  5. 5 Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Paleopathology and ancient diseases Archeology 0 works
  8. 8 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 0 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Reproductive Genetics Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher 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 Reproductive Genetics Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000056% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Reproductive Genetics Institute0.000044% in 202519801990200020102020

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