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Reproductive Science Center

In research, Reproductive Science Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,678 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,198 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Reproductive Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (Reproductive Medicine is 77.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,877
of 22,385 · #2,919 all time
Rank in United States
#921
of 3,332
Research works
1k
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
39k
37.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Reproductive Science Center

What is Reproductive Science Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,678 of 9,902 15.1%103 #1231
MedicineField #2,198 of 8,541 14.9%99 #1649

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Reproductive Science Center 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 Science Center work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research at Reproductive Science Center is in Health Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 123 fractional works · 67.7% of its workMedicine: 118 fractional works · 65.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 32 fractional works · 17.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 27 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 9.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 16 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 37 fractional works · 20.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 11.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 6.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKReproductiveScience Center182fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences6%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11865.2%
    2. Health Professions31.8%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2111.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology105.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.0%
    4. Neuroscience21.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Environmental Science84.4%
    2. Engineering10.7%
    3. Computer Science10.3%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.0%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Social Sciences63.2%
    2. Psychology21.4%
    3. Decision Sciences10.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Reproductive Science Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Reproductive Medicine takes 77.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 31.6 works77×
  2. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 27.2 works11×
← 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, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.15× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.32× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.39× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.32×10 works
  2. Medicine3.39×118 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.15×21 works
  4. Nursing1.16×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.99×1 works
  6. Environmental Science0.88×8 works
  7. Neuroscience0.73×2 works
  8. Health Professions0.68×3 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.57×1 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.50×0 works
  11. Psychology0.45×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.43×4 works
  13. Social Sciences0.25×6 works
  14. Veterinary0.23×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.21×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.13×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.11×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  20. Engineering0.05×1 works
  21. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Reproductive Science Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Kevin E. Loewke, Robert J. Stillman and Vaishali Suraj lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Reproductive Science Center.

  1. 1 Kevin E. Loewke United States · #442,638 worldwide 2.6k citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Robert J. Stillman United States · #929,620 worldwide 3.6k citations · 92 works
  3. 3 Vaishali Suraj United States · #1,310,150 worldwide 506 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Kristen A. Ivani United States · #1,472,012 worldwide 1.6k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Evan M. Rosenbluth United States · #1,505,095 worldwide 1.1k citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Louis N. Weckstein United States · #1,547,800 worldwide 1.2k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Victor A. Chao United States · #1,863,278 worldwide 1k citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Oleksii O. Barash United States · #1,908,820 worldwide 371 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Sharon K. Shipley United States · #1,950,738 worldwide 462 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Ronald Carson United States · #2,058,485 worldwide 616 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Reproductive Science Center

What are the most cited papers from Reproductive Science Center?

The most cited paper from Reproductive Science Center is "Preterm labor: One syndrome, many causes" (Roberto J. Romero, Sudhansu K. Dey, Susan J. Fisher, 2014), with 2,036 citations. Next come "The Draft Genome of Ciona intestinalis : Insights into Chordate and Vertebrate Origins" (1,660) and "A sperm ion channel required for sperm motility and male fertility" (981).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Preterm labor: One syndrome, many causes Roberto J. Romero, Sudhansu K. Dey, Susan J. Fisher · Science Open access 14 Aug 2014 2,036
2 The Draft Genome of Ciona intestinalis : Insights into Chordate and Vertebrate Origins Paramvir Dehal et al. · Science Open access 12 Dec 2002 1,660
3 A sperm ion channel required for sperm motility and male fertility Dejian Ren, Betsy Navarro, Gloria I. Perez et al. · Nature Open access Oct 2001 981
4 Environmental Chemicals in Pregnant Women in the United States: NHANES 2003–2004 Tracey J. Woodruff, Ami R. Zota, Jackie M. Schwartz · Environmental Health Perspectives Open access 14 Jan 2011 939
5 Immunobiology of endometriosis Dan I. Lebovic, Michael David Mueller, Robert N. Taylor · Fertility and Sterility Open access 2001 867
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Reproductive Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Infertility, Epidemiology, Assisted Reproductive Technology, Metabolic Syndrome, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Fertility and Fertility Preservation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology24▲ 3.4×38 topics
  2. Infertility24▲ 94×3 topics
  3. Assisted Reproductive Technology16▲ 143×2 topics
  4. Quality of Life15▲ 5.9×9 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease14▲ 6.9×13 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 9.4×11 topics
  7. Fertility12▲ 79×3 topics
  8. Fertility Preservation12▲ 120×1 topic
  9. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation12▲ 120×1 topic
  10. Oxidative Stress12▲ 4.0×24 topics
  11. Global Trends12▲ 81×2 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality12▲ 28×5 topics
  13. Obesity11▲ 7.9×9 topics
  14. Psychological Impact11▲ 19×7 topics
  15. Insulin Resistance11▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Stress10▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Gender Differences10▲ 15×3 topics
  18. Ovarian Reserve10▲ 128×1 topic
  19. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome10▲ 128×1 topic
  20. Access to Care10▲ 142×1 topic
  21. Reproductive Technologies10▲ 142×1 topic
  22. Family Planning8▲ 77×3 topics
  23. Immune Regulation7▲ 36×3 topics
  24. Decidual NK Cells7▲ 106×1 topic
  25. Regulatory T Cells7▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Reproductive Health7▲ 79×3 topics
  27. Pregnancy7▲ 18×6 topics
  28. Contraception6▲ 135×1 topic
  29. Unintended Pregnancy6▲ 135×1 topic
  30. In Vitro Fertilization6▲ 146×1 topic
  31. Twin Pregnancy6▲ 146×1 topic
  32. Androgen Receptor6▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 21×5 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-25▲ 9.8×4 topics
  35. Sperm DNA Fragmentation5▲ 91×1 topic
  36. Spermatogonial Stem Cells5▲ 91×1 topic
  37. Maternal Outcomes5▲ 38×2 topics
  38. Perinatal Outcomes5▲ 38×2 topics
  39. Stem Cells5▲ 11×7 topics
  40. Pathophysiology5▲ 9.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Reproductive Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Ovarian function and disorders, Reproductive Health and Technologies and Reproductive System and Pregnancy.

Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 12 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 10 fractional worksReproductive Health and …10Reproductive Health and Technologies: 10 fractional worksReproductive System and …7Reproductive System and Pregnancy: 7 fractional worksReproductive Health and Contraception: 6 fractional worksAssisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy: 6 fractional worksSperm and Testicular Fun…5Sperm and Testicular Function: 5 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Impact on Reproduction: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 3 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthReproductive MedicineImmunologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  2. 2 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 10 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 10 works
  4. 4 Reproductive System and Pregnancy Immunology 7 works
  5. 5 Reproductive Health and Contraception Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 6 works
  6. 6 Assisted Reproductive Technology and Twin Pregnancy Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 6 works
  7. 7 Sperm and Testicular Function Reproductive Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction Obstetrics and Gynecology 4 works
  10. 10 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available44.9%not open55.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Reproductive Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Reproductive Science Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Reproductive Science Center0.00081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Reproductive Science Center 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Reproductive Science Center9.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.1% in 2022.

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