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Research Triangle Park Foundation

In research, Research Triangle Park Foundation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,030 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#1,432 of 3,551 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,049 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Science — Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 29.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,152
of 28,054 · #741 all time
Rank in United States
#579
of 4,192
Research works
12k
▼ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
565k
47.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Research Triangle Park Foundation 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
Physical SciencesDomain #3,030 of 12,888 29.9%149 #1096
Environmental ScienceField #1,432 of 3,551 28.3%97 #289
MedicineField #5,049 of 10,443 17.7%73 #585
Life SciencesDomain #4,089 of 7,800 23.9%74 #404
Health SciencesDomain #6,299 of 11,982 19.1%87 #731

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research Triangle Park Foundation 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. Physical Sciences#1,096 #3,030
  2. Environmental Science#289 #1,432
  3. Medicine#585 #5,049
  4. Life Sciences#404 #4,089
  5. Health Sciences#731 #6,299
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 Research Triangle Park Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis takes 29.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 50.0 works29×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 96.6 works6.0×
← 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: 0.86× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.55× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.85× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.55× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.26× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.96× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.99× its world share, 97 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.16× its world share, 73 worksMedicineNursing: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 12.93× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Research Triangle Park Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, Timothy M. Willson, Pedro Cuatrecasas and Gertrude B. Elion lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Triangle Park Foundation.

  1. 1 Timothy M. Willson · #6,101 worldwide 1.5k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Pedro Cuatrecasas · #9,843 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Gertrude B. Elion · #17,867 worldwide 526 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Timothy R. Fennell · #52,123 worldwide 293 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Keith A. Houck · #64,549 worldwide 512 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Steven A. Kliewer · #76,586 worldwide 1.2k citations · 24 works
  7. 7 John F. Wambaugh · #84,686 worldwide 402 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Paul M.D. Foster · #89,925 worldwide 238 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Russell S. Thomas · #95,851 worldwide 323 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Jeffrey I. Everitt · #110,439 worldwide 208 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Research Triangle Park Foundation

Which keywords describe research at Research Triangle Park Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Environmental Exposure, Oxidative Stress, Global Distribution, Mortality, Particulate Matter, Toxicity and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Health Effects40▲ 21×18 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress24▲ 4.5×29 topics
  3. Environmental Exposure24▲ 69×3 topics
  4. Epidemiology20▲ 1.54×53 topics
  5. Climate Change19▲ 2.1×45 topics
  6. Global Distribution18▲ 87×2 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 5.0×22 topics
  8. Mortality18▲ 9.5×6 topics
  9. Particulate Matter18▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Toxicity15▲ 11×13 topics
  11. Air Pollution14▲ 34×3 topics
  12. Global Burden of Disease14▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Exposure Assessment14▲ 45×1 topic
  14. Fine Particulate Air Pollution14▲ 45×1 topic
  15. Public Health13▲ 2.7×25 topics
  16. Air Quality12▲ 21×5 topics
  17. Inflammation12▲ 1.82×48 topics
  18. Bioaccumulation12▲ 42×3 topics
  19. Metabolic Disorders11▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Biomarkers11▲ 4.8×15 topics
  21. Bisphenol A11▲ 92×1 topic
  22. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals11▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Atmospheric Aerosols10▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Black Carbon10▲ 56×1 topic
  25. Brominated Flame Retardants10▲ 86×1 topic
  26. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons10▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Water Quality9▲ 7.2×10 topics
  28. Environmental Monitoring9▲ 7.2×9 topics
  29. Wastewater Treatment9▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Environmental Contamination8▲ 76×2 topics
  31. Exposure Pathways8▲ 63×2 topics
  32. Biological Monitoring8▲ 109×2 topics
  33. Perfluoroalkyl Substances8▲ 142×1 topic
  34. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds8▲ 142×1 topic
  35. Medicinal Chemistry8▲ 8.4×5 topics
  36. Pharmacokinetics7▲ 8.5×3 topics
  37. Biomonitoring6▲ 26×4 topics
  38. Molecular Docking6▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Virtual Screening6▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Publication Bias6▲ 40×3 topics

Which research topics does Research Triangle Park Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Air Quality and Health Impacts, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact.

Air Quality and Health Impacts: 14 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 11 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…10Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 10 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants…10Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 10 fractional worksPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 8 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 6 fractional worksAnimal testing and alter…6Animal testing and alternatives: 6 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksCarcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment: 4 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 4 fractional works
Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental ChemistryComputational Theory and Mathematics4 others

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health ImpactsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 14 works
  2. 2 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 11 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Science 10 works
  4. 4 Toxic Organic Pollutants ImpactHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 10 works
  5. 5 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances researchEnvironmental Chemistry 8 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery MethodsComputational Theory and Mathematics 6 works
  7. 7 Animal testing and alternativesSmall Animals 6 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseasesPhysiology 4 works
  9. 9 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentCancer Research 4 works
  10. 10 Air Quality Monitoring and ForecastingEnvironmental Engineering 4 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 available25.0%not open75.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.5%domestic only86.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Research Triangle Park Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% lower 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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