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Research Triangle Park Foundation

In research, Research Triangle Park Foundation stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,256 of 10,670 worldwide), Environmental Science (#821 of 3,334 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,669 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Science (Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 28.9× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#3,185
of 22,385 · #1,830 all time
Rank in United States
#505
of 3,332
Research works
12k
▼ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
565k
47.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%

What is Research Triangle Park Foundation 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,256 of 10,670 15.9%149 #1620
Environmental ScienceField #821 of 3,334 13.7%97 #842
Life SciencesDomain #1,669 of 6,403 12.5%74 #2100
Health SciencesDomain #2,755 of 9,902 13.4%87 #1981
MedicineField #2,722 of 8,541 11.8%73 #1878

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 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. Physical Sciences#1,620 #2,256
  2. Environmental Science#842 #821
  3. Life Sciences#2,100 #1,669
  4. Health Sciences#1,981 #2,755
  5. Medicine#1,878 #2,722
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 Research Triangle Park Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Research Triangle Park Foundation is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (30%), Medicine (22%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 160 fractional works · 45.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 104 fractional works · 29.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 54 fractional works · 15.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 92 fractional works · 26.1% of its workMedicine: 77 fractional works · 22.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 81 fractional works · 23.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 48 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 8.1% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKResearch TrianglePark Foundation350fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences5%

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. Environmental Science10429.7%
    2. Engineering174.8%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences174.8%
    4. Computer Science92.7%
    5. Chemistry51.4%
    6. Materials Science30.8%
    7. Mathematics20.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    10. Energy10.3%
    1. Medicine7722.0%
    2. Health Professions61.7%
    3. Veterinary61.7%
    4. Nursing20.6%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4813.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences154.2%
    3. Neuroscience92.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology71.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.8%
    1. Social Sciences82.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance41.1%
    3. Psychology20.6%
    4. Decision Sciences20.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Research Triangle Park Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis takes 28.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 53.8 works29×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 104.0 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: 0.89× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.58× its world share, 48 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.87× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.16× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.03× its world share, 17 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.98× its world share, 104 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.14× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 12.55× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary12.55×6 works
  2. Environmental Science5.98×104 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.03×17 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.58×48 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.16×3 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.87×7 works
  7. Neuroscience1.61×9 works
  8. Nursing1.21×2 works
  9. Medicine1.14×77 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.06×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.92×5 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.89×15 works
  13. Health Professions0.66×6 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.57×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.54×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×4 works
  17. Computer Science0.35×9 works
  18. Engineering0.32×17 works
  19. Energy0.29×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.29×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.23×3 works
  22. Psychology0.19×2 works
  23. Social Sciences0.18×8 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.12×1 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.09×1 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Research Triangle Park Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Timothy Mark Willson, Julie Yates and Bryan J. Goodwin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Triangle Park Foundation.

  1. 1 Timothy Mark Willson United States · #9,214 worldwide 70k citations · 422 works
  2. 2 Julie Yates United States · #28,215 worldwide 17k citations · 143 works
  3. 3 Bryan J. Goodwin United States · #69,418 worldwide 18k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 Jon L. Collins United States · #73,722 worldwide 14k citations · 105 works
  5. 5 Nisha S. Sipes United States · #96,528 worldwide 6.3k citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Pedro Cuatrecasas United States · #103,750 worldwide 44k citations · 425 works
  7. 7 Lisa D Edwards United States · #139,462 worldwide 11k citations · 140 works
  8. 8 Courtney C. Crim United States · #149,135 worldwide 12k citations · 186 works
  9. 9 Steven W. Yancey United States · #176,497 worldwide 13k citations · 166 works
  10. 10 Tadeusz E. Kleindienst United States · #179,999 worldwide 13k citations · 205 works
All ranked researchers at Research Triangle Park Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Research Triangle Park Foundation?

The most cited paper from Research Triangle Park Foundation is "Apoptosis: A Review of Programmed Cell Death" (Susan A. Elmore, 2007), with 13,911 citations. Next come "The International HapMap Project" (6,187) and "The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants" (4,843).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Apoptosis: A Review of Programmed Cell Death Susan A. Elmore · Toxicologic Pathology Open access Jun 2007 13,911
2 The International HapMap Project Richard A. Gibbs et al. · Nature Open access183 authors 18 Dec 2003 6,187
3 The National Human Activity Pattern Survey (NHAPS): a resource for assessing exposure to environmental pollutants Neil E. Klepeis, William C. Nelson, Wayne R. Ott et al. · Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology Open access Jul 2001 4,843
4 Structure validation by Cα geometry: ϕ,ψ and Cβ deviation Simon C. Lovell, Ian Davis, W.B. Arendall et al. · Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics 8 Jan 2003 4,652
5 Interaction of Estrogenic Chemicals and Phytoestrogens with Estrogen Receptor β George G. J. M. Kuiper, Josephine Gabriela Lemmen, Bo Carlsson et al. · Endocrinology Oct 1998 4,209
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Research Triangle Park Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Effects, Environmental Exposure, Oxidative Stress, Mortality, Global Distribution, 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-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. Health Effects43▲ 20×19 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress26▲ 4.4×34 topics
  3. Environmental Exposure25▲ 65×3 topics
  4. Epidemiology21▲ 1.50×56 topics
  5. Climate Change20▲ 2.1×48 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 4.8×22 topics
  7. Mortality19▲ 9.5×6 topics
  8. Global Distribution19▲ 80×2 topics
  9. Particulate Matter19▲ 36×2 topics
  10. Toxicity16▲ 11×15 topics
  11. Air Pollution15▲ 34×3 topics
  12. Global Burden of Disease15▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Exposure Assessment15▲ 47×1 topic
  14. Fine Particulate Air Pollution15▲ 47×1 topic
  15. Air Quality14▲ 21×5 topics
  16. Public Health13▲ 2.6×25 topics
  17. Inflammation13▲ 1.79×51 topics
  18. Bioaccumulation13▲ 42×3 topics
  19. Metabolic Disorders12▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Biomarkers11▲ 4.7×15 topics
  21. Bisphenol A11▲ 85×1 topic
  22. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals11▲ 85×1 topic
  23. Atmospheric Aerosols11▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Black Carbon11▲ 55×1 topic
  25. Brominated Flame Retardants10▲ 82×1 topic
  26. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons10▲ 56×1 topic
  27. Water Quality10▲ 7.0×10 topics
  28. Wastewater Treatment10▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Environmental Monitoring9▲ 6.8×9 topics
  30. Genetics9▲ 3.7×13 topics
  31. Risk Assessment9▲ 3.7×10 topics
  32. Environmental Contamination8▲ 65×2 topics
  33. Exposure Pathways8▲ 58×2 topics
  34. Biological Monitoring8▲ 96×2 topics
  35. Perfluoroalkyl Substances8▲ 126×1 topic
  36. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds8▲ 126×1 topic
  37. Medicinal Chemistry8▲ 8.0×5 topics
  38. Pharmacokinetics7▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Biomonitoring7▲ 24×4 topics
  40. Publication Bias6▲ 37×3 topics

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

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

  1. 1 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 15 works
  2. 2 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 11 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 11 works
  4. 4 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 10 works
  5. 5 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 8 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 works
  7. 7 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 6 works
  8. 8 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  9. 9 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment Cancer Research 4 works
  10. 10 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% lower 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 Research Triangle Park Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Research Triangle Park Foundation0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Research Triangle Park Foundation 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%Research Triangle Park Foundation12.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.1% in 2021.

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