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Rockefeller University

In research, Rockefeller University stands highest in Life Sciences (#140 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#143 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#213 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aging, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Cell Biology — Aging is 66.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#602
of 28,054 · #73 all time
Rank in United States
#123
of 4,192
Research works
22k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1M
95.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Rockefeller University 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
Life SciencesDomain #140 of 7,800 20.2%759 #11
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #143 of 3,579 20.1%499 #20
Molecular BiologySubfield #213 of 2,175 19.9%329 #15
MedicineField #1,120 of 10,443 23.3%311 #109
Health SciencesDomain #1,567 of 11,982 23.3%331 #142
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #162 of 682 25.1%93 #10
NeuroscienceField #352 of 1,168 16.4%113 #20
Physical SciencesDomain #4,334 of 12,888 16.6%115 #840
ImmunologySubfield #166 of 455 28.1%74 #12

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rockefeller University 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. Life Sciences#11 #140
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#20 #143
  3. Molecular Biology#15 #213
  4. Medicine#109 #1,120
  5. Health Sciences#142 #1,567
  6. Immunology and Microbiology#10 #162
  7. Neuroscience#20 #352
  8. Physical Sciences#840 #4,334
  9. Immunology#12 #166
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 Rockefeller University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aging takes 66.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. AgingSubfield · 20.1 works66×
  2. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 47.0 works12×
  3. Cell BiologySubfield · 36.9 works9.6×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 328.7 works8.6×
← 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: 0.84× its world share, 50 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.43× its world share, 499 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.37× its world share, 93 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.53× its world share, 113 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 26 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 311 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.42× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rockefeller University?

Ranked on the composite score, Bruce S. McEwen, James Darnell and Charles M. Rice lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rockefeller University.

  1. 1 Bruce S. McEwen · #921 worldwide 3.6k citations · 181 works
  2. 2 James Darnell · #2,209 worldwide 2.3k citations · 122 works
  3. 3 Charles M. Rice · #2,242 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Anthony Cerami · #2,739 worldwide 1.5k citations · 112 works
  5. 5 Ralph M. Steinman · #3,391 worldwide 1.8k citations · 68 works
  6. 6 C. David Allis · #3,592 worldwide 2.4k citations · 66 works
  7. 7 Henry G. Kunkel · #3,771 worldwide 1.3k citations · 70 works
  8. 8 Joel E. Cohen · #3,948 worldwide 1.4k citations · 97 works
  9. 9 Mark Kac · #4,498 worldwide 881 citations · 74 works
  10. 10 Paul Greengard · #5,586 worldwide 2.4k citations · 162 works
All ranked researchers at Rockefeller University

Which keywords describe research at Rockefeller University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Immune Response, Oxidative Stress, Insulin Signaling, Epidemiology, Innate Immunity, Cancer Therapy and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology83▲ 1.67×96 topics
  2. Cancer66▲ 3.9×43 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress62▲ 3.0×39 topics
  4. Inflammation57▲ 2.2×62 topics
  5. Immune Response46▲ 6.4×20 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy41▲ 5.7×16 topics
  7. Aging38▲ 5.7×14 topics
  8. Insulin Signaling38▲ 35×4 topics
  9. Vaccine37▲ 7.2×11 topics
  10. Innate Immunity36▲ 9.0×11 topics
  11. Gene Expression34▲ 4.5×18 topics
  12. Drug Discovery33▲ 12×6 topics
  13. Metabolic Regulation30▲ 14×5 topics
  14. Genomics29▲ 7.9×9 topics
  15. Cell Signaling29▲ 15×11 topics
  16. Gene Regulation28▲ 25×4 topics
  17. Transcriptional Regulation28▲ 14×9 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders27▲ 3.8×14 topics
  19. Chromatin27▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Glycosylation26▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Stem Cells25▲ 7.9×13 topics
  22. Signal Transduction25▲ 14×6 topics
  23. Cancer Progression25▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Translation24▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Genetic Code23▲ 26×2 topics
  26. RNA Structure23▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Ribosome23▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Neuronal Circuits23▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Neuroscience22▲ 6.0×9 topics
  30. Mitochondrial Function22▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Genetic Regulation21▲ 10×3 topics
  32. Immune System21▲ 7.0×7 topics
  33. Proteostasis21▲ 46×2 topics
  34. Longevity21▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Membrane Proteins21▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Caloric Restriction20▲ 66×1 topic
  37. RNAi20▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Monoclonal Antibodies18▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Gene Therapy18▲ 7.7×6 topics
  40. Therapeutic Antibodies18▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Rockefeller University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, RNA Research and Splicing and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

RNA and protein synthesi…23RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 23 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Lon…20Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 20 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 18 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 16 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 16 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 15 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 15 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms14DNA Repair Mechanisms: 14 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 13 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 12 fractional works
Molecular BiologyAgingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCellular and Molecular Neuroscience1 others

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanismsMolecular Biology 23 works
  2. 2 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsAging 20 works
  3. 3 RNA Research and SplicingMolecular Biology 18 works
  4. 4 CRISPR and Genetic EngineeringMolecular Biology 16 works
  5. 5 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 works
  6. 6 RNA modifications and cancerMolecular Biology 15 works
  7. 7 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology ResearchCellular and Molecular Neuroscience 15 works
  8. 8 DNA Repair MechanismsMolecular Biology 14 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Chromatin DynamicsMolecular Biology 13 works
  10. 10 HIV Research and TreatmentVirology 12 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rockefeller University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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