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Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

In research, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,890 of 7,800 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,710 of 3,579 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,551
of 28,054 · #950 all time
Rank in United States
#632
of 4,192
Research works
3.8k
▼ 57% vs 2013–17
Citations
364k
96.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute 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 #1,890 of 7,800 25.8%93 #312
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,710 of 3,579 25.0%68 #283

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 46.7 works9.3×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.75× its world share, 68 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.79× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.90× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.95× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.75× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Erkki Ruoslahti, Stuart A. Lipton and John C. Reed lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute.

  1. 1 Erkki Ruoslahti United States · #2,776 worldwide 1.8k citations · 93 works
  2. 2 Stuart A. Lipton United States · #5,278 worldwide 1.7k citations · 67 works
  3. 3 John C. Reed United States · #10,435 worldwide 1.6k citations · 152 works
  4. 4 Guy S. Salvesen United States · #17,230 worldwide 899 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Thomas D.Y. Chung United States · #19,913 worldwide 908 citations · 111 works
  6. 6 Andrei L. Osterman United States · #76,543 worldwide 1.2k citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Minoru Fukuda United States · #86,802 worldwide 645 citations · 162 works
  8. 8 Hudson H. Freeze United States · #95,296 worldwide 536 citations · 75 works
  9. 9 William B. Stallcup United States · #100,946 worldwide 254 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Manuel Perucho United States · #110,532 worldwide 212 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

Which keywords describe research at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Apoptosis, Immunity, Tumor Microenvironment, Aging and Innate Immunity.

▲ 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. Cancer22▲ 9.8×39 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 5.8×55 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress14▲ 5.1×32 topics
  4. Apoptosis10▲ 19×14 topics
  5. Immunity8▲ 12×7 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 10×7 topics
  7. Aging7▲ 7.6×12 topics
  8. Immunotherapy7▲ 5.6×11 topics
  9. Innate Immunity6▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Metabolism6▲ 7.2×14 topics
  11. Transcriptional Regulation6▲ 21×9 topics
  12. Angiogenesis6▲ 10×11 topics
  13. Cell Death6▲ 14×6 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy5▲ 5.7×15 topics
  15. Cell Signaling5▲ 20×9 topics
  16. Gene Expression5▲ 4.7×14 topics
  17. Stem Cells4▲ 10×13 topics
  18. Neurodegeneration4▲ 8.2×8 topics
  19. Parkinson's Disease4▲ 9.9×5 topics
  20. Mitochondria4▲ 17×6 topics
  21. Reactive Oxygen Species4▲ 5.6×10 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  23. Cancer Progression3▲ 11×7 topics
  24. Disease3▲ 22×3 topics
  25. Neuroinflammation3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  26. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Autophagy3▲ 33×2 topics
  28. Gene Therapy3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  29. Mitochondrial Dysfunction3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  30. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  31. Cellular Self-Digestion3▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Epigenetic Reprogramming3▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 9.4×7 topics
  34. Gene Regulation3▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Insulin Signaling3▲ 19×4 topics
  36. Macrophages3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  37. Mitophagy3▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Glycosylation3▲ 14×3 topics
  39. DNA Methylation2▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Histone Modification2▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Immune cells in cancer.

Autophagy in Disease and…3Autophagy in Disease and Therapy: 3 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Meth…2Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer2Immune cells in cancer: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…2Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksEndoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease: 2 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 2 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing2RNA Research and Splicing: 2 fractional worksinterferon and immune responses: 2 fractional worksSphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyMolecular BiologyOncologyImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 2 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease Cell Biology 2 works
  7. 7 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 interferon and immune responses Immunology 2 works
  10. 10 Sphingolipid Metabolism and Signaling Molecular Biology 2 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 available55.5%not open44.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 57% 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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