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Scripps Research Institute

In research, Scripps Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#234 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#258 of 3,579 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#976 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology — Organic Chemistry is 13.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#516
of 28,054 · #90 all time
Rank in United States
#105
of 4,192
Research works
23k
▼ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1M
92.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Scripps Research 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 #234 of 7,800 30.7%534 #31
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #258 of 3,579 30.8%354 #42
Physical SciencesDomain #976 of 12,888 38.4%197 #207
ChemistryField #117 of 1,330 42.8%128 #5
MedicineField #941 of 10,443 33.7%280 #87
Organic ChemistrySubfield #66 of 615 43.7%104 #1
Health SciencesDomain #1,290 of 11,982 33.7%294 #129
Molecular BiologySubfield #246 of 2,175 31.3%262 #27
NeuroscienceField #317 of 1,168 28.0%79 #48
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #198 of 682 29.8%79 #20

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Scripps Research 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).

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#31 #234
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#42 #258
  3. Physical Sciences#207 #976
  4. Chemistry#5 #117
  5. Medicine#87 #941
  6. Organic Chemistry#1 #66
  7. Health Sciences#129 #1,290
  8. Molecular Biology#27 #246
  9. Neuroscience#48 #317
  10. Immunology and Microbiology#20 #198
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 Scripps Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 103.8 works13×
  2. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 36.6 works11×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 62.7 works8.6×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 261.8 works8.2×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.31× its world share, 354 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.46× its world share, 79 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.59× its world share, 78 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.58× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.76× its world share, 128 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.38× its world share, 280 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Scripps Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, K. Barry Sharpless, David A. Case and Carlos F. Barbas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scripps Research Institute.

  1. 1 K. Barry Sharpless United States · #863 worldwide 3.3k citations · 145 works
  2. 2 David A. Case United States · #2,228 worldwide 2.7k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Carlos F. Barbas United States · #3,186 worldwide 1.9k citations · 90 works
  4. 4 Benjamin F. Cravatt United States · #3,445 worldwide 1.3k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 Richard A. Lerner United States · #3,476 worldwide 1.4k citations · 89 works
  6. 6 James C. Paulson United States · #5,613 worldwide 1.3k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 John R. Yates United States · #6,610 worldwide 1.6k citations · 157 works
  8. 8 Valery V. Fokin United States · #7,146 worldwide 1.1k citations · 63 works
  9. 9 Jin‐Quan Yu United States · #7,626 worldwide 1.6k citations · 85 works
  10. 10 Michael B. A. Oldstone United States · #7,766 worldwide 957 citations · 96 works
All ranked researchers at Scripps Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Scripps Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Vaccine, Drug Discovery, Transition Metal Catalysis, Oxidative Stress, Immune Response and Glycosylation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology69▲ 1.65×90 topics
  2. Inflammation65▲ 3.0×66 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress56▲ 3.2×49 topics
  4. Cancer56▲ 4.0×44 topics
  5. Vaccine39▲ 9.2×10 topics
  6. Drug Discovery39▲ 17×9 topics
  7. Transition Metal Catalysis39▲ 44×4 topics
  8. Immune Response38▲ 6.3×21 topics
  9. Glycosylation32▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Innate Immunity30▲ 9.1×11 topics
  11. Heterocycles30▲ 31×6 topics
  12. Immunity30▲ 7.0×9 topics
  13. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions30▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy30▲ 4.9×17 topics
  15. Medicinal Chemistry29▲ 9.9×9 topics
  16. Oxidative Coupling28▲ 54×2 topics
  17. Translation27▲ 15×2 topics
  18. RNA Structure26▲ 47×1 topic
  19. Ribosome26▲ 47×1 topic
  20. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation26▲ 56×1 topic
  21. C–H Activation26▲ 56×1 topic
  22. Cancer Progression24▲ 12×8 topics
  23. Stress23▲ 5.8×6 topics
  24. Monoclonal Antibodies22▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Therapeutic Antibodies22▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Synthesis21▲ 5.5×13 topics
  27. Antibody Engineering21▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Fc Receptors21▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Mitochondrial Dysfunction20▲ 6.5×10 topics
  30. SARS-CoV-220▲ 5.9×6 topics
  31. Autoimmunity20▲ 13×5 topics
  32. Transcriptional Regulation20▲ 12×9 topics
  33. Alternative Splicing18▲ 34×1 topic
  34. RNA-Binding Proteins18▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Organic Synthesis18▲ 15×8 topics
  36. Cell Death18▲ 7.3×6 topics
  37. Cell Signaling18▲ 11×12 topics
  38. Metabolic Regulation18▲ 10×5 topics
  39. Antibodies17▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Gene Expression Regulation17▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Scripps Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and RNA Research and Splicing.

RNA and protein synthesi…26RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 26 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…26Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 26 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…21Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 21 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing18RNA Research and Splicing: 18 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 17 fractional worksSynthesis and Catalytic Reactions: 13 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…13Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 13 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 12 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 12 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment12HIV Research and Treatment: 12 fractional works
Molecular BiologyOrganic ChemistryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingImmunology2 others

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 26 works
  2. 2 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 26 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 21 works
  4. 4 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 18 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 17 works
  6. 6 Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions Organic Chemistry 13 works
  7. 7 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 13 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 12 works
  9. 9 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 12 works
  10. 10 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 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 available45.8%not open54.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Scripps Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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