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Scripps Research Institute

In research, Scripps Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#109 of 6,403 worldwide), Health Sciences (#172 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#177 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology (Organic Chemistry is 13.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#457
of 22,385 · #226 all time
Rank in United States
#118
of 3,332
Research works
23k
▼ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1M
92.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.60×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Scripps Research Institute

What is Scripps Research Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #109 of 6,403 15.4%534 #52
Health SciencesDomain #172 of 9,902 20.4%294 #81
MedicineField #177 of 8,541 20.6%280 #97
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #79 of 2,964 15.5%354 #40
Molecular BiologySubfield #61 of 1,880 15.9%262 #29
ChemistryField #48 of 1,299 24.6%128 #35
Organic ChemistrySubfield #25 of 618 25.1%104 #16
Physical SciencesDomain #855 of 10,670 21.5%197 #482
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #81 of 681 14.8%79 #55
ImmunologySubfield #72 of 480 15.3%63 #48

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 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. Life Sciences#52 #109
  2. Health Sciences#81 #172
  3. Medicine#97 #177
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#40 #79
  5. Molecular Biology#29 #61
  6. Chemistry#35 #48
  7. Organic Chemistry#16 #25
  8. Physical Sciences#482 #855
  9. Immunology and Microbiology#55 #81
  10. Immunology#48 #72
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 Scripps Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Scripps Research Institute is in Life Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (34%), Medicine (27%), Chemistry (12%). It does 3.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 627 fractional works · 50.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 422 fractional works · 34.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 309 fractional works · 24.9% of its workGenetics: 32 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCell Biology: 28 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAging: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 93 fractional works · 7.5% of its workImmunology: 73 fractional works · 5.9% of its workVirology: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 88 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 40 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 346 fractional works · 27.9% of its workMedicine: 330 fractional works · 26.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 41 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 37 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 33 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 30 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 29 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 233 fractional works · 18.8% of its workChemistry: 153 fractional works · 12.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 125 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKScripps ResearchInstitute1,239fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences3%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42234.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology937.5%
    3. Neuroscience887.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences131.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.8%
    1. Medicine33026.6%
    2. Health Professions110.9%
    3. Nursing40.3%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Chemistry15312.3%
    2. Computer Science211.7%
    3. Materials Science151.2%
    4. Engineering141.2%
    5. Environmental Science141.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy80.7%
    7. Mathematics30.2%
    8. Energy30.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.1%
    1. Psychology151.2%
    2. Social Sciences100.8%
    3. Decision Sciences30.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Scripps Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 125.0 works13×
  2. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 40.3 works10×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 73.1 works8.6×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 308.7 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: 0.22× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.38× its world share, 422 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.46× its world share, 93 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.39× its world share, 88 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.38× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.84× its world share, 153 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.38× its world share, 330 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 10 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry7.84×153 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology7.46×93 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.38×422 works
  4. Neuroscience4.39×88 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.38×10 works
  6. Medicine1.38×330 works
  7. Nursing0.71×4 works
  8. Veterinary0.49×1 works
  9. Psychology0.40×15 works
  10. Materials Science0.35×15 works
  11. Health Professions0.33×11 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.30×8 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.28×3 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.23×1 works
  15. Energy0.23×3 works
  16. Environmental Science0.23×14 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×13 works
  18. Computer Science0.22×21 works
  19. Mathematics0.21×3 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×3 works
  21. Engineering0.08×14 works
  22. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.07×3 works
  24. Social Sciences0.06×10 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×1 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Scripps Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew B. Ward, Ardem Patapoutian and James C. Paulson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Scripps Research Institute.

  1. 1 Andrew B. Ward United States · #391 worldwide 48k citations · 1,354 works
  2. 2 Ardem Patapoutian United States · #1,091 worldwide 47k citations · 185 works
  3. 3 James C. Paulson United States · #1,751 worldwide 62k citations · 541 works
  4. 4 Dennis R. Burton United States · #1,812 worldwide 102k citations · 797 works
  5. 5 William R. Schief United States · #1,865 worldwide 25k citations · 269 works
  6. 6 Jin‐Quan Yu United States · #2,501 worldwide 69k citations · 701 works
  7. 7 Steve A. Kay United States · #3,121 worldwide 58k citations · 360 works
  8. 8 Phil S. Baran United States · #3,640 worldwide 61k citations · 1,058 works
  9. 9 Kristian G. Andersen United States · #3,665 worldwide 25k citations · 198 works
  10. 10 Francis V. Chisari United States · #3,970 worldwide 59k citations · 338 works
All ranked researchers at Scripps Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Scripps Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Scripps Research Institute is "AutoDock Vina: Improving the speed and accuracy of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization, and multithreading" (Oleg Trott, Arthur J. Olson, 2009), with 38,730 citations. Next come "AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility" (25,864) and "Development and testing of a general amber force field" (20,214).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AutoDock Vina: Improving the speed and accuracy of docking with a new scoring function, efficient optimization, and multithreading Oleg Trott, Arthur J. Olson · Journal of Computational Chemistry Open access 4 Jun 2009 38,730
2 AutoDock4 and AutoDockTools4: Automated docking with selective receptor flexibility Garrett M. Morris, Ruth Huey, William Lindstrom et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry Open access 27 Apr 2009 25,864
3 Development and testing of a general amber force field Junmei Wang, Romain M. Wolf, James W. Caldwell et al. · Journal of Computational Chemistry 13 Apr 2004 20,214
4 Click Chemistry: Diverse Chemical Function from a Few Good Reactions Hartmuth Christian Kolb, M. G. Finn, Karl Barry Sharpless · Angewandte Chemie International Edition Jun 2001 13,223
5 Bioconductor: open software development for computational biology and bioinformatics Robert C. Gentleman et al. · Genome biology Open access 15 Sep 2004 12,632
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Scripps Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Transition Metal Catalysis, Inflammation, Vaccine, Drug Discovery, 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-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. Epidemiology80▲ 1.62×94 topics
  2. Inflammation74▲ 2.8×67 topics
  3. Cancer66▲ 4.0×45 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress65▲ 3.2×50 topics
  5. Transition Metal Catalysis48▲ 46×4 topics
  6. Vaccine45▲ 9.1×11 topics
  7. Drug Discovery45▲ 16×9 topics
  8. Immune Response45▲ 6.3×21 topics
  9. Glycosylation38▲ 28×3 topics
  10. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions38▲ 50×2 topics
  11. Innate Immunity37▲ 9.1×11 topics
  12. Heterocycles36▲ 32×7 topics
  13. Cancer Therapy35▲ 5.0×17 topics
  14. Immunity34▲ 6.7×10 topics
  15. Oxidative Coupling33▲ 54×2 topics
  16. Medicinal Chemistry33▲ 9.9×9 topics
  17. Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation31▲ 56×1 topic
  18. C–H Activation31▲ 56×1 topic
  19. Translation30▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Genetic Code29▲ 34×2 topics
  21. RNA Structure29▲ 45×1 topic
  22. Ribosome29▲ 45×1 topic
  23. Pathogenesis27▲ 4.2×16 topics
  24. Monoclonal Antibodies26▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Stress25▲ 5.6×6 topics
  26. Therapeutic Antibodies25▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Cancer Progression25▲ 11×8 topics
  28. Transcriptional Regulation25▲ 12×9 topics
  29. Antibody Engineering24▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Fc Receptors24▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Organic Synthesis23▲ 16×8 topics
  32. Apoptosis23▲ 5.9×19 topics
  33. Autoimmunity22▲ 12×5 topics
  34. Antibodies21▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Alternative Splicing21▲ 34×1 topic
  36. RNA-Binding Proteins21▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Cell Signaling21▲ 11×12 topics
  38. Cell Death21▲ 7.0×6 topics
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy20▲ 10×6 topics
  40. Cancer Immunotherapy20▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Scripps Research Institute publish most on?

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

Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 31 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 29 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…24Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 24 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing21RNA Research and Splicing: 21 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 17 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 15 fractional worksSynthesis and Catalytic …14Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions: 14 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 14 fractional worksClick Chemistry and Applications: 14 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…13Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 13 fractional works
Organic ChemistryMolecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingVirology1 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 31 works
  2. 2 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 29 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 24 works
  4. 4 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 21 works
  5. 5 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 17 works
  6. 6 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 15 works
  7. 7 Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions Organic Chemistry 14 works
  8. 8 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 14 works
  9. 9 Click Chemistry and Applications Organic Chemistry 14 works
  10. 10 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 13 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Scripps Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Scripps Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0040% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Scripps Research Institute0.0050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Scripps Research Institute 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 counting20%40%Scripps Research Institute17.0% 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 30.6% in 1991.

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What does Scripps Research work on?

In research, Scripps Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#109 of 6,403 worldwide), Health Sciences (#172 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#177 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Immunology (Organic Chemistry is 13.4× its share of world research).

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