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SQZ Biotech (United States)

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Research works
36
▼ 46% vs 2018-21
Citations
241
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
SQZ Biotech (United States)

Not ranked overall: SQZ Biotech (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does SQZ Biotech (United States) work in?

In all years, 47% of research at SQZ Biotech (United States) is in Life Sciences, 43% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (34%), Immunology and Microbiology (13%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 17 fractional works · 47.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 34.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 23.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 13.0% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 13.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 42.8% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 42.8% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 27.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKSQZ Biotech(United States)36fractional works, all years
Life Sciences47%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1234.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology513.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine1642.8%
    1. Engineering38.6%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Who are the top researchers at SQZ Biotech (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jonathan B. Gilbert, Scott M. Loughhead and Armon Sharei lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SQZ Biotech (United States).

  1. 1 Jonathan B. Gilbert United States · #546,555 worldwide 2.7k citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Scott M. Loughhead United States · #584,964 worldwide 1.6k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Armon Sharei United States · #712,886 worldwide 3k citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Katherine J. Seidl United States · #1,209,285 worldwide 2.6k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Michael F. Maloney United States · #2,500,006 worldwide 425 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 HOWARD H. BERNSTEIN United States · #2,558,474 worldwide 2.4k citations · 115 works
  7. 7 Katarina Blagović United States · #3,490,284 worldwide 199 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Melissa Myint United States · #3,780,191 worldwide 241 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at SQZ Biotech (United States)

What are the most cited papers from SQZ Biotech (United States)?

The most cited paper from SQZ Biotech (United States) is "Microneedle-based device for the one-step painless collection of capillary blood samples" (Timothy M. Blicharz, Ping Gong, Bernard M Bunner et al., 2018), with 224 citations. Next come "Cell engineering with microfluidic squeezing preserves functionality of primary immune cells in vivo" (192) and "The Grand Challenges of Organ Banking: Proceedings from the first global summit on complex tissue cryopreservation" (157).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microneedle-based device for the one-step painless collection of capillary blood samples Timothy M. Blicharz, Ping Gong, Bernard M Bunner et al. · Nature Biomedical Engineering 16 Feb 2018 224
2 Cell engineering with microfluidic squeezing preserves functionality of primary immune cells in vivo Tia DiTommaso, Julie M. Cole, Luke Cassereau et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 31 Oct 2018 192
3 The Grand Challenges of Organ Banking: Proceedings from the first global summit on complex tissue cryopreservation Jedediah K. Lewis, John C. Bischof, Ido Braslavsky et al. · Cryobiology 17 Dec 2015 157
4 NatD promotes lung cancer progression by preventing histone H4 serine phosphorylation to activate Slug expression Junyi Ju et al. · Nature Communications Open access 9 Oct 2017 115
5 Preservation of rat hearts in subfreezing temperature isochoric conditions to – 8 °C and 78 MPa Lili Wan, Matthew J. Powell‐Palm, Charles Lee et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Feb 2018 72
All 34 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at SQZ Biotech (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Immunotherapy, Immunotherapy, Tumor Regression, CAR T Cells, Chimeric Antigen Receptor, Gene Therapy, Dendritic Cells and 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 all years 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Cancer Immunotherapy12▲ 246×3 topics
  2. Immunotherapy10▲ 40×3 topics
  3. Tumor Regression9▲ 289×2 topics
  4. CAR T Cells8▲ 521×1 topic
  5. Chimeric Antigen Receptor8▲ 521×1 topic
  6. Gene Therapy7▲ 69×4 topics
  7. Dendritic Cells4▲ 95×1 topic
  8. Immunity4▲ 32×1 topic
  9. RNA Interference4▲ 92×1 topic
  10. siRNA Delivery4▲ 137×1 topic
  11. Cell Culture2▲ 63×2 topics
  12. Glycosylation2▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Genome Engineering2▲ 98×1 topic
  14. RNA-Guided2▲ 98×1 topic
  15. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Tissue Engineering2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  17. Bioprinting2▲ 91×1 topic
  18. Fc Receptors2▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Microfluidic Devices2▲ 50×1 topic
  20. Microfluidics2▲ 45×2 topics
  21. Therapeutic Antibodies2▲ 32×1 topic
  22. AAV1▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Viral Vectors1▲ 59×1 topic
  24. Acoustic Manipulation1▲ 97×1 topic
  25. DNA nanotechnology1▲ 36×1 topic
  26. Lab-on-a-Chip1▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Particle Separation1▲ 97×1 topic
  28. Self-Assembly1▲ 9.3×1 topic
  29. Tumor Microenvironment1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  30. Mammalian Cells1▲ 70×1 topic
  31. Recombinant Protein1▲ 70×1 topic

Which research topics does SQZ Biotech (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: CAR-T cell therapy research, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…3CAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 2 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…1Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 1 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …1Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 1 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 0 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 0 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies: 0 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 0 fractional worksChemokine receptors and signaling: 0 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 0 fractional works
OncologyMolecular BiologyImmunologyBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Chemokine receptors and signaling Oncology 0 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SQZ Biotech (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 46% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is SQZ Biotech (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000010% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%SQZ Biotech (United States)0.000034% in 20252020

Fractional works of SQZ Biotech (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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