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Stem Cell Institute

In research, Stem Cell Institute stands highest in Medicine (#4,357 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,450 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 7.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,503
of 22,385 · #10,024 all time
Rank in Panama
#11
of 18
Research works
670
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
46.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
73%
world 18%
Stem Cell Institute

What is Stem Cell 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
MedicineField #4,357 of 8,541 10.4%64 #3314
Health SciencesDomain #5,450 of 9,902 10.4%66 #3857

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Stem Cell 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 fields of science does Stem Cell Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Stem Cell Institute is in Health Sciences, 40% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (31%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 80 fractional works · 47.2% of its workMedicine: 77 fractional works · 45.5% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 68 fractional works · 39.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 52 fractional works · 31.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 22.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 10.9% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKStem CellInstitute169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences47%Social Sciences2%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7745.5%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5231.0%
    2. Neuroscience74.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology63.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    1. Engineering106.1%
    2. Materials Science42.1%
    3. Chemistry21.1%
    4. Environmental Science10.7%
    5. Computer Science10.5%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences10.6%
    2. Psychology10.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    4. Decision Sciences10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Stem Cell Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 37.6 works7.4×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 52.5 works5.8×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.82× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.47× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.49× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.37× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 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, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.82×52 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.47×6 works
  3. Neuroscience2.49×7 works
  4. Medicine2.37×77 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.74×1 works
  6. Veterinary1.20×0 works
  7. Nursing0.86×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.71×2 works
  9. Materials Science0.61×4 works
  10. Engineering0.41×10 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.37×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.35×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.33×2 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.19×0 works
  15. Psychology0.18×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.13×1 works
  19. Energy0.11×0 works
  20. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Stem Cell Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Deborah J. Sweet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Stem Cell Institute.

  1. 1 Deborah J. Sweet Panama · #2,732,012 worldwide 1.3k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Stem Cell Institute

What are the most cited papers from Stem Cell Institute?

The most cited paper from Stem Cell Institute is "SOAPnuke: a MapReduce acceleration-supported software for integrated quality control and preprocessing of high-throughput sequencing data" (Yuxin Chen, Yongsheng Chen, Chunmei Shi et al., 2017), with 2,666 citations. Next come "Association of reactive oxygen species levels and radioresistance in cancer stem cells" (2,565) and "Mesenchymal stem cell perspective: cell biology to clinical progress" (2,083).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 SOAPnuke: a MapReduce acceleration-supported software for integrated quality control and preprocessing of high-throughput sequencing data Yuxin Chen, Yongsheng Chen, Chunmei Shi et al. · GigaScience Open access 4 Dec 2017 2,666
2 Association of reactive oxygen species levels and radioresistance in cancer stem cells Maximilian Diehn et al. · Nature Open access 5 Feb 2009 2,565
3 Mesenchymal stem cell perspective: cell biology to clinical progress Mark F. Pittenger, Dennis E. Discher, Bruno Péault et al. · npj Regenerative Medicine Open access 2 Dec 2019 2,083
4 A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Escalation Study of Intravenous Adult Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (Prochymal) After Acute Myocardial Infarction Joshua M. Hare, Jay H. Traverse, Timothy D. Henry et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Dec 2009 1,359
5 Comparison of Allogeneic vs Autologous Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Delivered by Transendocardial Injection in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy Joshua M. Hare et al. · JAMA Open access 5 Nov 2012 1,197
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Stem Cell Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Differentiation, Cancer, Regenerative Medicine, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Regeneration, Drug Delivery, Tissue Engineering and Therapeutic.

▲ 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. Cancer13▲ 5.8×33 topics
  2. Differentiation12▲ 116×2 topics
  3. Inflammation11▲ 3.0×46 topics
  4. Regenerative Medicine10▲ 24×6 topics
  5. Mesenchymal Stem Cells10▲ 55×3 topics
  6. Regeneration10▲ 28×5 topics
  7. Drug Delivery8▲ 9.1×10 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.0×30 topics
  9. Tissue Engineering8▲ 8.1×10 topics
  10. Biomarkers8▲ 6.5×10 topics
  11. Therapeutic8▲ 48×4 topics
  12. Biogenesis7▲ 25×3 topics
  13. Transplantation7▲ 41×4 topics
  14. Isolation7▲ 70×2 topics
  15. Cardiac Repair7▲ 118×1 topic
  16. Immunomodulation7▲ 32×2 topics
  17. Multipotent7▲ 118×1 topic
  18. Transcriptional Regulation7▲ 24×7 topics
  19. Gene Expression6▲ 5.5×10 topics
  20. Pluripotent Stem Cells6▲ 64×2 topics
  21. Embryonic Stem Cells5▲ 71×1 topic
  22. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells5▲ 114×1 topic
  23. Extracellular Matrix5▲ 17×5 topics
  24. Hematopoietic Stem Cells5▲ 33×3 topics
  25. Therapeutic Potential4▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Exosomes4▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Extracellular Vesicles4▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Stem Cell Therapy4▲ 27×3 topics
  29. Stem Cells4▲ 9.4×13 topics
  30. Neurodegeneration4▲ 7.7×11 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  32. Hydrogels4▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Decellularization4▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Organ Engineering4▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Gene Therapy4▲ 11×6 topics
  36. Cell Culture3▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Wound Healing3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Microfluidic Devices3▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Bioinks3▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Bioprinting3▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Stem Cell Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mesenchymal stem cell research, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Extracellular vesicles in disease and Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine.

Mesenchymal stem cell research: 7 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells Research: 5 fractional worksExtracellular vesicles i…4Extracellular vesicles in disease: 4 fractional worksTissue Engineering and R…4Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: 4 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 3 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…2MicroRNA in disease regulation: 2 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksCongenital heart defects research: 2 fractional works
GeneticsMolecular BiologySurgeryBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Mesenchymal stem cell research Genetics 7 works
  2. 2 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 Extracellular vesicles in disease Molecular Biology 4 works
  4. 4 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 3 works
  7. 7 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 2 works
  8. 8 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 2 works
  9. 9 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Congenital heart defects research 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 available56.6%not open43.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.6%domestic only27.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Stem Cell Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Stem Cell Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00059% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Stem Cell Institute0.00097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Stem Cell 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 counting10%20%30%Stem Cell Institute10.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.9% in 2011.

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