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Sunesis (United States)

In research, Sunesis (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,414 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#2,264 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,048 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,200
of 28,054 · #3,463 all time
Rank in United States
#1,368
of 4,192
Research works
976
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
87k
88.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Sunesis (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #1,414 of 14,347 33.3%445
MedicineField #2,264 of 17,978 31.5%383
Health SciencesDomain #3,048 of 20,462 31.6%397
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,035 of 7,814 31.1%308
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,342 of 4,961 30.1%225
Physical SciencesDomain #11,174 of 21,541 25.6%120

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sunesis (United States) 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).

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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.31× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.02× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.09× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.72× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.41× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.99× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sunesis (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Donald G. Payan, Laurent Salphati and Judith A. Fox lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sunesis (United States).

  1. 1 Donald G. Payan United States · #121,064 worldwide 226 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Laurent Salphati United States · #301,763 worldwide 107 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Judith A. Fox United States · #556,569 worldwide 68 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Benjamin Haley United States · #581,969 worldwide 65 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Mark Ultsch United States · #934,330 worldwide 66 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Jae H. Chang United States · #1,412,001 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Sunesis (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Sunesis (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomarkers, Monoclonal Antibodies, Tumor Microenvironment, Immunotherapy, Cancer, Therapeutic Antibodies, Cancer Therapy 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. Cancer6▲ 4.6×21 topics
  2. Biomarkers6▲ 9.0×9 topics
  3. Inflammation6▲ 2.9×29 topics
  4. Monoclonal Antibodies6▲ 66×3 topics
  5. Immunotherapy5▲ 7.3×9 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 11×6 topics
  7. Cancer Therapy4▲ 8.0×11 topics
  8. Therapeutic Antibodies4▲ 66×2 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress4▲ 2.6×19 topics
  10. Glycosylation4▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Biopharmaceuticals3▲ 68×3 topics
  13. Immunogenicity3▲ 78×2 topics
  14. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  15. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 19×4 topics
  16. Cell Culture3▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  18. Antibody Engineering2▲ 47×1 topic
  19. Breast Cancer2▲ 11×3 topics
  20. Fc Receptors2▲ 47×1 topic
  21. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 16×5 topics
  22. Tumor Regression2▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Angiogenesis2▲ 7.7×7 topics
  24. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  25. Targeted Therapy2▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Tumor Suppression2▲ 34×3 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.6×9 topics
  28. Bayesian Methods2▲ 46×2 topics
  29. CAR T Cells2▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Lymphoma2▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Adaptive Designs2▲ 108×1 topic
  33. False Discovery Rate2▲ 108×1 topic
  34. Recombinant Proteins2▲ 68×2 topics
  35. Therapeutic Targets2▲ 15×5 topics
  36. Cancer Progression2▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Chromatography2▲ 136×1 topic
  38. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Protein Aggregation2▲ 40×2 topics
  40. Stability2▲ 8.9×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, CAR-T cell therapy research, Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials and Protein purification and stability.

Monoclonal and Polyclona…2Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…2CAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 2 fractional worksProtein purification and…2Protein purification and stability: 2 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedica…23D Printing in Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksDrug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksPharmacogenetics and Dru…1Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism: 1 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 1 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 1 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyStatistics and ProbabilityMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 2 works
  4. 4 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism Pharmacology 1 works
  9. 9 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 1 works
  10. 10 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 1 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 available38.6%not open61.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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