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The Francis Crick Institute

In research, The Francis Crick Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#114 of 6,403 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#65 of 2,964 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#225 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cell Biology, Immunology and Molecular Biology (Cell Biology is 13.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#517
of 22,385 · #301 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#38
of 862
Research works
2.8k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
153k
55.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.42×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
The Francis Crick Institute

What is The Francis Crick 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 #114 of 6,403 18.5%459 #56
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #65 of 2,964 18.8%338 #37
Health SciencesDomain #225 of 9,902 23.0%232 #147
MedicineField #224 of 8,541 23.0%227 #154
Molecular BiologySubfield #58 of 1,880 17.8%217 #31
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #52 of 681 17.6%69 #19
Physical SciencesDomain #1,288 of 10,670 18.0%76 #966

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Francis Crick 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#56 #114
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#37 #65
  3. Health Sciences#147 #225
  4. Medicine#154 #224
  5. Molecular Biology#31 #58
  6. Immunology and Microbiology#19 #52
  7. Physical Sciences#966 #1,288
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 The Francis Crick Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at The Francis Crick Institute is in Life Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (43%), Medicine (29%), Immunology and Microbiology (8%). It does 4.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 533 fractional works · 57.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 395 fractional works · 42.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 249 fractional works · 27.0% of its workCell Biology: 39 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 37 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCancer Research: 32 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiophysics: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStructural Biology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAging: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 78 fractional works · 8.4% of its workImmunology: 65 fractional works · 7.1% of its workParasitology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 43 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 271 fractional works · 29.3% of its workMedicine: 265 fractional works · 28.8% of its workOncology: 48 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 36 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 28 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 15 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 91 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKThe Francis CrickInstitute922fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences58%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences29%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 Biology39542.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology788.4%
    3. Neuroscience434.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences171.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine26528.8%
    2. Health Professions20.3%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Engineering242.6%
    2. Chemistry141.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy121.3%
    4. Environmental Science121.3%
    5. Computer Science111.2%
    6. Materials Science101.1%
    7. Mathematics30.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.3%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences90.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities60.7%
    3. Psychology60.6%
    4. Decision Sciences40.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does The Francis Crick Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cell Biology takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cell BiologySubfield · 38.9 works14×
  2. ImmunologySubfield · 65.0 works10×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 249.0 works8.9×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 77.8 works8.4×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.04× its world share, 395 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.38× its world share, 78 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.87× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.50× its world share, 265 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology8.38×78 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.04×395 works
  3. Neuroscience2.87×43 works
  4. Medicine1.50×265 works
  5. Chemistry1.00×14 works
  6. Veterinary0.94×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.60×12 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.45×4 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×17 works
  10. Materials Science0.33×10 works
  11. Mathematics0.32×4 works
  12. Nursing0.28×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.26×12 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.24×6 works
  15. Psychology0.21×6 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×3 works
  17. Engineering0.18×24 works
  18. Computer Science0.15×11 works
  19. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  21. Health Professions0.10×2 works
  22. Social Sciences0.07×9 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.06×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×2 works
  25. Energy0.05×0 works
  26. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Francis Crick Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter Van Loo, Anne O’Garra and Oriol Pich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Francis Crick Institute.

  1. 1 Peter Van Loo United Kingdom · #1,806 worldwide 76k citations · 453 works
  2. 2 Anne O’Garra United Kingdom · #2,478 worldwide 72k citations · 280 works
  3. 3 Oriol Pich United Kingdom · #2,538 worldwide 23k citations · 177 works
  4. 4 Emma L. Nye United Kingdom · #3,323 worldwide 18k citations · 235 works
  5. 5 Erik A. Sahai United Kingdom · #3,621 worldwide 37k citations · 410 works
  6. 6 Steve J. Gamblin United Kingdom · #4,692 worldwide 27k citations · 237 works
  7. 7 Kevin Litchfield United Kingdom · #4,853 worldwide 15k citations · 441 works
  8. 8 Thomas B.K. Watkins United Kingdom · #8,071 worldwide 20k citations · 117 works
  9. 9 Maise Al Bakir United Kingdom · #8,641 worldwide 13k citations · 133 works
  10. 10 John F.X. Diffley United Kingdom · #9,404 worldwide 21k citations · 198 works
All ranked researchers at The Francis Crick Institute

What are the most cited papers from The Francis Crick Institute?

The most cited paper from The Francis Crick Institute is "Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018" (Lorenzo Galluzzi et al., 2018), with 6,760 citations. Next come "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023) and "The nf-core framework for community-curated bioinformatics pipelines" (4,389).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Molecular mechanisms of cell death: recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee on Cell Death 2018 Lorenzo Galluzzi et al. · Cell Death and Differentiation Open access169 authors 23 Jan 2018 6,760
2 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
3 The nf-core framework for community-curated bioinformatics pipelines Philip Ewels, Alexander Peltzer, Sven Fillinger et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 13 Feb 2020 4,389
4 A framework for advancing our understanding of cancer-associated fibroblasts Erik A. Sahai et al. · Nature reviews. Cancer ReviewOpen access 24 Jan 2020 3,962
5 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Francis Crick Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Cancer Therapy, Immunity, Epidemiology, Tumor Microenvironment, Immune Response, Stem Cells and Innate 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 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. Epidemiology70▲ 1.90×80 topics
  2. Cancer69▲ 5.6×42 topics
  3. Cancer Therapy46▲ 8.7×18 topics
  4. Inflammation43▲ 2.2×66 topics
  5. Immunity36▲ 9.8×9 topics
  6. Immune Response34▲ 6.5×20 topics
  7. Gene Expression33▲ 5.7×16 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment33▲ 7.8×8 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress30▲ 1.99×43 topics
  10. Innate Immunity30▲ 10×11 topics
  11. Stem Cells30▲ 12×14 topics
  12. Genomic Instability29▲ 28×3 topics
  13. Gene Regulation28▲ 31×4 topics
  14. Chromatin26▲ 57×2 topics
  15. Vaccine25▲ 6.9×11 topics
  16. Cancer Progression25▲ 15×8 topics
  17. Transcriptional Regulation24▲ 16×9 topics
  18. Targeted Therapy21▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Genomics20▲ 7.5×8 topics
  20. Apoptosis20▲ 6.8×17 topics
  21. Cancer Immunotherapy19▲ 13×3 topics
  22. Homologous Recombination17▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Mutation16▲ 9.9×5 topics
  24. Cell Death16▲ 7.3×6 topics
  25. Drug Resistance16▲ 6.2×8 topics
  26. Angiogenesis16▲ 5.2×15 topics
  27. Metabolic Regulation16▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Antigen Presentation16▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Cell-Free DNA16▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Somatic Mutations15▲ 20×2 topics
  31. DNA Damage15▲ 21×4 topics
  32. Vaccine Development15▲ 6.4×8 topics
  33. Cancer Genomics15▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Mutational Signatures15▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Gene Expression Regulation14▲ 15×3 topics
  36. ATM and ATR Kinases14▲ 66×1 topic
  37. Repair14▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Extracellular Matrix14▲ 8.1×7 topics
  39. RNA methylation13▲ 17×1 topic
  40. m6A-seq13▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does The Francis Crick Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, DNA Repair Mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…15Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 15 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms14DNA Repair Mechanisms: 14 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 13 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…13CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 13 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing13RNA Research and Splicing: 13 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 12 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 12 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…11RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 11 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 10 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis dynamics: 10 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyImmunologyOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 15 works
  2. 2 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 14 works
  3. 3 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 13 works
  4. 4 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 13 works
  5. 5 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 13 works
  6. 6 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 12 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 12 works
  8. 8 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 11 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 10 works
  10. 10 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 10 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 available73.0%not open27.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.2%domestic only54.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Francis Crick Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher 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 The Francis Crick Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0036% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%The Francis Crick Institute0.0035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Francis Crick 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%The Francis Crick Institute19.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.4% in 2015.

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What does the Francis Crick Institute research?

In research, The Francis Crick Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#114 of 6,403 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#65 of 2,964 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#225 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cell Biology, Immunology and Molecular Biology (Cell Biology is 13.7× its share of world research).

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