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The Gurdon Institute

In research, The Gurdon Institute stands highest in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#490 of 7,814 worldwide), Life Sciences (#937 of 14,347 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#346 of 4,961 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Life Sciences — Molecular Biology is 11.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,073
of 28,054 · #2,772 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#339
of 1,094
Research works
850
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
119k
139.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is The Gurdon Institute 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
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #490 of 7,814 48.6%596
Life SciencesDomain #937 of 14,347 48.0%673
Molecular BiologySubfield #346 of 4,961 50.2%412
MedicineField #5,093 of 17,978 48.9%124
Health SciencesDomain #6,899 of 20,462 48.8%126

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Gurdon 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does The Gurdon Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 11.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 21.2 works12×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 30.0 works9.3×
  3. Life SciencesDomain · 39.3 works5.0×
← 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: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.34× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.80× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.98× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Gurdon Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, M. Azim Surani, Stephen P. Jackson and Tony Kouzarides lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Gurdon Institute.

  1. 1 M. Azim Surani United Kingdom · #32,944 worldwide 522 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Stephen P. Jackson United Kingdom · #44,670 worldwide 524 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Tony Kouzarides United Kingdom · #50,349 worldwide 1.5k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Jonathon Pines United Kingdom · #92,900 worldwide 300 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Daniel St Johnston United Kingdom · #139,670 worldwide 394 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Julie Ahringer United Kingdom · #228,817 worldwide 200 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Alison Schuldt United Kingdom · #1,139,222 worldwide 34 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at The Gurdon Institute

Which keywords describe research at The Gurdon Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Stem Cells, Cancer, Gene Regulation, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Transcriptional Regulation, Chromatin, Gene Expression and Transcription Factors.

▲ 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. Stem Cells6▲ 36×10 topics
  2. Cancer5▲ 6.1×17 topics
  3. Gene Regulation3▲ 59×3 topics
  4. Pluripotent Stem Cells3▲ 97×2 topics
  5. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 30×4 topics
  6. Chromatin3▲ 100×2 topics
  7. Gene Expression3▲ 7.6×11 topics
  8. Transcription Factors3▲ 36×3 topics
  9. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 19×5 topics
  10. Tissue Engineering2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  11. Cancer Progression2▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Development2▲ 11×5 topics
  13. Drosophila2▲ 95×2 topics
  14. Embryonic Stem Cells2▲ 89×2 topics
  15. Preterm Infants2▲ 31×3 topics
  16. Pulmonary Hypertension2▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia2▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Lung Stem Cells2▲ 61×1 topic
  19. Mechanotransduction2▲ 57×3 topics
  20. Epigenetics2▲ 82×2 topics
  21. Cancer Therapy2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  22. Differentiation2▲ 50×1 topic
  23. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Genome Engineering2▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Histone Modifications2▲ 122×1 topic
  26. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells2▲ 116×1 topic
  27. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 18×2 topics
  28. RNA-Guided2▲ 47×1 topic
  29. Transcription2▲ 122×1 topic
  30. Biomechanics2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  31. Cell Mechanics2▲ 108×1 topic
  32. Cytoskeleton2▲ 108×1 topic
  33. Insulin Signaling2▲ 31×3 topics
  34. Phagocytosis2▲ 77×2 topics
  35. DNA Methylation2▲ 21×2 topics
  36. Neuronal Circuits2▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Epigenetic Reprogramming1▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Evolutionary Biology1▲ 68×2 topics
  39. Genome Evolution1▲ 56×2 topics
  40. Histone Modification1▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does The Gurdon Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics.

Neonatal Respiratory Hea…2Neonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells R…2Pluripotent Stem Cells Research: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin D…2Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 2 fractional worksCellular Mechanics and I…2Cellular Mechanics and Interactions: 2 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 1 fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 1 fractional worksDevelopmental Biology an…1Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation: 1 fractional worksRenal and related cancers: 1 fractional worksInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular BiologyCell BiologyCellular and Molecular Neuroscience1 others

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

  1. 1 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions Cell Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  8. 8 Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Renal and related cancers Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Immunology 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 available59.3%not open40.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.7%domestic only66.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Gurdon Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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