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The Neurological Institute

In research, The Neurological Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,181 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,133 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology and Neuroscience (Neurology is 29.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,434
of 22,385 · #4,373 all time
Rank in United States
#1,136
of 3,332
Research works
2k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
82k
41.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
The Neurological Institute

What is The Neurological 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,181 of 9,902 10.0%151 #1922
MedicineField #2,133 of 8,541 10.1%143 #1853

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Neurological 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 The Neurological Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at The Neurological Institute is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Neuroscience (13%), Psychology (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 185 fractional works · 69.9% of its workMedicine: 175 fractional works · 66.0% of its workNeurology: 44 fractional works · 16.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 18 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 48 fractional works · 18.0% of its workNeuroscience: 33 fractional works · 12.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 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 workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKThe NeurologicalInstitute265fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences8%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17566.0%
    2. Health Professions93.2%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Neuroscience3312.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology124.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology124.6%
    2. Social Sciences51.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering52.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy31.1%
    3. Computer Science31.0%
    4. Environmental Science10.3%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does The Neurological Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 29.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 44.3 works29×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 33.4 works7.8×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 7.78× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.43× its world share, 175 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.51× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience7.78×33 works
  2. Medicine3.43×175 works
  3. Psychology1.51×12 works
  4. Health Professions1.22×8 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×12 works
  7. Dentistry0.65×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×2 works
  9. Nursing0.60×1 works
  10. Veterinary0.52×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.51×3 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.14×5 works
  15. Computer Science0.13×3 works
  16. Engineering0.13×5 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.13×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.12×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.06×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Neurological Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, W. Grey Walter, J. P. Mohr and W. Cheyne McCallum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Neurological Institute.

  1. 1 W. Grey Walter United States · #762,142 worldwide 7.8k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 J. P. Mohr United States · #957,298 worldwide 4.3k citations · 101 works
  3. 3 W. Cheyne McCallum United States · #1,173,274 worldwide 4.9k citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Ray Cooper United States · #1,450,732 worldwide 5.4k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Lester A. Mount United States · #1,607,157 worldwide 1.4k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 H. J. CROW United States · #1,617,030 worldwide 1.4k citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Byron Stookey United States · #1,897,285 worldwide 965 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 William Ross Ashby United States · #1,898,189 worldwide 15k citations · 136 works
  9. 9 Frederick L. Golla United States · #2,315,053 worldwide 776 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 CHARLES A. ELSBERG United States · #2,401,598 worldwide 1.1k citations · 105 works
All ranked researchers at The Neurological Institute

What are the most cited papers from The Neurological Institute?

The most cited paper from The Neurological Institute is "Parkinsonism" (Margaret M. Maier Hoehn, Melvin D. Yahr, 1967), with 12,181 citations. Next come "Isolation and Characterization of Tumorigenic, Stem-like Neural Precursors from Human Glioblastoma" (2,608) and "Contingent Negative Variation : An Electric Sign of Sensori-Motor Association and Expectancy in the Human Brain" (2,480).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Parkinsonism Margaret M. Maier Hoehn, Melvin D. Yahr · Neurology Open access May 1967 12,181
2 Isolation and Characterization of Tumorigenic, Stem-like Neural Precursors from Human Glioblastoma Rossella Galli, Elena Binda, Ugo Orfanelli et al. · Cancer Research Open access Oct 2004 2,608
3 Contingent Negative Variation : An Electric Sign of Sensori-Motor Association and Expectancy in the Human Brain W. Grey Walter, Ray Cooper, V.J. Aldridge et al. · Nature Jul 1964 2,480
4 Error Correction, Sensory Prediction, and Adaptation in Motor Control Reza Shadmehr, Maurice A. Smith, John W. Krakauer · Annual Review of Neuroscience ReviewOpen access Jun 2010 2,019
5 The clinicopathologic spectrum of focal cortical dysplasias: A consensus classification proposed by an ad hoc Task Force of the ILAE Diagnostic Methods Commission1 Ingmar Blümcke et al. · Epilepsia Open access 10 Nov 2010 1,764
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Neurological Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Parkinson's Disease, Epilepsy, Epidemiology, Diagnostic Criteria, Neurodegeneration, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Deep Brain Stimulation.

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders32▲ 21×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology26▲ 2.5×50 topics
  3. Parkinson's Disease21▲ 32×8 topics
  4. Epilepsy18▲ 60×4 topics
  5. Inflammation14▲ 2.5×38 topics
  6. Diagnostic Criteria14▲ 23×9 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress13▲ 3.0×21 topics
  8. Neurodegeneration13▲ 16×8 topics
  9. Genetics12▲ 6.5×11 topics
  10. Deep Brain Stimulation12▲ 63×3 topics
  11. Mitochondrial Dysfunction12▲ 15×7 topics
  12. Treatment12▲ 3.6×22 topics
  13. Neuroprotection11▲ 12×9 topics
  14. Neuroimaging11▲ 15×10 topics
  15. Neurobiology10▲ 15×8 topics
  16. Risk Factors10▲ 3.6×15 topics
  17. Radiosurgery10▲ 41×4 topics
  18. Basal Ganglia10▲ 68×2 topics
  19. Surgery10▲ 10×8 topics
  20. Immunotherapy9▲ 4.9×8 topics
  21. Antiepileptic Drugs9▲ 46×2 topics
  22. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 16×4 topics
  23. Neuromodulation9▲ 54×2 topics
  24. Treatment-Resistant Depression9▲ 52×2 topics
  25. Seizures9▲ 55×2 topics
  26. Dystonia9▲ 81×1 topic
  27. Neural Plasticity9▲ 18×4 topics
  28. Subthalamic Nucleus9▲ 81×1 topic
  29. Neuroinflammation8▲ 11×6 topics
  30. Surgical Management8▲ 7.6×9 topics
  31. Classification8▲ 6.7×4 topics
  32. Global Burden8▲ 5.5×4 topics
  33. Drug Resistance8▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Ischemic Stroke8▲ 20×4 topics
  35. Status Epilepticus8▲ 62×1 topic
  36. Revascularization7▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Functional Connectivity7▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Prevention Guidelines7▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Endovascular Therapy7▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Thrombolysis7▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does The Neurological Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Neurological disorders and treatments, Epilepsy research and treatment, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management and Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments.

Neurological disorders and treatments: 9 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 8 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…7Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 7 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…6Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 6 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 5 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 5 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…4Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 3 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 3 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 3 fractional works
NeurologyPsychiatry and Mental healthEpidemiologyRehabilitation2 others

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

  1. 1 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 9 works
  2. 2 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 8 works
  3. 3 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 7 works
  4. 4 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 6 works
  5. 5 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 5 works
  6. 6 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 5 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 4 works
  8. 8 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 3 works
  9. 9 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 3 works
  10. 10 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 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 available29.9%not open70.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Neurological Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is The Neurological Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00081% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%The Neurological Institute0.00096% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Neurological 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 Neurological Institute11.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.1% in 2012.

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