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The Wistar Institute

In research, The Wistar Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,395 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#4,691 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,334 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Immunology and Microbiology and Oncology — Immunology is 20.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,774
of 28,054 · #594 all time
Rank in United States
#532
of 4,192
Research works
4.9k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
352k
71.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is The Wistar Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,395 of 7,800 27.3%129 #164
MedicineField #4,691 of 10,443 33.2%85 #417
Health SciencesDomain #6,334 of 11,982 32.4%88 #566
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,141 of 3,579 29.2%80 #384

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Wistar 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#164 #1,395
  2. Medicine#417 #4,691
  3. Health Sciences#566 #6,334
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#384 #2,141
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does The Wistar Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 20.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 32.6 works20×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 39.6 works17×
  3. OncologySubfield · 27.9 works11×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 56.0 works8.0×
← 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: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.50× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 16.95× its world share, 40 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.92× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 16.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Wistar Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Giorgio Trinchieri, Dario C. Altieri and Hilary Koprowski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Wistar Institute.

  1. 1 Giorgio Trinchieri United States · #6,836 worldwide 1.1k citations · 83 works
  2. 2 Dario C. Altieri United States · #11,567 worldwide 836 citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Hilary Koprowski United States · #13,802 worldwide 1.5k citations · 193 works
  4. 4 Dorothee Herlyn United States · #29,558 worldwide 495 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Zenon Steplewski United States · #33,040 worldwide 504 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Frank J. Rauscher United States · #33,360 worldwide 675 citations · 44 works
  7. 7 Vittorio Defendi United States · #44,815 worldwide 305 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Meenhard Herlyn United States · #46,536 worldwide 1.3k citations · 193 works
  9. 9 Davor Solter United States · #47,230 worldwide 342 citations · 50 works
  10. 10 G Rovera United States · #53,392 worldwide 352 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at The Wistar Institute

Which keywords describe research at The Wistar Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Immunity, Cancer Immunotherapy, Innate Immunity, Immunotherapy, Immune Response, Cancer Therapy and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Cancer27▲ 8.6×37 topics
  2. Immunity24▲ 25×7 topics
  3. Inflammation20▲ 4.1×42 topics
  4. Cancer Immunotherapy19▲ 53×3 topics
  5. Innate Immunity16▲ 22×9 topics
  6. Immunotherapy16▲ 9.8×12 topics
  7. Immune Response15▲ 11×16 topics
  8. Cancer Therapy15▲ 11×15 topics
  9. Epidemiology15▲ 1.60×41 topics
  10. Vaccine14▲ 15×10 topics
  11. Antigen Presentation12▲ 56×2 topics
  12. Lymphoma12▲ 31×4 topics
  13. Tumor Regression11▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Gene Therapy10▲ 24×5 topics
  15. Dendritic Cells10▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Tumor Antigen10▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Vaccine Adjuvants10▲ 68×1 topic
  18. Transplant Recipients9▲ 69×2 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 9.1×8 topics
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy9▲ 24×5 topics
  21. Leukemia9▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Metabolism9▲ 7.2×10 topics
  23. CAR T Cells8▲ 49×1 topic
  24. Chimeric Antigen Receptor8▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Immunosuppression8▲ 38×3 topics
  26. Glycosylation8▲ 30×3 topics
  27. Activation7▲ 52×1 topic
  28. Macrophage7▲ 43×1 topic
  29. Cancer Incidence7▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Mutation6▲ 15×4 topics
  31. SARS-CoV-26▲ 8.0×4 topics
  32. Apoptosis6▲ 8.4×12 topics
  33. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Monoclonal Antibodies6▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Antibodies6▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Fc Receptors6▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Therapeutic Antibodies6▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Vaccine Development6▲ 9.4×4 topics
  39. Epstein-Barr Virus5▲ 105×1 topic
  40. Kaposi's Sarcoma5▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does The Wistar Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, CAR-T cell therapy research, Immune cells in cancer and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Immunotherapy and Immune…10Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 10 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…8CAR-T cell therapy research: 8 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer7Immune cells in cancer: 7 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…6Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 6 fractional worksViral-associated cancers and disorders: 5 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 5 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment5HIV Research and Treatment: 5 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy…5Virus-based gene therapy research: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …4SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herp…4Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 4 fractional works
ImmunologyOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingVirology3 others

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

  1. 1 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 10 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 8 works
  3. 3 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 7 works
  4. 4 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  5. 5 Viral-associated cancers and disorders Oncology 5 works
  6. 6 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 5 works
  7. 7 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 5 works
  8. 8 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 5 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  10. 10 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 4 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Wistar Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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