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The Wistar Institute

In research, The Wistar Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,157 of 9,902 worldwide), Life Sciences (#824 of 6,403 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,202 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Immunology and Microbiology and Oncology (Immunology is 19.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#3,486
of 22,385 · #1,434 all time
Rank in United States
#526
of 3,332
Research works
4.9k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
352k
71.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.18×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
The Wistar Institute

What is The Wistar 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 #1,157 of 9,902 22.2%88 #661
Life SciencesDomain #824 of 6,403 16.2%129 #614
MedicineField #1,202 of 8,541 22.6%85 #683
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #561 of 2,964 18.4%80 #492

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 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. Health Sciences#661 #1,157
  2. Life Sciences#614 #824
  3. Medicine#683 #1,202
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#492 #561
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 Wistar Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at The Wistar Institute is in Life Sciences, 36% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (37%), Medicine (36%), Immunology and Microbiology (16%). It does 4.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 156 fractional works · 57.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 100 fractional works · 36.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 69 fractional works · 25.3% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 45 fractional works · 16.5% of its workImmunology: 37 fractional works · 13.6% of its workVirology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 100 fractional works · 36.4% of its workMedicine: 97 fractional works · 35.5% of its workOncology: 32 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKThe WistarInstitute274fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences57%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences36%Social Sciences2%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10036.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology4516.5%
    3. Neuroscience62.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine9735.5%
    2. Health Professions20.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Engineering41.4%
    2. Computer Science31.2%
    3. Chemistry20.9%
    4. Environmental Science10.3%
    5. Materials Science10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Energy00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences10.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    3. Decision Sciences10.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Psychology10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does The Wistar Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 19.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 37.3 works20×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 45.1 works16×
  3. OncologySubfield · 32.0 works10×
  4. Molecular BiologySubfield · 69.2 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: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.86× its world share, 100 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 16.39× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.85× its world share, 97 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology16.39×45 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.86×100 works
  3. Medicine1.85×97 works
  4. Neuroscience1.30×6 works
  5. Chemistry0.58×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.54×0 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.36×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×5 works
  9. Health Professions0.25×2 works
  10. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  11. Nursing0.18×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.15×3 works
  13. Veterinary0.15×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.15×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×1 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  17. Engineering0.10×4 works
  18. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  20. Psychology0.08×1 works
  21. Energy0.07×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.04×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Wistar Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Giorgio Trinchieri, Andrew V. Kossenkov and Ramin Shiekhattar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Wistar Institute.

  1. 1 Giorgio Trinchieri United States · #4,032 worldwide 96k citations · 786 works
  2. 2 Andrew V. Kossenkov United States · #8,683 worldwide 19k citations · 805 works
  3. 3 Ramin Shiekhattar United States · #20,065 worldwide 37k citations · 231 works
  4. 4 Meenhard Herlyn United States · #21,522 worldwide 75k citations · 1,747 works
  5. 5 Dario C. Altieri United States · #21,812 worldwide 48k citations · 503 works
  6. 6 Daniel W. Kulp United States · #26,651 worldwide 9.5k citations · 112 works
  7. 7 Rugang Zhang United States · #30,183 worldwide 13k citations · 503 works
  8. 8 Kazuko Nishikura United States · #31,790 worldwide 20k citations · 125 works
  9. 9 Yulia Nefedova United States · #40,689 worldwide 11k citations · 211 works
  10. 10 Clemens Krepler United States · #41,042 worldwide 10k citations · 286 works
All ranked researchers at The Wistar Institute

What are the most cited papers from The Wistar Institute?

The most cited paper from The Wistar Institute is "The serial cultivation of human diploid cell strains" (Leonard Hayflick, Paul S. Moorhead, 1961), with 8,548 citations. Next come "Ferroptosis: A Regulated Cell Death Nexus Linking Metabolism, Redox Biology, and Disease" (7,867) and "Understanding the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) for effective therapy" (6,338).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The serial cultivation of human diploid cell strains Leonard Hayflick, Paul S. Moorhead · Experimental Cell Research Dec 1961 8,548
2 Ferroptosis: A Regulated Cell Death Nexus Linking Metabolism, Redox Biology, and Disease Brent R. Stockwell et al. · Cell Open access Oct 2017 7,867
3 Understanding the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME) for effective therapy Mikhail Binnewies, Edward W. Roberts, Kelly Kersten et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 20 Apr 2018 6,338
4 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
5 The limited in vitro lifetime of human diploid cell strains Leonard Hayflick · Experimental Cell Research Mar 1965 5,907
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Wistar Institute?

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

▲ 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. Cancer32▲ 8.6×39 topics
  2. Immunity27▲ 24×8 topics
  3. Inflammation24▲ 4.2×45 topics
  4. Cancer Immunotherapy20▲ 48×3 topics
  5. Innate Immunity19▲ 22×9 topics
  6. Immune Response18▲ 12×16 topics
  7. Immunotherapy18▲ 9.2×12 topics
  8. Epidemiology18▲ 1.64×43 topics
  9. Cancer Therapy17▲ 11×15 topics
  10. Vaccine16▲ 14×10 topics
  11. Antigen Presentation13▲ 53×2 topics
  12. Gene Therapy13▲ 24×5 topics
  13. Lymphoma12▲ 27×4 topics
  14. Tumor Regression12▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Transplant Recipients11▲ 70×2 topics
  16. Dendritic Cells11▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment11▲ 8.9×8 topics
  18. Tumor Antigen11▲ 66×1 topic
  19. Vaccine Adjuvants11▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Antiretroviral Therapy11▲ 24×5 topics
  21. Metabolism10▲ 7.3×12 topics
  22. Immunosuppression10▲ 39×3 topics
  23. Leukemia9▲ 40×2 topics
  24. CAR T Cells9▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Chimeric Antigen Receptor9▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Glycosylation8▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Activation8▲ 48×1 topic
  28. Macrophage8▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Cancer Incidence8▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Mutation7▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Epstein-Barr Virus7▲ 109×1 topic
  32. Immune Activation7▲ 30×2 topics
  33. Kaposi's Sarcoma7▲ 109×1 topic
  34. Apoptosis6▲ 7.6×12 topics
  35. Antibodies6▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Monoclonal Antibodies6▲ 26×3 topics
  37. Gene Expression Regulation6▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Therapeutic Antibodies6▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Antibody Engineering6▲ 41×1 topic
  40. Vaccine Development6▲ 8.7×4 topics

Which research topics does The Wistar Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, CAR-T cell therapy research, Immune cells in cancer and Viral-associated cancers and disorders.

Immunotherapy and Immune…11Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 11 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…9CAR-T cell therapy research: 9 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer8Immune cells in cancer: 8 fractional worksViral-associated cancers…7Viral-associated cancers and disorders: 7 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 6 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 6 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy…5Virus-based gene therapy research: 5 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 5 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 5 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 11 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 9 works
  3. 3 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 8 works
  4. 4 Viral-associated cancers and disorders Oncology 7 works
  5. 5 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  6. 6 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 6 works
  7. 7 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 5 works
  8. 8 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 5 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 5 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Wistar Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower 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 Wistar Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00093% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%The Wistar Institute0.00097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Wistar 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 Wistar Institute17.7% 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 26.7% in 2016.

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