Question 1

What is The Wistar Institute known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does The Wistar Institute rank in research?

Accepted Answer

The Wistar Institute ranks #3,486 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,434 all time), and #526 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at The Wistar Institute?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from The Wistar Institute?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does The Wistar Institute publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at The Wistar Institute?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does The Wistar Institute work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is The Wistar Institute's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% lower than in 2018-2021.