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University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

In research, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School stands highest in Life Sciences (#138 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#364 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#337 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology — Immunology is 5.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#573
of 28,054 · #325 all time
Rank in United States
#117
of 4,192
Research works
26k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3M
50.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 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 #138 of 7,800 27.5%825 #65
Health SciencesDomain #364 of 11,982 17.0%1,810 #167
MedicineField #337 of 10,443 16.3%1,611 #152
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #116 of 3,579 28.1%544 #75
Molecular BiologySubfield #157 of 2,175 27.9%337 #57
EpidemiologySubfield #187 of 976 20.1%139 #83
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #131 of 682 26.9%136 #55
Social SciencesDomain #2,221 of 10,521 23.0%288 #1258
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #214 of 916 25.2%112 #215
Health ProfessionsField #451 of 1,928 23.8%164 #197

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School 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#65 #138
  2. Health Sciences#167 #364
  3. Medicine#152 #337
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#75 #116
  5. Molecular Biology#57 #157
  6. Epidemiology#83 #187
  7. Immunology and Microbiology#55 #131
  8. Social Sciences#1,258 #2,221
  9. General Health Professions#215 #214
  10. Health Professions#197 #451
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 University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 106.9 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: 0.23× its world share, 34 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.28× its world share, 544 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.34× its world share, 136 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 102 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 47 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 21 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.00× its world share, 164 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.69× its world share, 1,611 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.24× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 24 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 131 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School?

Ranked on the composite score, Roger J. Davis, Robert W. Finberg and Zhiping Weng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School.

  1. 1 Roger J. Davis United States · #1,890 worldwide 2.7k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 Robert W. Finberg United States · #4,209 worldwide 1.3k citations · 66 works
  3. 3 Zhiping Weng United States · #8,599 worldwide 1.4k citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Douglas T. Golenbock United States · #9,509 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Bruce Barton United States · #11,064 worldwide 702 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 M. C. Chang United States · #12,467 worldwide 600 citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Terence R. Flotte United States · #13,576 worldwide 487 citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Russell A. Barkley United States · #16,011 worldwide 745 citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Judith K. Ockene United States · #17,940 worldwide 541 citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Raymond M. Welsh United States · #18,000 worldwide 558 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Which keywords describe research at University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Diagnosis, Public Health and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology311▲ 2.5×130 topics
  2. Inflammation161▲ 2.5×79 topics
  3. Risk Factors120▲ 3.5×35 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress116▲ 2.3×54 topics
  5. Cancer111▲ 2.6×49 topics
  6. Public Health93▲ 2.1×51 topics
  7. Treatment86▲ 2.3×51 topics
  8. Diagnosis86▲ 3.0×41 topics
  9. Quality of Life78▲ 1.74×51 topics
  10. Mental Health74▲ 1.63×34 topics
  11. Depression70▲ 2.5×20 topics
  12. Genetics69▲ 3.2×25 topics
  13. Immune Response65▲ 3.7×22 topics
  14. Aging63▲ 3.8×17 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease60▲ 1.75×36 topics
  16. Management59▲ 2.4×30 topics
  17. Immunotherapy57▲ 2.6×19 topics
  18. Guidelines56▲ 3.9×13 topics
  19. Global Burden53▲ 3.1×12 topics
  20. Primary Care50▲ 4.2×13 topics
  21. Innate Immunity49▲ 4.9×11 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders47▲ 2.7×20 topics
  23. Gene Expression47▲ 2.5×19 topics
  24. Immunity47▲ 3.8×11 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines45▲ 2.6×14 topics
  26. Vaccine44▲ 3.5×11 topics
  27. Gene Therapy44▲ 7.5×6 topics
  28. Diabetes42▲ 2.7×18 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations41▲ 3.0×23 topics
  30. Mortality Risk39▲ 5.2×6 topics
  31. Medical Education36▲ 4.6×12 topics
  32. Quality Improvement36▲ 6.1×8 topics
  33. Chronic Disease Management34▲ 5.8×6 topics
  34. Health Disparities34▲ 4.2×7 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes34▲ 5.1×6 topics
  36. Stroke Prevention29▲ 7.8×2 topics
  37. Genome Engineering28▲ 14×1 topic
  38. RNA-Guided28▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Insulin Signaling25▲ 9.6×4 topics
  40. Gene Regulation25▲ 8.9×5 topics

Which research topics does University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA Interference and Gene Delivery and RNA modifications and cancer.

CRISPR and Genetic Engin…28CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 28 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing22RNA Research and Splicing: 22 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 20 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 20 fractional worksGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms: 18 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 18 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 16 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…16Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 16 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 16 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 16 fractional works
Molecular BiologyAgingImmunologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 28 works
  2. 2 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 22 works
  3. 3 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 20 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 20 works
  5. 5 Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms Aging 18 works
  6. 6 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 18 works
  7. 7 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 16 works
  8. 8 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 16 works
  10. 10 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 16 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 available42.9%not open57.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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