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Van Andel Institute

In research, Van Andel Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,790 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,498 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#1,099 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 11.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,557
of 28,054 · #4,574 all time
Rank in United States
#634
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
46.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Van Andel 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 #1,790 of 7,800 26.8%162 #1799
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,498 of 3,579 25.5%131 #1574
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,099 of 2,175 25.7%99 #1093
MedicineField #5,784 of 10,443 25.6%85 #3411
Health SciencesDomain #7,556 of 11,982 25.4%88 #4669

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Van Andel 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#1,799 #1,790
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,574 #1,498
  3. Molecular Biology#1,093 #1,099
  4. Medicine#3,411 #5,784
  5. Health Sciences#4,669 #7,556
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 Van Andel Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 99.4 works12×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 131.1 works8.8×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.83× its world share, 131 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.42× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.33× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.59× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Van Andel Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, George F. Vande Woude, Bin Tean Teh and Huilin Li lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Van Andel Institute.

  1. 1 George F. Vande Woude United States · #39,006 worldwide 419 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Bin Tean Teh United States · #97,508 worldwide 454 citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Huilin Li United States · #123,395 worldwide 424 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Xiaobing Shi United States · #160,016 worldwide 300 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Bart O. Williams United States · #231,949 worldwide 230 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Lena Brundin United States · #288,865 worldwide 97 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Russell G. Jones United States · #422,820 worldwide 126 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Kyle A. Furge United States · #428,248 worldwide 70 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 H. Eric United States · #704,116 worldwide 26 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Brian B. Haab United States · #795,195 worldwide 53 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Van Andel Institute

Which keywords describe research at Van Andel Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Oxidative Stress, DNA Methylation, Epigenetic Reprogramming, Cancer Epigenetics, Histone Modification, Neurodegeneration and Parkinson's Disease.

▲ 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. Cancer30▲ 8.1×35 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress23▲ 5.0×35 topics
  3. Inflammation18▲ 3.0×42 topics
  4. DNA Methylation17▲ 52×3 topics
  5. Epigenetic Reprogramming16▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Cancer Epigenetics16▲ 81×1 topic
  7. Histone Modification16▲ 81×1 topic
  8. Neurodegeneration16▲ 19×8 topics
  9. Parkinson's Disease14▲ 20×6 topics
  10. Transcriptional Regulation13▲ 30×9 topics
  11. Mitochondrial Dysfunction13▲ 16×6 topics
  12. Gene Expression13▲ 7.4×14 topics
  13. Cancer Therapy11▲ 7.0×14 topics
  14. Epigenetic Regulation11▲ 18×6 topics
  15. Chromatin11▲ 81×2 topics
  16. Dopaminergic Neurons9▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Gene Regulation9▲ 37×4 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 7.2×7 topics
  19. Cancer Progression8▲ 16×6 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations8▲ 6.9×19 topics
  21. Diagnostic Criteria8▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Transcription Factors7▲ 22×3 topics
  23. Genomic Instability7▲ 23×3 topics
  24. RNA methylation7▲ 28×1 topic
  25. m6A-seq7▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Epigenetics7▲ 58×2 topics
  27. Genetic Risk Factors7▲ 47×1 topic
  28. a-Synuclein7▲ 47×1 topic
  29. Metabolism6▲ 4.5×15 topics
  30. Neuroinflammation6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  31. Apoptosis6▲ 7.5×12 topics
  32. Cell Death6▲ 9.9×6 topics
  33. Histone Modifications6▲ 95×1 topic
  34. Transcription6▲ 95×1 topic
  35. Stem Cells6▲ 8.1×8 topics
  36. Innate Immunity6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  37. Therapeutic Targets6▲ 13×7 topics
  38. Cellular Functions5▲ 25×3 topics
  39. Cell Proliferation5▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Homologous Recombination5▲ 40×2 topics

Which research topics does Van Andel Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, RNA modifications and cancer, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics.

Epigenetics and DNA Meth…16Epigenetics and DNA Methylation: 16 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…7RNA modifications and cancer: 7 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mech…7Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 7 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 6 fractional worksCancer-related gene regulation: 4 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms4DNA Repair Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional worksHistone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research: 3 fractional worksWnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer: 3 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 3 fractional works
Molecular BiologyNeurologyPhysiology

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

  1. 1 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 16 works
  2. 2 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 7 works
  4. 4 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 Cancer-related gene regulation Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 4 works
  7. 7 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  8. 8 Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Wnt/β-catenin signaling in development and cancer Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 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 available62.8%not open37.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Van Andel Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher 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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