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Vienna Biocenter

In research, Vienna Biocenter stands highest in Life Sciences (#328 of 6,403 worldwide) and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#210 of 2,964 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 12.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,089
of 22,385 · #1,077 all time
Rank in Austria
#18
of 143
Research works
1k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
80k
76.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.22×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
45%
world 18%
Vienna Biocenter

What is Vienna Biocenter 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
Life SciencesDomain #328 of 6,403 22.7%104 #263
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #210 of 2,964 23.1%80 #223

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vienna Biocenter 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 fields of science does Vienna Biocenter work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Vienna Biocenter is in Life Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (53%), Medicine (16%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (8%). It does 4.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 118 fractional works · 69.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 91 fractional works · 53.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 66 fractional works · 39.0% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 16.5% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 15.6% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 19 fractional works · 11.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKVienna Biocenter170fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences69%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences3%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9153.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences148.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology74.2%
    4. Neuroscience53.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Medicine2615.6%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Chemistry53.2%
    2. Environmental Science52.9%
    3. Engineering31.8%
    4. Materials Science21.0%
    5. Computer Science20.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences31.6%
    2. Psychology21.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Vienna Biocenter specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 66.4 works13×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 90.8 works10.0×
← 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: 1.75× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.99× its world share, 91 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.19× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.85× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.03× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.81× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 3 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, 10.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.99×91 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.19×7 works
  3. Chemistry2.03×5 works
  4. Neuroscience1.85×5 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.75×14 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×0 works
  7. Medicine0.81×26 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.79×0 works
  9. Dentistry0.61×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.57×5 works
  11. Psychology0.32×2 works
  12. Materials Science0.29×2 works
  13. Nursing0.28×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×1 works
  15. Veterinary0.26×0 works
  16. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.16×1 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.12×2 works
  21. Engineering0.12×3 works
  22. Social Sciences0.12×3 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×0 works
  24. Energy0.08×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  26. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Vienna Biocenter?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas Köcher, Ramesh Yelagandula and Thomas Heuser lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vienna Biocenter.

  1. 1 Thomas Köcher Austria · #83,369 worldwide 17k citations · 162 works
  2. 2 Ramesh Yelagandula Austria · #100,411 worldwide 2.4k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Thomas Heuser Austria · #192,237 worldwide 4.1k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Manuel Zimmer Austria · #275,678 worldwide 5.6k citations · 82 works
  5. 5 Wolfgang J. Schneider Austria · #330,611 worldwide 18k citations · 291 works
  6. 6 Jakub Jeż Austria · #411,321 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Irina Grishkovskaya Austria · #463,651 worldwide 1.8k citations · 101 works
  8. 8 Johannes Nimpf Austria · #565,937 worldwide 8.6k citations · 129 works
  9. 9 Andreas L. Meinke Austria · #660,126 worldwide 5k citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Thomas Dechat Austria · #671,406 worldwide 5.4k citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Vienna Biocenter

What are the most cited papers from Vienna Biocenter?

The most cited paper from Vienna Biocenter is "REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES: Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Signal Transduction" (Klaus Apel, Heribert Hirt, 2004), with 11,793 citations. Next come "Methylation of histone H3 lysine 9 creates a binding site for HP1 proteins" (2,892) and "Regulation of chromatin structure by site-specific histone H3 methyltransferases" (2,847).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES: Metabolism, Oxidative Stress, and Signal Transduction Klaus Apel, Heribert Hirt · Annual Review of Plant Biology Review 29 Apr 2004 11,793
2 Methylation of histone H3 lysine 9 creates a binding site for HP1 proteins Monika Lachner, Dónal O’Carroll, Stephen Rea et al. · Nature Mar 2001 2,892
3 Regulation of chromatin structure by site-specific histone H3 methyltransferases Stephen Rea, Frank Eisenhaber, Dónal O’Carroll et al. · Nature Aug 2000 2,847
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition) 1 Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,930 authors 2 Jan 2021 2,743
5 The complete genome sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains Kay Prüfer et al. · Nature Open access 18 Dec 2013 2,458
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vienna Biocenter?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Gene Regulation, Transcription Factors, Gene Expression, Chromatin, Epigenetic Regulation, Cancer Therapy and Epigenetics.

▲ 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. Cancer13▲ 5.8×32 topics
  2. Gene Regulation10▲ 62×4 topics
  3. Transcription Factors9▲ 43×5 topics
  4. Gene Expression9▲ 8.7×17 topics
  5. Chromatin9▲ 108×2 topics
  6. Epigenetic Regulation8▲ 23×6 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress8▲ 2.9×30 topics
  8. Cancer Therapy7▲ 7.5×16 topics
  9. Epigenetics6▲ 82×2 topics
  10. Histone Modifications6▲ 145×1 topic
  11. Transcription6▲ 145×1 topic
  12. Alternative Splicing6▲ 67×1 topic
  13. RNA-Binding Proteins6▲ 67×1 topic
  14. Apoptosis6▲ 10×10 topics
  15. Transcriptional Regulation6▲ 20×6 topics
  16. Development5▲ 8.0×7 topics
  17. Ribosome5▲ 56×1 topic
  18. Translation5▲ 17×1 topic
  19. Cancer Progression5▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Genetic Diversity5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  21. Immunity5▲ 6.7×7 topics
  22. Stem Cells4▲ 9.4×11 topics
  23. Gene Expression Regulation4▲ 24×2 topics
  24. RNA methylation4▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Small RNAs4▲ 43×2 topics
  26. m6A-seq4▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Genome Evolution4▲ 59×2 topics
  28. Genome Engineering4▲ 38×1 topic
  29. Polyploidy4▲ 47×2 topics
  30. RNA-Guided4▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Plant Speciation4▲ 106×1 topic
  32. Transposable Elements4▲ 106×1 topic
  33. Signal Transduction4▲ 14×6 topics
  34. Pluripotent Stem Cells4▲ 43×2 topics
  35. Cell Death4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  36. Embryonic Stem Cells3▲ 46×2 topics
  37. Genomic Instability3▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 13×3 topics
  39. RNA-Seq3▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Parkinson's Disease3▲ 7.9×5 topics

Which research topics does Vienna Biocenter publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms and RNA modifications and cancer.

Genomics and Chromatin D…6Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 6 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing6RNA Research and Splicing: 6 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesi…5RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 5 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…4RNA modifications and cancer: 4 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional worksChromosomal and Genetic Variations: 4 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells R…3Pluripotent Stem Cells Research: 3 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms3DNA Repair Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksAutophagy in Disease and Therapy: 2 fractional worksPlant Molecular Biology Research: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPlant ScienceEpidemiology

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

  1. 1 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 6 works
  2. 2 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 6 works
  3. 3 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 5 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  6. 6 Chromosomal and Genetic Variations Plant Science 4 works
  7. 7 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Autophagy in Disease and Therapy Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Plant Molecular Biology Research Plant Science 2 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 available63.1%not open36.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.8%domestic only55.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vienna Biocenter's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Vienna Biocenter as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00064% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Vienna Biocenter0.00071% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Vienna Biocenter 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 counting20%40%Vienna Biocenter21.7% 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 32.3% in 2014.

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