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VIR Biotechnology (United States)

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World rank, all time
#7,609
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,709
of 8,685
Research works
152
▲ 506% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
72.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

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: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.02× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 8.42× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.82× its world share, 25 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at VIR Biotechnology (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pandemic, Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Immune Response, ACE2 Receptor, Vaccine, Immunity and Coronavirus.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.9×29 topics
  2. Pandemic6▲ 12×6 topics
  3. Immune Response5▲ 19×11 topics
  4. SARS-CoV-25▲ 34×3 topics
  5. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 42×3 topics
  6. Vaccine4▲ 23×8 topics
  7. Immunity4▲ 20×4 topics
  8. Coronavirus3▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Viral Transmission3▲ 44×3 topics
  10. Mutation3▲ 32×2 topics
  11. antibody3▲ 55×1 topic
  12. spike protein3▲ 55×1 topic
  13. Inflammation3▲ 2.8×16 topics
  14. Monoclonal Antibodies3▲ 63×3 topics
  15. Pathogenesis2▲ 9.7×13 topics
  16. Therapeutic Antibodies2▲ 66×2 topics
  17. Fibrosis2▲ 24×4 topics
  18. Glycosylation2▲ 40×3 topics
  19. Thrombosis2▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Clinical Characteristics2▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Cytokine Storm2▲ 37×1 topic
  22. Heart Failure2▲ 9.5×6 topics
  23. Pathophysiology2▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 39×3 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  26. Antibody Engineering2▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Fc Receptors2▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Liver Disease2▲ 37×3 topics
  29. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 15×2 topics
  30. TGF-ß2▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Hypertrophy1▲ 45×2 topics
  32. Immunogenicity1▲ 70×3 topics
  33. Innate Immunity1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  34. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis1▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Interstitial Lung Disease1▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Mitochondrial Dysfunction1▲ 9.2×4 topics
  37. Antigen Presentation1▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Biopharmaceuticals1▲ 49×3 topics
  39. Cancer Immunotherapy1▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Molecular Docking1▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does VIR Biotechnology (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …3SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…2Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…1Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 1 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies: 1 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COV…1Long-Term Effects of COVID-19: 1 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 1 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 1 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineComputational Theory and Mathematics3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  6. 6 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 1 works
  8. 8 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 1 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 available65.8%not open34.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.3%domestic only61.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VIR Biotechnology (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 506% 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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