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Vitalant

In research, Vitalant stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,555 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,039 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,211
of 22,385 · #16,767 all time
Rank in United States
#2,348
of 3,332
Research works
206
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Vitalant

What is Vitalant 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,555 of 9,902 11.1%66 #4593
MedicineField #5,039 of 8,541 11.3%65 #5079

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vitalant 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 Vitalant work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Vitalant is in Health Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Immunology and Microbiology (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 73 fractional works · 64.7% of its workMedicine: 71 fractional works · 62.8% of its workHematology: 15 fractional works · 12.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBiochemistry: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 18.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 11 fractional works · 9.4% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVitalant113fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences11%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7162.8%
    2. Health Professions21.4%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology119.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology87.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting54.6%
    2. Social Sciences54.1%
    3. Psychology21.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Computer Science21.9%
    2. Environmental Science11.2%
    3. Engineering11.0%
    4. Chemistry00.4%
    5. Mathematics00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.30× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.27× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.44× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology9.30×11 works
  2. Medicine3.27×71 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting1.44×5 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.38×8 works
  5. Nursing1.06×1 works
  6. Veterinary0.54×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.52×2 works
  8. Psychology0.44×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.41×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.32×5 works
  11. Mathematics0.29×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.25×2 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.24×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.23×0 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.18×1 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  21. Energy0.08×0 works
  22. Engineering0.07×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Vitalant?

Ranked on the quality score, Mars Stone, Clara Di Germanio and Kathleen K. Kelly lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vitalant.

  1. 1 Mars Stone United States · #108,432 worldwide 6.8k citations · 238 works
  2. 2 Clara Di Germanio United States · #486,727 worldwide 2.7k citations · 108 works
  3. 3 Kathleen K. Kelly United States · #657,008 worldwide 2k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Valerie Green United States · #919,422 worldwide 878 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Kyle A. Raymond United States · #1,174,221 worldwide 391 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Hasan Sulaeman United States · #1,536,619 worldwide 625 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Sergej Franz United States · #1,753,310 worldwide 645 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Mohamed S. Bouzidi United States · #1,817,249 worldwide 315 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Rachel Van Campenhout United States · #1,940,266 worldwide 204 citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Phillip Williamson United States · #1,999,560 worldwide 485 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Vitalant

What are the most cited papers from Vitalant?

The most cited paper from Vitalant is "Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program" (Daniel Taliun et al., 2021), with 2,381 citations. Next come "Resurgence of COVID-19 in Manaus, Brazil, despite high seroprevalence" (882) and "Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes" (766).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program Daniel Taliun et al. · Nature Open access427 authors 10 Feb 2021 2,381
2 Resurgence of COVID-19 in Manaus, Brazil, despite high seroprevalence Éster Cerdeira Sabino et al. · The Lancet Open access 27 Jan 2021 882
3 Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes Alexander G. Bick et al. · Nature Open access414 authors 14 Oct 2020 766
4 Three-quarters attack rate of SARS-CoV-2 in the Brazilian Amazon during a largely unmitigated epidemic Lewis Buss et al. · Science Open access 14 Jan 2021 546
5 Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data Pierrick Wainschtein et al. · Nature Genetics Open access460 authors Mar 2022 370
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vitalant?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Anemia, Blood Transfusion, Hemorrhage, Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Immune Response, Thrombosis and Critical Care.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 3.3×46 topics
  2. Anemia14▲ 131×4 topics
  3. Blood Transfusion12▲ 249×2 topics
  4. Hemorrhage12▲ 147×3 topics
  5. Inflammation10▲ 4.2×28 topics
  6. SARS-CoV-29▲ 27×4 topics
  7. Immune Response9▲ 14×15 topics
  8. Thrombosis9▲ 28×7 topics
  9. Critical Care8▲ 29×5 topics
  10. Vaccine8▲ 18×9 topics
  11. Cardiac Surgery7▲ 89×1 topic
  12. Pandemic7▲ 6.6×5 topics
  13. Tranexamic Acid7▲ 331×1 topic
  14. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 28×3 topics
  15. Immunity6▲ 13×6 topics
  16. Risk Factors6▲ 4.7×8 topics
  17. Alloimmunization6▲ 203×1 topic
  18. Blood Groups6▲ 203×1 topic
  19. Antiretroviral Therapy6▲ 30×5 topics
  20. Supply Chain Management5▲ 5.3×2 topics
  21. Hemostasis5▲ 46×3 topics
  22. Blood Donation5▲ 274×1 topic
  23. Disaster Response5▲ 60×2 topics
  24. Donor Behavior5▲ 274×1 topic
  25. Platelets5▲ 57×2 topics
  26. Viral Transmission5▲ 30×3 topics
  27. Sepsis5▲ 23×5 topics
  28. Coronavirus4▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Resuscitation4▲ 29×3 topics
  30. Trauma4▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Vascular Biology4▲ 87×2 topics
  32. Coagulopathy4▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Glycocalyx4▲ 133×1 topic
  34. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura4▲ 137×1 topic
  35. von Willebrand Disease4▲ 137×1 topic
  36. antibody4▲ 36×1 topic
  37. spike protein4▲ 36×1 topic
  38. Pathophysiology4▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Viral Load3▲ 38×2 topics
  40. Clinical Characteristics3▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Vitalant publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blood transfusion and management, Blood groups and transfusion, Blood donation and transfusion practices and Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation.

Blood transfusion and management: 7 fractional worksBlood groups and transfusion: 6 fractional worksBlood donation and trans…5Blood donation and transfusion practices: 5 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coag…4Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 4 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…3COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional works
BiochemistryHematologyManagement of Technology and InnovationCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 7 works
  2. 2 Blood groups and transfusion Hematology 6 works
  3. 3 Blood donation and transfusion practices Management of Technology and Innovation 5 works
  4. 4 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 4 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 2 works
  9. 9 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 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 available67.5%not open32.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.0%domestic only58.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vitalant's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vitalant as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00045% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Vitalant0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Vitalant 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 counting10%20%Vitalant17.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.3% in 2025.

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