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Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute

In research, Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,261 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,176 of 3,579 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,828 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology — Molecular Biology is 9.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,285
of 28,054 · #2,766 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#123
of 1,094
Research works
683
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
58k
84.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
38.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
78%
world 28%

What is Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell 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 #1,261 of 7,800 42.6%83 #946
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,176 of 3,579 42.6%62 #960
MedicineField #3,828 of 10,443 33.6%65 #4135
Health SciencesDomain #5,273 of 11,982 33.9%66 #4940

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell 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#946 #1,261
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#960 #1,176
  3. Medicine#4,135 #3,828
  4. Health Sciences#4,940 #5,273
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 Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 46.1 works9.7×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.43× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.57× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.25× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 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, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Gene Expression, Transcriptional Regulation, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Differentiation, Prognostic Factors, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Cancer and RNA-Seq.

▲ 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. Gene Expression11▲ 11×14 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 3.2×36 topics
  3. Cancer10▲ 4.7×28 topics
  4. Transcriptional Regulation10▲ 38×8 topics
  5. Differentiation9▲ 91×2 topics
  6. Pluripotent Stem Cells9▲ 107×2 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors8▲ 12×8 topics
  8. Hematopoietic Stem Cells8▲ 58×3 topics
  9. RNA-Seq8▲ 45×2 topics
  10. Single-Cell7▲ 104×1 topic
  11. Transcriptomics7▲ 104×1 topic
  12. Embryonic Stem Cells7▲ 99×2 topics
  13. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells7▲ 161×1 topic
  14. Reprogramming7▲ 161×1 topic
  15. Regenerative Medicine6▲ 15×5 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.3×25 topics
  17. Mesenchymal Stem Cells6▲ 34×3 topics
  18. AML6▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Acute Myeloid Leukemia6▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.2×12 topics
  21. Lymphoma4▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Regeneration4▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Genome Engineering4▲ 39×1 topic
  24. RNA-Guided4▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Brain Development4▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Genomic Instability4▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Immunity4▲ 6.0×6 topics
  28. Cell-Free DNA4▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Rituximab4▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Targeted Therapy4▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Gene Regulation3▲ 24×4 topics
  32. Neurodegeneration3▲ 7.1×7 topics
  33. Cancer Genomics3▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Mutational Signatures3▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Cancer Immunotherapy3▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 9.4×6 topics
  38. Stem Cells3▲ 8.1×13 topics
  39. Parkinson's Disease3▲ 8.2×7 topics
  40. Wnt Signaling3▲ 19×3 topics

Which research topics does Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 7 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells Research: 7 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia R…6Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 6 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…4CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 4 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCongenital heart defects…3Congenital heart defects research: 3 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 3 fractional worksTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Chromatin Dynamics: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyHematologyCancer ResearchGenetics1 others

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

  1. 1 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 7 works
  2. 2 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 7 works
  3. 3 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 6 works
  4. 4 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  6. 6 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  7. 7 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics Molecular Biology 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 available78.2%not open21.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.3%domestic only49.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wellcome/MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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