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Wellcome Sanger Institute

In research, Wellcome Sanger Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#302 of 7,800 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#189 of 3,579 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#248 of 2,175 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Genetics and Molecular Biology — Cancer Research is 11.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,096
of 28,054 · #799 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#45
of 1,094
Research works
3.5k
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
499k
142.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Wellcome Sanger 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 #302 of 7,800 40.0%262 #210
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #189 of 3,579 39.2%198 #133
Molecular BiologySubfield #248 of 2,175 37.5%114 #104
MedicineField #2,518 of 10,443 31.8%124 #1318
Health SciencesDomain #3,500 of 11,982 31.7%131 #1679

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wellcome Sanger 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#210 #302
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#133 #189
  3. Molecular Biology#104 #248
  4. Medicine#1,318 #2,518
  5. Health Sciences#1,679 #3,500
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 Sanger Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 21.6 works11×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 35.3 works9.8×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 114.4 works8.7×
← 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: 1.25× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.54× its world share, 198 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.24× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.49× its world share, 124 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.07× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 2 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, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wellcome Sanger Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Panos Deloukas, Peter J. Campbell and Michael R. Stratton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wellcome Sanger Institute.

  1. 1 Panos Deloukas United Kingdom · #1,494 worldwide 2.5k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Peter J. Campbell United Kingdom · #2,610 worldwide 1.5k citations · 82 works
  3. 3 Michael R. Stratton United Kingdom · #2,838 worldwide 1.6k citations · 76 works
  4. 4 Inês Barroso United Kingdom · #3,649 worldwide 2.3k citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Eleftheria Zeggini United Kingdom · #4,106 worldwide 1.3k citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Richard Durbin United Kingdom · #7,188 worldwide 7.1k citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Nicole Soranzo United Kingdom · #8,699 worldwide 1.7k citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Ian Dunham United Kingdom · #10,541 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Matthew E. Hurles United Kingdom · #11,511 worldwide 1.3k citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Sarah A. Teichmann United Kingdom · #12,899 worldwide 894 citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Wellcome Sanger Institute

Which keywords describe research at Wellcome Sanger Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, RNA-Seq, Gene Expression, Genomic Instability, Vaccine Development, Targeted Therapy, Cell-Free DNA and Somatic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 3.2×79 topics
  2. RNA-Seq27▲ 58×2 topics
  3. Gene Expression27▲ 10×18 topics
  4. Genomic Instability19▲ 39×3 topics
  5. Vaccine Development18▲ 17×11 topics
  6. Targeted Therapy18▲ 18×4 topics
  7. Cell-Free DNA17▲ 41×2 topics
  8. Somatic Mutations17▲ 48×2 topics
  9. Cancer Genomics17▲ 54×1 topic
  10. Mutational Signatures17▲ 54×1 topic
  11. Phylogenetic Analysis16▲ 12×11 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance15▲ 8.9×11 topics
  13. Cancer15▲ 2.5×34 topics
  14. genome annotation14▲ 52×1 topic
  15. sequence alignment14▲ 52×1 topic
  16. Data Integration14▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Single-Cell13▲ 67×1 topic
  18. Transcriptomics13▲ 67×1 topic
  19. Pathogenesis12▲ 5.6×21 topics
  20. Immunotherapy12▲ 3.9×17 topics
  21. Genome Engineering12▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Genomics12▲ 9.0×9 topics
  23. RNA-Guided12▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Population Genetics11▲ 18×5 topics
  25. Antimicrobial Resistance10▲ 12×9 topics
  26. Gut Microbiota10▲ 6.6×5 topics
  27. Immunity10▲ 5.6×10 topics
  28. Evolution10▲ 8.8×10 topics
  29. Inflammatory Diseases9▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Genetic Diversity9▲ 4.8×11 topics
  31. Bioinformatics9▲ 18×4 topics
  32. Vector Control9▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Drug Resistance8▲ 6.5×8 topics
  34. Epigenetic Reprogramming8▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Epigenetic Regulation8▲ 8.1×6 topics
  36. Immune Responses8▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Genome Evolution7▲ 42×2 topics
  38. Metabolic Health7▲ 8.4×2 topics
  39. Genome Sequence7▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Metagenomic Analysis7▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does Wellcome Sanger Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering.

Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 17 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 14 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …13Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 13 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…12CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 12 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 7 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 6 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 5 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 5 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 5 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyGeneticsMolecular Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 17 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 14 works
  3. 3 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 13 works
  4. 4 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 12 works
  5. 5 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 7 works
  6. 6 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 6 works
  7. 7 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 5 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  10. 10 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 5 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 available72.9%not open27.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.6%domestic only54.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wellcome Sanger Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower 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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