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WiCell

In research, WiCell stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,419 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,481
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,164
of 8,685
Research works
246
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
81.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is WiCell known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #6,419 of 14,347 31.1%153

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where WiCell 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).

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: 3.00× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7.82× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.09× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMedicine: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursing1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at WiCell?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Food Safety, Toxicology, Health Effects, Fungal Pathogens, Risk Assessment, Pluripotent Stem Cells, Aflatoxin and Mycotoxins.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Food Safety36▲ 53×9 topics
  2. Toxicology29▲ 57×5 topics
  3. Fungal Pathogens20▲ 46×5 topics
  4. Health Effects20▲ 13×8 topics
  5. Risk Assessment20▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Climate Change20▲ 3.0×9 topics
  7. Pluripotent Stem Cells18▲ 104×2 topics
  8. Aflatoxin17▲ 270×1 topic
  9. Mycotoxins17▲ 270×1 topic
  10. Differentiation17▲ 93×2 topics
  11. Transcriptional Regulation17▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Embryonic Stem Cells16▲ 90×2 topics
  13. Epidemiology16▲ 1.64×28 topics
  14. Neurological Disorders16▲ 9.6×7 topics
  15. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells16▲ 183×1 topic
  16. Reprogramming16▲ 183×1 topic
  17. Microbial Inactivation14▲ 138×2 topics
  18. Pathogenicity14▲ 63×4 topics
  19. Neurotoxins12▲ 101×2 topics
  20. Treatment12▲ 3.8×9 topics
  21. Foodborne Illness12▲ 104×2 topics
  22. Botulinum Toxin10▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Spasticity10▲ 109×1 topic
  24. Listeria monocytogenes10▲ 211×1 topic
  25. fresh produce10▲ 211×1 topic
  26. Antioxidant Activity9▲ 6.5×11 topics
  27. Regenerative Medicine8▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Food Preservation7▲ 36×2 topics
  29. Gene Therapy7▲ 10×6 topics
  30. Genome Engineering7▲ 46×1 topic
  31. RNA-Guided7▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 9.7×6 topics
  33. Microfluidic Devices5▲ 27×2 topics
  34. Mitochondrial Dysfunction5▲ 5.7×8 topics
  35. Probiotics5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  36. Antimicrobial Activity5▲ 11×4 topics
  37. Infection5▲ 7.3×3 topics
  38. Cell Culture5▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Parkinson's Disease5▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Liquid Chromatography4▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does WiCell publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Food Industry and Aquatic Biology, Pluripotent Stem Cells Research, Biomedical and Engineering Education and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation.

Food Industry and Aquatic Biology: 0 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells Research: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineeri…0Biomedical and Engineering Education: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Re…0Biomedical Ethics and Regulation: 0 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 0 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 0 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Ps…0Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 0 fractional worksPlanarian Biology and Electrostimulation: 0 fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 0 fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 0 fractional works
Food ScienceMolecular BiologyBiomedical EngineeringPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology Food Science 0 works
  2. 2 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 0 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  8. 8 Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 0 works
  10. 10 Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies Neurology 0 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 available30.4%not open69.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has WiCell's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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