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Windber Research Institute

In research, Windber Research Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#5,943 of 6,208 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#20,769 of 21,541 worldwide) and Environmental Chemistry (#398 of 399 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,247
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,683
of 8,685
Research works
975
▲ 1811% vs 2013–17
Citations
4k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
83%
world 28%

What is Windber Research Institute 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
Environmental ScienceField #5,943 of 6,208 0.1%530
Physical SciencesDomain #20,769 of 21,541 0.5%779
Environmental ChemistrySubfield #398 of 399 0.0%527
GeophysicsSubfield #811 of 812 0.0%204
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #2,661 of 2,661 0.0%231

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

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.95× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.41× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 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, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Windber Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Hai Hu, Jeffrey A. Hooke and Albert J. Kovatich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Windber Research Institute.

  1. 1 Hai Hu United States · #8,540 worldwide 1.6k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Jeffrey A. Hooke United States · #29,625 worldwide 1.3k citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Albert J. Kovatich United States · #37,877 worldwide 1.4k citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Brenda Deyarmin United States · #121,948 worldwide 1.3k citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Richard Mural United States · #186,631 worldwide 1.4k citations · 695 works
  6. 6 Rachel E. Ellsworth United States · #1,030,254 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Windber Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Windber Research Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Anaerobic, Methane Oxidation, Ionospheric Anomalies, Seismic Electromagnetics, Seismic Noise, Tomography, Gene Expression and Hydrological Modeling.

▲ 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. Anaerobic526▲ 848×1 topic
  2. Methane Oxidation526▲ 714×1 topic
  3. Ionospheric Anomalies109▲ 319×1 topic
  4. Seismic Electromagnetics109▲ 319×1 topic
  5. Seismic Noise95▲ 201×1 topic
  6. Tomography95▲ 36×1 topic
  7. Gene Expression35▲ 5.8×14 topics
  8. Climate Change28◆ 1.06×11 topics
  9. Hydrological Modeling26▲ 14×2 topics
  10. Sea Level Rise26▲ 21×3 topics
  11. GRACE26▲ 55×1 topic
  12. groundwater depletion26▲ 55×1 topic
  13. Breast Cancer25▲ 9.2×7 topics
  14. Cancer21▲ 1.52×25 topics
  15. Data Analysis18▲ 5.5×3 topics
  16. Normalization16▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Precision Medicine15▲ 5.0×5 topics
  18. Radiotherapy14▲ 3.8×5 topics
  19. Cancer Risk14▲ 5.3×5 topics
  20. Molecular Subtypes13▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 2.4×6 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy13▲ 6.1×3 topics
  23. Prognostic Markers13▲ 14×2 topics
  24. Survival Analysis13▲ 4.9×2 topics
  25. Breast Tumours13▲ 27×1 topic
  26. Treatment Response13▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Genetic Testing12▲ 7.8×2 topics
  28. Targeted Therapy11▲ 5.0×4 topics
  29. Bioinformatics10▲ 9.1×4 topics
  30. Genomic Instability10▲ 8.1×2 topics
  31. Cell-Free DNA10▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Ovarian Cancer10▲ 11×2 topics
  33. BRCA110▲ 38×1 topic
  34. BRCA210▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Cancer Genomics10▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Mutational Signatures10▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Quantitative9▲ 7.8×2 topics
  38. Real-Time PCR9▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Reference Genes9▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Differential Expression7▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Windber Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, MicroRNA in disease regulation, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications and RNA modifications and cancer.

Cancer-related molecular…2Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 2 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regu…2MicroRNA in disease regulation: 2 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksRNA modifications and ca…1RNA modifications and cancer: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…1BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning in Bioi…0Machine Learning in Bioinformatics: 0 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 0 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 0 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyGeneticsArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 2 works
  2. 2 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 2 works
  3. 3 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 1 works
  5. 5 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Machine Learning in Bioinformatics Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 0 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 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 available82.9%not open17.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.0%domestic only97.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Windber Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1811% 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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