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Windber Research Institute

In research, Windber Research Institute stands highest in Geophysics (#721 of 725 worldwide), Earth and Planetary Sciences (#2,217 of 2,224 worldwide) and Environmental Chemistry (#410 of 411 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,907
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,305
of 7,310
Research works
975
▼ 98% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.42×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
83%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Windber Research Institute

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
GeophysicsSubfield #721 of 725 9.7%204
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #2,217 of 2,224 9.7%231
Environmental ChemistrySubfield #410 of 411 9.7%527
Physical SciencesDomain #17,433 of 17,446 9.6%779
Environmental ScienceField #5,406 of 5,407 9.6%530

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Windber Research Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Windber Research Institute is in Life Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (52%), Medicine (26%), Computer Science (4%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 12 fractional works · 52.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 51.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 25.0% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 22.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 29.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 26.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKWindber ResearchInstitute22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences53%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences4%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1151.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.3%
    1. Medicine626.3%
    2. Health Professions02.1%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Computer Science13.8%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.1%
    3. Chemistry12.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy02.0%
    5. Engineering01.1%
    6. Mathematics01.1%
    7. Environmental Science00.6%
    1. Social Sciences13.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9.66× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 1.52× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.37× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.24× 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, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.66×11 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.94×1 works
  3. Veterinary1.77×0 works
  4. Chemistry1.52×0 works
  5. Nursing1.40×0 works
  6. Medicine1.37×6 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.31×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.94×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.91×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.81×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.49×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.28×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.24×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.13×0 works
  15. Engineering0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Windber Research Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Brenda Deyarmin, Leonid Kvecher and Albert J. Kovatich lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Windber Research Institute.

  1. 1 Brenda Deyarmin United States · #41,050 worldwide 38k citations · 112 works
  2. 2 Leonid Kvecher United States · #46,538 worldwide 37k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Albert J. Kovatich United States · #124,173 worldwide 46k citations · 189 works
  4. 4 Hai Dong Hu United States · #163,196 worldwide 72k citations · 388 works
  5. 5 Jeffrey A. Hooke United States · #192,473 worldwide 39k citations · 168 works
  6. 6 Stella Somiari United States · #203,541 worldwide 23k citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Stella Somiari United States · #1,040,603 worldwide 9.2k citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Xiaoying Lin United States · #1,985,842 worldwide 22k citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Rachel E. Ellsworth United States · #2,950,417 worldwide 3.2k citations · 163 works
  10. 10 Jennifer L. Kane United States · #3,176,891 worldwide 796 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Windber Research Institute

What are the most cited papers from Windber Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Windber Research Institute is "The Immune Landscape of Cancer" (Vésteinn Thórsson et al., 2018), with 6,328 citations. Next come "An Integrated TCGA Pan-Cancer Clinical Data Resource to Drive High-Quality Survival Outcome Analytics" (4,058) and "Genomic and Molecular Landscape of DNA Damage Repair Deficiency across The Cancer Genome Atlas" (1,249).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Immune Landscape of Cancer Vésteinn Thórsson et al. · Immunity Open access784 authors Apr 2018 6,328
2 An Integrated TCGA Pan-Cancer Clinical Data Resource to Drive High-Quality Survival Outcome Analytics Jianfang Liu et al. · Cell Open access740 authors Apr 2018 4,058
3 Genomic and Molecular Landscape of DNA Damage Repair Deficiency across The Cancer Genome Atlas Theo Knijnenburg et al. · Cell Reports Open access763 authors Apr 2018 1,249
4 Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy Alison Marie Taylor et al. · Cancer Cell Open access739 authors Apr 2018 1,213
5 Biospecimen Reporting for Improved Study Quality (BRISQ) Helen M. Moore, Andréa B. Kelly, Scott D. Jewell et al. · Journal of Proteome Research Open access 17 May 2011 336
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Windber Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer, Gene Expression, Cell Differentiation, Biogenesis, Metastasis, Epigenetic Regulation, Regulation and Biomarkers.

▲ 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Cancer5▲ 17×9 topics
  2. Gene Expression5▲ 34×6 topics
  3. Cell Differentiation2▲ 119×2 topics
  4. Biogenesis2▲ 59×3 topics
  5. Metastasis2▲ 29×3 topics
  6. Epigenetic Regulation2▲ 46×2 topics
  7. Regulation2▲ 18×2 topics
  8. Biomarkers2▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Long Noncoding RNAs2▲ 113×1 topic
  10. RNA Regulation2▲ 86×1 topic
  11. MicroRNA2▲ 68×1 topic
  12. Targeting2▲ 114×1 topic
  13. Data Analysis2▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Machine Learning2▲ 2.1×4 topics
  15. Normalization2▲ 147×2 topics
  16. Breast Cancer2▲ 27×5 topics
  17. Quantitative1▲ 67×1 topic
  18. Real-Time PCR1▲ 233×1 topic
  19. Cancer Risk1▲ 25×3 topics
  20. Cancer Progression1▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Genetic Testing1▲ 44×2 topics
  22. Precision Medicine1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  23. Gene Expression Regulation1▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Windber Research Institute publish most on?

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

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 2 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 2 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 1 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in cancer: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…1Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning in Bioinformatics: 0 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 0 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 0 fractional works
Cancer ResearchMolecular BiologyGeneticsSpectroscopy1 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 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Bioinformatics Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Windber Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 98% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Windber Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000062% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Windber Research Institute0.000048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Windber Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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