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Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

In research, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,607 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 5.9× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#4,002
of 22,385 · #1,444 all time
Rank in United States
#569
of 3,332
Research works
829
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
46.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%

What is Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,607 of 10,670 11.8%71 #1435

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery 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 Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 79 fractional works · 40.3% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 65 fractional works · 32.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 22.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 17.9% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 34 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 30 fractional works · 15.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWisconsinInstitutes for…197fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences33%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2110.7%
    2. Computer Science199.6%
    3. Environmental Science157.8%
    4. Materials Science73.4%
    5. Mathematics52.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy42.1%
    7. Chemistry42.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences42.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4422.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences105.1%
    3. Neuroscience84.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine3015.5%
    2. Health Professions31.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences84.3%
    2. Psychology83.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    4. Decision Sciences10.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 35.2 works5.9×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 43.8 works4.2×
← 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: 1.06× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.18× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.57× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.31× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.57× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.99× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.08× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.80× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 8 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.18×44 works
  2. Neuroscience2.57×8 works
  3. Mathematics2.08×5 works
  4. Environmental Science1.57×15 works
  5. Chemistry1.31×4 works
  6. Psychology1.29×8 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.25×4 works
  8. Computer Science1.23×19 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.10×2 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.06×10 works
  11. Materials Science0.99×7 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.94×4 works
  13. Medicine0.80×30 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.74×0 works
  15. Engineering0.71×21 works
  16. Health Professions0.61×3 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×0 works
  18. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.41×1 works
  20. Social Sciences0.34×8 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  23. Nursing0.12×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  26. Energy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery?

Ranked on the quality score, Jianjun Jiang, Alireza Javadi and Amanda I. Hurley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery.

  1. 1 Jianjun Jiang United States · #413,058 worldwide 1.5k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Alireza Javadi United States · #586,654 worldwide 1.7k citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Amanda I. Hurley United States · #1,120,694 worldwide 1.9k citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Steven M. Riddle United States · #1,313,679 worldwide 1.3k citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Kurt W. Vogel United States · #2,557,996 worldwide 1.2k citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Alexis J. Lawton United States · #2,966,666 worldwide 306 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery

What are the most cited papers from Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery?

The most cited paper from Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery is "The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications" (Rolf Henrik Nilsson, Karl-Henrik Larsson, Andy F. S. Taylor et al., 2018), with 3,746 citations. Next come "The present and future role of microfluidics in biomedical research" (3,003) and "Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times" (2,935).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The UNITE database for molecular identification of fungi: handling dark taxa and parallel taxonomic classifications Rolf Henrik Nilsson, Karl-Henrik Larsson, Andy F. S. Taylor et al. · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 12 Oct 2018 3,746
2 The present and future role of microfluidics in biomedical research Eric K. Sackmann, Anna L. Fulton, David J. Beebe · Nature Mar 2014 3,003
3 Evolution of Asian monsoons and phased uplift of the Himalaya–Tibetan plateau since Late Miocene times Zhisheng An, John E. Kutzbach, Warren L Prell et al. · Nature May 2001 2,935
4 Structure and function of the global topsoil microbiome Mohammad Bahram et al. · Nature Open access 31 Jul 2018 2,659
5 Community-led, integrated, reproducible multi-omics with anvi’o A. Murat Eren et al. · Nature Microbiology Open access 21 Dec 2020 1,028
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: RNA-Seq, Phylogenetic Analysis, Transcriptional Regulation, Microbial Communities, Quality Assessment, Mass Spectrometry, Gene Expression and Convex Optimization.

▲ 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 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. Machine Learning8▲ 1.18×21 topics
  2. Climate Change7▲ 1.33×35 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress5▲ 1.41×19 topics
  4. Gene Expression4▲ 3.6×9 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 7.2×8 topics
  6. RNA-Seq4▲ 19×2 topics
  7. Microbial Communities4▲ 4.9×6 topics
  8. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 10×7 topics
  9. Quality Assessment3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  10. Convex Optimization3▲ 19×5 topics
  11. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 10×3 topics
  12. Metabolism3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  13. genome annotation3▲ 24×1 topic
  14. sequence alignment3▲ 24×1 topic
  15. Genome Engineering3▲ 24×1 topic
  16. RNA-Guided3▲ 24×1 topic
  17. Epigenetic Regulation3▲ 6.8×4 topics
  18. Data Analysis2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  19. Genomics2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  20. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  21. Rheological Properties2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  22. Transcription Factors2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  23. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  24. Gene Regulation2▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis2▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  27. Protein-Protein Interaction Networks2▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Short-Chain Fatty Acids2▲ 9.6×1 topic
  29. Nucleic Acids2▲ 36×2 topics
  30. Proteomics2▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Chirality2▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Epigenetics2▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Approximation Algorithms2▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Astrobiology2▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Pluripotent Stem Cells2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Small RNAs2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Injection Molding2▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Prebiotic Chemistry2▲ 93×1 topic
  39. Process Parameters2▲ 8.6×1 topic
  40. RNA World2▲ 93×1 topic

Which research topics does Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks and Gut microbiota and health.

  1. 1 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Injection Molding Process and Properties Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Origins and Evolution of Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 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 available51.8%not open48.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00071% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery0.00079% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery11.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 27.0% in 2016.

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