National Institutes of Health (NIH)
United States of America (USA)
Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026Profile
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect National Institutes of Health (NIH)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where National Institutes of Health (NIH) is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.
Overall research output
Research outputs by subject area
Leading research topics
In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), National Institutes of Health (NIH) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Sciences | 253 | 70.30 |
| Oncology and Carcinogenesis | 160 | 51.39 |
| Immunology | 95 | 35.46 |
| Biochemistry and Cell Biology | 72 | 34.90 |
| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | 93 | 26.75 |
| Zoology | 45 | 20.00 |
| Genetics | 45 | 17.50 |
Share output for the past 5 years
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Collaboration
Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Top 5 domestic collaborators with National Institutes of Health (NIH) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University | 28.64 / 33.63 | 62.26 |
| Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR) | 46.57 / 13.46 | 60.03 |
| Johns Hopkins University (JHU) | 31.90 / 23.84 | 55.74 |
| Leidos | 47.24 / 7.01 | 54.25 |
| The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) | 19.02 / 11.55 | 30.57 |
Top 5 international collaborators with National Institutes of Health (NIH) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| University of Oxford | 8.22 / 9.43 | 17.65 |
| University of Cambridge | 7.95 / 6.72 | 14.66 |
| National Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) | 8.34 / 1.25 | 9.59 |
| Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres | 6.21 / 2.62 | 8.83 |
| French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | 5.87 / 1.50 | 7.36 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for National Institutes of Health (NIH). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- NIH Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV)
- NIH All of Us Research Program
- NIH Center for Human Immunology (CHI)
- NIH Center for Information Technology (CIT)
- NIH Center for Regenerative Medicine (CRM)
- NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
- NIH Clinical Center
- NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- NIH Fogarty International Center
- NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC)
- NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
- NIH National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
- NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
- NIH National Eye Institute (NEI)
- NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
- NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- NIH National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
- NIH National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
- NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
- NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- NIH National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
- NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
- NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- NIH National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
- NIH National Institute on Aging (NIA)
- NIH National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
- NIH National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
- NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
- NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- NIH Office of Intramural Training and Education (OITE)
- NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
- NIH Office of Research Services (ORS)
- NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP)
- NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT)
- NIH Office of the Director
- NIH Stem Cell Unit (SCU)
- National Institutes of Health Library (NIH Library)
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.
- Brown-NIH Neuroscience Graduate Partnerships Program
- Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD)
- Columbia University - NIH Graduate Partnership Program
- GU-NIH Graduate Program
- International Human Microbiome Consortium (IHMC)
- Jackson Heart Study (JHS)
- NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program (OxCam)
- NIH-JHU Graduate Partnerships Program (GPP)
- NIH-Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program (OxCam)
- NIH-USAF Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF)
- Orentreich Foundation for the Advancement of Science (OFAS)
- Prostate Cancer Association Group to Investigate Cancer Associated Alterations in the Genome (PRACTICAL) Consortium
- Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP)
- The GTEx Consortium
- The International Stem Cell Initiative (ISCI)
- Ultrafast Optical Processes Laboratory