Department Strength

Compare universities within a research field using public funding, faculty influence, citations, and rising-star concentration. Funding is a background signal, not a guarantee that a department or lab is recruiting.

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Cell Biology departments sorted by funding
#InstitutionProfsAvg hCitationsFundingRising
1Rockefeller University355.741,506$1M–$2M0%
Broad InstituteInsufficient sample257.546,200$1M–$2M0%
Baylor College of MedicineInsufficient sample152.011,122$1M–$2M0%
University of VirginiaInsufficient sample158.015,062$1M–$2M0%
Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyInsufficient sample158.013,860$1M–$2M0%
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of ChinaInsufficient sample119.01,658$1M–$2M0%
University of California San DiegoInsufficient sample2123.5127,076$900K–$1000K0%
University of Science and Technology of ChinaInsufficient sample152.010,027$900K–$1000K0%
University of California, BerkeleyInsufficient sample153.013,467$800K–$900K0%
Seattle Pacific UniversityInsufficient sample146.010,380$800K–$900K0%
University of California, IrvineInsufficient sample164.013,694$700K–$800K0%
Oklahoma Medical Research FoundationInsufficient sample151.08,481$700K–$800K0%
QB3Insufficient sample140.06,911$500K–$600K0%
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteInsufficient sample196.035,017$400K–$500K0%
Boston UniversityInsufficient sample121.06,876$300K–$400K0%
Mayo ClinicInsufficient sample170.035,256$300K–$400K0%
Yale UniversityInsufficient sample232.538,200<$100K50%
Collaborative Drug Discovery (United States)Insufficient sample154.027,255$00%
University of the ArtsInsufficient sample152.011,286$00%
Medical College of WisconsinInsufficient sample18.05,703$00%
Calithera (United States)Insufficient sample123.09,727$00%
University of California, DavisInsufficient sample256.531,821$00%
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical ResearchInsufficient sample160.015,642$00%
California Institute of TechnologyInsufficient sample276.042,070$00%
National Human Genome Research InstituteInsufficient sample166.019,393$00%
2University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill370.049,586$00%
3Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory364.767,173$00%
New York State Department of HealthInsufficient sample163.014,657$00%
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInsufficient sample186.031,909$00%
Berkeley CollegeInsufficient sample139.010,156$00%
Stanford MedicineInsufficient sample162.017,945$00%
University of MiamiInsufficient sample123.04,922$00%
University of WashingtonInsufficient sample245.015,873$00%
Mayo Clinic in ArizonaInsufficient sample129.07,954$00%
University of Colorado BoulderInsufficient sample193.030,607$00%
North Carolina State UniversityInsufficient sample167.024,778$00%
Novartis (United States)Insufficient sample129.05,464$00%
Dartmouth CollegeInsufficient sample252.029,049$00%
Colorado State UniversityInsufficient sample140.06,373$00%
4National Institutes of Health542.0112,834$00%
Cape Town HVTN Immunology Laboratory / Hutchinson Centre Research Institute of South AfricaInsufficient sample228.027,167$00%
LabCorp (United States)Insufficient sample158.065,851$00%
Indiana University BloomingtonInsufficient sample145.09,368$00%
Fox Chase Cancer CenterInsufficient sample168.014,770$00%
5Harvard University551.8108,758$00%
Iowa State UniversityInsufficient sample152.012,172$00%
Albert Einstein College of MedicineInsufficient sample12.0242$00%

Public funding totals are shown as ranges unless your account has access to exact matched NSF/NIH amounts. These records exclude startup and other non-NSF/NIH funding.