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Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)

In research, Alexion Pharma (Switzerland) stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,677 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,183 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,302
of 28,054 · #16,749 all time
Rank in Switzerland
#68
of 220
Research works
687
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Alexion Pharma (Switzerland) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #6,677 of 11,982 18.6%91 #10259
MedicineField #8,183 of 10,443 15.8%76 #11578

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Alexion Pharma (Switzerland) 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.40× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.33× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.80× its world share, 76 worksMedicineNursing: 2.20× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.80× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.73× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)?

Ranked on the composite score, Revista Completa and Mark Seymour lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alexion Pharma (Switzerland).

  1. 1 Revista Completa Switzerland · #792,373 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Mark Seymour Switzerland · #1,114,911 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)

Which keywords describe research at Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prognosis, Treatment, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Autoantibodies, Clinical Trials and Ethical Issues.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.0×69 topics
  2. Quality of Life9▲ 2.8×24 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 3.3×29 topics
  4. Diagnosis7▲ 3.5×22 topics
  5. Inflammation7▲ 1.54×37 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress6▲ 1.77×33 topics
  7. Prognosis6▲ 8.7×6 topics
  8. Clinical Trials6▲ 4.1×14 topics
  9. Public Health6▲ 1.76×21 topics
  10. Genetics5▲ 3.4×16 topics
  11. Autoantibodies5▲ 9.4×8 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders5▲ 3.9×11 topics
  13. Immunotherapy4▲ 2.8×7 topics
  14. Obesity4▲ 2.6×10 topics
  15. Ethical Issues4▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Pathogenesis4▲ 3.3×14 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.4×8 topics
  18. Regenerative Medicine3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  19. Weight Loss3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  20. Innate Immunity3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  21. Neuromuscular Junction3▲ 36×2 topics
  22. Bioenergy3▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Legal Regulation3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  24. Myasthenia Gravis3▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Thymic Tumors3▲ 73×1 topic
  26. Innovation Policy3▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Pharmacokinetics3▲ 4.8×4 topics
  28. Policy3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  29. Microbiota3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  30. Regulatory Challenges3▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Dietary Fiber3▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Inflammatory Diseases2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  33. Complement2▲ 64×1 topic
  34. Immune2▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Quality2▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Economic Evaluation2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  38. Genome Engineering2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. RNA-Guided2▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Virtual Screening2▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Alexion Pharma (Switzerland) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma, Complement system in diseases, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

Myasthenia Gravis and Th…3Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 3 fractional worksComplement system in dis…2Complement system in diseases: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…2Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…2Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksRabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health: 2 fractional worksAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production: 2 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Re…2Biomedical Ethics and Regulation: 2 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Law: 2 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
NeurologyImmunologyMolecular BiologyComputational Theory and Mathematics6 others

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

  1. 1 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 3 works
  2. 2 Complement system in diseases Immunology 2 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  4. 4 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 2 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  6. 6 Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  7. 7 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production Building and Construction 2 works
  8. 8 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 Digital Transformation in Law General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  10. 10 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 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 available53.3%not open46.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors60.0%domestic only40.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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