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Allergan (United States)

In research, Allergan (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,864 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#3,935 of 14,558 worldwide) and Ophthalmology (#376 of 551 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,992
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,893
of 7,310
Research works
1.4k
▼ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
39k
28.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Allergan (United States)

What is Allergan (United States) 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,864 of 16,688 15.4%866
MedicineField #3,935 of 14,558 15.5%843
OphthalmologySubfield #376 of 551 16.1%193
Life SciencesDomain #7,655 of 11,023 9.0%341
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,069 of 5,801 9.2%193
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,769 of 3,729 9.9%128

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Allergan (United States) 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 Allergan (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research at Allergan (United States) is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Neuroscience (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 43 fractional works · 78.8% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 76.7% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 18.5% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 10.5% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKAllergan (UnitedStates)54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences2%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4276.7%
    2. Health Professions11.3%
    3. Dentistry00.8%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology47.1%
    2. Neuroscience24.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics22.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Environmental Science11.4%
    2. Materials Science11.1%
    3. Engineering11.0%
    4. Chemistry11.0%
    5. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Psychology11.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    3. Social Sciences00.3%
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: 1.33× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.47× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.98× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.98×2 works
  2. Medicine3.99×42 works
  3. Neuroscience2.47×2 works
  4. Dentistry1.55×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×4 works
  6. Chemistry0.64×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.49×1 works
  8. Psychology0.43×1 works
  9. Materials Science0.32×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.31×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.29×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×0 works
  13. Nursing0.25×0 works
  14. Engineering0.07×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.02×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Allergan (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael Ethan Stern, Mitchell F. Brin and Catherine C. Turkel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Allergan (United States).

  1. 1 Michael Ethan Stern United States · #115,539 worldwide 16k citations · 279 works
  2. 2 Mitchell F. Brin United States · #214,873 worldwide 25k citations · 332 works
  3. 3 Catherine C. Turkel United States · #463,660 worldwide 7.1k citations · 65 works
  4. 4 James A. Burke United States · #503,590 worldwide 5.4k citations · 122 works
  5. 5 Jenny Jiao United States · #536,481 worldwide 2.6k citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Sepideh F. Varon United States · #632,833 worldwide 5.1k citations · 59 works
  7. 7 Veena Viswanath United States · #642,677 worldwide 6.6k citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Yehia Hashad United States · #662,509 worldwide 2.3k citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Kaifeng Lu United States · #703,930 worldwide 4.8k citations · 131 works
  10. 10 Urania Rappo United States · #709,440 worldwide 1.3k citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Allergan (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Allergan (United States)?

The most cited paper from Allergan (United States) is "Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy" (Joanne Wen Yee Yau et al., 2012), with 5,033 citations. Next come "Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations" (3,496) and "The Prevalence of Retinal Vein Occlusion: Pooled Data from Population Studies from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia" (1,170).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Prevalence and Major Risk Factors of Diabetic Retinopathy Joanne Wen Yee Yau et al. · Diabetes Care Open access 2 Feb 2012 5,033
2 Interpreting the Clinical Importance of Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Pain Clinical Trials: IMMPACT Recommendations Robert H. Dworkin et al. · Journal of Pain Open access 13 Dec 2007 3,496
3 The Prevalence of Retinal Vein Occlusion: Pooled Data from Population Studies from the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia Sophie Rogers, Rachel L. McIntosh, Ning Cheung et al. · Ophthalmology Open access 18 Dec 2009 1,170
4 Three-Year, Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Diabetic Macular Edema David S. Boyer, Young Hee Yoon, Rubens Belfort et al. · Ophthalmology Open access 4 Jun 2014 1,137
5 Randomized, Sham-Controlled Trial of Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant in Patients with Macular Edema Due to Retinal Vein Occlusion Julia A. Haller, Francesco Maria Bandello, Rubens Belfort et al. · Ophthalmology 26 Apr 2010 1,076
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Which keywords describe research at Allergan (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Treatment, Neurological Disorders, Botulinum Toxin, Complications, Neurotoxins, Stroke, Pain Management and Muscle Mechanics.

▲ 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. Treatment9▲ 14×8 topics
  2. Neurological Disorders8▲ 26×7 topics
  3. Epidemiology7▲ 3.2×25 topics
  4. Botulinum Toxin6▲ 177×3 topics
  5. Complications6▲ 21×8 topics
  6. Neurotoxins6▲ 269×2 topics
  7. Stroke6▲ 59×3 topics
  8. Inflammation6▲ 4.7×15 topics
  9. Muscle Mechanics6▲ 314×1 topic
  10. Pain Management6▲ 44×2 topics
  11. Spasticity6▲ 314×1 topic
  12. Quality of Life5▲ 6.6×18 topics
  13. Wound Healing4▲ 31×4 topics
  14. Cosmetic Surgery3▲ 133×2 topics
  15. Hypertrophic Scarring3▲ 201×1 topic
  16. Keloids3▲ 201×1 topic
  17. Anatomy3▲ 74×2 topics
  18. Intraocular Pressure3▲ 60×2 topics
  19. Oxidative Stress3▲ 3.3×6 topics
  20. Dermal Fillers3▲ 224×1 topic
  21. Hyaluronic Acid3▲ 224×1 topic
  22. Risk Factors2▲ 4.2×6 topics
  23. Genetics2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  24. Neurodegeneration2▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  26. Antioxidants2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  27. Glaucoma2▲ 24×3 topics
  28. Matrix Metalloproteinases2▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Pathogenesis2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  30. Treatment-Resistant Depression2▲ 55×2 topics
  31. Acne Vulgaris2▲ 182×1 topic
  32. Optical Coherence Tomography2▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Parkinson's Disease2▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Photoaging2▲ 112×1 topic
  35. Retinal Ganglion Cells2▲ 31×2 topics
  36. Rosacea2▲ 182×1 topic
  37. Skin Cancer2▲ 48×2 topics
  38. UV Radiation2▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Ocular Hypertension2▲ 64×1 topic
  40. Regeneration2▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Allergan (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders, Dermatologic Treatments and Research, Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques and Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects.

Botulinum Toxin and Rela…6Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 6 fractional worksDermatologic Treatments and Research: 3 fractional worksFacial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques: 3 fractional worksAcne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects: 2 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…2Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksmelanin and skin pigmentation: 1 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 1 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 1 fractional works
NeurologyDermatologyOphthalmologyCell Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 6 works
  2. 2 Dermatologic Treatments and Research Dermatology 3 works
  3. 3 Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques Dermatology 3 works
  4. 4 Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects Dermatology 2 works
  5. 5 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 2 works
  6. 6 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  7. 7 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 melanin and skin pigmentation Cell Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 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 available25.7%not open74.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.8%domestic only72.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Allergan (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% 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 Allergan (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Allergan (United States)0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Allergan (United States) 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.

10%20%30%Allergan (United States)10.1% in 2021all institutions10.0% in 2021200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.7% in 2003.

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