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Amgen (United States)

In research, Amgen (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#1,635 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,222 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#2,081 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Immunology and Microbiology and Oncology — Immunology is 10.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,667
of 28,054 · #1,007 all time
Rank in United States
#391
of 4,192
Research works
7.1k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
385k
54.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Amgen (United States) 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
MedicineField #1,635 of 10,443 20.5%274 #537
Life SciencesDomain #1,222 of 7,800 20.5%205 #385
Health SciencesDomain #2,081 of 11,982 20.4%283 #723
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,576 of 3,579 20.4%143 #659
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,018 of 2,175 19.3%118 #404
Physical SciencesDomain #6,628 of 12,888 19.3%94 #3529

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amgen (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#537 #1,635
  2. Life Sciences#385 #1,222
  3. Health Sciences#723 #2,081
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#659 #1,576
  5. Molecular Biology#404 #1,018
  6. Physical Sciences#3,529 #6,628
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Amgen (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 44.6 works11×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 45.2 works7.4×
  3. OncologySubfield · 50.1 works7.3×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.43× its world share, 143 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.40× its world share, 45 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.45× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.11× its world share, 30 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.27× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 23 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.37× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.35× its world share, 274 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.19× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Scott D. Patterson, Robert Radinsky and Kelly S. Oliner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amgen (United States).

  1. 1 Scott D. Patterson · #9,199 worldwide 792 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Robert Radinsky · #28,903 worldwide 596 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Kelly S. Oliner · #56,661 worldwide 932 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 William J. Boyle · #85,497 worldwide 1.1k citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Stephen A. Kaufman · #98,451 worldwide 149 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Roger Dansey · #102,619 worldwide 214 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Tsutomu Arakawa · #121,098 worldwide 270 citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Pedro J. Beltran · #125,468 worldwide 158 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Janet Franklin · #127,391 worldwide 190 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 David H. Collier · #128,151 worldwide 129 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Amgen (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Amgen (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monoclonal Antibodies, Glycosylation, Therapeutic Antibodies, Clinical Trials, Biopharmaceuticals, Immunogenicity, Inflammation and Antibody Engineering.

▲ 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. Monoclonal Antibodies53▲ 98×3 topics
  2. Inflammation42▲ 3.3×55 topics
  3. Glycosylation42▲ 62×3 topics
  4. Therapeutic Antibodies42▲ 98×2 topics
  5. Clinical Trials35▲ 8.5×12 topics
  6. Epidemiology34▲ 1.40×61 topics
  7. Biopharmaceuticals32▲ 101×3 topics
  8. Immunogenicity30▲ 114×2 topics
  9. Cancer25▲ 3.1×40 topics
  10. Treatment24▲ 3.3×25 topics
  11. Immunotherapy24▲ 5.5×16 topics
  12. Antibody Engineering23▲ 71×1 topic
  13. Fc Receptors23▲ 71×1 topic
  14. Chemotherapy22▲ 5.1×17 topics
  15. Recombinant Proteins20▲ 105×2 topics
  16. Targeted Therapy20▲ 15×5 topics
  17. Biomarkers19▲ 4.6×14 topics
  18. Protein Aggregation18▲ 58×2 topics
  19. Genetics18▲ 4.3×12 topics
  20. Chromatography18▲ 200×1 topic
  21. Stability18▲ 13×1 topic
  22. Cancer Therapy18▲ 5.1×15 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors17▲ 6.4×9 topics
  24. Cell Culture16▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Monoclonal Antibody16▲ 51×2 topics
  26. Asthma16▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Transcriptional Regulation15▲ 16×7 topics
  28. Biopharmaceutical Production15▲ 60×2 topics
  29. Immunology15▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Mammalian Cells15▲ 103×1 topic
  31. Recombinant Protein15▲ 103×1 topic
  32. Cancer Immunotherapy15▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Allergic Diseases13▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Eosinophils13▲ 37×1 topic
  35. TGF-ß13▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Lymphoma13▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Immune System12▲ 8.5×6 topics
  38. Regulatory T Cells12▲ 18×4 topics
  39. Genetic Variants12▲ 12×6 topics
  40. Clinical Outcomes12▲ 9.3×5 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Protein purification and stability, Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 23 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 18 fractional worksViral Infectious Disease…15Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 15 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…13Asthma and respiratory diseases: 13 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 12 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 11 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…8Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 8 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 8 fractional worksPsoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis: 8 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 8 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular BiologyPhysiologyImmunology4 others

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

  1. 1 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 23 works
  2. 2 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 18 works
  3. 3 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 15 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 13 works
  5. 5 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 12 works
  6. 6 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 11 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 8 works
  9. 9 Psoriasis: Treatment and Pathogenesis Immunology 8 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 8 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.6%domestic only81.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% lower 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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