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Amgen (United States)

In research, Amgen (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,168 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,070 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#960 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Hematology and Oncology (Immunology is 9.4× its share of world research).

amgen.comROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#2,125
of 22,385 · #1,115 all time
Rank in United States
#395
of 3,332
Research works
8.1k
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
430k
52.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Amgen (United States)

What is Amgen (United States) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,168 of 9,902 14.9%365 #643
MedicineField #1,070 of 8,541 15.0%353 #636
Life SciencesDomain #960 of 6,403 13.9%239 #531
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #704 of 2,964 14.6%162 #444
Molecular BiologySubfield #541 of 1,880 14.2%130 #370
Physical SciencesDomain #3,915 of 10,670 11.7%122 #2457
OncologySubfield #401 of 755 14.1%66 #302
Social SciencesDomain #7,248 of 9,585 10.3%67 #8010

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#643 #1,168
  2. Medicine#636 #1,070
  3. Life Sciences#531 #960
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#444 #704
  5. Molecular Biology#370 #541
  6. Physical Sciences#2,457 #3,915
  7. Oncology#302 #401
  8. Social Sciences#8,010 #7,248
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Amgen (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Amgen (United States) is in Health Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (45%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Immunology and Microbiology (7%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 404 fractional works · 46.3% of its workMedicine: 389 fractional works · 44.6% of its workOncology: 73 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 41 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 34 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 31 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHematology: 20 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 13 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 13 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 264 fractional works · 30.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 177 fractional works · 20.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 141 fractional works · 16.2% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 58 fractional works · 6.6% of its workImmunology: 57 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 134 fractional works · 15.4% of its workChemistry: 34 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 33 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 16 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 14 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 71 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 35 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 31 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKAmgen (UnitedStates)872fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences8%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine38944.6%
    2. Health Professions111.3%
    3. Veterinary10.2%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17720.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology586.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics121.4%
    4. Neuroscience111.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences70.8%
    1. Chemistry343.9%
    2. Engineering333.8%
    3. Computer Science171.9%
    4. Environmental Science161.9%
    5. Mathematics161.8%
    6. Materials Science91.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy30.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.2%
    10. Energy10.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance354.0%
    2. Social Sciences161.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting80.9%
    4. Decision Sciences50.5%
    5. Psychology40.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Amgen (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 56.7 works9.4×
  2. HematologySubfield · 20.2 works7.6×
  3. OncologySubfield · 72.7 works7.4×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 57.6 works6.6×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.80× its world share, 177 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 6.56× its world share, 58 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.03× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.47× its world share, 34 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.53× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.32× its world share, 390 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.86× its world share, 35 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 6.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology6.56×58 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.03×12 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.80×177 works
  4. Chemistry2.47×34 works
  5. Medicine2.32×390 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.86×35 works
  7. Mathematics1.53×16 works
  8. Veterinary1.12×1 works
  9. Neuroscience0.75×11 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.55×2 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.54×5 works
  12. Health Professions0.47×11 works
  13. Environmental Science0.38×16 works
  14. Nursing0.30×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.29×9 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×8 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.26×4 works
  18. Engineering0.26×33 works
  19. Computer Science0.25×17 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.17×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×7 works
  22. Social Sciences0.15×16 works
  23. Dentistry0.14×1 works
  24. Psychology0.14×4 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.13×3 works
  26. Energy0.10×1 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Wenjun Ouyang, William J. Boyle and Martin Citron lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amgen (United States).

  1. 1 Wenjun Ouyang United States · #15,974 worldwide 37k citations · 159 works
  2. 2 William J. Boyle United States · #34,462 worldwide 30k citations · 99 works
  3. 3 Martin Citron United States · #35,968 worldwide 26k citations · 123 works
  4. 4 Scott M. Wasserman United States · #42,042 worldwide 26k citations · 177 works
  5. 5 John E. Sims United States · #46,314 worldwide 20k citations · 136 works
  6. 6 Alex M. DePaoli United States · #49,761 worldwide 17k citations · 123 works
  7. 7 Michael S. Ominsky United States · #53,587 worldwide 11k citations · 123 works
  8. 8 James B. Rottman United States · #53,719 worldwide 11k citations · 128 works
  9. 9 Alex N. Parker United States · #57,564 worldwide 22k citations · 73 works
  10. 10 David L. Lacey United States · #58,750 worldwide 43k citations · 121 works
All ranked researchers at Amgen (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Amgen (United States) is "2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative" (Daniel Aletaha et al., 2010), with 9,731 citations. Next come "Osteoclast differentiation and activation" (6,707) and "Evolocumab and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease" (6,185).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 2010 Rheumatoid arthritis classification criteria: An American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism collaborative initiative Daniel Aletaha et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Open access 10 Aug 2010 9,731
2 Osteoclast differentiation and activation William J. Boyle, W. Scott Simonet, David L. Lacey · Nature May 2003 6,707
3 Evolocumab and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease Marc Steven Sabatine, Robert Patrick Giugliano, ANTHONY C. KEECH et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 17 Mar 2017 6,185
4 Osteoprotegerin Ligand Is a Cytokine that Regulates Osteoclast Differentiation and Activation David L. Lacey et al. · Cell Open access Apr 1998 5,491
5 Detection of Circulating Tumor DNA in Early- and Late-Stage Human Malignancies Chetan Bettegowda et al. · Science Translational Medicine Open access 19 Feb 2014 5,211
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Amgen (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monoclonal Antibodies, Clinical Trials, Therapeutic Antibodies, Glycosylation, Biopharmaceuticals, Immunogenicity, Inflammation and Targeted Therapy.

▲ 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. Monoclonal Antibodies65▲ 83×3 topics
  2. Clinical Trials60▲ 10×13 topics
  3. Inflammation53▲ 2.9×59 topics
  4. Therapeutic Antibodies49▲ 81×2 topics
  5. Glycosylation49▲ 51×3 topics
  6. Biopharmaceuticals38▲ 84×3 topics
  7. Immunogenicity36▲ 96×3 topics
  8. Immunotherapy34▲ 5.5×17 topics
  9. Chemotherapy33▲ 5.3×21 topics
  10. Cancer32▲ 2.8×40 topics
  11. Targeted Therapy32▲ 16×5 topics
  12. Antibody Engineering29▲ 60×1 topic
  13. Fc Receptors29▲ 60×1 topic
  14. Biomarkers29▲ 4.7×15 topics
  15. Treatment28▲ 2.7×27 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors24▲ 6.3×11 topics
  17. Genetic Variants23▲ 15×6 topics
  18. Cancer Therapy23▲ 4.6×16 topics
  19. Recombinant Proteins22▲ 81×2 topics
  20. Protein Aggregation21▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Cancer Immunotherapy20▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Chromatography20▲ 155×1 topic
  23. Stability20▲ 10×1 topic
  24. Transcriptional Regulation19▲ 13×8 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention19▲ 24×3 topics
  26. Statins18▲ 29×2 topics
  27. Lymphoma18▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Monoclonal Antibody18▲ 38×2 topics
  29. C-Reactive Protein18▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Genomic Profiling18▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Cell Culture18▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Asthma18▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Treatment Guidelines18▲ 9.2×4 topics
  34. Regulatory T Cells17▲ 17×4 topics
  35. Cholesterol-lowering17▲ 43×1 topic
  36. Immunology17▲ 18×2 topics
  37. LDL Cholesterol17▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Immune System16▲ 7.9×7 topics
  39. Biopharmaceutical Production16▲ 47×2 topics
  40. TGF-ß16▲ 12×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Protein purification and stability, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health and Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects.

Monoclonal and Polyclona…29Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 29 fractional worksProtein purification and…20Protein purification and stability: 20 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 17 fractional worksViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 16 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…16CAR-T cell therapy research: 16 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 15 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 15 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…15Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 15 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 15 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 11 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular BiologySurgeryOncology4 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 29 works
  2. 2 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 20 works
  3. 3 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 17 works
  4. 4 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 16 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 16 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 15 works
  7. 7 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 15 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  9. 9 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 15 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 11 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Amgen (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Amgen (United States)0.0035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Amgen (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.

still counting10%20%30%Amgen (United States)13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.2% in 1991.

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What does Amgen publish research on?

In research, Amgen (United States) stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,168 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,070 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#960 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology, Hematology and Oncology (Immunology is 9.4× its share of world research).

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