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AstraZeneca (Sweden)

In research, AstraZeneca (Sweden) stands highest in Medicine (#2,171 of 10,443 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,663 of 7,800 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,009 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,477
of 28,054 · #1,935 all time
Rank in Sweden
#20
of 125
Research works
5.4k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
225k
41.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is AstraZeneca (Sweden) 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 #2,171 of 10,443 23.0%207 #885
Life SciencesDomain #1,663 of 7,800 30.8%144 #1058
Health SciencesDomain #3,009 of 11,982 22.7%217 #1150
Physical SciencesDomain #3,321 of 12,888 29.6%126 #3221
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,129 of 3,579 35.4%101 #944
Molecular BiologySubfield #852 of 2,175 38.2%80 #877

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where AstraZeneca (Sweden) 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#885 #2,171
  2. Life Sciences#1,058 #1,663
  3. Health Sciences#1,150 #3,009
  4. Physical Sciences#3,221 #3,321
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#944 #1,129
  6. Molecular Biology#877 #852
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.

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: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.74× its world share, 101 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.82× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.19× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.46× its world share, 36 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.11× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.12× its world share, 207 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at AstraZeneca (Sweden)?

Ranked on the composite score, Per Gustafson, Lars Carlsson and C. David Sjöström lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AstraZeneca (Sweden).

  1. 1 Per Gustafson Sweden · #78,220 worldwide 260 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Lars Carlsson Sweden · #102,035 worldwide 164 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 C. David Sjöström Sweden · #115,314 worldwide 120 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Ola Junghard Sweden · #202,859 worldwide 151 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Christian Tyrchan Sweden · #212,459 worldwide 288 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 L. Jörgensen Sweden · #220,671 worldwide 159 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Svante B. Ross Sweden · #236,125 worldwide 176 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Mohammad Bohlooly‐Y Sweden · #272,724 worldwide 609 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Jan Oscarsson Sweden · #282,126 worldwide 89 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Scott Boyer Sweden · #349,168 worldwide 84 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at AstraZeneca (Sweden)

Which keywords describe research at AstraZeneca (Sweden)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Heart Failure, Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmacokinetics, Chronic Kidney Disease, Cardiovascular Disease, Molecular Docking and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Inflammation39▲ 3.6×64 topics
  2. Machine Learning35▲ 2.1×26 topics
  3. Epidemiology29▲ 1.46×53 topics
  4. Heart Failure24▲ 11×13 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 4.3×31 topics
  6. Medicinal Chemistry24▲ 17×9 topics
  7. Pharmacokinetics21▲ 16×5 topics
  8. Diagnosis21▲ 4.4×17 topics
  9. Treatment20▲ 3.3×17 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress19▲ 2.3×41 topics
  11. Chronic Kidney Disease19▲ 15×8 topics
  12. Global Burden19▲ 6.9×6 topics
  13. Cancer18▲ 2.6×38 topics
  14. Molecular Docking18▲ 28×4 topics
  15. Nanoparticles17▲ 2.7×19 topics
  16. Drug Target Identification17▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Virtual Screening17▲ 36×1 topic
  18. Molecular Dynamics17▲ 20×4 topics
  19. Management15▲ 3.8×14 topics
  20. Biomarkers15▲ 4.3×14 topics
  21. Glycemic Control13▲ 17×4 topics
  22. Insulin Therapy13▲ 21×3 topics
  23. Fibrosis13▲ 14×7 topics
  24. Type 2 Diabetes12▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 8.1×4 topics
  26. Drug Discovery12▲ 10×9 topics
  27. TGF-ß11▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Computational Chemistry11▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Crystal Structures11▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Immunology11▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Asthma11▲ 22×2 topics
  32. High-Throughput11▲ 42×1 topic
  33. Materials Informatics11▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Cardiovascular Outcomes10▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Glucose Control10▲ 37×1 topic
  36. Allergic Diseases10▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Eosinophils10▲ 33×1 topic
  38. Respiratory10▲ 20×2 topics
  39. COPD10▲ 29×1 topic
  40. spirometry10▲ 29×1 topic

Which research topics does AstraZeneca (Sweden) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Machine Learning in Materials Science, Diabetes Treatment and Management and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Computational Drug Disco…17Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 17 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…11Machine Learning in Materials Science: 11 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…10Diabetes Treatment and Management: 10 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…10Asthma and respiratory diseases: 10 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 10 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 8 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…8Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 8 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 7 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 6 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 5 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsMaterials ChemistryEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 17 works
  2. 2 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 11 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 10 works
  5. 5 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 8 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 8 works
  8. 8 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  9. 9 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 6 works
  10. 10 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 5 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 available31.2%not open68.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.6%domestic only57.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has AstraZeneca (Sweden)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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