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Beckley Foundation

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Research works
33
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.6k
81.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Beckley Foundation

Not ranked overall: Beckley Foundation is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Beckley Foundation work in?

In all years, 39% of research at Beckley Foundation is in Social Sciences, 31% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (29%), Neuroscience (20%), Medicine (20%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 13 fractional works · 38.6% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 28.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 22.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 30.5% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 20.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 21.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 19.7% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 14.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKBeckleyFoundation33fractional works, all years
Life Sciences31%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences39%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology928.7%
    2. Social Sciences25.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities24.8%
    1. Neuroscience720.3%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics14.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.5%
    1. Medicine619.7%
    2. Nursing12.1%
    1. Chemistry25.4%
    2. Environmental Science12.1%
    3. Engineering01.0%
    4. Mathematics00.5%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 23.00× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 26.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 5.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 5.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 8.86× its world share, 2 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 26.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics26.42×1 works
  2. Neuroscience23.00×3 works
  3. Psychology8.86×2 works
  4. Chemistry5.57×1 works
  5. Nursing5.52×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×0 works
  7. Medicine0.45×1 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Beckley Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Amanda Feilding and Fiona Dunbar lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Beckley Foundation.

  1. 1 Amanda Feilding United Kingdom · #14,402 worldwide 14k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Fiona Dunbar United Kingdom · #1,271,486 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Beckley Foundation

What are the most cited papers from Beckley Foundation?

The most cited paper from Beckley Foundation is "Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: an open-label feasibility study" (Robin Lester Carhart-Harris, Mark Bolstridge, James Rucker et al., 2016), with 1,581 citations. Next come "The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs" (1,325) and "Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin" (1,218).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: an open-label feasibility study Robin Lester Carhart-Harris, Mark Bolstridge, James Rucker et al. · The Lancet Psychiatry Open access 17 May 2016 1,581
2 The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs Robin Lester Carhart-Harris, Robert Leech, Peter John Hellyer et al. · Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Open access 2014 1,325
3 Neural correlates of the psychedelic state as determined by fMRI studies with psilocybin Robin Lester Carhart-Harris, David Erritzøe, Tom A. Williams et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 23 Jan 2012 1,218
4 Psilocybin with psychological support for treatment-resistant depression: six-month follow-up Robin Lester Carhart-Harris, Mark Bolstridge, Camilla Day et al. · Psychopharmacology Open access 8 Nov 2017 994
5 Neural correlates of the LSD experience revealed by multimodal neuroimaging Robin Lester Carhart-Harris et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 11 Apr 2016 902
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Beckley Foundation?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Serotonin, Depression, Neurobiology, Treatment, Anxiety, Psilocybin, Psychedelics and Neurological Disorders.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Serotonin8▲ 392×2 topics
  2. Depression8▲ 33×5 topics
  3. Neurobiology7▲ 63×4 topics
  4. Anxiety6▲ 55×3 topics
  5. Treatment6▲ 15×3 topics
  6. Psilocybin6▲ 1703×1 topic
  7. Psychedelics6▲ 1703×1 topic
  8. Neurological Disorders4▲ 20×4 topics
  9. Cannabinoid Receptors4▲ 409×1 topic
  10. Endocannabinoid System4▲ 409×1 topic
  11. Prefrontal Cortex2▲ 46×2 topics
  12. Stress2▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Anticancer2▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Dopamine2▲ 111×1 topic
  15. Reward Circuitry2▲ 111×1 topic
  16. Synthesis2▲ 9.9×2 topics
  17. Alkaloids2▲ 77×1 topic
  18. Amaryllidaceae2▲ 188×1 topic
  19. Neurobiological Mechanisms2▲ 115×2 topics
  20. History2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  21. Drug Analysis1▲ 208×1 topic
  22. Forensic Toxicology1▲ 136×1 topic
  23. Quality of Life1▲ 3.0×2 topics
  24. COVID-191▲ 5.6×1 topic
  25. Olfactory Dysfunction1▲ 84×1 topic
  26. Psychology1▲ 27×4 topics
  27. Nocebo1▲ 162×1 topic
  28. Placebo1▲ 162×1 topic
  29. Neuroscience1▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Beckley Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychedelics and Drug Studies, Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids.

Psychedelics and Drug St…2Psychedelics and Drug Studies: 2 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 1 fractional worksOlfactory and Sensory Function Studies: 1 fractional worksChemical synthesis and alkaloids: 1 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 1 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depre…1Treatment of Major Depression: 1 fractional worksTryptophan and brain disorders: 0 fractional worksPain Management and Placebo Effect: 0 fractional worksBiochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques: 0 fractional worksNicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSensory SystemsOrganic Chemistry6 others

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

  1. 1 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 2 works
  2. 2 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  3. 3 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Chemical synthesis and alkaloids Organic Chemistry 1 works
  5. 5 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 1 works
  6. 6 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 1 works
  7. 7 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 0 works
  8. 8 Pain Management and Placebo Effect Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  9. 9 Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  10. 10 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study Molecular Biology 0 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 available58.8%not open41.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.0%domestic only62.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Beckley Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Beckley Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000050% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Beckley Foundation0.000016% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Beckley Foundation over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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