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Centre for Drug Research and Development

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World rank, all time
#27,265
of 42,892
Rank in Canada
#584
of 896
Research works
170
▼ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
26.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

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: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.97× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 14.63× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.64× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.53× its world share, 4 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 17.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Centre for Drug Research and Development?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, Cancer Therapy, Drug Delivery, Toxicity, Biomedical Applications, Gene Therapy, Tumor Targeting and Metabolism.

▲ 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 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. Nanoparticles11▲ 5.0×14 topics
  2. Epidemiology8▲ 1.23×38 topics
  3. Cancer Therapy8▲ 7.7×17 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications8▲ 4.5×15 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 1.89×43 topics
  6. Drug Delivery8▲ 9.2×7 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress7▲ 2.4×24 topics
  8. Cancer6▲ 2.7×34 topics
  9. Toxicity6▲ 8.7×9 topics
  10. Metabolism6▲ 5.5×16 topics
  11. Gene Therapy6▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Synthesis6▲ 5.8×15 topics
  13. Pharmacokinetics5▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Tumor Targeting5▲ 23×3 topics
  15. RNA Interference5▲ 26×1 topic
  16. siRNA Delivery5▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Medicinal Chemistry5▲ 7.5×9 topics
  18. Antioxidant5▲ 4.0×24 topics
  19. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.7×14 topics
  20. Drug Discovery4▲ 6.6×10 topics
  21. Nanocarriers4▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Surface Engineering4▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Pharmacology4▲ 6.8×12 topics
  24. Anti-inflammatory4▲ 7.7×14 topics
  25. Substance Use Disorders4▲ 32×2 topics
  26. Antioxidant Activity3▲ 3.7×13 topics
  27. Substance Abuse3▲ 29×2 topics
  28. Traditional Chinese Medicine3▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Antioxidants3▲ 4.4×8 topics
  30. Innate Immunity3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  31. Anticancer3▲ 8.9×11 topics
  32. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 12×3 topics
  33. HIV3▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Bioactive Compounds3▲ 8.3×8 topics
  35. Monoclonal Antibodies2▲ 10×3 topics
  36. Nuclear Receptors2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  37. Phytochemistry2▲ 12×6 topics
  38. Biomolecular Interactions2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. drug use2▲ 51×1 topic
  40. harm reduction2▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre for Drug Research and Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Biotechnology and Related Fields, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids.

Biotechnology and Relate…1Biotechnology and Related Fields: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksBacillus and Francisella bacterial research: 0 fractional worksChemical synthesis and alkaloids: 0 fractional worksCholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases: 0 fractional worksCyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functional…0Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 0 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksAxial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis: 0 fractional worksSynthesis and pharmacology of benzodiazepine derivatives: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEconomics and EconometricsMolecular BiologyOrganic Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  3. 3 Bacillus and Francisella bacterial research Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Chemical synthesis and alkaloids Organic Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases Pharmacology 0 works
  6. 6 Cyclopropane Reaction Mechanisms Organic Chemistry 0 works
  7. 7 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 0 works
  8. 8 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Axial and Atropisomeric Chirality Synthesis Organic Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Synthesis and pharmacology of benzodiazepine derivatives Organic Chemistry 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 available32.2%not open67.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.0%domestic only56.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Centre for Drug Research and Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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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