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Discovery Laboratories (United States)

In research, Discovery Laboratories (United States) stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,428 of 14,347 worldwide), Medicine (#11,298 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,255 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,306
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,075
of 8,685
Research works
389
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
50.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Discovery Laboratories (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #4,428 of 14,347 20.6%180
MedicineField #11,298 of 17,978 20.9%129
Health SciencesDomain #14,255 of 20,462 21.0%137

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Discovery Laboratories (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).

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.11× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.63× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.46× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7.90× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 5.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Discovery Laboratories (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Drug Discovery, Cell Signaling, Pharmacology, Cancer Therapy, Crystal Structure, Signal Transduction and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Inflammation40▲ 4.3×54 topics
  2. Drug Discovery29▲ 19×9 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress22▲ 3.0×34 topics
  4. Cell Signaling21▲ 16×12 topics
  5. Cancer19▲ 3.5×29 topics
  6. Cancer Therapy18▲ 7.4×15 topics
  7. Pharmacology18▲ 14×9 topics
  8. Crystal Structure14▲ 15×2 topics
  9. Synthesis14▲ 6.1×18 topics
  10. Signal Transduction14▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Immune Response13▲ 5.5×15 topics
  12. Reactive Oxygen Species12▲ 6.2×10 topics
  13. Molecular Mechanisms12▲ 17×2 topics
  14. Arrestin12▲ 37×1 topic
  15. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors12▲ 37×1 topic
  16. Medicinal Chemistry11▲ 7.6×10 topics
  17. Glycosylation10▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Stress10▲ 6.2×4 topics
  19. Transcriptional Regulation9▲ 9.1×8 topics
  20. Angiogenesis9▲ 5.4×11 topics
  21. Apoptosis8▲ 5.5×11 topics
  22. Natural Products8▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Atherosclerosis8▲ 5.7×8 topics
  24. Protein-Protein Interactions8▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Endophytic Fungi8▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Calcium Signaling8▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Secondary Metabolites8▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Pharmacokinetics8▲ 7.2×6 topics
  29. Marine Natural Products8▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 5.6×5 topics
  31. Cancer Progression7▲ 8.2×8 topics
  32. Anticancer Agents7▲ 7.3×9 topics
  33. Antiretroviral Therapy7▲ 8.0×5 topics
  34. Molecular Docking7▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Foldamers7▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Monoclonal Antibodies7▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Peptide Synthesis7▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Ion Channels7▲ 8.1×4 topics
  39. Antibiotics7▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Neuropeptides7▲ 16×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Computational Drug Discovery Methods, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses and Protein Structure and Dynamics.

Computational Drug Disco…1Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …1SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Chemome…0Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 0 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dy…0Protein Structure and Dynamics: 0 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 0 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 0 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…0Healthcare Policy and Management: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning in Bioinformatics: 0 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient …0Archaeology and ancient environmental studies: 0 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsInfectious DiseasesAnalytical ChemistryMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  2. 2 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  3. 3 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 0 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Bioinformatics Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 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 available43.9%not open56.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.1%domestic only62.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.