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Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)

In research, Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,719 of 6,403 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#6,880 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Organic Chemistry and Chemistry (Organic Chemistry is 17.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,946
of 22,385 · #3,165 all time
Rank in Norway
#36
of 123
Research works
858
▲ 94% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
33.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
63%
world 18%
Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)

What is Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,719 of 6,403 15.0%85 #1393
Physical SciencesDomain #6,880 of 10,670 11.8%66 #3379

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) 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 fields of science does Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) is in Life Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (29%), Medicine (26%), Chemistry (17%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 114 fractional works · 40.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 80 fractional works · 28.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 61 fractional works · 21.8% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workToxicology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 85 fractional works · 30.3% of its workChemistry: 48 fractional works · 17.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 13.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 74 fractional works · 26.5% of its workMedicine: 72 fractional works · 25.7% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDrug DiscoveryLaboratory…281fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences3%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8028.5%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics124.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology83.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.8%
    5. Neuroscience62.1%
    1. Chemistry4817.0%
    2. Computer Science124.4%
    3. Engineering103.6%
    4. Materials Science82.7%
    5. Environmental Science51.9%
    6. Energy10.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine7225.7%
    2. Nursing10.3%
    3. Health Professions10.2%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities31.1%
    2. Social Sciences20.8%
    3. Decision Sciences10.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    5. Psychology10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Organic Chemistry takes 17.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 38.0 works18×
  2. ChemistryField · 47.9 works11×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.35× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.94× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.27× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11.85× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 10.86× its world share, 48 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 72 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.85×12 works
  2. Chemistry10.86×48 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.35×80 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.94×8 works
  5. Medicine1.34×72 works
  6. Veterinary1.31×0 works
  7. Neuroscience1.27×6 works
  8. Materials Science0.79×8 works
  9. Nursing0.64×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×8 works
  11. Computer Science0.57×12 works
  12. Energy0.45×1 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.40×3 works
  14. Environmental Science0.38×5 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.35×1 works
  16. Engineering0.24×10 works
  17. Dentistry0.17×0 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×1 works
  20. Health Professions0.08×1 works
  21. Psychology0.08×1 works
  22. Social Sciences0.07×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)?

Ranked on the quality score, Amgad M. Rabie and Isao Yanagisawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway).

  1. 1 Amgad M. Rabie Norway · #468,619 worldwide 954 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Isao Yanagisawa Norway · #6,348,878 worldwide 653 citations · 60 works
All ranked researchers at Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)

What are the most cited papers from Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)?

The most cited paper from Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) is "Machine-learning approaches in drug discovery: methods and applications" (Antonio Lavecchia, 2014), with 814 citations. Next come "Tetrazolium-based assays for cellular viability: a critical examination of selected parameters affecting formazan production." (748) and "Statistical methods for analysis of high-throughput RNA interference screens" (608).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Machine-learning approaches in drug discovery: methods and applications Antonio Lavecchia · Drug Discovery Today 4 Nov 2014 814
2 Tetrazolium-based assays for cellular viability: a critical examination of selected parameters affecting formazan production. David Thomas Vistica, Philip Skehan, Dominic A. Scudiero et al. · PubMed 15 May 1991 748
3 Statistical methods for analysis of high-throughput RNA interference screens Amanda Birmingham, Laura M. Selfors, Thorsten Forster et al. · Nature Methods Open access 30 Jul 2009 608
4 Crystallographic Evidence for Preformed Dimers of Erythropoietin Receptor Before Ligand Activation Oded Livnah, Enrico Adriano Stura, Steven A. Middleton et al. · Science 12 Feb 1999 602
5 Biochemical and pharmacological profile of a potent and selective endothelin B-receptor antagonist, BQ-788. Kiyofumi Ishikawa, M. Ihara, Kazuhito Noguchi et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 24 May 1994 574
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicinal Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Anticancer Agents, Pharmacokinetics, Cancer Therapy, Molecular Docking, Cancer and Heterocyclic Compounds.

▲ 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. Medicinal Chemistry26▲ 35×13 topics
  2. Drug Discovery16▲ 26×10 topics
  3. Anticancer Agents16▲ 38×12 topics
  4. Cancer16▲ 4.2×44 topics
  5. Inflammation15▲ 2.5×60 topics
  6. Machine Learning14▲ 1.55×10 topics
  7. Pharmacokinetics14▲ 19×9 topics
  8. Cancer Therapy14▲ 8.6×18 topics
  9. Molecular Docking13▲ 38×4 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress13▲ 2.8×38 topics
  11. Heterocyclic Compounds12▲ 49×4 topics
  12. Synthesis11▲ 11×24 topics
  13. Drug Target Identification11▲ 42×1 topic
  14. Virtual Screening11▲ 42×1 topic
  15. Pharmacology10▲ 15×16 topics
  16. Coumarins10▲ 68×2 topics
  17. Antioxidant10▲ 5.0×31 topics
  18. Nanoparticles10▲ 2.7×17 topics
  19. Tubulin Inhibitors10▲ 76×1 topic
  20. Vascular Targeting Agents10▲ 76×1 topic
  21. Anti-inflammatory8▲ 9.9×24 topics
  22. Transcriptional Regulation8▲ 17×9 topics
  23. Reactive Oxygen Species8▲ 6.6×10 topics
  24. Heterocycles7▲ 28×9 topics
  25. Catalysis7▲ 3.7×20 topics
  26. Antioxidant Activity6▲ 3.7×21 topics
  27. Anticancer6▲ 14×15 topics
  28. Cell Signaling6▲ 14×9 topics
  29. Medicinal Plants6▲ 5.8×13 topics
  30. Biological Activities6▲ 14×9 topics
  31. Apoptosis6▲ 6.8×17 topics
  32. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 4.5×8 topics
  33. Metal-Catalyzed Reactions6▲ 32×3 topics
  34. Angiogenesis5▲ 5.6×13 topics
  35. Tumor Targeting5▲ 9.9×3 topics
  36. Antimicrobial5▲ 6.2×10 topics
  37. Click Chemistry5▲ 32×3 topics
  38. Transition Metal Catalysis5▲ 21×4 topics
  39. Organic Synthesis5▲ 15×6 topics
  40. Cytotoxicity5▲ 12×9 topics

Which research topics does Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Synthesis and biological activity, Click Chemistry and Applications and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors.

Computational Drug Disco…11Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 11 fractional worksSynthesis and biological…10Synthesis and biological activity: 10 fractional worksClick Chemistry and Applications: 4 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 4 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 4 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…3Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 3 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and Analysis: 3 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 3 fractional worksReceptor Mechanisms and Signaling: 2 fractional worksHistone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research: 2 fractional works
Computational Theory and MathematicsOrganic ChemistryMolecular BiologyBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 11 works
  2. 2 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 10 works
  3. 3 Click Chemistry and Applications Organic Chemistry 4 works
  4. 4 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 4 works
  6. 6 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 3 works
  9. 9 Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research Molecular Biology 2 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.9%domestic only37.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 94% higher 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 Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00090% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)0.0019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway) 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%Drug Discovery Laboratory (Norway)16.3% 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 16.3% in 2025.

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