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Drug Enforcement Administration

In research, Drug Enforcement Administration stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,657 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,043 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,827
of 22,385 · #19,808 all time
Rank in United States
#2,779
of 3,332
Research works
504
▲ 39% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.7k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Drug Enforcement Administration

What is Drug Enforcement Administration 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
Social SciencesDomain #11,657 of 14,833 8.4%143
Physical SciencesDomain #16,043 of 17,446 7.2%196

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Drug Enforcement Administration 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 Enforcement Administration work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Drug Enforcement Administration is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Medicine (14%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 42.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 29.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 24.5% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 20.0% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 14.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workToxicology: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDrug EnforcementAdministration82fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences42%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2429.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance56.1%
    3. Psychology33.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Engineering67.2%
    2. Environmental Science55.8%
    3. Computer Science34.2%
    4. Chemistry33.4%
    5. Materials Science11.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.6%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine1214.4%
    2. Health Professions45.0%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics44.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.0%
    3. Neuroscience22.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13.34× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.16× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 12 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.85× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics13.34×4 works
  2. Veterinary3.57×0 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.85×5 works
  4. Social Sciences2.34×24 works
  5. Chemistry2.16×3 works
  6. Health Professions1.90×4 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.73×0 works
  8. Neuroscience1.68×2 works
  9. Environmental Science1.18×5 works
  10. Psychology1.02×3 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×3 works
  12. Medicine0.75×12 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×1 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.70×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.68×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.54×4 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×1 works
  18. Engineering0.48×6 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.44×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.35×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.35×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  24. Energy0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Drug Enforcement Administration?

Ranked on the quality score, James M. Moore, Jordan Trecki and Andrew C. Allen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Drug Enforcement Administration.

  1. 1 James M. Moore United States · #808,195 worldwide 6.5k citations · 166 works
  2. 2 Jordan Trecki United States · #999,389 worldwide 1.5k citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Andrew C. Allen United States · #1,502,887 worldwide 2k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Ira S. Lurie United States · #2,963,192 worldwide 3.3k citations · 96 works
  5. 5 Terry A. Dal Cason United States · #2,986,239 worldwide 679 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Patrick A. Hays United States · #3,005,612 worldwide 1.4k citations · 73 works
  7. 7 Donald A. Cooper United States · #3,399,114 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Gyula Németh United States · #3,502,967 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 JF Casale United States · #3,678,144 worldwide 499 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Martin I. Kurke United States · #3,717,329 worldwide 150 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Drug Enforcement Administration

What are the most cited papers from Drug Enforcement Administration?

The most cited paper from Drug Enforcement Administration is "College on Problems of Drug Dependence taskforce on prescription opioid non-medical use and abuse: position statement" (James P. Zacny, George E. Bigelow, Peggy Compton et al., 2003), with 520 citations. Next come "Powerful Cocaine-Like Actions of 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), a Principal Constituent of Psychoactive ‘Bath Salts’ Products" (414) and "Synthetic Cannabinoid–Related Illnesses and Deaths" (335).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 College on Problems of Drug Dependence taskforce on prescription opioid non-medical use and abuse: position statement James P. Zacny, George E. Bigelow, Peggy Compton et al. · Drug and Alcohol Dependence 14 Mar 2003 520
2 Powerful Cocaine-Like Actions of 3,4-Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV), a Principal Constituent of Psychoactive ‘Bath Salts’ Products Michael H. Baumann, John S. Partilla, Kurt Lehner et al. · Neuropsychopharmacology Open access 17 Oct 2012 414
3 Synthetic Cannabinoid–Related Illnesses and Deaths Jordan Trecki, Roy R. L. Gerona, Michael D. Schwartz · New England Journal of Medicine 8 Jul 2015 335
4 “Zombie” Outbreak Caused by the Synthetic Cannabinoid AMB-FUBINACA in New York Axel J. Adams, Samuel D. Banister, Lisandro Irizarry et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Dec 2016 325
5 Generation of Polymerosomes from Double-Emulsions Élise Lorenceau, Andrew S. Utada, Darren R. Link et al. · Langmuir 23 Aug 2005 272
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Drug Enforcement Administration?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Artificial Intelligence, Legal Regulation, Blockchain Technology, Toxicity Assessment, Method Validation, Digital Economy, Drug Analysis and Forensic Toxicology.

▲ 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. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 6.2×9 topics
  2. Legal Regulation5▲ 28×6 topics
  3. Blockchain Technology5▲ 101×2 topics
  4. Human Rights4▲ 4.7×11 topics
  5. Toxicity Assessment4▲ 127×2 topics
  6. Method Validation4▲ 78×2 topics
  7. Digital Economy4▲ 21×2 topics
  8. Drug Analysis3▲ 214×1 topic
  9. Forensic Toxicology3▲ 152×1 topic
  10. Neurological Disorders3▲ 7.2×4 topics
  11. Substance Use Disorders3▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Metabolic Disorders3▲ 28×2 topics
  13. Cannabinoid Receptors3▲ 99×1 topic
  14. Endocannabinoid System3▲ 99×1 topic
  15. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.5×3 topics
  16. Fiscal Policy3▲ 16×2 topics
  17. Information Security3▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Smart Contracts3▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 20×4 topics
  20. Cybersecurity2▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Innovation Development2▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Public Policy2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  23. Regulation2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  24. Constitutional Reform2▲ 82×1 topic
  25. Genetic Information2▲ 74×1 topic
  26. Legal Modernization2▲ 96×1 topic
  27. Socio-Economic Inequality2▲ 131×1 topic
  28. Mortality Risk2▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Youth Violence2▲ 59×3 topics
  30. Chronic Pain Management2▲ 77×1 topic
  31. Opioid Prescribing2▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Pharmacokinetics2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  33. Corruption2▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Cybercrime2▲ 35×2 topics
  35. International Law2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  36. Law Enforcement2▲ 37×3 topics
  37. Genomics2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  38. Criminal Justice2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  39. Accident Prevention2▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Serotonin2▲ 45×2 topics

Which research topics does Drug Enforcement Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Digital Transformation in Law and Legal and Policy Issues.

Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 3 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 3 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…2Digital Transformation in Law: 2 fractional worksLegal and Policy Issues2Legal and Policy Issues: 2 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Treatment: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 1 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…1Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksEducation, Law, and Society: 1 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 1 fractional worksUkrainian Legal and Forensic Studies: 1 fractional works
ToxicologyPharmacologyGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceLaw5 others

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

  1. 1 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 3 works
  2. 2 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 3 works
  3. 3 Digital Transformation in Law General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  4. 4 Legal and Policy Issues Law 2 works
  5. 5 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Education, Law, and Society Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Ukrainian Legal and Forensic Studies Political Science and International Relations 1 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.8%domestic only86.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Drug Enforcement Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 39% higher 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 Drug Enforcement Administration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Drug Enforcement Administration0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Drug Enforcement Administration over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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