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Drug Safety Research Unit

In research, Drug Safety Research Unit stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,936 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,202 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,141
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#821
of 2,253
Research works
276
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
41.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Drug Safety Research Unit 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,936 of 20,462 29.0%164
MedicineField #7,202 of 17,978 28.8%151

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Drug Safety Research Unit 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.49× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 39.14× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.48× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.50× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.03× its world share, 7 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.01× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 39.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Drug Safety Research Unit?

Ranked on the composite score, Saad Shakir lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Drug Safety Research Unit.

  1. 1 Saad Shakir United Kingdom · #415,169 worldwide 83 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Drug Safety Research Unit

Which keywords describe research at Drug Safety Research Unit?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Adverse Drug Reactions, Data Mining, Pharmacovigilance, Signal Detection, Clinical Trials, Inflammation, Medication Adherence and Pharmaceutical Industry.

▲ 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. Adverse Drug Reactions34▲ 188×3 topics
  2. Data Mining25▲ 20×2 topics
  3. Pharmacovigilance25▲ 720×1 topic
  4. Signal Detection25▲ 720×1 topic
  5. Clinical Trials22▲ 13×13 topics
  6. Inflammation21▲ 3.2×40 topics
  7. Epidemiology20▲ 1.77×48 topics
  8. Medication Adherence11▲ 69×2 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.2×16 topics
  10. Pharmaceutical Industry10▲ 90×2 topics
  11. Treatment10▲ 2.7×16 topics
  12. Cancer9▲ 2.3×21 topics
  13. Off-Label Drug Use9▲ 87×1 topic
  14. Pediatric Pharmacokinetics9▲ 87×1 topic
  15. Metabolic Syndrome9▲ 3.6×12 topics
  16. Pharmacokinetics9▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Biomarkers8▲ 4.9×15 topics
  18. Genetics8▲ 3.9×11 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 9.0×5 topics
  20. Depression8▲ 3.7×12 topics
  21. Publication Bias7▲ 50×3 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 6.3×5 topics
  23. HLA-B*57016▲ 99×1 topic
  24. Stevens-Johnson Syndrome6▲ 99×1 topic
  25. Medical Ethics6▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Conflict of Interest6▲ 149×1 topic
  27. Research Outcome6▲ 149×1 topic
  28. Elderly5▲ 7.3×2 topics
  29. Pregnancy5▲ 7.6×5 topics
  30. Asthma4▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Drug Development Costs4▲ 64×1 topic
  32. Generic Drugs4▲ 64×1 topic
  33. Chemoprevention4▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Inappropriate Medication Use4▲ 39×1 topic
  35. Molecular Docking4▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Polypharmacy4▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Social Cognition4▲ 8.4×2 topics
  38. Chronic Disease Management4▲ 10×5 topics
  39. ACE2 Receptor4▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors4▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Drug Safety Research Unit publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions, Occupational Health and Safety Research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Pharmacovigilance and Ad…2Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and …1Occupational Health and Safety Research: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …1SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 0 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksAcademic integrity and plagiarism: 0 fractional worksPericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade: 0 fractional worksStatistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 0 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional works
ToxicologyRadiological and Ultrasound TechnologyInfectious DiseasesEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions Toxicology 2 works
  2. 2 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 1 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  5. 5 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  6. 6 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 0 works
  7. 7 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 0 works
  9. 9 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 0 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 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 available35.9%not open64.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.2%domestic only73.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Drug Safety Research Unit's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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