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Drug Safety Research Unit

In research, Drug Safety Research Unit stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,703 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,354 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,925
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,005
of 1,844
Research works
276
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
41.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.14×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Drug Safety Research Unit

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 #5,703 of 16,688 12.3%164
MedicineField #5,354 of 14,558 11.8%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Drug Safety Research Unit work in?

In all years, 60% of research at Drug Safety Research Unit is in Health Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 164 fractional works · 59.5% of its workMedicine: 151 fractional works · 54.7% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Terminology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 74 fractional works · 26.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 38 fractional works · 13.6% of its workToxicology: 25 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 6.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDrug SafetyResearch Unit276fractional works, all years
Life Sciences27%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences60%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15154.7%
    2. Health Professions124.2%
    3. Veterinary20.6%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3813.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology228.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology72.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.6%
    5. Neuroscience20.7%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance72.7%
    2. Psychology51.7%
    3. Social Sciences41.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.8%
    5. Decision Sciences20.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    1. Computer Science51.9%
    2. Mathematics41.4%
    3. Chemistry31.1%
    4. Environmental Science20.9%
    5. Engineering10.4%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 36.16× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.19× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.04× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.57× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× 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, 36.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics36.16×2 works
  2. Veterinary6.19×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology4.73×1 works
  4. Health Professions3.19×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.57×1 works
  6. Mathematics2.11×0 works
  7. Medicine2.04×8 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.96×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.95×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.59×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.58×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.52×0 works
  13. Nursing0.49×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.36×1 works
  15. Chemistry0.30×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.24×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.19×0 works
  19. Psychology0.17×0 works
  20. Engineering0.04×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Drug Safety Research Unit?

Ranked on the quality score, Nicholas R. Dunn, Alison Evans and Lorna Hazell lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Drug Safety Research Unit.

  1. 1 Nicholas R. Dunn United Kingdom · #497,244 worldwide 1.2k citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Alison Evans United Kingdom · #957,595 worldwide 1.6k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Lorna Hazell United Kingdom · #1,226,517 worldwide 3.4k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 William H. W. Inman United Kingdom · #1,338,003 worldwide 3.9k citations · 98 works
  5. 5 Samantha Lane United Kingdom · #1,467,481 worldwide 504 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Saad Shakir United Kingdom · #1,628,637 worldwide 8k citations · 207 works
  7. 7 Lynda V Wilton United Kingdom · #1,684,372 worldwide 1.1k citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Ronald D. Mann United Kingdom · #1,853,367 worldwide 3k citations · 129 works
  9. 9 G. L. Pearce United Kingdom · #1,912,305 worldwide 1.2k citations · 31 works
  10. 10 F. J. Mackay United Kingdom · #2,072,517 worldwide 804 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Drug Safety Research Unit

What are the most cited papers from Drug Safety Research Unit?

The most cited paper from Drug Safety Research Unit is "Under-Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions" (Lorna Hazell, Saad Shakir, 2006), with 1,950 citations. Next come "EPOS 2012: European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2012. A summary for otorhinolaryngologists" (1,197) and "Helicobacter pylori infection induces gastric cancer in Mongolian gerbils" (997).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Under-Reporting of Adverse Drug Reactions Lorna Hazell, Saad Shakir · Drug Safety 2006 1,950
2 EPOS 2012: European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2012. A summary for otorhinolaryngologists Wytske Johanna Fokkens et al. · Rhinology Journal Open access Mar 2012 1,197
3 Helicobacter pylori infection induces gastric cancer in Mongolian gerbils Takeshi Watanabe, Mayumi Tada, Hirofumi Nagai et al. · Gastroenterology Open access Sep 1998 997
4 Preferences of patients for patient centred approach to consultation in primary care: observational study Paul S Little, Hazel Everitt, Ian Williamson et al. · BMJ Open access 24 Feb 2001 777
5 Randomized Trial of Posaconazole and Benznidazole for Chronic Chagas' Disease Israel Molina, Jordi Gómez i Prat, Fernando Salvador et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 May 2014 628
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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-now: Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions, Occupational Health and Safety Research, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Computational Drug Discovery Methods.

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 worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 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 DiseasesComputational Theory and Mathematics5 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 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% lower 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 Safety Research Unit as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000066% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Drug Safety Research Unit0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Drug Safety Research Unit over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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