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Eli Lilly (United States)

In research, Eli Lilly (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#548 of 10,443 worldwide), Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (#14 of 261 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#686 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Statistics and Probability and Psychiatry and Mental health — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 18.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,662
of 28,054 · #818 all time
Rank in United States
#258
of 4,192
Research works
15k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
598k
40.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Eli Lilly (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #548 of 10,443 24.0%649 #290
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield #14 of 261 28.1%113 #45
Health SciencesDomain #686 of 11,982 24.1%676 #373
Life SciencesDomain #990 of 7,800 22.4%268 #365
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,537 of 3,579 21.8%165 #434
PhysiologySubfield #276 of 548 21.9%66 #189
Physical SciencesDomain #6,669 of 12,888 14.3%145 #2504
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,168 of 2,175 20.2%101 #332
Social SciencesDomain #7,927 of 10,521 17.6%66 #3217

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#290 #548
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism#45 #14
  3. Health Sciences#373 #686
  4. Life Sciences#365 #990
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#434 #1,537
  6. Physiology#189 #276
  7. Physical Sciences#2,504 #6,669
  8. Molecular Biology#332 #1,168
  9. Social Sciences#3,217 #7,927
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Eli Lilly (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 18.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 112.5 works18×
  2. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 36.3 works15×
  3. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 48.1 works8.3×
  4. DermatologySubfield · 23.1 works7.6×
  5. RheumatologySubfield · 38.3 works7.2×
  6. PhysiologySubfield · 65.6 works6.5×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.68× its world share, 165 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.28× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.36× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.72× its world share, 31 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.69× its world share, 37 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.92× its world share, 648 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.97× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 9 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.29× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Eli Lilly (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Eric Siemers, Sergey Shcherbinin and Steven Wrighton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Eli Lilly (United States).

  1. 1 Eric Siemers United States · #17,755 worldwide 1.4k citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Sergey Shcherbinin United States · #33,532 worldwide 382 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Steven Wrighton United States · #38,249 worldwide 515 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Paula T. Trzepacz United States · #41,575 worldwide 256 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 John R. Sims United States · #58,906 worldwide 392 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Brandy R. Matthews United States · #67,677 worldwide 210 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Gerald B. Grindey United States · #76,300 worldwide 351 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Charles M. Beasley United States · #77,703 worldwide 248 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Amit Aggarwal United States · #78,788 worldwide 198 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Gary D. Tollefson United States · #81,306 worldwide 193 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Eli Lilly (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Eli Lilly (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glycemic Control, Insulin Therapy, Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease and Biomarkers.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology90▲ 1.98×72 topics
  2. Glycemic Control90▲ 50×4 topics
  3. Insulin Therapy80▲ 57×3 topics
  4. Inflammation75▲ 3.1×66 topics
  5. Diabetes68▲ 12×17 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease67▲ 5.2×31 topics
  7. Type 2 Diabetes62▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Obesity61▲ 7.0×19 topics
  9. Heart Failure58▲ 12×12 topics
  10. Biomarkers54▲ 6.9×16 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress51▲ 2.7×42 topics
  12. Clinical Guidelines50▲ 15×8 topics
  13. Monoclonal Antibodies47▲ 45×3 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome47▲ 5.0×19 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Outcomes46▲ 73×1 topic
  16. Glucose Control46▲ 73×1 topic
  17. Quality of Life44▲ 2.6×33 topics
  18. Alzheimer's Disease43▲ 13×8 topics
  19. Genetics40▲ 5.0×17 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders40▲ 6.1×18 topics
  21. Neuroinflammation39▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Weight Loss38▲ 20×4 topics
  23. Inflammatory Bowel Disease37▲ 28×5 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk36▲ 10×9 topics
  25. Clinical Trials36▲ 4.7×15 topics
  26. Neurodegeneration34▲ 9.8×8 topics
  27. Type 1 Diabetes34▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Therapeutic Antibodies34▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Complications32▲ 5.5×9 topics
  30. Biopharmaceuticals30▲ 51×3 topics
  31. Immunogenicity30▲ 60×3 topics
  32. Neuroimaging29▲ 9.3×8 topics
  33. Autoantibodies29▲ 11×8 topics
  34. Continuous Glucose Monitoring28▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Hypoglycemia28▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Immunology27▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Lifestyle Intervention26▲ 27×2 topics
  38. Atherosclerosis26▲ 7.8×11 topics
  39. Glycosylation25▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Therapeutic Strategies25▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Eli Lilly (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diabetes Treatment and Management, Diabetes Management and Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research.

Diabetes Treatment and Management: 46 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 28 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…25Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 25 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…24Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 24 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 24 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 22 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…18Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 18 fractional worksStatistical Methods in C…18Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 18 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…16Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 16 fractional worksMigraine and Headache St…16Migraine and Headache Studies: 16 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPhysiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 46 works
  2. 2 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 28 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 25 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 24 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 24 works
  6. 6 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 22 works
  7. 7 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 18 works
  8. 8 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 18 works
  9. 9 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 16 works
  10. 10 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 16 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 available27.5%not open72.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Eli Lilly (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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