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Flexion Therapeutics (United States)

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Research works
21
▼ 87% vs 2018-21
Citations
267
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Flexion Therapeutics (United States)

Not ranked overall: Flexion Therapeutics (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Flexion Therapeutics (United States) work in?

In all years, 81% of research at Flexion Therapeutics (United States) is in Health Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (80%), Engineering (7%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (4%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 17 fractional works · 81.2% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 80.1% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 32.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 10.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFlexionTherapeutics…21fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences0%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1680.1%
    2. Veterinary00.8%
    3. Health Professions00.3%
    1. Engineering17.2%
    2. Energy01.6%
    3. Chemistry01.5%
    4. Environmental Science00.1%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics14.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    4. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Social Sciences00.1%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Flexion Therapeutics (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Neil C. Bodick, Joelle Lufkin and Scott D. Kelley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Flexion Therapeutics (United States).

  1. 1 Neil C. Bodick United States · #1,023,372 worldwide 2.5k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Joelle Lufkin United States · #1,348,717 worldwide 1.3k citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Scott D. Kelley United States · #1,598,879 worldwide 2.5k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Prachi Mehra United States · #2,654,722 worldwide 358 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Amy Çinar United States · #4,133,569 worldwide 459 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Flexion Therapeutics (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Flexion Therapeutics (United States)?

The most cited paper from Flexion Therapeutics (United States) is "Microneedle-based device for the one-step painless collection of capillary blood samples" (Timothy M. Blicharz, Ping Gong, Bernard M Bunner et al., 2018), with 224 citations. Next come "Effects of a Single Intra-Articular Injection of a Microsphere Formulation of Triamcinolone Acetonide on Knee Osteoarthritis Pain" (176) and "Synovial and systemic pharmacokinetics (PK) of triamcinolone acetonide (TA) following intra-articular (IA) injection of an extended-release microsphere-based formulation (FX006) or standard crystalline suspension in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA)" (150).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microneedle-based device for the one-step painless collection of capillary blood samples Timothy M. Blicharz, Ping Gong, Bernard M Bunner et al. · Nature Biomedical Engineering 16 Feb 2018 224
2 Effects of a Single Intra-Articular Injection of a Microsphere Formulation of Triamcinolone Acetonide on Knee Osteoarthritis Pain Philip G. Conaghan, David John Hunter, Stanley B. Cohen et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Open access 18 Apr 2018 176
3 Synovial and systemic pharmacokinetics (PK) of triamcinolone acetonide (TA) following intra-articular (IA) injection of an extended-release microsphere-based formulation (FX006) or standard crystalline suspension in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) Virginia B. Kraus, Philip G. Conaghan, H.A. Aazami et al. · Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open access 12 Oct 2017 150
4 Machine-learning, MRI bone shape and important clinical outcomes in osteoarthritis: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative M.A. Bowes, Katherine A. Kacena, Oras Alabas et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 13 Nov 2020 128
5 An Intra-Articular, Extended-Release Formulation of Triamcinolone Acetonide Prolongs and Amplifies Analgesic Effect in Patients with Osteoarthritis of the Knee Neil C. Bodick, Joelle Lufkin, C. Willwerth et al. · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 3 Jun 2015 128
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Which keywords describe research at Flexion Therapeutics (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Regeneration, Osteoarthritis, Cartilage, Chondrocyte, Cardiovascular Risk, Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

▲ 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 16 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation8▲ 17×5 topics
  2. Regeneration6▲ 171×2 topics
  3. Osteoarthritis6▲ 225×2 topics
  4. Cartilage6▲ 597×1 topic
  5. Chondrocyte6▲ 597×1 topic
  6. Cardiovascular Risk3▲ 37×3 topics
  7. Cancer2▲ 5.2×1 topic
  8. Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors2▲ 188×1 topic
  9. Epidemiology2▲ 1.76×7 topics
  10. Rheumatoid Arthritis1▲ 64×2 topics
  11. Chronic Pain1▲ 24×3 topics
  12. Pain Management1▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Biological Therapy1▲ 88×1 topic
  14. Compound Eyes1▲ 358×1 topic
  15. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs1▲ 101×1 topic
  16. Freeform Optics1▲ 358×1 topic

Which research topics does Flexion Therapeutics (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 0 fractional worksPlant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties: 0 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…0Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 0 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 0 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 0 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 0 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 0 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 0 fractional works
PharmacologyPathology and Forensic MedicineMolecular BiologySurgery6 others

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

  1. 1 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 0 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  3. 3 Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 0 works
  8. 8 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 0 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 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 available60.9%not open39.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Flexion Therapeutics (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 87% 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 Flexion Therapeutics (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000069% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Flexion Therapeutics (United States)0.0000053% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Flexion Therapeutics (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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