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Fractyl (United States)

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Research works
8
▲ 190% vs 2018-21
Citations
144
18.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
66%
world 18%
Fractyl (United States)

Not ranked overall: Fractyl (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 Fractyl (United States) work in?

In all years, 78% of research at Fractyl (United States) is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Engineering (3%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 6 fractional works · 78.3% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 76.8% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 40.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 17.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 14.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workALL ITS WORKFractyl (UnitedStates)8fractional works, all years
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences1%

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 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine676.8%
    2. Nursing01.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology114.0%
    2. Neuroscience01.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    1. Engineering02.9%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
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 Fractyl (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Harith Rajagopalan and Jay L. Caplan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fractyl (United States).

  1. 1 Harith Rajagopalan United States · #573,622 worldwide 5.1k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Jay L. Caplan United States · #2,169,508 worldwide 578 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Fractyl (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Fractyl (United States) is "Endoscopic Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: 6-Month Interim Analysis From the First-in-Human Proof-of-Concept Study" (Harith Rajagopalan, Alan D. Cherrington, Christopher C. Thompson et al., 2016), with 214 citations. Next come "Oral delivery of systemic monoclonal antibodies, peptides and small molecules using gastric auto-injectors" (184) and "Drinkable in situ-forming tough hydrogels for gastrointestinal therapeutics" (121).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Endoscopic Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes: 6-Month Interim Analysis From the First-in-Human Proof-of-Concept Study Harith Rajagopalan, Alan D. Cherrington, Christopher C. Thompson et al. · Diabetes Care 12 Aug 2016 214
2 Oral delivery of systemic monoclonal antibodies, peptides and small molecules using gastric auto-injectors Alex Abramson et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access 30 Aug 2021 184
3 Drinkable in situ-forming tough hydrogels for gastrointestinal therapeutics Gary W. Liu et al. · Nature Materials Open access 27 Feb 2024 121
4 Safety and efficacy of hydrothermal duodenal mucosal resurfacing in patients with type 2 diabetes: the randomised, double-blind, sham-controlled, multicentre REVITA-2 feasibility trial Geltrude Mingrone et al. · Gut Open access 17 Feb 2021 117
5 Age and sex in drug development and testing for adults Cara Tannenbaum, Danielle E. Day · Pharmacological Research Open access 26 Apr 2017 86
All 27 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Virus-based gene therapy research, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

Bariatric Surgery and Ou…0Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy…0Virus-based gene therapy research: 0 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…0Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…0Esophageal and GI Pathology: 0 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…0Diet and metabolism studies: 0 fractional worksPancreatic function and …0Pancreatic function and diabetes: 0 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 0 fractional worksHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 0 fractional worksBody Contouring and Surgery: 0 fractional worksPharmacology and Obesity Treatment: 0 fractional works
SurgeryGeneticsPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  2. 2 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 0 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 0 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Body Contouring and Surgery Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment Pharmacology 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 available45.2%not open54.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.1%domestic only33.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 190% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fractyl (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000044% in 2024.

still counting0.000020%0.000040%0.000060%Fractyl (United States)0.000014% in 2025200020102020

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

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