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GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

In research, GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) stands highest in Health Sciences (#529 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#532 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#818 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Microbiology, Epidemiology and Hematology (Microbiology is 22.7× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#1,189
of 22,385 · #791 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#79
of 862
Research works
14k
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
658k
45.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.09×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%

What is GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #529 of 9,902 14.1%780 #370
MedicineField #532 of 8,541 14.2%743 #362
Life SciencesDomain #818 of 6,403 12.8%305 #453
Physical SciencesDomain #1,962 of 10,670 9.7%161 #1530
EpidemiologySubfield #227 of 927 17.9%157 #197
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #746 of 2,964 11.7%158 #430
Molecular BiologySubfield #650 of 1,880 11.7%108 #374
Immunology and MicrobiologyField #242 of 681 16.0%99 #175
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #399 of 1,037 12.9%92 #327
Social SciencesDomain #4,978 of 9,585 11.8%89 #2966

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#370 #529
  2. Medicine#362 #532
  3. Life Sciences#453 #818
  4. Physical Sciences#1,530 #1,962
  5. Epidemiology#197 #227
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#430 #746
  7. Molecular Biology#374 #650
  8. Immunology and Microbiology#175 #242
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#327 #399
  10. Social Sciences#2,966 #4,978
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) is in Health Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (55%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Immunology and Microbiology (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 848 fractional works · 57.6% of its workMedicine: 805 fractional works · 54.8% of its workEpidemiology: 171 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 101 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 62 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOncology: 57 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 51 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRheumatology: 36 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHematology: 33 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 28 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 29 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 341 fractional works · 23.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 177 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 123 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 108 fractional works · 7.4% of its workImmunology: 50 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMicrobiology: 35 fractional works · 2.4% of its workVirology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 182 fractional works · 12.4% of its workChemistry: 53 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 28 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 47 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 100 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 32 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 32 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGlaxoSmithKline(United Kingdom)1,470fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences58%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine80554.8%
    2. Health Professions292.0%
    3. Veterinary50.3%
    4. Dentistry50.3%
    5. Nursing30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17712.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1087.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics231.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences201.4%
    5. Neuroscience120.8%
    1. Chemistry533.6%
    2. Engineering473.2%
    3. Computer Science251.7%
    4. Mathematics231.6%
    5. Environmental Science151.0%
    6. Materials Science120.8%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy20.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    10. Energy10.0%
    1. Social Sciences412.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance322.2%
    3. Psychology100.7%
    4. Decision Sciences80.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities50.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting40.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Microbiology takes 22.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MicrobiologySubfield · 34.8 works23×
  2. EpidemiologySubfield · 170.7 works8.2×
  3. HematologySubfield · 33.1 works7.4×
  4. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 108.4 works7.3×
  5. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 21.8 works7.0×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 20 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.26× its world share, 177 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.32× its world share, 108 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.48× its world share, 23 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.28× its world share, 53 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 47 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 23 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.85× its world share, 805 worksMedicineNursing: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.50× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology7.32×108 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.48×23 works
  3. Medicine2.85×805 works
  4. Veterinary2.50×5 works
  5. Chemistry2.28×53 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.26×177 works
  7. Mathematics1.35×23 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.03×32 works
  9. Health Professions0.74×29 works
  10. Dentistry0.69×5 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.55×8 works
  12. Neuroscience0.49×12 works
  13. Nursing0.47×3 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.37×2 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×20 works
  16. Materials Science0.23×12 works
  17. Computer Science0.22×25 works
  18. Engineering0.22×47 works
  19. Psychology0.22×10 works
  20. Social Sciences0.22×41 works
  21. Environmental Science0.20×15 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.12×5 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×2 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.09×4 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.07×2 works
  26. Energy0.05×1 works

Who are the top researchers at GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Rab K. Prinjha, Richard P. Marshall and John B. Davis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Rab K. Prinjha United Kingdom · #35,177 worldwide 20k citations · 249 works
  2. 2 Richard P. Marshall United Kingdom · #70,927 worldwide 17k citations · 104 works
  3. 3 John B. Davis United Kingdom · #78,895 worldwide 16k citations · 139 works
  4. 4 Colin Dingwall United Kingdom · #138,064 worldwide 13k citations · 77 works
  5. 5 Oliver N. Keene United Kingdom · #154,360 worldwide 15k citations · 114 works
  6. 6 Martin J. Gunthorpe United Kingdom · #161,866 worldwide 9.1k citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Alastair D. Reith United Kingdom · #175,007 worldwide 11k citations · 86 works
  8. 8 Chun‐wa Chung United Kingdom · #177,388 worldwide 12k citations · 145 works
  9. 9 William A. Fahy United Kingdom · #192,911 worldwide 2.4k citations · 75 works
  10. 10 David J. Bradshaw United Kingdom · #193,383 worldwide 4.7k citations · 84 works
All ranked researchers at GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) is "New response evaluation criteria in solid tumours: Revised RECIST guideline (version 1.1)" (E. A. Eisenhauer, P. Therasse, Jan Bogaerts et al., 2008), with 30,125 citations. Next come "Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases" (8,637) and "Molecular Properties That Influence the Oral Bioavailability of Drug Candidates" (8,390).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 New response evaluation criteria in solid tumours: Revised RECIST guideline (version 1.1) E. A. Eisenhauer, P. Therasse, Jan Bogaerts et al. · European Journal of Cancer 27 Dec 2008 30,125
2 Finding the missing heritability of complex diseases Teri A. Manolio et al. · Nature Open access Oct 2009 8,637
3 Molecular Properties That Influence the Oral Bioavailability of Drug Candidates Daniel F. Veber, Stephen R. Johnson, Hung‐Yuan Cheng et al. · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 11 May 2002 8,390
4 SPIRIT 2013 Statement: Defining Standard Protocol Items for Clinical Trials An‐Wen Chan, Jennifer Tetzlaff, Douglas G. Altman et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Open access 5 Feb 2013 8,142
5 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Treatment, Pathogenesis, Inflammation, Vaccine Development and Diagnosis.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology332▲ 5.7×106 topics
  2. Vaccine110▲ 19×11 topics
  3. Inflammation101▲ 3.2×70 topics
  4. Treatment99▲ 5.5×36 topics
  5. Immune Response91▲ 11×20 topics
  6. Pathogenesis84▲ 11×21 topics
  7. Diagnosis69▲ 5.0×33 topics
  8. Vaccine Development61▲ 16×10 topics
  9. Quality of Life61▲ 2.9×30 topics
  10. Immunity53▲ 9.0×9 topics
  11. Management53▲ 4.5×22 topics
  12. Global Burden50▲ 6.3×11 topics
  13. Genetics49▲ 4.8×16 topics
  14. Antimicrobial Resistance48▲ 16×8 topics
  15. Asthma47▲ 33×3 topics
  16. Immunology45▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Respiratory44▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Allergic Diseases42▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines42▲ 5.2×13 topics
  20. Eosinophils42▲ 48×1 topic
  21. Clinical Trials40▲ 4.1×17 topics
  22. Chemotherapy39▲ 3.7×20 topics
  23. Disease Burden38▲ 35×2 topics
  24. Host Immune Response37▲ 40×3 topics
  25. Viral Infections37▲ 44×2 topics
  26. Human Metapneumovirus37▲ 54×1 topic
  27. Respiratory Syncytial Virus37▲ 54×1 topic
  28. Antiretroviral Therapy34▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Monoclonal Antibodies31▲ 24×3 topics
  30. COPD30▲ 31×1 topic
  31. spirometry30▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Encephalitis30▲ 51×2 topics
  33. Herpes Zoster30▲ 70×1 topic
  34. Herpesviruses30▲ 70×1 topic
  35. Drug Resistance29▲ 6.9×9 topics
  36. Clinical Management29▲ 11×6 topics
  37. Molecular Mechanisms28▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Treatment Guidelines28▲ 8.7×5 topics
  39. Bacterial Meningitis27▲ 84×1 topic
  40. Neisseria meningitidis27▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Respiratory viral infections research, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments.

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 42 works
  2. 2 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 37 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 30 works
  4. 4 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Epidemiology 30 works
  5. 5 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 27 works
  6. 6 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 23 works
  7. 7 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 20 works
  8. 8 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 16 works
  10. 10 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.5%domestic only54.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower 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 GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0056% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)0.0053% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)11.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.5% in 1999.

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