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GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

In research, GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,114 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,333 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,861
of 28,054 · #1,448 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#271
of 1,094
Research works
5k
▼ 29% vs 2013–17
Citations
263k
52.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,114 of 11,982 14.8%85 #1145
MedicineField #8,333 of 10,443 13.6%77 #970

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.08× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.17× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.51× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.42× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.10× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.05× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 77 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, David A. Hall, Vincenzo Libri and Richard P. Marshall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 David A. Hall United Kingdom · #152,425 worldwide 144 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Vincenzo Libri United Kingdom · #213,441 worldwide 222 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Richard P. Marshall United Kingdom · #221,285 worldwide 176 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Jim J. Hagan United Kingdom · #269,355 worldwide 143 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 David Howlett United Kingdom · #287,978 worldwide 101 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Joseph P. Adams United Kingdom · #330,210 worldwide 115 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Sara Brett United Kingdom · #373,279 worldwide 46 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 John Riley United Kingdom · #408,888 worldwide 71 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Marcus Bantscheff United Kingdom · #421,199 worldwide 70 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Neil Upton United Kingdom · #434,534 worldwide 82 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Medicinal Chemistry, Diagnosis, Global Burden, Respiratory, Management, COPD and spirometry.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.4×56 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 2.6×37 topics
  3. Diagnosis10▲ 5.3×17 topics
  4. Medicinal Chemistry9▲ 16×7 topics
  5. Management8▲ 5.4×11 topics
  6. Global Burden8▲ 7.8×10 topics
  7. Treatment8▲ 3.2×19 topics
  8. Respiratory7▲ 37×2 topics
  9. COPD6▲ 50×1 topic
  10. spirometry6▲ 50×1 topic
  11. Monoclonal Antibodies6▲ 32×3 topics
  12. Glycosylation5▲ 24×3 topics
  13. Antiretroviral Therapy5▲ 16×6 topics
  14. Biomarkers5▲ 3.7×12 topics
  15. Genetics5▲ 3.6×9 topics
  16. Clinical Trials5▲ 3.6×14 topics
  17. Immune Response5▲ 4.3×12 topics
  18. Therapeutic Antibodies4▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Organic Synthesis4▲ 20×3 topics
  20. Transcriptional Regulation4▲ 14×6 topics
  21. Drug Discovery4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  22. Immunology4▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Drug Resistance4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  24. Pharmacokinetics4▲ 7.6×3 topics
  25. Asthma4▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Proteasome Inhibitors4▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Transition Metal Catalysis4▲ 23×4 topics
  28. Allergic Diseases4▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Eosinophils4▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Immunogenicity4▲ 42×3 topics
  31. Biopharmaceuticals4▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Minimal Residual Disease4▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Cell Culture3▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Molecular Docking3▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Heterocycles3▲ 18×3 topics
  36. BET Bromodomains3▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Diagnosis Criteria3▲ 44×1 topic
  38. International Myeloma Working Group3▲ 44×1 topic
  39. PROTACs3▲ 56×1 topic
  40. Staging System3▲ 26×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Asthma and respiratory diseases, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments and Protein Degradation and Inhibitors.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…6Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 6 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 3 fractional worksProtein Degradation and Inhibitors: 3 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 3 fractional worksViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 3 fractional worksInhalation and Respirato…3Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 3 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 2 fractional worksProtein purification and stability: 2 fractional worksStatistical Methods in C…2Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyHematologyMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  3. 3 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 3 works
  4. 4 Protein Degradation and Inhibitors Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 works
  6. 6 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 3 works
  7. 7 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 2 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 available35.0%not open65.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.0%domestic only58.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% 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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