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GW Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)

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World rank, all time
#9,644
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#542
of 2,253
Research works
280
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
73.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

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: 1.99× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.43× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.81× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 8.50× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 4.44× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.08× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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 GW Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, Graeme C.M. Smith, John M. McPartland and Tom D. Heightman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GW Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Graeme C.M. Smith United Kingdom · #113,088 worldwide 336 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 John M. McPartland United Kingdom · #142,446 worldwide 164 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Tom D. Heightman United Kingdom · #302,989 worldwide 158 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 David L. Norton United Kingdom · #334,790 worldwide 83 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Henriëtte M. G. Willems United Kingdom · #592,824 worldwide 75 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Christopher N. Johnson United Kingdom · #881,186 worldwide 68 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at GW Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at GW Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Cancer Therapy, Cannabinoid Receptors, Endocannabinoid System, Phylogeny, Epilepsy, Taxonomy and DNA Barcoding.

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

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurological Disorders4▲ 24×8 topics
  2. Cancer Therapy2▲ 12×8 topics
  3. Cannabinoid Receptors2▲ 201×1 topic
  4. Endocannabinoid System2▲ 201×1 topic
  5. Inflammation2▲ 3.2×9 topics
  6. Phylogeny2▲ 44×5 topics
  7. Epilepsy2▲ 52×3 topics
  8. Taxonomy1▲ 40×4 topics
  9. Biodiversity1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  10. DNA Barcoding1▲ 30×3 topics
  11. Diagnostic Criteria1▲ 22×4 topics
  12. Genetics1▲ 7.0×6 topics
  13. Cancer1▲ 3.2×5 topics
  14. Cognitive Impairment1▲ 17×2 topics
  15. Machine Learning1▲ 1.41×5 topics
  16. Invasive Species1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  17. Evolution1▲ 15×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research, Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies.

Cannabis and Cannabinoid…2Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 2 fractional worksTuberous Sclerosis Complex Research: 1 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 1 fractional worksRenal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 1 fractional worksCancer-related Molecular Pathways: 0 fractional worksGastrointestinal motilit…0Gastrointestinal motility and disorders: 0 fractional worksCalcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism: 0 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 0 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional works
PharmacologyPhysiologyGeneticsNephrology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 2 works
  2. 2 Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 1 works
  5. 5 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  6. 6 Cancer-related Molecular Pathways Oncology 0 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 0 works
  8. 8 Calcium signaling and nucleotide metabolism Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 0 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher 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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