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Heffter Research Institute

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Research works
4
▼ 66% vs 2018-21
Citations
185
46.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
82.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Heffter Research Institute

Not ranked overall: Heffter Research Institute 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 Heffter Research Institute work in?

In all years, 57% of research at Heffter Research Institute is in Social Sciences, 25% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (48%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (15%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 57.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 47.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 25.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 15.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 10.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHeffter ResearchInstitute4fractional works, all years
Life Sciences25%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences57%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology247.5%
    2. Decision Sciences07.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities02.5%
    1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics115.0%
    2. Neuroscience07.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.5%
    1. Medicine010.0%
    2. Nursing02.5%
    1. Chemistry05.0%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Heffter Research Institute?

The most cited paper from Heffter Research Institute is "A Method of Conducting Therapeutic Sessions with MDMA" (George R. Greer, Requa Tolbert, 1998), with 187 citations. Next come "Acute Psychological and Neurophysiological Effects of MDMA in Humans" (92) and "Psilocybin impairs high-level but not low-level motion perception" (85).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Method of Conducting Therapeutic Sessions with MDMA George R. Greer, Requa Tolbert · Journal of Psychoactive Drugs Dec 1998 187
2 Acute Psychological and Neurophysiological Effects of MDMA in Humans Franz X. Vollenweider, Matthias E. Liechti, Alex Gamma et al. · Journal of Psychoactive Drugs Jun 2002 92
3 Psilocybin impairs high-level but not low-level motion perception Olivia L. Carter, John Douglas Pettigrew, David C. Burr et al. · Neuroreport Aug 2004 85
4 New World Tryptamine Hallucinogens and the Neuroscience of Ayahuasca Dennis J. McKenna, Jordi Riba · Current topics in behavioral neurosciences Book chapter 2016 68
5 Morphological, phytochemical, and genetic variation in hawaiian cultivars of ’Awa (Kava,Piper methysticum, piperaceae) Vincent Lebot, Dennis J. McKenna, Ed Johnston et al. · Economic Botany Oct 1999 43
All 14 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Heffter Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychedelics and Drug Studies, Diverse academic research themes, Chemical synthesis and alkaloids and Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare.

  1. 1 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 0 works
  2. 2 Diverse academic research themes Information Systems and Management 0 works
  3. 3 Chemical synthesis and alkaloids Organic Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare Pharmacology 0 works
  5. 5 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 0 works
  7. 7 Pain Management and Placebo Effect Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available8.9%not open91.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.5%domestic only65.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Heffter Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 66% 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 Heffter Research Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000020% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Heffter Research Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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