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IQVIA (United States)

In research, IQVIA (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#3,723 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,943 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics and Econometrics and Economics, Econometrics and Finance — Economics and Econometrics is 7.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,752
of 28,054 · #8,331 all time
Rank in United States
#1,302
of 4,192
Research works
2.1k
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
17.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is IQVIA (United States) 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
MedicineField #3,723 of 10,443 12.2%157 #2082
Health SciencesDomain #4,943 of 11,982 12.1%171 #2503

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where IQVIA (United States) 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).

What does IQVIA (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics and Econometrics takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 33.6 works7.2×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 33.9 works5.4×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.24× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.52× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.16× its world share, 10 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.45× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.79× its world share, 157 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.40× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at IQVIA (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, James D. Wilkinson, G. Alan Marlatt and Kenneth A. Wallston lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IQVIA (United States).

  1. 1 James D. Wilkinson United States · #4,280 worldwide 1.1k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 G. Alan Marlatt United States · #7,807 worldwide 927 citations · 109 works
  3. 3 Kenneth A. Wallston United States · #14,122 worldwide 375 citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Peter A. Hall United States · #15,512 worldwide 1.3k citations · 182 works
  5. 5 Francine Kaufman United States · #16,081 worldwide 394 citations · 99 works
  6. 6 Bonnie Bruce United States · #16,748 worldwide 698 citations · 122 works
  7. 7 Martica H. Hall United States · #17,336 worldwide 579 citations · 110 works
  8. 8 Crystal L. Park United States · #23,872 worldwide 1k citations · 160 works
  9. 9 Judith A. Hall United States · #27,988 worldwide 551 citations · 96 works
  10. 10 Ronald Goldberg United States · #31,105 worldwide 437 citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at IQVIA (United States)

Which keywords describe research at IQVIA (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Economic Evaluation, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Clinical Trials, Targeted Therapy and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 3.0×83 topics
  2. Quality of Life27▲ 6.4×28 topics
  3. Economic Evaluation19▲ 52×2 topics
  4. Cost-effectiveness Analysis18▲ 74×1 topic
  5. Health Utility Measures18▲ 74×1 topic
  6. Clinical Trials17▲ 8.6×16 topics
  7. Treatment11▲ 3.2×26 topics
  8. Inflammation11▲ 1.84×42 topics
  9. Pandemic10▲ 3.1×6 topics
  10. Healthcare10▲ 2.9×9 topics
  11. Diagnosis10▲ 3.5×21 topics
  12. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.3×19 topics
  13. Immunotherapy8▲ 4.0×17 topics
  14. Targeted Therapy8▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Biomarkers8▲ 3.9×11 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.4×23 topics
  17. Immune Response7▲ 4.2×13 topics
  18. Management7▲ 3.0×18 topics
  19. Pharmaceutical Industry7▲ 62×2 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors7▲ 5.2×10 topics
  21. Vaccine7▲ 5.6×9 topics
  22. Drug Development Costs6▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Generic Drugs6▲ 78×1 topic
  24. SARS-CoV-26▲ 6.3×5 topics
  25. Lymphoma6▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Rituximab5▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 8.2×6 topics
  28. ACE2 Receptor5▲ 7.0×3 topics
  29. Cost of Care5▲ 56×1 topic
  30. Financial Toxicity5▲ 56×1 topic
  31. Data Integration5▲ 9.8×3 topics
  32. Chronic Disease Management5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  33. Genomic Profiling5▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Medication Adherence5▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Text Mining5▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Transition Metal Catalysis4▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Monoclonal Antibodies4▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Biomedical Literature4▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Biomedical Ontologies4▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Interventions4▲ 12×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy, Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer and Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies.

Health Systems, Economic…18Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 18 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics…6Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 6 fractional worksEconomic and Financial I…5Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 5 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanaly…4Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 4 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksMedication Adherence and Compliance: 3 fractional worksCatalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions: 2 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsMolecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineImmunology4 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 18 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  3. 3 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  4. 4 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 4 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 4 works
  7. 7 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 3 works
  9. 9 Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions Organic Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 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 available27.3%not open72.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.8%domestic only74.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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