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Lonza (United Kingdom)

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Research works
63
▼ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
37.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Lonza (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Lonza (United Kingdom) 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 Lonza (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 64% of research at Lonza (United Kingdom) is in Life Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (60%), Medicine (18%), Chemistry (7%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 40 fractional works · 63.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 38 fractional works · 60.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 50.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 18.4% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 18.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 10.8% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 16.8% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLonza (UnitedKingdom)63fractional works, all years
Life Sciences64%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3860.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.0%
    1. Medicine1118.0%
    2. Nursing00.2%
    3. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Chemistry46.6%
    2. Engineering46.5%
    3. Materials Science11.6%
    4. Environmental Science11.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences00.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11.63× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 11.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.63×6 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×0 works
  3. Engineering1.03×1 works
  4. Environmental Science0.93×0 works
  5. Medicine0.67×1 works
  6. Materials Science0.52×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew J. Racher and Colin M. Jaques lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Lonza (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Andrew J. Racher United Kingdom · #1,816,575 worldwide 2.4k citations · 69 works
  2. 2 Colin M. Jaques United Kingdom · #1,857,707 worldwide 683 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Lonza (United Kingdom)

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

The most cited paper from Lonza (United Kingdom) is "Aggregates in monoclonal antibody manufacturing processes" (María Vázquez‐Rey, Dietmar Lang, 2011), with 486 citations. Next come "Antibody production" (475) and "On the Optimal Ratio of Heavy to Light Chain Genes for Efficient Recombinant Antibody Production by CHO Cells" (237).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Aggregates in monoclonal antibody manufacturing processes María Vázquez‐Rey, Dietmar Lang · Biotechnology and Bioengineering 7 Apr 2011 486
2 Antibody production John R. Birch, Andrew J. Racher · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Review 23 May 2006 475
3 On the Optimal Ratio of Heavy to Light Chain Genes for Efficient Recombinant Antibody Production by CHO Cells Stefan Schlatter, Scott H. Stansfield, Diane M. Dinnis et al. · Biotechnology Progress 4 Feb 2005 237
4 Reactor design for large scale suspension animal cell culture Julie Varley, John R. Birch · Cytotechnology Open access Mar 1999 159
5 Taking immunogenicity assessment of therapeutic proteins to the next level Isabel Büttel et al. · Biologicals 25 Feb 2011 140
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Lonza (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Glycosylation, Monoclonal Antibodies, Therapeutic Antibodies, Cell Culture, Biopharmaceutical Production, Monoclonal Antibody, Mammalian Cells and Recombinant Protein.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Glycosylation23▲ 162×3 topics
  2. Monoclonal Antibodies18▲ 195×3 topics
  3. Therapeutic Antibodies17▲ 209×2 topics
  4. Cell Culture16▲ 225×2 topics
  5. Biopharmaceutical Production15▲ 305×2 topics
  6. Monoclonal Antibody15▲ 337×2 topics
  7. Mammalian Cells15▲ 594×1 topic
  8. Recombinant Protein15▲ 594×1 topic
  9. Biopharmaceuticals12▲ 276×3 topics
  10. Recombinant Proteins11▲ 334×2 topics
  11. Immunogenicity11▲ 332×2 topics
  12. Protein Aggregation10▲ 203×1 topic
  13. Stability10▲ 83×1 topic
  14. Antibody Engineering7▲ 109×1 topic
  15. Fc Receptors7▲ 109×1 topic
  16. Gene Therapy4▲ 24×4 topics
  17. Genomic Integration4▲ 54×2 topics
  18. AAV3▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Viral Vectors3▲ 80×1 topic
  20. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  21. Tumor Regression2▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Cancer1▲ 1.56×6 topics
  24. CAR T Cells1▲ 49×1 topic
  25. Chimeric Antigen Receptor1▲ 49×1 topic
  26. Epidemiology1▼ 0.49×7 topics
  27. Genome Engineering1▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Oxidative Stress1◆ 1.03×5 topics
  29. RNA-Guided1▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Regenerative Medicine1▲ 9.0×3 topics
  31. Plant Molecular Farming1▲ 72×1 topic
  32. Surfactants1▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Synthetic Biology1▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Therapeutics1▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Vaccine Antigens1▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Glycans1▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Immune System1▲ 5.0×1 topic
  38. Tissue Engineering1▲ 3.0×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects, Protein purification and stability, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research.

Viral Infectious Disease…2Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 2 fractional worksProtein purification and…2Protein purification and stability: 2 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 1 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 0 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy…0Virus-based gene therapy research: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 0 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 0 fractional worksGlycosylation and Glycoproteins Research: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingBiomedical EngineeringGenetics2 others

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

  1. 1 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 2 works
  2. 2 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 0 works
  8. 8 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research Molecular Biology 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.8%domestic only62.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% 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 Lonza (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000013% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Lonza (United Kingdom)0.000067% in 2025200020102020

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

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