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Medicines Discovery Catapult

md.catapult.org.ukROR OpenAlex
Research works
55
▲ 171% vs 2018-21
Citations
994
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
Medicines Discovery Catapult

Not ranked overall: Medicines Discovery Catapult 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 Medicines Discovery Catapult work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Medicines Discovery Catapult is in Health Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (24%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 16 fractional works · 43.0% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 42.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 11.5% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 31.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 24.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 17.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 19.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMedicinesDiscovery…37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1642.2%
    2. Health Professions00.8%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology924.2%
    2. Neuroscience13.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.0%
    1. Engineering37.4%
    2. Chemistry24.8%
    3. Computer Science13.6%
    4. Materials Science12.7%
    5. Environmental Science00.5%
    6. Mathematics00.5%
    1. Social Sciences24.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.4%
    3. Psychology00.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.1%
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: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.54× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 3.07× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.19× its world share, 16 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.54×9 works
  2. Chemistry3.07×2 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.77×0 works
  4. Medicine2.19×16 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology2.18×1 works
  6. Neuroscience1.88×1 works
  7. Materials Science0.76×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×0 works
  9. Engineering0.49×3 works
  10. Veterinary0.47×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.46×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.45×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.33×2 works
  14. Health Professions0.29×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.10×0 works
  17. Psychology0.10×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Medicines Discovery Catapult?

Ranked on the quality score, Malcolm Haddrick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medicines Discovery Catapult.

  1. 1 Malcolm Haddrick United Kingdom · #1,472,343 worldwide 612 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Medicines Discovery Catapult

What are the most cited papers from Medicines Discovery Catapult?

The most cited paper from Medicines Discovery Catapult is "Unexplored therapeutic opportunities in the human genome" (Tudor Ionel Oprea et al., 2018), with 398 citations. Next come "Evaluating Robustness and Sensitivity of the NanoString Technologies nCounter Platform to Enable Multiplexed Gene Expression Analysis of Clinical Samples" (339) and "Improving the odds of drug development success through human genomics: modelling study" (280).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Unexplored therapeutic opportunities in the human genome Tudor Ionel Oprea et al. · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery ReviewOpen access 23 Feb 2018 398
2 Evaluating Robustness and Sensitivity of the NanoString Technologies nCounter Platform to Enable Multiplexed Gene Expression Analysis of Clinical Samples Margaret H. Veldman-Jones, Roz Brant, Claire M. Rooney et al. · Cancer Research 11 Jun 2015 339
3 Improving the odds of drug development success through human genomics: modelling study Aroon Dinesh Hingorani, Valerie Kuan, Chris Finan et al. · Scientific Reports Open access 11 Dec 2019 280
4 PCSK9 monoclonal antibodies for the primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease Amand Floriaan Schmidt, Lucy S Pearce, John T. Wilkins et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 28 Apr 2017 213
5 Drug Target Commons: A Community Effort to Build a Consensus Knowledge Base for Drug-Target Interactions Jing Ping Tang et al. · Cell chemical biology Open access 21 Dec 2017 172
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Medicines Discovery Catapult?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Therapy, Cystic Fibrosis, Mutation Analysis, Microbiota, CFTR, Pulmonary Infections, Immunotherapy and Mass Spectrometry.

▲ 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-now 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Cancer Therapy3▲ 12×7 topics
  2. Cystic Fibrosis2▲ 88×2 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 2.8×11 topics
  4. Microbiota2▲ 27×2 topics
  5. Mutation Analysis2▲ 80×2 topics
  6. CFTR2▲ 200×1 topic
  7. Pulmonary Infections2▲ 95×1 topic
  8. Cancer2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  9. Immunotherapy2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  10. Biomarkers2▲ 6.6×5 topics
  11. Capacity Building2▲ 72×2 topics
  12. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 29×4 topics
  13. Global Collaboration2▲ 119×1 topic
  14. Health Biotechnology2▲ 269×1 topic
  15. Machine Learning1◆ 1.03×4 topics
  16. Prostate Cancer1▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Biomedical Applications1▲ 2.9×4 topics
  18. Clinical Trials1▲ 4.8×4 topics
  19. Epidemiology1▼ 0.80×11 topics
  20. Nanoparticles1▲ 2.6×5 topics
  21. Tumor Microenvironment1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  22. Consensus Building1▲ 117×1 topic
  23. Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors1▲ 190×1 topic
  24. Data Integration1▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Delphi Method1▲ 117×1 topic
  26. Genomic Profiling1▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Prostaglandins1▲ 190×1 topic
  28. Transcriptional Regulation1▲ 18×5 topics
  29. Androgen Receptor1▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Homologous Recombination1▲ 58×2 topics
  31. Hormone Therapy1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Medicines Discovery Catapult publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Biotechnology and Related Fields, Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects and Delphi Technique in Research.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…2Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 2 fractional worksBiotechnology and Related Fields: 2 fractional worksInflammatory mediators a…1Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects: 1 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Rese…1Delphi Technique in Research: 1 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 1 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cance…1PARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 1 fractional worksTopic Modeling1Topic Modeling: 1 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 1 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPharmacologySociology and Political Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects Pharmacology 1 works
  4. 4 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 1 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 available59.1%not open40.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.5%domestic only67.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Medicines Discovery Catapult's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 171% higher 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 Medicines Discovery Catapult as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Medicines Discovery Catapult over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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