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Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)

In research, Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#639 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#872 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,156 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pharmaceutical Science, Spectroscopy and Statistics and Probability — Pharmaceutical Science is 12.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,130
of 28,054 · #515 all time
Rank in United States
#192
of 4,192
Research works
18k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
742k
42.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (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 #639 of 10,443 18.6%763 #250
Health SciencesDomain #872 of 11,982 18.6%800 #315
Physical SciencesDomain #1,156 of 12,888 22.4%389 #1043
Organic ChemistrySubfield #60 of 615 35.4%90 #90
ChemistryField #133 of 1,330 27.0%169 #196
Life SciencesDomain #957 of 7,800 18.6%450 #222
EpidemiologySubfield #239 of 976 25.3%140 #233
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #887 of 3,579 18.0%301 #241
OncologySubfield #246 of 772 18.9%130 #95
Molecular BiologySubfield #711 of 2,175 18.9%204 #205

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#250 #639
  2. Health Sciences#315 #872
  3. Physical Sciences#1,043 #1,156
  4. Organic Chemistry#90 #60
  5. Chemistry#196 #133
  6. Life Sciences#222 #957
  7. Epidemiology#233 #239
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#241 #887
  9. Oncology#95 #246
  10. Molecular Biology#205 #711
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pharmaceutical Science takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 22.7 works12×
  2. SpectroscopySubfield · 43.4 works11×
  3. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 35.0 works9.3×
  4. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 89.7 works6.8×
  5. OncologySubfield · 129.7 works6.6×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.21× its world share, 301 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.60× its world share, 81 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.24× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 6.15× its world share, 169 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.29× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 30 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 39 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.26× its world share, 763 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.91× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.55× its world share, 58 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert P. Sheridan, David E. Moller and Irwin Singer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States).

  1. 1 Robert P. Sheridan United States · #29,619 worldwide 851 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 David E. Moller United States · #51,034 worldwide 351 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Irwin Singer United States · #51,152 worldwide 395 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Eric H. Rubin United States · #51,737 worldwide 332 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Rodolfo F. Perini United States · #53,153 worldwide 510 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Vassiliki Karantza United States · #54,075 worldwide 496 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Keaven M. Anderson United States · #58,850 worldwide 631 citations · 27 works
  8. 8 Richard A. F. Dixon United States · #60,128 worldwide 316 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Robert W. Egan United States · #61,962 worldwide 282 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Mark J. DiNubile United States · #68,653 worldwide 465 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Monoclonal Antibodies, Chemotherapy, Therapeutic Antibodies, Tumor Microenvironment, Glycosylation, Immunogenicity and Biopharmaceuticals.

▲ 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. Epidemiology215▲ 3.1×90 topics
  2. Monoclonal Antibodies82▲ 52×3 topics
  3. Chemotherapy79▲ 6.4×21 topics
  4. Therapeutic Antibodies70▲ 57×2 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment61▲ 7.8×8 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines60▲ 6.3×13 topics
  7. Clinical Trials58▲ 4.9×14 topics
  8. Immunotherapy57▲ 4.5×18 topics
  9. Glycosylation56▲ 28×3 topics
  10. Immunogenicity55▲ 72×3 topics
  11. Biopharmaceuticals54▲ 60×3 topics
  12. Biomarkers54▲ 4.5×18 topics
  13. Vaccine54▲ 7.5×10 topics
  14. Medicinal Chemistry49▲ 10×12 topics
  15. Antimicrobial Resistance48▲ 14×9 topics
  16. Pathogenesis46▲ 5.1×19 topics
  17. Immune Response45▲ 4.5×18 topics
  18. Targeted Therapy44▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Recombinant Proteins42▲ 76×2 topics
  20. Protein Aggregation40▲ 44×2 topics
  21. Immune Checkpoint Blockade40▲ 21×1 topic
  22. PD-1 and PD-L140▲ 21×1 topic
  23. Chromatography40▲ 152×1 topic
  24. Stability40▲ 10.0×1 topic
  25. Drug Discovery39▲ 10×8 topics
  26. Vaccine Development38▲ 8.4×8 topics
  27. Treatment Guidelines34▲ 8.9×5 topics
  28. Human Papillomavirus32▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Vaccination30▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Respiratory Infections30▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Community-Acquired Pneumonia30▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine30▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Monoclonal Antibody30▲ 32×2 topics
  34. Antibody Engineering29▲ 31×1 topic
  35. Economic Evaluation29▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Fc Receptors29▲ 31×1 topic
  37. Cost-effectiveness Analysis29▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Health Utility Measures29▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Molecular Characterization29▲ 9.2×6 topics
  40. Cancer Incidence29▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Protein purification and stability, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections and Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…40Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 40 fractional worksProtein purification and…40Protein purification and stability: 40 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 30 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…29Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 29 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…29Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 29 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 26 fractional worksViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 22 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…22Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 22 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 22 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 22 fractional works
OncologyMolecular BiologyEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 40 works
  2. 2 Protein purification and stability Molecular Biology 40 works
  3. 3 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 30 works
  4. 4 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 29 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 29 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 26 works
  7. 7 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 22 works
  8. 8 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 22 works
  9. 9 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 22 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 22 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 available31.5%not open68.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% 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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