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MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom)

In research, MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom) stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,224 of 14,347 worldwide), Neuroscience (#767 of 2,675 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,680 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#5,750
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#360
of 2,253
Research works
1k
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
42.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

What is MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #2,224 of 14,347 22.5%493
NeuroscienceField #767 of 2,675 26.5%218
MedicineField #8,680 of 17,978 20.9%245
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,943 of 7,814 19.2%223
Physical SciencesDomain #11,135 of 21,541 13.6%236
Health SciencesDomain #11,194 of 20,462 20.0%264
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield #533 of 945 23.5%159
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,039 of 4,961 19.1%187
Organic ChemistrySubfield #1,739 of 2,025 11.6%155
ChemistryField #2,895 of 3,369 12.5%191

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom) 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).

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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.52× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.19× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6.20× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul D. Leeson, Gerard R. Dawson and Alan P. Watt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Paul D. Leeson United Kingdom · #107,107 worldwide 259 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Gerard R. Dawson United Kingdom · #345,693 worldwide 115 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Alan P. Watt United Kingdom · #373,831 worldwide 79 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Ruth M. McKernan United Kingdom · #374,617 worldwide 148 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Keith A. Wafford United Kingdom · #720,718 worldwide 111 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Stanley H. B. Wright United Kingdom · #1,006,237 worldwide 28 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 W. J. C. Currie United Kingdom · #1,132,802 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 David S. Reynolds United Kingdom · #1,150,029 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 M. J. Vandenburg United Kingdom · #1,305,779 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Michael Rowley United Kingdom · #1,339,852 worldwide 35 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Cost of Care, Financial Toxicity, Cost-effectiveness Analysis and Health Utility Measures.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 4.5×32 topics
  2. Quality of Life3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  3. Chemotherapy3▲ 8.4×14 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 11×7 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 13×5 topics
  6. Cost of Care2▲ 184×1 topic
  7. Financial Toxicity2▲ 184×1 topic
  8. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 59×1 topic
  9. Health Utility Measures2▲ 59×1 topic
  10. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 22×3 topics
  11. Immune Checkpoint Blockade2▲ 41×1 topic
  12. PD-1 and PD-L12▲ 41×1 topic
  13. Prognostic Factors2▲ 10.0×8 topics
  14. Clinical Trials2▲ 6.3×10 topics
  15. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Cancer Incidence2▲ 28×3 topics
  18. Cervical Cancer2▲ 34×2 topics
  19. Classification2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  20. Immunotherapy2▲ 5.0×8 topics
  21. Radiotherapy2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  22. Global Burden2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  23. Survival Analysis2▲ 12×4 topics
  24. Cetuximab1▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Respiratory Infections1▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Rituximab1▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Vaccination1▲ 41×2 topics
  28. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Community-Acquired Pneumonia1▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Echocardiography1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  31. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine1▲ 79×1 topic
  32. Pulmonary Hypertension1▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Right Heart Assessment1▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy1▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Survival Prediction1▲ 66×1 topic
  36. Targeted Therapy1▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Survival1▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Clinical Management1▲ 13×4 topics
  39. Lymphoma1▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Oropharyngeal Cancer1▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksPneumonia and Respirator…1Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 1 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksInhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery: 1 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…1Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analysis: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV Research: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsOncologyEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  8. 8 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 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 available18.8%not open81.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.0%domestic only72.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MSD (UK) Limited (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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