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National Institute on Drug Abuse

In research, National Institute on Drug Abuse stands highest in Life Sciences (#875 of 7,800 worldwide), Neuroscience (#155 of 1,168 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,578 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroscience — Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is 48.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,012
of 28,054 · #1,013 all time
Rank in United States
#307
of 4,192
Research works
4.3k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
263k
60.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is National Institute on Drug Abuse 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
Life SciencesDomain #875 of 7,800 22.2%191 #309
NeuroscienceField #155 of 1,168 22.3%126 #70
MedicineField #1,578 of 10,443 33.1%136 #1077
Health SciencesDomain #2,152 of 11,982 32.7%157 #1365
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield #70 of 150 22.0%64 #40

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute on Drug Abuse 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. Life Sciences#309 #875
  2. Neuroscience#70 #155
  3. Medicine#1,077 #1,578
  4. Health Sciences#1,365 #2,152
  5. Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience#40 #70
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 National Institute on Drug Abuse specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience takes 48.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 64.1 works49×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 125.5 works18×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 37.5 works12×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 18.41× its world share, 126 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.19× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.68× its world share, 136 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.65× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.27× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 18.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute on Drug Abuse?

Ranked on the composite score, Steven R. Goldberg, Marilyn A. Huestis and David A. Gorelick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute on Drug Abuse.

  1. 1 Steven R. Goldberg United States · #56,700 worldwide 326 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Marilyn A. Huestis United States · #73,436 worldwide 351 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 David A. Gorelick United States · #88,125 worldwide 233 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Amy Hauck Newman United States · #90,529 worldwide 248 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Wilson M. Compton United States · #96,005 worldwide 227 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Donald R. Jasinski United States · #103,496 worldwide 266 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Richard B. Rothman United States · #117,308 worldwide 208 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Edward J. Cone United States · #148,385 worldwide 263 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Elliot A. Stein United States · #193,017 worldwide 205 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Toni S. Shippenberg United States · #242,830 worldwide 211 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute on Drug Abuse

Which keywords describe research at National Institute on Drug Abuse?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Stress, Prefrontal Cortex, Serotonin, Depression, Neurological Disorders, Neural Plasticity, Genetic Variation and Substance Use Disorders.

▲ 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. Stress48▲ 31×8 topics
  2. Prefrontal Cortex48▲ 143×3 topics
  3. Serotonin40▲ 252×2 topics
  4. Depression39▲ 10×17 topics
  5. Neurological Disorders39▲ 16×11 topics
  6. Neural Plasticity37▲ 50×4 topics
  7. Genetic Variation36▲ 40×4 topics
  8. Substance Use Disorders35▲ 115×2 topics
  9. Dopamine35▲ 374×1 topic
  10. Reward Circuitry35▲ 374×1 topic
  11. Neurobiology28▲ 26×10 topics
  12. Psychiatric Disorders25▲ 44×4 topics
  13. Anxiety24▲ 12×9 topics
  14. Synaptic Plasticity23▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Mortality Risk21▲ 21×3 topics
  16. Behavioral Interventions19▲ 58×2 topics
  17. Crystal Structure19▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Global Burden of Disease18▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Impulsivity18▲ 84×2 topics
  20. Alcohol Dependence18▲ 107×1 topic
  21. Motivational Interviewing18▲ 107×1 topic
  22. Neuronal Circuits18▲ 55×2 topics
  23. Neuroprotection18▲ 12×7 topics
  24. Chronic Pain Management17▲ 124×1 topic
  25. Opioid Prescribing17▲ 124×1 topic
  26. Dendritic Spines17▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Drug Discovery16▲ 18×5 topics
  28. GABAergic16▲ 77×1 topic
  29. Neurotransmission16▲ 77×1 topic
  30. Cell Signaling16▲ 24×4 topics
  31. Pharmacology16▲ 15×5 topics
  32. Molecular Mechanisms15▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Signal Transduction15▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Arrestin14▲ 129×1 topic
  35. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors14▲ 129×1 topic
  36. Hippocampus13▲ 49×2 topics
  37. Neural Circuits12▲ 31×3 topics
  38. Metabolic Disorders11▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Memory11▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Neuropeptides11▲ 64×2 topics

Which research topics does National Institute on Drug Abuse publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Opioid Use Disorder Treatment and Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research.

Neurotransmitter Recepto…35Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 35 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 18 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…17Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 17 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…16Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 16 fractional worksReceptor Mechanisms and Signaling: 14 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 10 fractional worksForensic Toxicology and …8Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis: 8 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 8 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 7 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 6 fractional works
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMolecular Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 35 works
  2. 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 18 works
  3. 3 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 17 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 16 works
  5. 5 Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Molecular Biology 14 works
  6. 6 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 10 works
  7. 7 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Toxicology 8 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works
  9. 9 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  10. 10 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 6 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.9%domestic only85.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute on Drug Abuse's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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