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Ocera Therapeutics (United States)

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Research works
57
▲ 126% vs 2018-21
Citations
462
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Ocera Therapeutics (United States)

Not ranked overall: Ocera Therapeutics (United States) 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 Ocera Therapeutics (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research at Ocera Therapeutics (United States) is in Health Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Health Professions (17%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 10 fractional works · 43.6% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 25.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 17.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 16.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 26.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 12.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 19.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 11.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKOceraTherapeutics…23fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences20%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine625.9%
    2. Health Professions417.2%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Engineering312.4%
    2. Environmental Science16.5%
    3. Computer Science13.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.3%
    5. Materials Science01.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    7. Energy00.4%
    1. Arts and Humanities311.3%
    2. Social Sciences15.8%
    3. Psychology01.9%
    4. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
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: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 6.52× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.35× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.89× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions6.52×4 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.89×3 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.50×0 works
  4. Medicine1.35×6 works
  5. Environmental Science1.31×2 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.03×1 works
  7. Dentistry0.91×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×1 works
  9. Engineering0.83×3 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.76×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×0 works
  12. Psychology0.64×0 works
  13. Energy0.46×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.46×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.41×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.31×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.22×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ocera Therapeutics (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Alexia Aubault and Stan Bukofzer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ocera Therapeutics (United States).

  1. 1 Alexia Aubault United States · #1,147,590 worldwide 1k citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Stan Bukofzer United States · #1,725,983 worldwide 888 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Ocera Therapeutics (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Ocera Therapeutics (United States)?

The most cited paper from Ocera Therapeutics (United States) is "A fiber-optic interferometer with subpicometer resolution for dc and low-frequency displacement measurement" (D. T. Smith, Jon R. Pratt, Leslie Howard, 2009), with 95 citations. Next come "AST-120 (spherical carbon adsorbent) lowers ammonia levels and attenuates brain edema in bile duct–ligated rats" (89) and "Efficacy and Safety of Ornithine Phenylacetate for Treating Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Randomized Trial" (70).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A fiber-optic interferometer with subpicometer resolution for dc and low-frequency displacement measurement D. T. Smith, Jon R. Pratt, Leslie Howard · Review of Scientific Instruments Mar 2009 95
2 AST-120 (spherical carbon adsorbent) lowers ammonia levels and attenuates brain edema in bile duct–ligated rats Cristina R. Bosoi, Christian Parent-Robitaille, Keith E. Anderson et al. · Hepatology 7 Mar 2011 89
3 Efficacy and Safety of Ornithine Phenylacetate for Treating Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy in a Randomized Trial Robert S. Rahimi, Rifaat Safadi, Dominique Thabut et al. · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Open access 16 Oct 2020 70
4 Workplace Violence Prevention Programs in Hospital Emergency Departments Corinne L. Peek-Asa, Carri H Casteel, Veerasathpurush Allareddy et al. · Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Jul 2007 67
5 Sensory Stimuli as Obstacles to Emergency Care for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Ellen Giarelli, Romy Nocera, Renee M. Turchi et al. · Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal Apr 2014 67
All 84 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ocera Therapeutics (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Policy, Social Determinants of Health, Healthcare Systems, Medical Education, Literature and Hypertension.

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

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 5.5×6 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 13×6 topics
  3. Health Policy4▲ 106×3 topics
  4. Social Determinants of Health4▲ 75×2 topics
  5. Healthcare Systems4▲ 341×1 topic
  6. Medical Education4▲ 57×1 topic
  7. Literature2▲ 19×4 topics
  8. Education2▲ 4.3×3 topics
  9. Renewable Energy2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  10. Sustainability2▲ 2.7×5 topics
  11. Globalization1▲ 3.2×3 topics
  12. Hypertension1▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Treatment1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  14. Identity1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  15. Narrative1▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Health1▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 6.3×4 topics
  18. Aldosterone1▲ 188×1 topic
  19. Primary Aldosteronism1▲ 188×1 topic
  20. Alimentation1▲ 510×1 topic
  21. Inflammatory Disease1▲ 91×1 topic
  22. Medical Students1▲ 367×1 topic
  23. Nutrition1▲ 9.9×1 topic
  24. Ophthalmoscopy1▲ 367×1 topic
  25. Prurigo Pigmentosa1▲ 438×1 topic
  26. Translation1▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Ocera Therapeutics (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health and Medical Education, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension, Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research and Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices.

Health and Medical Educa…4Health and Medical Education: 4 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Health Research: 1 fractional worksFood, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices: 1 fractional worksMedicine and Dermatology Studies History: 1 fractional worksComparative Literary Ana…1Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism: 1 fractional worksLiterature, Magical Realism, García Márquez: 1 fractional worksBorges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksOffshore Engineering and Technologies: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismOphthalmologyFood Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Health and Medical Education General Health Professions 4 works
  2. 2 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  3. 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research Ophthalmology 1 works
  4. 4 Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices Food Science 1 works
  5. 5 Medicine and Dermatology Studies History Dermatology 1 works
  6. 6 Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  7. 7 Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  8. 8 Borges, Kipling, and Jewish Identity Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  10. 10 Offshore Engineering and Technologies Ocean Engineering 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 available49.4%not open50.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ocera Therapeutics (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 126% 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 Ocera Therapeutics (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Ocera Therapeutics (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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