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Pfizer (United Kingdom)

In research, Pfizer (United Kingdom) stands highest in Medicine (#2,678 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,696 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,180
of 28,054 · #2,371 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#238
of 1,094
Research works
3.6k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
138k
38.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Pfizer (United Kingdom) 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 #2,678 of 10,443 19.2%156 #1645
Health SciencesDomain #3,696 of 11,982 18.9%167 #2068

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pfizer (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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.51× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.03× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.39× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.97× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.70× its world share, 156 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.42× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 7.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pfizer (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, Robert B. Stevenson, John C. Berridge and David C. Pryde lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pfizer (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Robert B. Stevenson United Kingdom · #83,436 worldwide 166 citations · 55 works
  2. 2 John C. Berridge United Kingdom · #204,673 worldwide 142 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 David C. Pryde United Kingdom · #277,781 worldwide 110 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Byron Jones United Kingdom · #328,517 worldwide 34 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Dennis A. Smith United Kingdom · #351,435 worldwide 99 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Peter J. Dunn United Kingdom · #494,147 worldwide 136 citations · 73 works
  7. 7 John Steele United Kingdom · #526,011 worldwide 73 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 William Waddington United Kingdom · #587,697 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Michael Davey United Kingdom · #609,227 worldwide 54 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 R.L. Cornwell United Kingdom · #704,650 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Pfizer (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at Pfizer (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Pathogenesis, Economic Evaluation, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology57▲ 4.8×71 topics
  2. Quality of Life17▲ 4.0×20 topics
  3. Inflammation15▲ 2.4×42 topics
  4. Pandemic12▲ 3.9×7 topics
  5. Pathogenesis12▲ 8.1×16 topics
  6. Economic Evaluation12▲ 34×2 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 7.2×11 topics
  8. Cost-effectiveness Analysis12▲ 46×1 topic
  9. Health Utility Measures12▲ 46×1 topic
  10. Clinical Trials11▲ 5.4×13 topics
  11. Public Health11▲ 2.5×21 topics
  12. Vaccine11▲ 8.8×10 topics
  13. Vaccine Development10▲ 14×7 topics
  14. Antimicrobial Resistance10▲ 17×6 topics
  15. Treatment10▲ 2.7×29 topics
  16. SARS-CoV-210▲ 9.9×6 topics
  17. Immune Response10▲ 5.7×12 topics
  18. Disease Burden9▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Viral Infections9▲ 52×2 topics
  20. ACE2 Receptor9▲ 12×2 topics
  21. Human Metapneumovirus9▲ 63×1 topic
  22. Respiratory Syncytial Virus9▲ 63×1 topic
  23. Immunity8▲ 6.4×9 topics
  24. Respiratory Infections7▲ 21×2 topics
  25. Vaccination7▲ 33×2 topics
  26. Community-Acquired Pneumonia7▲ 70×1 topic
  27. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine7▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Chemotherapy7▲ 3.3×18 topics
  29. Autoantibodies6▲ 9.2×6 topics
  30. Antibiotic Resistance6▲ 5.6×5 topics
  31. Infectious Diseases6▲ 6.3×5 topics
  32. Mutation6▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Primary Care6▲ 5.0×11 topics
  34. Medicinal Chemistry6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  35. Thrombosis5▲ 6.5×6 topics
  36. Monoclonal Antibodies5▲ 20×3 topics
  37. Pharmaceutical Industry5▲ 45×2 topics
  38. Clinical Characteristics5▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Coronavirus5▲ 7.4×3 topics
  40. Minimal Residual Disease5▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Pfizer (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Respiratory viral infections research, Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Health Systems, Economic…12Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 12 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 9 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 7 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 4 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 3 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsEpidemiologyInfectious DiseasesRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  2. 2 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 9 works
  3. 3 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 7 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  7. 7 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 4 works
  8. 8 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 4 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  10. 10 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 3 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 available30.0%not open70.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.1%domestic only63.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pfizer (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.