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Pharmac

In research, Pharmac stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,382 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#9,646 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#9,072 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,010
of 28,054 · #6,214 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#28
of 71
Research works
2.7k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Pharmac 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 #5,382 of 7,800 5.9%136 #3608
Health SciencesDomain #9,646 of 11,982 4.8%130 #3245
MedicineField #9,072 of 10,443 4.6%112 #2901

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pharmac 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#3,608 #5,382
  2. Health Sciences#3,245 #9,646
  3. Medicine#2,901 #9,072
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.

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: 1.98× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.69× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.42× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.44× its world share, 33 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16.37× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.15× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.83× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 3.19× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 16.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Pharmac?

Ranked on the composite score, Bob Wilffert, Joan B. López and A.J.M. Loonen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pharmac.

  1. 1 Bob Wilffert New Zealand · #396,419 worldwide 128 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Joan B. López New Zealand · #825,363 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 A.J.M. Loonen New Zealand · #1,205,076 worldwide 27 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Johan Viaene New Zealand · #1,394,522 worldwide 24 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 W. Timmerman New Zealand · #1,527,691 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Pharmac

Which keywords describe research at Pharmac?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antioxidant, Antioxidant Activity, Medicinal Plants, Oxidative Stress, Inflammation, Cancer, Anti-inflammatory and Pharmacology.

▲ 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. Inflammation24▲ 3.7×61 topics
  2. Antioxidant24▲ 11×38 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress23▲ 4.3×43 topics
  4. Cancer20▲ 4.6×37 topics
  5. Antioxidant Activity19▲ 9.2×27 topics
  6. Medicinal Plants18▲ 14×16 topics
  7. Anti-inflammatory12▲ 14×24 topics
  8. Pharmacology12▲ 15×19 topics
  9. Herbal Medicine12▲ 13×11 topics
  10. Nanoparticles11▲ 2.8×17 topics
  11. Bioactive Compounds11▲ 13×12 topics
  12. Neuroprotective11▲ 22×11 topics
  13. Depression10▲ 3.5×16 topics
  14. Metabolism9▲ 5.6×20 topics
  15. Neurobiology9▲ 11×8 topics
  16. Antioxidants9▲ 6.2×13 topics
  17. Flavonoids9▲ 10×12 topics
  18. Neuroinflammation9▲ 9.6×5 topics
  19. Elderly8▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Cancer Therapy8▲ 4.2×18 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance8▲ 5.1×8 topics
  22. Apoptosis7▲ 7.3×17 topics
  23. Cytokines7▲ 7.8×6 topics
  24. Natural Products7▲ 15×6 topics
  25. Drug Discovery7▲ 9.7×11 topics
  26. Inappropriate Medication Use7▲ 50×1 topic
  27. Polypharmacy7▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Stress7▲ 5.8×7 topics
  29. Brain Development7▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Pharmacokinetics6▲ 7.7×12 topics
  31. Adverse Drug Reactions6▲ 37×3 topics
  32. Antimicrobial Activity6▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Neurodegeneration6▲ 6.6×8 topics
  34. Alzheimer's Disease6▲ 6.6×9 topics
  35. Anticancer6▲ 12×15 topics
  36. Microglia6▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Phytochemistry6▲ 14×7 topics
  38. Synaptic Plasticity6▲ 7.8×5 topics
  39. Traditional Medicine6▲ 12×7 topics
  40. Essential Oils5▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Pharmac publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes, Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

Pharmaceutical Practices…7Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes: 7 fractional worksEssential Oils and Antim…5Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity: 5 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 4 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 4 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Pra…4Pharmacy and Medical Practices: 4 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 3 fractional worksNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies: 3 fractional worksMedicinal Plants and Neu…3Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection: 3 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Medicinal Plants: 3 fractional worksPharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds: 3 fractional works
Geriatrics and GerontologyFood ScienceCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 7 works
  2. 2 Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity Food Science 5 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 works
  4. 4 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 4 works
  5. 5 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 4 works
  6. 6 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 3 works
  7. 7 Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  8. 8 Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Phytochemicals and Medicinal Plants Complementary and alternative medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds Pharmacology 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors63.4%domestic only36.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pharmac's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher 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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