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Phospholipid Research Center

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Research works
17
▼ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
68.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Phospholipid Research Center

Not ranked overall: Phospholipid Research Center is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Phospholipid Research Center work in?

In all years, 66% of research at Phospholipid Research Center is in Life Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (43%), Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (22%), Medicine (17%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 11 fractional works · 66.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 42.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 26.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 9.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 21.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 4 fractional works · 20.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 19.3% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 17.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 14.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPhospholipidResearch Center17fractional works, all years
Life Sciences66%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences19%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology742.9%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics421.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    1. Medicine317.2%
    2. Health Professions01.1%
    3. Nursing01.0%
    1. Chemistry16.3%
    2. Materials Science14.8%
    3. Engineering01.5%
    4. Chemical Engineering01.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.0%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8.52× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.61× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 70.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 3.86× its world share, 0 worksChemistryMaterials Science: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 70.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.51×1 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.52×2 works
  3. Chemistry3.86×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology3.61×0 works
  5. Health Professions0.92×0 works
  6. Medicine0.79×1 works
  7. Materials Science0.69×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Phospholipid Research Center?

The most cited paper from Phospholipid Research Center is "The use of natural and synthetic phospholipids as pharmaceutical excipients" (Peter van Hoogevest, Armin Wendel, 2014), with 422 citations. Next come "The role of liposomes in clinical nanomedicine development. What now? Now what?" (347) and "Phospholipids and Lipid-Based Formulations in Oral Drug Delivery" (325).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The use of natural and synthetic phospholipids as pharmaceutical excipients Peter van Hoogevest, Armin Wendel · European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology Open access 25 Aug 2014 422
2 The role of liposomes in clinical nanomedicine development. What now? Now what? Daan J.A. Crommelin, Peter van Hoogevest, Gert Storm · Journal of Controlled Release Open access 14 Dec 2019 347
3 Phospholipids and Lipid-Based Formulations in Oral Drug Delivery Gert Fricker, Torsten Kromp, Armin Wendel et al. · Pharmaceutical Research 21 Apr 2010 325
4 The Phospholipid Research Center: Current Research in Phospholipids and Their Use in Drug Delivery Simon Drescher, Peter van Hoogevest · Pharmaceutics Open access 18 Dec 2020 142
5 Using Liposomes as Carriers for Polyphenolic Compounds: The Case of Trans-Resveratrol Claudia Bonechi, Silvia Martini, Laura Ciani et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 22 Aug 2012 133
All 35 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Phospholipid Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery, Advanced Drug Delivery Systems and Surfactants and Colloidal Systems.

Lipid Membrane Structure…1Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior: 1 fractional worksAdvancements in Transder…1Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Drug Delivery S…0Advanced Drug Delivery Systems: 0 fractional worksSurfactants and Colloidal Systems: 0 fractional worksCellular transport and secretion: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 0 fractional worksContact Dermatitis and Allergies: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 0 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 0 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPharmaceutical ScienceOrganic ChemistryCell Biology4 others

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

  1. 1 Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior Molecular Biology 1 works
  2. 2 Advancements in Transdermal Drug Delivery Pharmaceutical Science 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Drug Delivery Systems Pharmaceutical Science 0 works
  4. 4 Surfactants and Colloidal Systems Organic Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Cellular transport and secretion Cell Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 0 works
  7. 7 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 0 works
  8. 8 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  9. 9 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 0 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 available63.5%not open36.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Phospholipid Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% lower 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 Phospholipid Research Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000027% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Phospholipid Research Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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