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Sterling Research Group (United States)

In research, Sterling Research Group (United States) stands highest in Chemistry (#2,241 of 2,902 worldwide), Organic Chemistry (#1,445 of 1,832 worldwide) and Medicine (#11,723 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pharmaceutical Science, Pharmacology and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics (Pharmaceutical Science is 15.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#27,716
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#5,808
of 7,310
Research works
1.1k
▼ 72% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
21.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Sterling Research Group (United States)

What is Sterling Research Group (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
ChemistryField #2,241 of 2,902 7.5%272
Organic ChemistrySubfield #1,445 of 1,832 7.2%184
MedicineField #11,723 of 14,558 7.0%316
Health SciencesDomain #13,588 of 16,688 6.9%350
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,967 of 5,801 6.9%183
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,293 of 3,729 7.8%121
Life SciencesDomain #9,898 of 11,023 6.5%350
Physical SciencesDomain #17,282 of 17,446 7.9%357

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sterling Research Group (United States) 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Sterling Research Group (United States) work in?

In all years, 33% of research at Sterling Research Group (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Chemistry (25%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 357 fractional works · 32.7% of its workChemistry: 272 fractional works · 24.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 184 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 40 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 26 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 31 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 350 fractional works · 32.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 183 fractional works · 16.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 120 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGenetics: 26 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 58 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPharmacology: 31 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 22 fractional works · 2.0% of its workToxicology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 47 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 39 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 25 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 23 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 350 fractional works · 32.0% of its workMedicine: 316 fractional works · 28.9% of its workPharmacology: 43 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 40 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 20 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmall Animals: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSterling ResearchGroup (United…1,092fractional works, all years
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences3%

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 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Chemistry27224.9%
    2. Engineering312.8%
    3. Environmental Science201.8%
    4. Materials Science121.1%
    5. Chemical Engineering70.7%
    6. Computer Science60.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy40.4%
    8. Mathematics30.3%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18316.7%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics585.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences474.3%
    4. Neuroscience393.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology232.1%
    1. Medicine31628.9%
    2. Veterinary121.1%
    3. Dentistry100.9%
    4. Nursing90.8%
    5. Health Professions30.3%
    1. Psychology121.1%
    2. Decision Sciences70.6%
    3. Social Sciences50.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities50.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.4%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting30.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sterling Research Group (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pharmaceutical Science takes 15.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pharmaceutical ScienceSubfield · 22.3 works15×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 30.9 works13×
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and PharmaceuticsField · 58.2 works13×
  4. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 184.3 works12×
  5. Analytical ChemistrySubfield · 26.4 works11×
  6. ChemistryField · 272.0 works9.0×
  7. PharmacologySubfield · 42.7 works8.1×
← 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.

Who are the top researchers at Sterling Research Group (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Frank J. Dutko, Michael Jarcho and Adawia A. Alousi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sterling Research Group (United States).

  1. 1 Frank J. Dutko United States · #722,511 worldwide 4.7k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Michael Jarcho United States · #851,361 worldwide 6.3k citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Adawia A. Alousi United States · #1,797,668 worldwide 2.5k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Thomas R. Bailey United States · #1,981,900 worldwide 1.7k citations · 104 works
  5. 5 M A McKinlay United States · #3,074,137 worldwide 1.4k citations · 30 works
  6. 6 William A. Goss United States · #3,237,288 worldwide 1.4k citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Alan M. Ezrin United States · #3,287,314 worldwide 1.8k citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Dale B. Evans United States · #3,378,144 worldwide 1.5k citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Alexander R. Surrey United States · #3,928,095 worldwide 1.4k citations · 184 works
  10. 10 Guy D. Diana United States · #3,945,644 worldwide 2.1k citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Sterling Research Group (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Sterling Research Group (United States)?

The most cited paper from Sterling Research Group (United States) is "Differentiation of Receptor Systems activated by Sympathomimetic Amines" (A.M. Lands, AARON ARNOLD, John P. McAuliff et al., 1967), with 2,070 citations. Next come "Hydroxylapatite synthesis and characterization in dense polycrystalline form" (814) and "Differentiation of receptors responsive to isoproterenol" (485).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Differentiation of Receptor Systems activated by Sympathomimetic Amines A.M. Lands, AARON ARNOLD, John P. McAuliff et al. · Nature May 1967 2,070
2 Hydroxylapatite synthesis and characterization in dense polycrystalline form Michael Jarcho, C. H. Bolen, M. B. Thomas et al. · Journal of Materials Science Nov 1976 814
3 Differentiation of receptors responsive to isoproterenol A.M. Lands, F.P. Ludueña, H.J. Buzzo · Life Sciences Nov 1967 485
4 The Site of Attachment in Human Rhinovirus 14 for Antiviral Agents That Inhibit Uncoating Thomas J. Smith, Marcia J. Kremer, Ming Luo et al. · Science 19 Sep 1986 459
5 Dipyridine-chromium(VI) oxide oxidation of alcohols in dichloromethane Jeremiah C. Collins, Wendell W. Hess, Forrest J. Frank · Tetrahedron Letters 1968 419
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sterling Research Group (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Synthesis, Drug Discovery, Heterocycles, Medicinal Chemistry, Biological Evaluation, Heterocyclic Compounds, Chemoselective and Anticancer Agents.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Synthesis99▲ 16×22 topics
  2. Drug Discovery63▲ 14×10 topics
  3. Inflammation57▲ 2.2×47 topics
  4. Heterocycles52▲ 26×7 topics
  5. Medicinal Chemistry50▲ 12×12 topics
  6. Biological Evaluation41▲ 31×6 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress40▲ 2.0×32 topics
  8. Heterocyclic Compounds34▲ 20×6 topics
  9. Catalysis34▲ 3.7×18 topics
  10. Chemoselective33▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Anticancer Agents33▲ 12×10 topics
  12. Green Chemistry31▲ 9.6×8 topics
  13. Asymmetric Synthesis31▲ 19×8 topics
  14. Catalyst30▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Cell Signaling30▲ 8.3×9 topics
  16. Nuclear Receptors30▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Pharmacology30▲ 8.3×10 topics
  18. Antimicrobial Activity30▲ 14×6 topics
  19. Anticancer30▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Liquid Chromatography29▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Pharmacokinetics29▲ 9.5×6 topics
  22. Organic Synthesis27▲ 12×10 topics
  23. Chirality26▲ 16×3 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk26▲ 6.8×6 topics
  25. Method Validation26▲ 31×3 topics
  26. Chiral Separation26▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Gas Chromatography26▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Green Analytical Chemistry26▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Antimicrobial25▲ 8.9×5 topics
  30. Molecular Docking25▲ 16×4 topics
  31. Transcriptional Regulation25▲ 9.0×5 topics
  32. Pharmaceutical Analysis22▲ 66×1 topic
  33. Validation22▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Signaling22▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Breast Cancer22▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. Oxidation21▲ 9.1×2 topics
  37. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis21▲ 24×3 topics
  38. Estrogen20▲ 25×2 topics
  39. Glucocorticoids20▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Receptor20▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Sterling Research Group (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment and Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research.

Aquaculture Nutrition an…0Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 0 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …0Meat and Animal Product Quality: 0 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…0Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksCancer-related molecular…0Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research: 0 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…0Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksScientific Research and …0Scientific Research and Discoveries: 0 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 0 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 0 fractional works
Aquatic ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologySurgeryCancer Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 0 works
  2. 2 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 0 works
  3. 3 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research Cancer Research 0 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Scientific Research and Discoveries Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 0 works
  7. 7 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 0 works
  8. 8 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available10.5%not open89.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.0%domestic only96.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sterling Research Group (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 72% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sterling Research Group (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000063% in 2022.

0.0050%0.010%Sterling Research Group (United States)0.0000093% in 202319801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sterling Research Group (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 1995Sterling Research Group (United States)4.3% in 1995

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.3% in 1993.

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