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United Therapeutics (United States)

In research, United Therapeutics (United States) stands highest in Medicine (#11,717 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,857 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,984
of 28,054 · #20,803 all time
Rank in United States
#2,587
of 4,192
Research works
264
▲ 102% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.7k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is United Therapeutics (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
MedicineField #11,717 of 17,978 20.0%128
Health SciencesDomain #14,857 of 20,462 19.8%130

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where United Therapeutics (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 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.91× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.36× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.01× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 50 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Eric Shen, Peter Classi and C. Q. Deng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is United Therapeutics (United States).

  1. 1 Eric Shen United States · #454,150 worldwide 56 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Peter Classi United States · #989,736 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 C. Q. Deng United States · #1,503,208 worldwide 34 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Lauren K. Rochelle United States · #1,620,537 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at United Therapeutics (United States)

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Echocardiography, Endothelial Dysfunction, Treatment Guidelines, Pulmonary Hypertension, Chronic Kidney Disease, Right Heart Assessment, Graft Survival and TGF-ß.

▲ 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. Echocardiography11▲ 52×3 topics
  2. Endothelial Dysfunction10▲ 58×5 topics
  3. Treatment Guidelines10▲ 61×2 topics
  4. Pulmonary Hypertension10▲ 92×2 topics
  5. Chronic Kidney Disease10▲ 53×1 topic
  6. Right Heart Assessment10▲ 317×1 topic
  7. Graft Survival4▲ 72×3 topics
  8. Epidemiology4▲ 1.32×15 topics
  9. Fibrosis4▲ 28×3 topics
  10. TGF-ß4▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Treatment4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  12. Interstitial Lung Disease4▲ 76×2 topics
  13. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis4▲ 103×1 topic
  14. Myofibroblast4▲ 103×1 topic
  15. Diagnosis3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  16. Heart Failure3▲ 8.2×6 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy2▲ 5.9×13 topics
  18. Mitochondrial Dysfunction2▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Management2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  21. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  22. Pig-to-Human Transplantation2▲ 688×1 topic
  23. Xenotransplantation2▲ 688×1 topic
  24. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  25. Regenerative Medicine2▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Transplantation2▲ 25×3 topics
  27. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Liver Transplantation2▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Donor Risk Index2▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Innate Immunity2▲ 7.0×7 topics
  31. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury2▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Psychological Factors2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  34. Breast Cancer2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  35. Metabolic Regulation2▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Metastasis2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  37. Cell Death2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  38. Extracellular Matrix2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Mitochondria2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Genomic Integration1▲ 33×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Xenotransplantation and immune response and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes.

Pulmonary Hypertension R…10Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 10 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 4 fractional worksXenotransplantation and immune response: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksTissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine: 1 fractional worksMitochondrial Function and Pathology: 1 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryMolecular BiologyPsychiatry and Mental health2 others

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

  1. 1 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Xenotransplantation and immune response Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Mitochondrial Function and Pathology Molecular Biology 1 works
  7. 7 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  8. 8 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 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 available37.8%not open62.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 102% higher 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.

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