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Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)

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World rank, all time
#29,264
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,562
of 2,253
Research works
123
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
51.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

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: 2.93× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 15.22× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.68× its world share, 6 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 15.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the composite score, John R. Pollard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 John R. Pollard United Kingdom · #111,758 worldwide 791 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)

Which keywords describe research at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cancer Therapy, Cancer, Apoptosis, Mutation, Drug Discovery, DNA Damage, Synthesis and Homologous Recombination.

▲ 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. Cancer Therapy15▲ 19×12 topics
  2. Cancer10▲ 5.8×14 topics
  3. Apoptosis8▲ 16×8 topics
  4. Drug Discovery7▲ 15×7 topics
  5. Mutation7▲ 38×4 topics
  6. DNA Damage7▲ 41×4 topics
  7. Inflammation7▲ 2.3×24 topics
  8. Synthesis7▲ 9.3×10 topics
  9. Homologous Recombination6▲ 73×2 topics
  10. Chromatin5▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Tumor Suppression5▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Regulation5▲ 7.1×2 topics
  13. Genomic Instability5▲ 33×1 topic
  14. Repair5▲ 82×1 topic
  15. Cell Cycle5▲ 70×1 topic
  16. p535▲ 93×1 topic
  17. CFTR5▲ 147×1 topic
  18. Cystic Fibrosis5▲ 49×1 topic
  19. Medicinal Chemistry5▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Transition Metal Catalysis5▲ 28×3 topics
  21. Biological Evaluation4▲ 26×4 topics
  22. Cell Signaling4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  23. Cell Division4▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Microtubules4▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Organic Synthesis4▲ 13×7 topics
  26. Genetic Variation3▲ 8.7×5 topics
  27. Pharmacology3▲ 8.2×4 topics
  28. Signal Transduction3▲ 11×3 topics
  29. C-C Bond Formation3▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Macrocycles3▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Cell Death3▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Crystal Structure3▲ 9.3×1 topic
  34. G-Protein-Coupled Receptors3▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Anticancer3▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Anticancer Agents3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  37. Foldamers2▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Heterocycles2▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Oxidation2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Peptide Synthesis2▲ 25×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Security and Verification in Computing.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…2Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 2 fractional worksCannabis and Cannabinoid Research: 1 fractional worksChemistry and Chemical E…1Chemistry and Chemical Engineering: 1 fractional worksSecurity and Verificatio…1Security and Verification in Computing: 1 fractional worksCloud Data Security Solutions: 1 fractional worksAsymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis: 1 fractional worksHistory and advancements…1History and advancements in chemistry: 1 fractional worksInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation: 0 fractional worksRadical Photochemical Reactions: 0 fractional worksChemical synthesis and alkaloids: 0 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePharmacologyEnvironmental ChemistryArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Pharmacology 1 works
  3. 3 Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 Security and Verification in Computing Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Cloud Data Security Solutions Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis Organic Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 History and advancements in chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 works
  8. 8 Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Radical Photochemical Reactions Organic Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Chemical synthesis and alkaloids Organic Chemistry 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 available37.8%not open62.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.7%domestic only64.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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.

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