Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
Advanced Drug Delivery Systems is a research topic within Pharmaceutical Science. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 20.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of mucosal drug delivery systems, with a particular emphasis on chitosan-based nanoparticles, polymeric microspheres, mucoadhesive formulations, and targeted delivery to ocular and nasal tissues. The research covers various aspects of drug release mechanisms, biodegradability, immune responses, and the potential for delivering peptides and proteins via mucosal routes.
- Chitosan
- Nanoparticles
- Mucosal
- Drug Delivery
- Polymeric
- Microspheres
- Mucoadhesive
- Ocular
- Nasal
- Protein
- Research works
- 31k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +26% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Drug Delivery Systems research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (1.8k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 1.8k works
- 2 China 1.1k works
- 3 United States 529 works
- 4 Iran 258 works
- 5 Egypt 210 works
- 6 Indonesia 180 works
- 7 Saudi Arabia 171 works
- 8 Pakistan 169 works
- 9 South Korea 154 works
- 10 United Kingdom 153 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Advanced Drug Delivery Systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Hindu College of Pharmacy publishes the most Advanced Drug Delivery Systems research, followed by King Saud University and Shenyang Pharmaceutical University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Hindu College of Pharmacy India 57 works
- 2 King Saud University Saudi Arabia 41 works
- 3 Shenyang Pharmaceutical University China 38 works
- 4 Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies India 36 works
- 5 Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal India 36 works
- 6 University of Baghdad Iraq 32 works
- 7 University of Szeged Hungary 28 works
- 8 Cairo University Egypt 27 works
- 9 Sichuan University China 25 works
- 10 National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research - Ahmedabad India 25 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Drug Delivery Systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Drug Delivery Systems include Róbert Langer, Zhuang Liu and José das Neves.
- 1 Róbert Langer 4.2k citations
- 2 Zhuang Liu 3.6k citations
- 3 José das Neves 3.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Drug Delivery Systems research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Drug Delivery Systems research in 2022–2025 are Mumbai (India), Beijing (China), Tehran (Iran) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sonīpat.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- SonīpatIN · 58.7 works22×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Drug Delivery Systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced Drug Delivery Systems?
Among universities, judged by research, Queen's University Belfast, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies and Siksha O Anusandhan University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Queen's University Belfast United Kingdom | 77.1 | 47.6% | 10.5× | 22 | +50.0% |
| 2 | Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies India | 67.2 | 18.5% | 44.5× | 36 | +192.3% |
| 3 | Siksha O Anusandhan University India | 64.0 | 22.4% | 13.9× | 19 | +196.7% |
| 4 | Shenyang Pharmaceutical University China | 63.7 | 29.4% | 44.1× | 38 | +14.6% |
| 5 | Universität Innsbruck Austria | 62.6 | 30.7% | 9.4× | 18 | +64.8% |
| 6 | University of Mississippi United States | 61.8 | 42.8% | 9.6× | 8 | +98.6% |
| 7 | Government College University, Faisalabad Pakistan | 61.1 | 24.8% | 9.2× | 10 | +365.4% |
| 8 | University of Szeged Hungary | 59.6 | 7.3% | 16.9× | 28 | +219.7% |
| 9 | King Saud University Saudi Arabia | 58.9 | 22.6% | 6.8× | 41 | +13.3% |
| 10 | Jazan University Saudi Arabia | 57.0 | 46.7% | 7.2× | 10 | -22.9% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Advanced Drug Delivery Systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Drug Delivery Systems.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.