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Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals

Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals is a research topic within Analytical Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and validation of green analytical chemistry methods for pharmaceutical analysis. It includes topics such as the validation of HPLC methods, stability indicating assays, forced degradation studies, impurity profiling, and the use of spectrophotometric methods. The cluster emphasizes the importance of environmentally friendly analytical procedures in pharmaceutical analysis.

  • Green Analytical Chemistry
  • Pharmaceutical Analysis
  • Validation
  • HPLC Method Development
  • Stability Indicating Assay
  • Forced Degradation Studies
  • Impurity Profiling
  • High-Performance Liquid Chromatography
  • Spectrophotometric Methods
  • Method Validation
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
India
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals

Which countries lead Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals research?

By volume, India and Egypt publish the most (1.5k and 427 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 India 1.5k works
  2. 2 Egypt 427 works
  3. 3 United States 320 works
  4. 4 China 266 works
  5. 5 Iraq 189 works
  6. 6 Saudi Arabia 140 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 128 works
  8. 8 Brazil 99 works
  9. 9 Russia 88 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 79 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.

India: 45.9%Egypt: 13.3%United States: 10.0%China: 8.3%6 others listed: 22.6%46%largest
India1,472 · 45.9%Egypt427 · 13.3%United States320 · 10.0%China266 · 8.3%6 others listed725 · 22.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals research?

By volume in 2022-now, Hindu College of Pharmacy publishes the most Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals research, followed by GITAM University and Cairo University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Hindu College of PharmacyIndia 76 works
  2. 2 GITAM UniversityIndia 64 works
  3. 3 Cairo UniversityEgypt 60 works
  4. 4 University of MosulIraq 46 works
  5. 5 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 38 works
  6. 6 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 35 works
  7. 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 32 works
  8. 8 University of BaghdadIraq 32 works
  9. 9 Vels UniversityIndia 26 works
  10. 10 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals include George Davey Smith, John J.V. McMurray and Salim Yusuf.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  3. 3 Salim Yusuf Canada 294k citations
  4. 4 Peter Christian Gøtzsche Denmark 292k citations
  5. 5 Cynthia D. Mulrow United States 278k citations
  6. 6 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals?

The most cited paper in Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals is "Arzneimittelforschung" (Barbara Miletzki, C. H. Gleiter, 2005), with 9,404 citations. Next come "A Theoretical Basis for a Biopharmaceutic Drug Classification: The Correlation of in Vitro Drug Product Dissolution and in Vivo Bioavailability" (5,389) and "Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients" (3,343).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Arzneimittelforschung Barbara Miletzki, C. H. Gleiter · Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz Apr 2005 9,404
2 A Theoretical Basis for a Biopharmaceutic Drug Classification: The Correlation of in Vitro Drug Product Dissolution and in Vivo Bioavailability Gordon L. Amidon, Hans Lennernäs, Vinod P. Shah et al. · Pharmaceutical Research Mar 1995 5,389
3 Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients Flynn W. Warren · American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy Aug 1987 3,343
4 A new method for the direct determination of serum cholesterol. Albert Zlatkis, Bennie Zak, Albert J. Boyle · PubMed Mar 1953 2,469
5 A Rapid Esterification by Means of Mixed Anhydride and Its Application to Large-ring Lactonization Junji Inanaga, Kuniko Hirata, Hiroko SAEKI et al. · Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Jul 1979 2,174
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Where is Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals research done?

The largest centres of Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals research in 2022-now are Cairo (Egypt), Hyderabad (India), Visakhapatnam (India) and Mumbai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Visakhapatnam, Sonīpat and Banī Suwayf.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 CairoEgypt 141 works
  2. 2 HyderabadIndia 101 works
  3. 3 VisakhapatnamIndia 91 works
  4. 4 MumbaiIndia 81 works
  5. 5 GizaEgypt 78 works
  6. 6 SonīpatIndia 77 works
  7. 7 ChennaiIndia 72 works
  8. 8 PuneIndia 65 works
  9. 9 AhmedabadIndia 61 works
  10. 10 BaghdadIraq 58 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VisakhapatnamIN · 90.9 works55×
  2. SonīpatIN · 77.1 works42×
  3. Banī SuwayfEG · 25.7 works36×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals?

Among universities, judged by research, Future University in Egypt, Al-Azhar University and Cairo 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 25.62%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Future University in…October 6 UniversityCairo UniversityAl-Azhar University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Future University in EgyptEgypt 64.554.6%40.9×8 +4.7%
2Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 64.424.3%26.6×38 +26.4%
3Cairo UniversityEgypt 62.928.7%20.9×60 -14.1%
4October 6 UniversityEgypt 61.941.0%62.9×9 +96.8%
5Mansoura UniversityEgypt 60.523.6%21.0×35 +31.5%
6King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 59.217.8%8.8×32 +118.1%
7Egyptian Russian UniversityEgypt 58.524.0%142.2×20 +119.8%
8GITAM UniversityIndia 58.211.7%79.7×64 +41.2%
9Alexandria UniversityEgypt 53.829.1%9.8×17 +32.8%
10Hindu College of PharmacyIndia 52.61.4%197.7×76 +48.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals, country by country

Is Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals 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.

still counting5%10%15%Analytical Methods in Pharmaceuticals10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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