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Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis

Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis is a research topic within Toxicology. Science Explorer counts 22k 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 covers a wide range of topics related to forensic toxicology, including the analysis and detection of designer drugs, cannabinoids, synthetic cathinones, and other psychoactive substances. It also explores methods for validation, assessment of matrix effects, and the clinical pharmacology and toxicity of various drugs. The papers provide insights into the advancements in forensic toxicology methods and their applications in drug analysis and toxicity assessment.

  • Forensic Toxicology
  • Drug Analysis
  • Designer Drugs
  • Cannabinoids
  • Synthetic Cathinones
  • Method Validation
  • Psychoactive Substances
  • Clinical Pharmacology
  • Toxicity Assessment
  • Postmortem Toxicology
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis

Which countries lead Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 288 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 288 works
  3. 3 Canada 211 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 210 works
  5. 5 Australia 203 works
  6. 6 France 192 works
  7. 7 Italy 187 works
  8. 8 Germany 161 works
  9. 9 India 154 works
  10. 10 Spain 138 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.

United States: 45.8%China: 9.0%Canada: 6.6%United Kingdom: 6.5%6 others listed: 32.2%46%largest
United States1,472 · 45.8%China288 · 9.0%Canada211 · 6.6%United Kingdom210 · 6.5%6 others listed1,034 · 32.2%

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

Which institutions lead Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Johns Hopkins University publishes the most Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis research, followed by University of Toronto and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 34 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 33 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 32 works
  4. 4 InsermFrance 27 works
  5. 5 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 27 works
  6. 6 University of British ColumbiaCanada 24 works
  7. 7 Yale UniversityUnited States 21 works
  8. 8 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 21 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 20 works
  10. 10 Institute of Forensic ScienceChina 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis include Theo Vos, Ali H. Mokdad and Dan J. Stein.

  1. 1 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  2. 2 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  3. 3 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  4. 4 Ted R. Miller United States 279k 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 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis?

The most cited paper in Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis is "Recent advances in the phencyclidine model of schizophrenia" (Daniel C. Javitt, Stephen R. Zukin, 1991), with 2,933 citations. Next come "Drugs of abuse: anatomy, pharmacology and function of reward pathways" (2,095) and "The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST): development, reliability and feasibility" (2,027).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recent advances in the phencyclidine model of schizophrenia Daniel C. Javitt, Stephen R. Zukin · American Journal of Psychiatry Oct 1991 2,933
2 Drugs of abuse: anatomy, pharmacology and function of reward pathways George F. Koob · Trends in Pharmacological Sciences Review 1992 2,095
3 The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST): development, reliability and feasibility WHO ASSIST Working Group · Addiction Open access 30 Aug 2002 2,027
4 Psilocybin can occasion mystical-type experiences having substantial and sustained personal meaning and spiritual significance Roland R. Griffiths, William A. Richards, U. McCann et al. · Psychopharmacology 7 Jul 2006 1,716
5 The reinstatement model of drug relapse: history, methodology and major findings Yavin Shaham, Uri Shalev, Lin Lü et al. · Psychopharmacology 26 Oct 2002 1,644
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Where is Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis research in 2022-now are New York (United States), London (United Kingdom), Paris (France) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 83 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 73 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 67 works
  4. 4 MelbourneAustralia 54 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 48 works
  6. 6 BaltimoreUnited States 46 works
  7. 7 TorontoCanada 44 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 44 works
  9. 9 RomeItaly 40 works
  10. 10 SydneyAustralia 40 works
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Where is the best place to study Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, University of California, San Francisco, Johns Hopkins University and University of Basel 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%10%20%30%mean 19.59%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of BaselUniversity of Califo…Johns Hopkins Univer…University of Toronto
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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
1University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 85.424.7%9.2×27 +49.5%
2Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 84.921.2%5.4×34 +54.3%
3University of BaselSwitzerland 75.227.2%9.2×14 +8.9%
4University of TorontoCanada 74.615.8%4.1×34 +43.7%
5New York UniversityUnited States 72.424.0%4.3×20 +38.0%
6Columbia UniversityUnited States 67.920.4%3.8×17 +32.2%
7Harvard UniversityUnited States 67.017.0%2.5×32 -3.9%
8The University of QueenslandAustralia 67.018.8%4.4×17 +58.0%
9Yale UniversityUnited States 64.713.4%4.8×21 +67.1%
10University of British ColumbiaCanada 63.113.4%4.9×24 -14.9%

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 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis, country by country

Is Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis.

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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 Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.017% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis 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%Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis9.9% 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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