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Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies

Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 1.5k research works in it since 1957. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of pharmacological and forensic studies in healthcare, focusing on pharmacotherapy, correlation analysis, drug circulation, medical errors, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. It also includes research on the thyroid gland, alcoholic hepatitis, and systemic autoimmune diseases. The papers explore various organizational and legal aspects related to pharmaceutical practices and healthcare management.

  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Forensic Pharmacy
  • Correlation Analysis
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
  • Organizational and Legal Aspects
  • Drug Circulation
  • Medical Errors
  • Thyroid Gland
  • Alcoholic Hepatitis
  • Systemic Autoimmune Diseases
Research works
1.5k
fractional, since 1957
In the world top 10%
151
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Ukraine
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies

Which countries lead Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies research?

By volume, Ukraine and Indonesia publish the most (144 and 76 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ukraine 144 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 76 works
  3. 3 Mexico 54 works
  4. 4 Spain 46 works
  5. 5 Russia 38 works
  6. 6 United States 32 works
  7. 7 Argentina 23 works
  8. 8 ?? 22 works
  9. 9 Brazil 14 works
  10. 10 India 11 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.

Ukraine: 31.3%Indonesia: 16.4%Mexico: 11.8%Spain: 9.9%6 others listed: 30.6%31%largest
Ukraine144 · 31.3%Indonesia76 · 16.4%Mexico54 · 11.8%Spain46 · 9.9%6 others listed141 · 30.6%

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

Which institutions lead Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University publishes the most Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies research, followed by Lviv Medical University and Bogomolets National Medical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityUkraine 17 works
  2. 2 Lviv Medical University 14 works
  3. 3 Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUkraine 12 works
  4. 4 Luhansk State Medical UniversityUkraine 10 works
  5. 5 National University of PharmacyUkraine 9 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 9 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 Shupyk National Healthcare University of UkraineUkraine 8 works
  9. 9 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 6 works
  10. 10 National Academy of Medical Sciences of UkraineUkraine 6 works

What are the most cited papers in Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies?

The most cited paper in Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies is "Epidemiology of psychiatric and alcohol disorders in Ukraine" (Evelyn J. Bromet, Semyon F. Gluzman, Volodymyr Paniotto et al., 2005), with 172 citations. Next come "A REVIEW ON THE INTERNAL CONSISTENCY OF A SCALE: THE EMPIRICAL EXAMPLE OF THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT ON MALCOM BALDRIDGE QUALITY PRINCIPLES IN TVET INSTITUTIONS" (136) and "Alucinógenos en las culturas precolombinas mesoamericanas" (116).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Epidemiology of psychiatric and alcohol disorders in Ukraine Evelyn J. Bromet, Semyon F. Gluzman, Volodymyr Paniotto et al. · Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Sep 2005 172
2 A REVIEW ON THE INTERNAL CONSISTENCY OF A SCALE: THE EMPIRICAL EXAMPLE OF THE INFLUENCE OF HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT ON MALCOM BALDRIDGE QUALITY PRINCIPLES IN TVET INSTITUTIONS Farahiyah Akmal Mat Nawi, Abdul Malek A. Tambi, Muhammad Faizal Samat et al. · Asian People Journal (APJ) Open access 29 Apr 2020 136
3 Alucinógenos en las culturas precolombinas mesoamericanas Francisco Javier Carod-Artal · Neurología Open access 7 Sep 2011 116
4 Forensic and Pharmaceutical Risks in the Organization of Pharmacotherapy of Covid, Post-Covid and Long-Covid Disorders. COVID-19 and Vaccination Practice Standards. Вікторія Шаповалова · SSP Modern Pharmacy and Medicine Open access 19 Oct 2022 107
5 Calystegins, a Novel Class of Alkaloid Glycosidase Inhibitors Russell J. Molyneux, Yutian Pan, Arlette Goldmann et al. · Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics Jul 1993 96
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies research done?

The largest centres of Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies research in 2022-now are Kyiv (Ukraine), Kharkiv (Ukraine), Lviv (Ukraine) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lviv, Kharkiv and Kyiv.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 KyivUkraine 43 works
  2. 2 KharkivUkraine 31 works
  3. 3 LvivUkraine 27 works
  4. 4 Mexico CityMexico 23 works
  5. 5 MadridSpain 17 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 15 works
  7. 7 Lviv 14 works
  8. 8 LuhanskUkraine 11 works
  9. 9 Buenos AiresArgentina 10 works
  10. 10 WeatherfordUnited States 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LvivUA · 26.9 works68×
  2. KharkivUA · 30.6 works52×
  3. KyivUA · 42.7 works26×
  4. Mexico CityMX · 23.1 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Lviv Medical University, Luhansk State Medical University and Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical 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%25%50%75%mean 26.2429%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Luhansk State Medica…Lviv Medical Univers…Danylo Halytsky Lviv…Bogomolets National …
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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
1Lviv Medical University 75.955.7%4757.4×14 +502.6%
2Luhansk State Medical UniversityUkraine 64.361.4%1236.4×10 -
3Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityUkraine 61.034.5%491.3×17 +53.1%
4Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUkraine 25.316.7%188.4×12 -24.2%
5Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 19.75.3%16.8×9 +351.6%
6Weatherford CollegeUnited States 17.39.3%11.7×8 +83.3%
7National University of PharmacyUkraine 11.00.8%896.0×9 -60.3%

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 Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies, country by country

Is Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies.

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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 Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies 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%Medical and Pharmaceutic Studies10.1% in 20252020

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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