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Pharmacological Effects and Assays

Pharmacological Effects and Assays is a research topic within Animal Science and Zoology. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 16.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the effects, detection, and adverse consequences of beta-adrenergic agonists, such as clenbuterol, ractopamine, and zilpaterol, in livestock. The research covers topics such as their impact on meat quality, performance, and the development of detection methods including immunoassays and electrochemical sensors.

  • Clenbuterol
  • Ractopamine
  • Zilpaterol
  • Meat Quality
  • Livestock
  • Performance
  • Detection
  • Immunoassay
  • Electrochemical Sensor
  • Adverse Effects
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-7%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Pharmacological Effects and Assays research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (345 and 309 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 345 works
  2. 2 United States 309 works
  3. 3 India 139 works
  4. 4 Egypt 82 works
  5. 5 Brazil 80 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 58 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 51 works
  8. 8 Germany 47 works
  9. 9 Iran 45 works
  10. 10 Italy 43 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.

China: 28.8%United States: 25.7%India: 11.6%Egypt: 6.9%6 others listed: 27.0%29%largest
China345 · 28.8%United States309 · 25.7%India139 · 11.6%Egypt82 · 6.9%6 others listed324 · 27.0%

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

Which institutions lead Pharmacological Effects and Assays research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cairo University publishes the most Pharmacological Effects and Assays research, followed by Iowa State University and China Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cairo UniversityEgypt 13 works
  2. 2 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 9 works
  3. 3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 9 works
  4. 4 University of California, DavisUnited States 8 works
  5. 5 University of MosulIraq 8 works
  6. 6 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 8 works
  7. 7 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 7 works
  8. 8 University of BaghdadIraq 7 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 6 works
  10. 10 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pharmacological Effects and Assays?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pharmacological Effects and Assays include Peter J. Barnes and Robert J. Lefkowitz.

  1. 1 Peter J. Barnes United Kingdom 2.5k citations
  2. 2 Robert J. Lefkowitz United States 2.5k citations

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

Where is Pharmacological Effects and Assays research done?

The largest centres of Pharmacological Effects and Assays research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Cairo (Egypt), Shanghai (China) and Giza (Egypt). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cairo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 61 works
  2. 2 Cairo Egypt 21 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 19 works
  4. 4 Giza Egypt 19 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 16 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 16 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 16 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 15 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 15 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 15 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CairoEG · 21.1 works4.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pharmacological Effects and Assays than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pharmacological Effects and Assays?

Among universities, judged by research, Cairo University, China Agricultural University and Iowa State 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%mean 12.625%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Cairo University: 13, 15.5%China Agricultural University: 9, 29.0%Iowa State University: 9, 0.0%University of California, Davis: 8, 6.0%China Agricultural U…Cairo UniversityUniversity of Califo…Iowa State University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Cairo UniversityEgypt 68.715.5%8.6×13 +19.8%
2 China Agricultural UniversityChina 47.529.0%8.4×9 -11.6%
3 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 45.00.0%12.9×9 +60.9%
4 University of California, DavisUnited States 23.06.0%6.0×8 +41.1%

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 Pharmacological Effects and Assays research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Pharmacological Effects and Assays.

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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.

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.