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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
natural products
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
270
0.438
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Pharmacology
Biochemistry
Endocrinology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
186
0.579
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
traditional healing
plant medicines
phytochemistry
pain
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
66
0.468
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
pharmacoepidemiology
disparities
policy
drug safety
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
55
0.917
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Chemical biology
pharmacology
protein chemistry & engineering
protein splicing
peptide-based therapeutics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
50
0.568
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Health economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
47
0.522
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
medicinal chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Drug use research
Mexican Americans
health disparities
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
24
0.571
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
RNA biochemistry
protein-RNA interactions
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
RNA bioinformatics
circular RNA
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
biopharmaceuticals
chemical biology
cancer immunotherapy
exosome engineering
nanomedicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
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* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Health Policy
Health Economics
Clinical Medicine
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
physiology
cell biology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
18
0.290
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
predictive analytics
microfluidics
ophthalmology
oncology
immunology
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
12
0.571
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Drug delivery
Cancer research
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Drug delivery
cell penetrating peptide
exosome
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Bioinformatics
Immunogenetics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Pharmaceutical Science
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Image Analysis
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
HIV
HIV Pharmacotherapy
LGBTQ+
Mental Health
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
GPCRs
Structural Biology
Molecular Dynamics
Medicinal Chemistry
Computer-aided drug design
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Medicinal chemistry
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sciences
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
* Last 6 Years i10 IndexRankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Health Economics
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
Clay Wang
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
616
270
0.438
Vassilios Papadopoulos
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
321
186
0.579
Pharmacology
Biochemistry
Endocrinology
James D Adams
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
66
0.468
traditional healing
plant medicines
phytochemistry
pain
Dima Qato *
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
55
0.917
pharmacoepidemiology
disparities
policy
drug safety
Julio A Camarero
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
88
50
0.568
Chemical biology
pharmacology
protein chemistry & engineering
protein splicing
peptide-based therapeutics
Geoffrey Joyce
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
47
0.522
Joice Thomas
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53
36
0.679
Alice Cepeda
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42
24
0.571
Drug use research
Mexican Americans
health disparities
Zhipeng Lu
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
21
0.955
RNA biochemistry
protein-RNA interactions
Spinal Muscular Atrophy
RNA bioinformatics
circular RNA
Qinqin Cheng
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23
19
0.826
biopharmaceuticals
chemical biology
cancer immunotherapy
exosome engineering
nanomedicine
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D Steven Fox
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22
19
0.864
Health Policy
Health Economics
Clinical Medicine
Curtis Okamoto
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
18
0.290
physiology
cell biology
Eric Forssen
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21
12
0.571
predictive analytics
microfluidics
ophthalmology
oncology
immunology
Pu Shi
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11
9
0.818
Drug delivery
Cancer research
Ken S Wong
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10
6
0.600
Likun Fei
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
Drug delivery
cell penetrating peptide
exosome
Yu Ning Huang
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
3
1.000
Bioinformatics
Immunogenetics
David Tyrpak
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3
2
0.667
Pharmaceutical Science
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
Image Analysis
Tam C Phan
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2
2
1.000
HIV
HIV Pharmacotherapy
LGBTQ+
Mental Health
Mrunmayee Shirodkar
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1
1
1.000
Mohsen Ranjbar
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
GPCRs
Structural Biology
Molecular Dynamics
Medicinal Chemistry
Computer-aided drug design
Michaela R Jacobs
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
Yijun Cai
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0
Pharmacy
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jeff Mccombs
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
i-10 Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
0
0
0