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Biochemistry research

Biochemistry is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 133k research works in it since 1950. 20.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: study of chemical processes in living organisms.

Research works
133k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
27k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
3
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Biochemistry research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Antioxidants, Oxidative Stress, Free Radicals, Polyphenols, Carotenoids, Lipid Peroxidation. Gaining share since 2009–13: Free Radicals, Polyphenols. Losing share: Carotenoids, Lipid Peroxidation.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 8 words, with their numbers
  1. Antioxidants28k◆ 1.01×2 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress28k◆ 1.01×2 topics
  3. Free Radicals20k▲ 1.24×1 topic
  4. Polyphenols20k▲ 1.24×1 topic
  5. Carotenoids7,153▼ 0.66×1 topic
  6. Lipid Peroxidation7,153▼ 0.66×1 topic
  7. Blood Transfusion4,735◆ 0.94×1 topic
  8. Hemorrhage4,735◆ 0.94×1 topic

Which countries lead Biochemistry research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, India and the United States rank highest in Biochemistry. By volume, China and India publish the most (5.2k and 2.3k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 31.6% top 10% · 5.2k works
  2. 2 India · #6 all time 16.0% top 10% · 2.3k works
  3. 3 United States · #1 all time 16.7% top 10% · 2.1k works
  4. 4 Italy · #5 all time 28.3% top 10% · 821 works
  5. 5 Poland · #9 all time 28.4% top 10% · 628 works
  6. 6 Spain · #4 all time 24.0% top 10% · 726 works
  7. 7 Türkiye · #14 all time 13.5% top 10% · 1.2k works
  8. 8 Brazil · #11 all time 13.9% top 10% · 1.1k works
  9. 9 Saudi Arabia · #23 all time 27.7% top 10% · 324 works
  10. 10 Portugal · #16 all time 32.3% top 10% · 308 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 28 countries ranked in Biochemistry. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Biochemistry

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 5.2k works
  2. 2 India 2.3k works
  3. 3 United States 2.1k works
  4. 4 Türkiye 1.2k works
  5. 5 Brazil 1.1k works
  6. 6 Italy 821 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 796 works
  8. 8 Spain 726 works
  9. 9 South Korea 693 works
  10. 10 Poland 628 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: 33.0%India: 14.8%United States: 13.7%Türkiye: 7.8%6 others listed: 30.7%33%largest
China5,169 · 33.0%India2,315 · 14.8%United States2,143 · 13.7%Türkiye1,226 · 7.8%6 others listed4,805 · 30.7%

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

Which institutions lead Biochemistry research?

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (China) ranks first in Biochemistry on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by China Agricultural University and Northwest A&F University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China · Beijing · #22 all time 43.0% top 10% · 95 works
  2. 2 China Agricultural University China · Beijing · #8 all time 40.8% top 10% · 62 works
  3. 3 Northwest A&F University China · Yangling · #34 all time 43.9% top 10% · 72 works
  4. 4 King Saud University Saudi Arabia · Riyadh · #46 all time 26.7% top 10% · 76 works
  5. 5 University of Belgrade Serbia · Belgrade · #54 all time 25.3% top 10% · 62 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 5 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Biochemistry.

Top 100 Biochemistry institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 95 works
  2. 2 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 76 works
  3. 3 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 73 works
  4. 4 China Agricultural UniversityChina 62 works
  5. 5 University of BelgradeSerbia 62 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang UniversityChina 60 works
  7. 7 Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 58 works
  8. 8 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 57 works
  9. 9 Jiangnan UniversityChina 57 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 54 works

Who are the leading researchers in Biochemistry?

Among the most productive authors in Biochemistry, Amirhossein Sahebkar, Walter C. Willett and Dariush Mozaffarian rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran · #123 worldwide 5.6k citations · 243 works
  2. 2 Walter C. Willett United States · #154 worldwide 6.8k citations · 360 works
  3. 3 Dariush Mozaffarian United States · #186 worldwide 5.2k citations · 120 works
  4. 4 Barry Halliwell United Kingdom · #215 worldwide 4k citations · 147 works
  5. 5 Nizal Sarrafzadegan Iran · #574 worldwide 2.8k citations · 104 works
  6. 6 Giuseppe Grosso Italy · #746 worldwide 4.2k citations · 97 works
  7. 7 Tommi Vasankari Finland · #1,193 worldwide 6.9k citations · 84 works
  8. 8 Meir J. Stampfer United States · #1,463 worldwide 2.2k citations · 154 works
  9. 9 Bruce N. Ames United States · #1,485 worldwide 4.7k citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Eric B. Rimm United States · #1,617 worldwide 2.9k citations · 168 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,397 highest-output authors in Biochemistry. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Biochemistry researchers

Where is Biochemistry research done?

The largest centres of Biochemistry research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Hangzhou (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wushan and Bragança.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 745 works
  2. 2 Guangzhou China 276 works
  3. 3 Hangzhou China 246 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 242 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 202 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 198 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 181 works
  8. 8 Istanbul Türkiye 177 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 164 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 163 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WushanCN · 28.1 works20×
  2. BragançaPT · 25.0 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Biochemistry than the world average.

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Biochemistry research by country

The best places for Biochemistry research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Biochemistry?

Among universities, judged by research, Anhui Agricultural University, Beijing Technology and Business University and Fujian Agriculture and Forestry 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 39.62%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Anhui Agricultural University: 48, 60.1%Beijing Technology and Business University: 51, 48.9%Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University: 39, 52.0%University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca: 37, 39.9%Northwest A&F University: 72, 43.9%Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences: 35, 30.7%Warsaw University of Life Sciences: 46, 36.9%Punjab Agricultural University: 45, 17.1%University of Rzeszów: 34, 27.2%Shenyang Agricultural University: 41, 39.5%Anhui Agricultural U…Fujian Agriculture a…Beijing Technology a…University of Agricu…
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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 Anhui Agricultural UniversityChina 74.660.1%11.0×48 +75.7%
2 Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 73.848.9%9.5×51 +160.9%
3 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 67.152.0%6.6×39 +177.1%
4 University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-NapocaRomania 63.339.9%26.9×37 +57.9%
5 Northwest A&F UniversityChina 62.943.9%7.3×72 +37.8%
6 Wrocław University of Environmental and Life SciencesPoland 61.930.7%19.0×35 +104.9%
7 Warsaw University of Life SciencesPoland 60.736.9%11.1×46 +8.1%
8 Punjab Agricultural UniversityIndia 60.117.1%11.1×45 +177.5%
9 University of RzeszówPoland 60.027.2%8.5×34 +268.1%
10 Shenyang Agricultural UniversityChina 59.939.5%12.5×41 +17.3%

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 Biochemistry research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Blood transfusion and management and Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress.

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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.

  1. Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities+154%
  2. Blood transfusion and management+80%
  3. Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress+15%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Biochemistry include?