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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience research

Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience is a subfield of Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 618k research works in it since 1950. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: branch of neuroscience.

Research works
618k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
116k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
13
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+2%
the tick is no change

What is Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Neurological Disorders, Neuronal Circuits, Synaptic Plasticity, GABAergic, Neurotransmission, Electrode Arrays. Gaining share since 2009–13: Cerebrospinal Fluid, Glymphatic System, Aging, D-Galactose, Electrode Arrays. Losing share: Eph receptors, Semaphorins, Neuropeptides, Receptors.

▲ 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 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Neurological Disorders23k◆ 0.95×2 topics
  2. Neuronal Circuits23k▼ 0.83×2 topics
  3. Synaptic Plasticity21k▼ 0.83×2 topics
  4. GABAergic15k▼ 0.80×1 topic
  5. Neurotransmission15k▼ 0.80×1 topic
  6. Electrode Arrays13k▲ 1.36×1 topic
  7. Neural Stimulation13k▲ 1.36×1 topic
  8. Stress12k▼ 0.75×2 topics
  9. Depression11k▼ 0.83×2 topics
  10. Mitochondrial Dysfunction10k▲ 1.23×2 topics
  11. Channelrhodopsin9,259◆ 1.12×1 topic
  12. Optogenetics9,259◆ 1.12×1 topic
  13. Cerebrospinal Fluid7,376▲ 1.59×1 topic
  14. Glymphatic System7,376▲ 1.59×1 topic
  15. Huntington's Disease7,298▲ 1.20×1 topic
  16. Protein Aggregation7,298▲ 1.20×1 topic
  17. Drosophila7,104◆ 0.90×1 topic
  18. Neuroscience7,104◆ 0.90×1 topic
  19. Dopamine6,392▼ 0.76×1 topic
  20. Serotonin6,392▼ 0.76×1 topic
  21. BDNF5,623◆ 0.95×1 topic
  22. Neurotrophins5,623◆ 0.95×1 topic
  23. Neuropeptides5,254▼ 0.74×1 topic
  24. Receptors5,254▼ 0.74×1 topic
  25. Inflammation4,070◆ 1.15×2 topics
  26. Neurodegeneration4,070◆ 1.15×2 topics
  27. NR4A23,048◆ 1.07×1 topic
  28. Nurr13,048◆ 1.07×1 topic
  29. Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease2,825▲ 1.33×1 topic
  30. Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia2,825▲ 1.33×1 topic
  31. Eph receptors2,018▼ 0.69×1 topic
  32. Semaphorins2,018▼ 0.69×1 topic
  33. Aging1,022▲ 1.46×1 topic
  34. D-Galactose1,022▲ 1.46×1 topic

Which countries lead Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (16k and 12k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 19.1% top 10% · 16k works
  2. 2 China · #4 all time 22.5% top 10% · 12k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 22.2% top 10% · 2.6k works
  4. 4 Germany · #3 all time 19.1% top 10% · 3.2k works
  5. 5 Italy · #8 all time 19.8% top 10% · 2.2k works
  6. 6 South Korea · #14 all time 18.4% top 10% · 1.8k works
  7. 7 Canada · #6 all time 19.1% top 10% · 1.7k works
  8. 8 France · #5 all time 17.8% top 10% · 1.9k works
  9. 9 India · #18 all time 11.5% top 10% · 2.9k works
  10. 10 Switzerland · #9 all time 24.6% top 10% · 690 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 39 countries ranked in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 16k works
  2. 2 China 12k works
  3. 3 Japan 3.4k works
  4. 4 Germany 3.2k works
  5. 5 India 2.9k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 2.6k works
  7. 7 Italy 2.2k works
  8. 8 France 1.9k works
  9. 9 South Korea 1.8k works
  10. 10 Canada 1.7k 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: 33.7%China: 25.5%Japan: 7.0%Germany: 6.6%6 others listed: 27.2%34%largest
United States16k · 33.7%China12k · 25.5%Japan3,422 · 7.0%Germany3,194 · 6.6%6 others listed13k · 27.2%

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

Which institutions lead Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience research?

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Stanford University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #2 all time 32.3% top 10% · 238 works
  2. 2 Stanford University United States · Stanford · #3 all time 28.1% top 10% · 199 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #80 all time 32.3% top 10% · 200 works
  4. 4 Howard Hughes Medical Institute United States · Chevy Chase · #1 all time 49.3% top 10% · 75 works
  5. 5 University of California San Diego United States · San Diego · #8 all time 25.0% top 10% · 180 works
  6. 6 University College London United Kingdom · London · #6 all time 22.8% top 10% · 236 works
  7. 7 Washington University in St. Louis United States · St Louis · #14 all time 22.9% top 10% · 171 works
  8. 8 Columbia University United States · New York · #7 all time 27.9% top 10% · 142 works
  9. 9 Yale University United States · New Haven · #4 all time 23.1% top 10% · 197 works
  10. 10 University of California, San Francisco United States · San Francisco · #5 all time 28.6% top 10% · 117 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 150 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

Top 100 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 238 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 236 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 218 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 200 works
  5. 5 Stanford UniversityUnited States 199 works
  6. 6 Yale UniversityUnited States 197 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 192 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 183 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 181 works
  10. 10 University of California San DiegoUnited States 180 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience?

Among the most productive authors in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Félix Carvalho, Edward T. Bullmore and John Hardy rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Félix Carvalho Portugal · #172 worldwide 4.6k citations · 125 works
  2. 2 Edward T. Bullmore United Kingdom · #709 worldwide 2.6k citations · 165 works
  3. 3 John Hardy United Kingdom · #734 worldwide 4k citations · 235 works
  4. 4 Bruce S. McEwen United States · #921 worldwide 3.6k citations · 181 works
  5. 5 Sidney Udenfriend United States · #957 worldwide 2.3k citations · 119 works
  6. 6 David M. Holtzman United States · #1,058 worldwide 2.8k citations · 150 works
  7. 7 Solomon H. Snyder United States · #1,095 worldwide 2.8k citations · 168 works
  8. 8 Andrew J. Lees United Kingdom · #1,099 worldwide 2k citations · 170 works
  9. 9 George D. Yancopoulos United States · #1,215 worldwide 2.5k citations · 105 works
  10. 10 Mostafa A. El‐Sayed United States · #1,236 worldwide 3.5k citations · 149 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,427 highest-output authors in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience researchers

Where is Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience research done?

The largest centres of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chevy Chase.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 2k works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 1.2k works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 923 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 884 works
  5. 5 Paris France 865 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 848 works
  7. 7 New York United States 765 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 694 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 676 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 574 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Chevy ChaseUS · 76.4 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience than the world average.

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Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and University College London 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 27.51%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Harvard University: 238, 32.3%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 133, 30.5%University College London: 236, 22.8%Stanford University: 199, 28.1%Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology: 32, 20.1%University of Oxford: 129, 33.4%Southern University of Science and Technology: 42, 33.4%University of Copenhagen: 118, 26.4%Yale University: 197, 23.1%University of California San Diego: 180, 25.0%Harvard UniversityUniversity of Chines…Stanford UniversityUniversity College L…
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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 Harvard UniversityUnited States 53.232.3%3.0×238 -9.6%
2 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 52.230.5%1.2×133 +204.9%
3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 48.022.8%2.7×236 -6.3%
4 Stanford UniversityUnited States 46.428.1%2.6×199 -4.9%
5 Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea 46.420.1%6.8×32 +511.5%
6 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 45.733.4%1.6×129 +3.0%
7 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 44.533.4%1.2×42 +519.2%
8 University of CopenhagenDenmark 44.426.4%2.7×118 +7.4%
9 Yale UniversityUnited States 44.223.1%3.1×197 -5.6%
10 University of California San DiegoUnited States 44.225.0%3.3×180 -17.6%

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 Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Antioxidants, Aging, Portulaca oleracea, Neuroscience and Neural Engineering and Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus.

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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. Antioxidants, Aging, Portulaca oleracea+85%
  2. Neuroscience and Neural Engineering+83%
  3. Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus+74%
  4. Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases+64%
  5. Hereditary Neurological Disorders+58%
  6. Photoreceptor and optogenetics research+33%
  7. Axon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling-5%
  8. Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior-5%
  9. Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research-6%
  10. Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology-23%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience include?

Neuroscience and Neuroph…146kNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 146k fractional worksNeuropeptides and Animal Physiology: 67k fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural Engineering: 62k fractional worksPhotoreceptor and optogenetics research: 62k fractional worksNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research: 62k fractional worksNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 60k fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerativ…39kGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 39k fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 35k fractional worksNerve injury and regeneration: 35k fractional worksNuclear Receptors and Signaling: 16k fractional worksAxon Guidance and Neuronal Signaling: 15k fractional worksHereditary Neurological Disorders: 15k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.