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Clinical Biochemistry research

Clinical Biochemistry is a subfield of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 146k research works in it since 1950. 16.4% 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
146k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
24k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
4
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
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What is Clinical Biochemistry research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Biochemical Genetics, Metabolic Disorders, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, Microorganism Identification, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress. Gaining share since 2009–13: Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, Microorganism Identification. Losing share: Atherosclerosis, Paraoxonase.

▲ 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 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Biochemical Genetics9,373◆ 0.87×1 topic
  2. Metabolic Disorders9,373◆ 0.87×1 topic
  3. Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry7,617▲ 1.36×1 topic
  4. Microorganism Identification7,617▲ 1.36×1 topic
  5. Inflammation5,581◆ 0.90×2 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress5,581◆ 0.90×2 topics
  7. Advanced Glycation End Products4,666◆ 0.95×1 topic
  8. HMGB14,666◆ 0.95×1 topic
  9. Atherosclerosis914▼ 0.70×1 topic
  10. Paraoxonase914▼ 0.70×1 topic

Which countries lead Clinical Biochemistry research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and the United Kingdom rank highest in Clinical Biochemistry. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.5k and 3k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #4 all time 25.8% top 10% · 3k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 14.3% top 10% · 3.5k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 19.2% top 10% · 607 works
  4. 4 Italy · #5 all time 22.7% top 10% · 547 works
  5. 5 India · #14 all time 9.3% top 10% · 1.2k works
  6. 6 Germany · #3 all time 16.6% top 10% · 656 works
  7. 7 Australia · #8 all time 21.2% top 10% · 302 works
  8. 8 Spain · #13 all time 16.3% top 10% · 446 works
  9. 9 Japan · #6 all time 9.5% top 10% · 735 works
  10. 10 Canada · #9 all time 16.6% top 10% · 310 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 19 countries ranked in Clinical Biochemistry. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Clinical Biochemistry

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 3.5k works
  2. 2 China 3k works
  3. 3 India 1.2k works
  4. 4 Japan 735 works
  5. 5 Germany 656 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 607 works
  7. 7 Italy 547 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 522 works
  9. 9 France 471 works
  10. 10 Spain 446 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: 30.1%China: 26.0%India: 10.0%Japan: 6.3%6 others listed: 27.7%30%largest
United States3,534 · 30.1%China3,048 · 26.0%India1,174 · 10.0%Japan735 · 6.3%6 others listed3,248 · 27.7%

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

Which institutions lead Clinical Biochemistry research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Clinical Biochemistry research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 44 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 41 works
  3. 3 Harvard University United States 41 works
  4. 4 All India Institute of Medical Sciences India 38 works
  5. 5 Inserm France 33 works
  6. 6 Capital Medical University China 33 works
  7. 7 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 33 works
  8. 8 Emory University United States 33 works
  9. 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 32 works
  10. 10 Johns Hopkins University United States 32 works

Who are the leading researchers in Clinical Biochemistry?

Among the most productive authors in Clinical Biochemistry, Mark J. Daly, Maciej Banach and Maarten J. Postma rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Mark J. Daly United States · #47 worldwide 9.6k citations · 152 works
  2. 2 Maciej Banach Poland · #49 worldwide 5.2k citations · 199 works
  3. 3 Maarten J. Postma Netherlands · #90 worldwide 4.6k citations · 251 works
  4. 4 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom · #144 worldwide 7.2k citations · 486 works
  5. 5 David L. Paterson Australia · #544 worldwide 3k citations · 114 works
  6. 6 Sidney Udenfriend United States · #957 worldwide 2.3k citations · 119 works
  7. 7 Andrew J. Lees United Kingdom · #1,099 worldwide 2k citations · 170 works
  8. 8 Thomas Meitinger Germany · #1,430 worldwide 2.4k citations · 120 works
  9. 9 Bin Cao China · #1,475 worldwide 3.3k citations · 83 works
  10. 10 Benjamin Gläser Israel · #1,629 worldwide 1.3k citations · 159 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,003 highest-output authors in Clinical Biochemistry. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Clinical Biochemistry researchers

Where is Clinical Biochemistry research done?

The largest centres of Clinical Biochemistry research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 399 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 234 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 193 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 190 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 181 works
  6. 6 Paris France 176 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 155 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 144 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 138 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 134 works
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Clinical Biochemistry research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Clinical Biochemistry?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeast Agricultural University, Medical University of Białystok and Capital 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%20%40%60%mean 28.79%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northeast Agricultural University: 15, 52.4%Medical University of Białystok: 11, 31.1%Capital Medical University: 33, 22.1%Harvard University: 41, 21.0%Beijing Technology and Business University: 10, 37.0%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 41, 23.7%Mansoura University: 21, 12.8%University of Copenhagen: 24, 25.0%University of Catania: 12, 37.2%Nanchang University: 23, 25.6%Northeast Agricultur…Medical University o…Capital Medical Univ…Harvard 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
1Northeast Agricultural University China 48.752.4%3.3×15 +9.0%
2Medical University of Białystok Poland 48.031.1%7.5×11 +60.2%
3Capital Medical University China 45.722.1%3.4×33 +73.0%
4Harvard University United States 44.221.0%1.9×41 +39.1%
5Beijing Technology and Business University China 43.837.0%2.8×10 +166.7%
6Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 43.523.7%2.5×41 +13.8%
7Mansoura University Egypt 42.112.8%2.8×21 +179.5%
8University of Copenhagen Denmark 40.225.0%2.1×24 +9.8%
9University of Catania Italy 40.037.2%2.3×12 +62.8%
10Nanchang University China 39.825.6%2.8×23 +46.7%

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 Clinical Biochemistry research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Advanced Glycation End Products research and Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms.

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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. Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing+109%
  2. Advanced Glycation End Products research+58%
  3. Paraoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms+31%
  4. Metabolism and Genetic Disorders+19%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Clinical Biochemistry include?

Metabolism and Genetic D…85kMetabolism and Genetic Disorders: 85k fractional worksBacterial Identification…33kBacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing: 33k fractional worksAdvanced Glycation End Products research: 23k fractional worksParaoxonase enzyme and polymorphisms: 5,101 fractional works

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