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Endocrinology research

Endocrinology is a subfield of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 109k research works in it since 1950. 20.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: medical specialty.

Research works
109k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
22k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
7
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+10%
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What is Endocrinology research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Epidemiology, Genomic Analysis, Cholera, Vibrio cholerae, Vaccine Development, Biofilm Formation. Gaining share since 2009–13: Nosocomial Infections, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Fungal Symbiosis, Mycoviruses. Losing share: Escherichia coli, Pathogenicity, Vaccine Development, Genomic Analysis.

▲ 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 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology7,681◆ 1.05×2 topics
  2. Genomic Analysis7,326▼ 0.86×3 topics
  3. Cholera6,203◆ 1.04×1 topic
  4. Vibrio cholerae6,203◆ 1.04×1 topic
  5. Vaccine Development5,082▼ 0.84×2 topics
  6. Biofilm Formation3,776◆ 1.13×2 topics
  7. Virulence Factors3,722◆ 0.97×2 topics
  8. Escherichia coli3,604▼ 0.77×1 topic
  9. Pathogenicity3,604▼ 0.77×1 topic
  10. Fungal Symbiosis3,444◆ 1.15×1 topic
  11. Mycoviruses3,444◆ 1.15×1 topic
  12. Pathogenesis3,331◆ 0.98×2 topics
  13. Nosocomial Infections1,908▲ 1.26×1 topic
  14. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia1,908▲ 1.26×1 topic
  15. Cronobacter sakazakii1,869◆ 1.02×1 topic
  16. Enterobacteriaceae1,869◆ 1.02×1 topic
  17. Amoebae1,853◆ 0.91×1 topic
  18. Legionella1,853◆ 0.91×1 topic
  19. Corynebacterium1,478◆ 1.08×1 topic
  20. Infections1,478◆ 1.08×1 topic

Which countries lead Endocrinology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Endocrinology. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.8k and 2.7k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 20.3% top 10% · 2.7k works
  2. 2 China · #4 all time 24.4% top 10% · 2.8k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 25.4% top 10% · 514 works
  4. 4 India · #12 all time 11.0% top 10% · 1.2k works
  5. 5 France · #3 all time 20.2% top 10% · 576 works
  6. 6 Canada · #6 all time 23.7% top 10% · 317 works
  7. 7 Australia · #7 all time 25.0% top 10% · 274 works
  8. 8 Germany · #5 all time 21.5% top 10% · 390 works
  9. 9 Italy · #13 all time 21.2% top 10% · 376 works
  10. 10 Spain · #10 all time 18.5% top 10% · 411 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 Endocrinology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Endocrinology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.8k works
  2. 2 United States 2.7k works
  3. 3 India 1.2k works
  4. 4 France 576 works
  5. 5 Japan 520 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 515 works
  7. 7 Brazil 502 works
  8. 8 Spain 411 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 400 works
  10. 10 Germany 390 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: 28.2%United States: 26.5%India: 12.2%France: 5.8%6 others listed: 27.4%28%largest
China2,818 · 28.2%United States2,655 · 26.5%India1,220 · 12.2%France576 · 5.8%6 others listed2,738 · 27.4%

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

Which institutions lead Endocrinology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Yangzhou University publishes the most Endocrinology research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Yangzhou University China 48 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 40 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 39 works
  4. 4 China Agricultural University China 38 works
  5. 5 Huazhong Agricultural University China 38 works
  6. 6 Zhejiang University China 37 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs China 35 works
  8. 8 University of California, Davis United States 34 works
  9. 9 University of Baghdad Iraq 33 works
  10. 10 University of Georgia United States 33 works

Who are the leading researchers in Endocrinology?

Among the most productive authors in Endocrinology, David L. Paterson, John F. Anderson and David Botstein rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 David L. Paterson Australia · #544 worldwide 3k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 John F. Anderson United States · #928 worldwide 2.6k citations · 101 works
  3. 3 David Botstein United States · #1,153 worldwide 6.7k citations · 86 works
  4. 4 Erko Stackebrandt Germany · #1,625 worldwide 2.5k citations · 132 works
  5. 5 Robert E. Black United States · #1,737 worldwide 1.8k citations · 124 works
  6. 6 Colin Hill Ireland · #1,910 worldwide 2.5k citations · 103 works
  7. 7 George M. Weinstock United States · #1,929 worldwide 2k citations · 95 works
  8. 8 Hiroyuki Ogata Japan · #2,604 worldwide 4.1k citations · 69 works
  9. 9 John G. Bartlett United States · #2,683 worldwide 1.5k citations · 167 works
  10. 10 Maysaa El Sayed Zaki Egypt · #3,077 worldwide 6.6k citations · 65 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 3,569 highest-output authors in Endocrinology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Endocrinology researchers

Where is Endocrinology research done?

The largest centres of Endocrinology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Guangzhou (China) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 474 works
  2. 2 Paris France 222 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 173 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 152 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 147 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 144 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 135 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 134 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 125 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 123 works
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Endocrinology research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Endocrinology?

Among universities, judged by research, Huazhong Agricultural University, Yangzhou University and Northwest A&F 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 33.66%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Huazhong Agricultural University: 38, 28.7%Yangzhou University: 48, 29.2%Northwest A&F University: 25, 50.1%Ningbo University: 29, 28.3%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 16, 24.5%Nanjing Agricultural University: 31, 30.4%South China Agricultural University: 32, 26.3%China Agricultural University: 38, 27.6%University of Basel: 10, 50.5%Université Paris Cité: 21, 41.0%Northwest A&F Univer…Yangzhou UniversityHuazhong Agricultura…Ningbo 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
1Huazhong Agricultural University China 57.628.7%6.9×38 +46.5%
2Yangzhou University China 56.329.2%5.4×48 +52.8%
3Northwest A&F University China 54.450.1%3.9×25 +20.3%
4Ningbo University China 53.928.3%3.4×29 +216.6%
5London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine United Kingdom 53.924.5%6.8×16 +64.2%
6Nanjing Agricultural University China 48.330.4%4.9×31 +7.7%
7South China Agricultural University China 47.826.3%5.7×32 +2.9%
8China Agricultural University China 46.927.6%4.2×38 0.0%
9University of Basel Switzerland 46.450.5%2.2×10 +74.3%
10Université Paris Cité France 45.941.0%3.1×21 -27.1%

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 Endocrinology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research, Infections and bacterial resistance and Vibrio bacteria research studies.

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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. Enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research+95%
  2. Infections and bacterial resistance+84%
  3. Vibrio bacteria research studies+74%
  4. Diphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus+67%
  5. Plant and Fungal Interactions Research+54%
  6. Legionella and Acanthamoeba research+47%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Endocrinology include?

Vibrio bacteria research…29kVibrio bacteria research studies: 29k fractional worksEscherichia coli researc…25kEscherichia coli research studies: 25k fractional worksPlant and Fungal Interactions Research: 16k fractional worksLegionella and Acanthamoeba research: 10k fractional worksEnterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter Research: 10k fractional worksDiphtheria, Corynebacterium, and Tetanus: 9,225 fractional worksInfections and bacterial resistance: 9,086 fractional works

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