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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism research

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 674k research works in it since 1950. 17.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: medical specialty focusing on the endocrine system, its diseases, and their treatment, including diabetes management and metabolic disorders affecting hormone balance and body function.

Research works
674k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
117k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
18
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
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 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Diabetes, Glycemic Control, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, Insulin Therapy. Gaining share since 2009–13: Antioxidants, Oxidative Stress, Type 2 Diabetes, Foot Ulcers, Prevention. Losing share: Aldosterone, Primary Aldosteronism, Aging Men, Testosterone.

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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 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Diabetes62k◆ 1.07×7 topics
  2. Glycemic Control36k◆ 1.09×4 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease36k◆ 0.98×4 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome34k▼ 0.85×4 topics
  5. Insulin Resistance31k◆ 1.14×3 topics
  6. Insulin Therapy28k◆ 1.09×3 topics
  7. Type 2 Diabetes22k▲ 1.45×2 topics
  8. Glucose Metabolism21k◆ 0.97×2 topics
  9. Obesity21k◆ 0.97×2 topics
  10. Hyperglycemia19k▲ 1.23×3 topics
  11. Hypertension15k◆ 0.89×2 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Risk14k▼ 0.85×2 topics
  13. Growth Hormone13k▼ 0.78×2 topics
  14. Atherosclerosis12k◆ 0.87×1 topic
  15. Lifestyle Intervention12k◆ 0.87×1 topic
  16. Depression12k◆ 1.01×2 topics
  17. Continuous Glucose Monitoring12k◆ 1.08×1 topic
  18. Hypoglycemia12k◆ 1.08×1 topic
  19. Cardiovascular Outcomes12k▲ 1.24×1 topic
  20. Glucose Control12k▲ 1.24×1 topic
  21. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer10k▲ 1.17×1 topic
  22. Thyroid Nodules10k▲ 1.17×1 topic
  23. Foot Ulcers10k▲ 1.29×1 topic
  24. Prevention10k▲ 1.29×1 topic
  25. Hormone Therapy10k▼ 0.76×2 topics
  26. Antioxidants9,976▲ 1.82×1 topic
  27. Oxidative Stress9,976▲ 1.82×1 topic
  28. Fructose8,501▲ 1.16×1 topic
  29. Lipid Dysregulation8,501▲ 1.16×1 topic
  30. Cushing's Syndrome8,145◆ 1.03×1 topic
  31. Pituitary Adenomas8,145◆ 1.03×1 topic
  32. Chronic Disease8,023◆ 1.12×1 topic
  33. Self-Management8,023◆ 1.12×1 topic
  34. Thyroid Dysfunction8,020◆ 0.98×1 topic
  35. Thyroid Hormone8,020◆ 0.98×1 topic
  36. Aldosterone6,789▼ 0.69×1 topic
  37. Primary Aldosteronism6,789▼ 0.69×1 topic
  38. Aging Men6,380▼ 0.73×1 topic
  39. Testosterone6,380▼ 0.73×1 topic
  40. Critical Care4,960▼ 0.86×1 topic

Which countries lead Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (22k and 16k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 17.0% top 10% · 22k works
  2. 2 China · #3 all time 25.3% top 10% · 16k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 20.8% top 10% · 4.5k works
  4. 4 Italy · #4 all time 24.5% top 10% · 3.7k works
  5. 5 India · #13 all time 8.5% top 10% · 9.1k works
  6. 6 Germany · #6 all time 16.0% top 10% · 3.1k works
  7. 7 Australia · #7 all time 23.7% top 10% · 2.1k works
  8. 8 Canada · #5 all time 20.7% top 10% · 2.2k works
  9. 9 South Korea · #17 all time 18.7% top 10% · 2.5k works
  10. 10 Spain · #14 all time 16.6% top 10% · 2.5k 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 64 countries ranked in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 22k works
  2. 2 China 16k works
  3. 3 India 9.1k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 4.5k works
  5. 5 Japan 3.8k works
  6. 6 Italy 3.7k works
  7. 7 Indonesia 3.3k works
  8. 8 Germany 3.1k works
  9. 9 Türkiye 2.8k works
  10. 10 Brazil 2.7k 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: 30.8%China: 22.7%India: 12.8%United Kingdom: 6.3%6 others listed: 27.4%31%largest
United States22k · 30.8%China16k · 22.7%India9,067 · 12.8%United Kingdom4,461 · 6.3%6 others listed19k · 27.4%

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

Which institutions lead Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism research?

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 31.2% top 10% · 296 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing · #77 all time 23.5% top 10% · 370 works
  3. 3 Brigham and Women's Hospital United States · Boston · #2 all time 27.0% top 10% · 200 works
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore · #5 all time 25.2% top 10% · 214 works
  5. 5 Sichuan University China · Chengdu 28.2% top 10% · 224 works
  6. 6 University of Toronto Canada · Toronto · #16 all time 24.3% top 10% · 180 works
  7. 7 Peking University China · Beijing 25.9% top 10% · 209 works
  8. 8 University of Copenhagen Denmark · Copenhagen · #30 all time 32.0% top 10% · 166 works
  9. 9 Monash University Australia · Melbourne · #47 all time 32.0% top 10% · 135 works
  10. 10 Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou 28.0% top 10% · 192 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 261 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Top 100 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 370 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 296 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 288 works
  4. 4 Capital Medical UniversityChina 230 works
  5. 5 Sichuan UniversityChina 225 works
  6. 6 University of MichiganUnited States 222 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 214 works
  8. 8 Peking UniversityChina 209 works
  9. 9 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 200 works
  10. 10 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States 199 works

Who are the leading researchers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism?

Among the most productive authors in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Graeme J. Hankey, Giuseppe Remuzzi and Mostafa Qorbani rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Graeme J. Hankey Australia · #15 worldwide 7.2k citations · 205 works
  2. 2 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy · #34 worldwide 8.1k citations · 312 works
  3. 3 Mostafa Qorbani Iran · #41 worldwide 5.9k citations · 166 works
  4. 4 Maciej Banach Poland · #49 worldwide 5.2k citations · 199 works
  5. 5 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom · #69 worldwide 6.7k citations · 266 works
  6. 6 Josef Coresh United States · #72 worldwide 5.3k citations · 204 works
  7. 7 Robert O. Bonow United States · #85 worldwide 4.5k citations · 220 works
  8. 8 André Pascal Kengne South Africa · #120 worldwide 4.5k citations · 130 works
  9. 9 Stuart Pocock United Kingdom · #122 worldwide 4.3k citations · 148 works
  10. 10 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran · #123 worldwide 5.6k citations · 243 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,541 highest-output authors in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism researchers

Where is Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism research done?

The largest centres of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bad Mergentheim, Charlottenlund and Salinas.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 2.4k works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 1.3k works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 1.3k works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 1.2k works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 974 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 962 works
  7. 7 New York United States 935 works
  8. 8 Boston United States 855 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 809 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 798 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Bad MergentheimDE · 43.0 works56×
  2. CharlottenlundDK · 111.7 works35×
  3. SalinasUS · 23.4 works32×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism than the world average.

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Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Harvard University and University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 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 27.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 370, 23.5%Harvard University: 296, 31.2%University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: 126, 27.5%University of Copenhagen: 166, 32.0%Karolinska Institutet: 148, 27.8%Capital Medical University: 230, 22.6%King Saud University: 161, 23.4%Monash University: 135, 32.0%Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 71, 20.1%Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 70, 36.4%University of Copenh…Harvard UniversityUniversity of Colora…Chinese Academy of M…
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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 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 55.023.5%3.5×370 +71.8%
2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 54.731.2%2.1×296 +21.4%
3 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 51.927.5%4.2×126 +107.4%
4 University of CopenhagenDenmark 51.732.0%2.2×166 +34.3%
5 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 48.627.8%3.0×148 +2.1%
6 Capital Medical UniversityChina 47.122.6%3.6×230 +27.7%
7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 46.623.4%1.6×161 +69.8%
8 Monash UniversityAustralia 46.532.0%1.5×135 +19.6%
9 Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 46.420.1%4.0×71 +239.8%
10 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 45.736.4%2.9×70 +55.8%

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, Diabetes and Metabolism research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies, Diabetes Management and Education and Diabetes Treatment and Management.

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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. Natural Antidiabetic Agents Studies+274%
  2. Diabetes Management and Education+141%
  3. Diabetes Treatment and Management+130%
  4. Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management+116%
  5. Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment+115%
  6. Diet, Metabolism, and Disease+88%
  7. Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors-18%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism include?

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 60k fractional worksGrowth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors: 51k fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 50k fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 50k fractional worksHormonal and reproductive studies: 48k fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and M…46kDiabetes Treatment and Management: 46k fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Treatments: 46k fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 43k fractional worksDiet, Metabolism, and Di…42kDiet, Metabolism, and Disease: 42k fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 42k fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 36k fractional worksDiabetes Management and Education: 30k fractional works

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