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Genetics research

Genetics is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 320k research works in it since 1950. 15.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms.

Research works
320k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
48k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
9
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Genetics research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Glioblastoma, Temozolomide, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Genomic Aberrations, Sickle-cell Disease, Thalassemia. Gaining share since 2009–13: Glioblastoma, Temozolomide. Losing share: Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Multipotent, CHD7 Gene, Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Glioblastoma17k▲ 1.33×1 topic
  2. Temozolomide17k▲ 1.33×1 topic
  3. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia12k◆ 0.93×1 topic
  4. Genomic Aberrations12k◆ 0.93×1 topic
  5. Sickle-cell Disease11k◆ 1.05×1 topic
  6. Thalassemia11k◆ 1.05×1 topic
  7. Mesenchymal Stem Cells10k▼ 0.73×1 topic
  8. Multipotent10k▼ 0.73×1 topic
  9. JAK2 Mutation5,774◆ 1.13×1 topic
  10. Myelofibrosis5,774◆ 1.13×1 topic
  11. SMN15,724◆ 1.11×1 topic
  12. Spinal Muscular Atrophy5,724◆ 1.11×1 topic
  13. Hereditary Angioedema4,650▼ 0.83×1 topic
  14. Kinin Receptor Family4,650▼ 0.83×1 topic
  15. Diagnosis3,376◆ 1.00×1 topic
  16. Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia3,376◆ 1.00×1 topic
  17. CHD7 Gene1,545▼ 0.81×1 topic
  18. Genetic Mutations1,545▼ 0.81×1 topic

Which countries lead Genetics research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and Germany rank highest in Genetics. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (15k and 8k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 13.7% top 10% · 15k works
  2. 2 China · #4 all time 20.1% top 10% · 8k works
  3. 3 Germany · #3 all time 17.9% top 10% · 2.4k works
  4. 4 Italy · #5 all time 20.1% top 10% · 2.5k works
  5. 5 United Kingdom · #2 all time 15.5% top 10% · 2.2k works
  6. 6 France · #6 all time 15.0% top 10% · 1.9k works
  7. 7 Canada · #7 all time 15.8% top 10% · 1.3k works
  8. 8 Australia · #10 all time 19.8% top 10% · 883 works
  9. 9 Spain · #12 all time 13.2% top 10% · 1.3k works
  10. 10 India · #15 all time 6.2% top 10% · 3.1k 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 Genetics. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Genetics

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 15k works
  2. 2 China 8k works
  3. 3 India 3.1k works
  4. 4 Italy 2.5k works
  5. 5 Japan 2.5k works
  6. 6 Germany 2.4k works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 2.2k works
  8. 8 France 1.9k works
  9. 9 Brazil 1.8k works
  10. 10 Spain 1.3k 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: 37.4%China: 19.5%India: 7.5%Italy: 6.1%6 others listed: 29.4%37%largest
United States15k · 37.4%China7,951 · 19.5%India3,057 · 7.5%Italy2,491 · 6.1%6 others listed12k · 29.4%

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

Which institutions lead Genetics research?

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (United States) ranks first in Genetics on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Harvard University and Sichuan University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center United States · Houston · #2 all time 15.6% top 10% · 409 works
  2. 2 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 24.3% top 10% · 183 works
  3. 3 Sichuan University China · Chengdu · #92 all time 25.0% top 10% · 144 works
  4. 4 Stanford University United States · Stanford · #3 all time 20.0% top 10% · 142 works
  5. 5 Massachusetts General Hospital United States · Boston · #11 all time 18.4% top 10% · 145 works
  6. 6 Mayo Clinic United States · Rochester · #14 all time 19.1% top 10% · 149 works
  7. 7 Neurological Surgery United States · Rockville Centre · #26 all time 21.8% top 10% · 126 works
  8. 8 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute United States · Boston · #6 all time 18.0% top 10% · 132 works
  9. 9 Inserm France · Paris · #13 all time 20.8% top 10% · 153 works
  10. 10 University of California, San Francisco United States · San Francisco · #7 all time 15.7% top 10% · 144 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 98 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Genetics.

Top 100 Genetics institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 409 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 213 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 183 works
  4. 4 InsermFrance 153 works
  5. 5 Capital Medical UniversityChina 151 works
  6. 6 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 151 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 150 works
  8. 8 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 150 works
  9. 9 Mayo ClinicUnited States 149 works
  10. 10 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 145 works

Who are the leading researchers in Genetics?

Among the most productive authors in Genetics, Gad Getz, Giuseppe Remuzzi and Matthias Mann rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Gad Getz United States · #31 worldwide 6.2k citations · 179 works
  2. 2 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy · #34 worldwide 8.1k citations · 312 works
  3. 3 Matthias Mann Germany · #116 worldwide 5.1k citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Darwin J. Prockop United States · #175 worldwide 3.8k citations · 131 works
  5. 5 Ettore Beghi Italy · #284 worldwide 4.6k citations · 108 works
  6. 6 Elı́as Campo Spain · #609 worldwide 3k citations · 175 works
  7. 7 Roger Stupp United States · #803 worldwide 1.8k citations · 116 works
  8. 8 Jill S. Barnholtz‐Sloan United States · #844 worldwide 2.2k citations · 123 works
  9. 9 L. Sylvia Canada · #948 worldwide 2.3k citations · 132 works
  10. 10 Richard A. Gibbs United States · #1,118 worldwide 2.9k citations · 183 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,468 highest-output authors in Genetics. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Genetics researchers

Where is Genetics research done?

The largest centres of Genetics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New York (United States), Paris (France) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rockville Centre and Duarte.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1.3k works
  2. 2 New York United States 839 works
  3. 3 Paris France 791 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 777 works
  5. 5 Houston United States 676 works
  6. 6 Boston United States 676 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 658 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 642 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 627 works
  10. 10 São Paulo Brazil 513 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Rockville CentreUS · 126.0 works16×
  2. DuarteUS · 38.6 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Genetics than the world average.

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Genetics research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Genetics?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Capital Medical University and Jacksonville College 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 21.43%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Harvard University: 183, 24.3%Capital Medical University: 151, 16.6%Jacksonville College: 27, 20.4%Heidelberg University: 107, 21.3%Vita-Salute San Raffaele University: 38, 24.2%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 115, 15.1%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 34, 28.8%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 213, 15.2%Sichuan University: 144, 25.0%Southern Medical University: 87, 23.4%Harvard UniversityHeidelberg UniversityJacksonville CollegeCapital Medical Univ…
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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 47.424.3%2.6×183 +10.2%
2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 45.116.6%4.8×151 +59.8%
3 Jacksonville CollegeUnited States 44.820.4%6.9×27 +105.2%
4 Heidelberg UniversityGermany 44.421.3%3.7×107 +14.3%
5 Vita-Salute San Raffaele UniversityItaly 44.124.2%5.3×38 +31.8%
6 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 43.415.1%4.3×115 +80.2%
7 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 43.228.8%2.7×34 +115.9%
8 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 42.815.2%4.0×213 +29.6%
9 Sichuan UniversityChina 42.825.0%1.5×144 +54.9%
10 Southern Medical UniversityChina 41.723.4%4.4×87 -0.3%

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 Genetics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment.

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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. Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment+142%
  2. Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research+88%
  3. Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment+84%
  4. Mesenchymal stem cell research+72%
  5. Vascular Anomalies and Treatments+69%
  6. Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research+66%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Genetics include?

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…66kGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 66k fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 54k fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 54k fractional worksMesenchymal stem cell re…43kMesenchymal stem cell research: 43k fractional worksCoagulation, Bradykinin,…31kCoagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema: 31k fractional worksNeurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research: 25k fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 23k fractional worksVascular Anomalies and Treatments: 15k fractional worksCongenital Ear and Nasal Anomalies: 8,826 fractional works

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