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Hematology research

Hematology is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 396k research works in it since 1950. 15.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: study of blood, the blood-forming organs, and blood diseases.

Research works
396k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
60k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
12
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Hematology research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Inflammation, Anemia, Hematopoietic Stem Cells, Iron Deficiency, Hemostasis, Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Gaining share since 2009–13: Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Diagnosis Criteria, International Myeloma Working Group, Hepcidin. Losing share: Protease-Activated Receptors, Thrombin, Hemostasis, Bone Marrow Niche.

▲ 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 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation22k◆ 0.90×3 topics
  2. Anemia19k◆ 1.03×3 topics
  3. Hematopoietic Stem Cells18k◆ 1.00×2 topics
  4. Iron Deficiency13k◆ 1.09×2 topics
  5. Hemostasis12k▼ 0.76×2 topics
  6. AML12k◆ 1.13×1 topic
  7. Acute Myeloid Leukemia12k◆ 1.13×1 topic
  8. Hepcidin9,983▲ 1.17×1 topic
  9. Iron Regulation9,983▲ 1.17×1 topic
  10. Diagnosis Criteria8,819▲ 1.30×1 topic
  11. International Myeloma Working Group8,819▲ 1.30×1 topic
  12. Platelets6,978◆ 0.87×1 topic
  13. Thrombosis6,978◆ 0.87×1 topic
  14. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis6,757▲ 1.34×1 topic
  15. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis6,757▲ 1.34×1 topic
  16. BCR-ABL6,483◆ 0.95×1 topic
  17. Imatinib6,483◆ 0.95×1 topic
  18. Alloimmunization6,393◆ 0.93×1 topic
  19. Blood Groups6,393◆ 0.93×1 topic
  20. Bone Marrow Niche6,246▼ 0.81×1 topic
  21. Graft-versus-Host Disease6,246▼ 0.81×1 topic
  22. Protease-Activated Receptors5,167▼ 0.65×1 topic
  23. Thrombin5,167▼ 0.65×1 topic
  24. Factor VIII3,585◆ 1.03×1 topic
  25. Hemophilia3,585◆ 1.03×1 topic
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease3,049◆ 0.88×1 topic
  27. Heart Failure3,049◆ 0.88×1 topic
  28. Hemostatic Agents2,326◆ 0.95×1 topic
  29. Surgical Hemostasis2,326◆ 0.95×1 topic

Which countries lead Hematology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and Germany rank highest in Hematology. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (16k and 8.9k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 14.5% top 10% · 16k works
  2. 2 China · #5 all time 17.8% top 10% · 8.9k works
  3. 3 Germany · #3 all time 18.3% top 10% · 2.4k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #2 all time 18.7% top 10% · 2.3k works
  5. 5 Italy · #6 all time 21.0% top 10% · 2.4k works
  6. 6 France · #4 all time 16.8% top 10% · 2.1k works
  7. 7 Canada · #7 all time 17.4% top 10% · 1.5k works
  8. 8 Spain · #11 all time 14.6% top 10% · 1.6k works
  9. 9 Australia · #10 all time 21.2% top 10% · 1k works
  10. 10 Netherlands · #8 all time 23.9% top 10% · 924 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 43 countries ranked in Hematology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Hematology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 16k works
  2. 2 China 8.9k works
  3. 3 India 3.6k works
  4. 4 Japan 2.7k works
  5. 5 Germany 2.4k works
  6. 6 Italy 2.4k works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 2.3k works
  8. 8 Brazil 2.3k works
  9. 9 France 2.1k works
  10. 10 Spain 1.6k 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: 36.3%China: 20.1%India: 8.0%Japan: 6.1%6 others listed: 29.5%36%largest
United States16k · 36.3%China8,916 · 20.1%India3,553 · 8.0%Japan2,731 · 6.1%6 others listed13k · 29.5%

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

Which institutions lead Hematology research?

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (United States) ranks first in Hematology on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Harvard University and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center United States · Houston · #1 all time 19.3% top 10% · 605 works
  2. 2 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #2 all time 29.1% top 10% · 184 works
  3. 3 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute United States · Boston · #3 all time 24.1% top 10% · 156 works
  4. 4 Mayo Clinic United States · Rochester · #16 all time 20.6% top 10% · 137 works
  5. 5 University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia · #11 all time 22.1% top 10% · 150 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing 12.3% top 10% · 310 works
  7. 7 Massachusetts General Hospital United States · Boston · #19 all time 21.6% top 10% · 134 works
  8. 8 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center United States · New York · #8 all time 20.4% top 10% · 174 works
  9. 9 Inserm France · Paris · #14 all time 21.3% top 10% · 178 works
  10. 10 Washington University in St. Louis United States · St Louis · #20 all time 18.8% top 10% · 157 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 117 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Hematology.

Top 100 Hematology institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center United States 605 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 310 works
  3. 3 Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital China 191 works
  4. 4 Peking University China 185 works
  5. 5 Harvard University United States 184 works
  6. 6 Inserm France 178 works
  7. 7 Cleveland Clinic United States 176 works
  8. 8 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center United States 174 works
  9. 9 Moffitt Cancer Center United States 172 works
  10. 10 All India Institute of Medical Sciences India 171 works

Who are the leading researchers in Hematology?

Among the most productive authors in Hematology, Gad Getz, Giuseppe Remuzzi and Alice K. Jacobs 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 Alice K. Jacobs United States · #197 worldwide 3.5k citations · 127 works
  4. 4 Piotr Ponikowski Poland · #225 worldwide 4.1k citations · 218 works
  5. 5 Valentı́n Fuster United States · #368 worldwide 5.4k citations · 319 works
  6. 6 Elı́as Campo Spain · #609 worldwide 3k citations · 175 works
  7. 7 Stefan D. Anker Germany · #1,311 worldwide 2.5k citations · 165 works
  8. 8 Jeffrey I. Weitz Canada · #1,478 worldwide 1.9k citations · 104 works
  9. 9 Stylianos E. Antonarakis Switzerland · #1,757 worldwide 2.1k citations · 106 works
  10. 10 John R. Wingard United States · #1,935 worldwide 1.4k citations · 94 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,399 highest-output authors in Hematology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Hematology researchers

Where is Hematology research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1.5k works
  2. 2 New York United States 920 works
  3. 3 Houston United States 859 works
  4. 4 Paris France 849 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 801 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 722 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 660 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 643 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 607 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 580 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DuarteUS · 70.7 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hematology than the world average.

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Hematology research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Hematology?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Medical University of Vienna and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical 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 18.99%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Harvard University: 184, 29.1%Medical University of Vienna: 87, 27.3%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 310, 12.3%Nara Medical University: 56, 13.9%Medical College of Wisconsin: 119, 14.4%University of Gondar: 34, 22.4%University of Milan: 94, 30.1%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 138, 18.2%First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg: 39, 3.0%Oregon Health & Science University: 105, 19.2%Harvard UniversityMedical University o…Nara Medical Univers…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
1Harvard University United States 47.829.1%2.4×184 -0.7%
2Medical University of Vienna Austria 47.027.3%4.7×87 -12.9%
3Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 46.012.3%5.2×310 +65.9%
4Nara Medical University Japan 45.413.9%13.8×56 +28.7%
5Medical College of Wisconsin United States 44.914.4%7.6×119 +30.8%
6University of Gondar Ethiopia 44.222.4%3.7×34 +328.6%
7University of Milan Italy 44.030.1%2.4×94 +14.4%
8Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States 43.818.2%4.7×138 +44.5%
9First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg Russia 43.83.0%9.3×39 +249.2%
10Oregon Health & Science University United States 42.819.2%5.6×105 +17.5%

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 Hematology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments and Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research.

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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. Autoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research+133%
  2. Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments+97%
  3. Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research+72%
  4. Iron Metabolism and Disorders+57%
  5. Hemostasis and retained surgical items+50%
  6. Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments+46%
  7. Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms-2%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Hematology include?

Acute Myeloid Leukemia R…51kAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 51k fractional worksIron Metabolism and Diso…47kIron Metabolism and Disorders: 47k fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 43k fractional worksBlood groups and transfu…42kBlood groups and transfusion: 42k fractional worksBlood Coagulation and Th…40kBlood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms: 40k fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 37k fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 33k fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia…31kChronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 31k fractional worksAutoimmune and Inflammatory Disorders Research: 24k fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and Research: 19k fractional worksErythropoietin and Anemia Treatment: 16k fractional worksHemostasis and retained surgical items: 12k fractional works

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