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Hepatology research

Hepatology is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 246k research works in it since 1950. 16.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: medical specialty.

Research works
246k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
40k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
6
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
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 Hepatology research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Treatment, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Cancer. Gaining share since 2009–13: Hepatic Encephalopathy, Liver Cirrhosis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Liver Cancer, Diagnosis. Losing share: Hepatic Stellate Cells, Liver Regeneration, Hepatitis C Virus, Ribavirin.

▲ 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 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Treatment25k◆ 0.96×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology19k▼ 0.84×3 topics
  3. Diagnosis18k▲ 1.21×2 topics
  4. Management18k▲ 1.21×2 topics
  5. Hepatocellular Carcinoma14k▲ 1.22×1 topic
  6. Liver Cancer14k▲ 1.22×1 topic
  7. Hepatic Encephalopathy13k▲ 1.24×1 topic
  8. Liver Cirrhosis13k▲ 1.24×1 topic
  9. Hepatitis C Virus11k▼ 0.74×1 topic
  10. Ribavirin11k▼ 0.74×1 topic
  11. Hepatic Stellate Cells4,338▼ 0.73×1 topic
  12. Liver Regeneration4,338▼ 0.73×1 topic
  13. Autoimmune Hepatitis4,338▲ 1.19×1 topic
  14. Primary Biliary Cirrhosis4,338▲ 1.19×1 topic
  15. Hepatitis E Virus3,748◆ 0.88×1 topic
  16. Zoonotic Transmission3,748◆ 0.88×1 topic

Which countries lead Hepatology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and Italy rank highest in Hepatology. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (9.2k and 7.8k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 16.0% top 10% · 7.8k works
  2. 2 China · #2 all time 21.2% top 10% · 9.2k works
  3. 3 Italy · #6 all time 22.5% top 10% · 1.6k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #3 all time 17.2% top 10% · 1.3k works
  5. 5 Germany · #5 all time 17.2% top 10% · 1.5k works
  6. 6 France · #4 all time 19.3% top 10% · 1.1k works
  7. 7 Spain · #8 all time 18.6% top 10% · 998 works
  8. 8 Japan · #7 all time 11.9% top 10% · 2.3k works
  9. 9 South Korea · #12 all time 17.3% top 10% · 1.3k works
  10. 10 Netherlands · #10 all time 26.4% top 10% · 418 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 32 countries ranked in Hepatology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Hepatology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 9.2k works
  2. 2 United States 7.8k works
  3. 3 Japan 2.3k works
  4. 4 India 2.2k works
  5. 5 Italy 1.6k works
  6. 6 Germany 1.5k works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 1.3k works
  8. 8 South Korea 1.3k works
  9. 9 France 1.1k works
  10. 10 Spain 997 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: 31.5%United States: 26.7%Japan: 7.9%India: 7.4%6 others listed: 26.5%32%largest
China9,229 · 31.5%United States7,808 · 26.7%Japan2,305 · 7.9%India2,176 · 7.4%6 others listed7,751 · 26.5%

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

Which institutions lead Hepatology research?

University of California San Diego (United States) ranks first in Hepatology on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Sun Yat-sen University and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of California San Diego United States · San Diego · #2 all time 34.7% top 10% · 65 works
  2. 2 Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou · #50 all time 19.8% top 10% · 226 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing · #73 all time 23.1% top 10% · 167 works
  4. 4 Medical University of Vienna Austria · Vienna · #43 all time 25.7% top 10% · 85 works
  5. 5 Stanford University United States · Stanford · #17 all time 29.2% top 10% · 90 works
  6. 6 Sichuan University China · Chengdu 22.2% top 10% · 140 works
  7. 7 Inserm France · Paris · #1 all time 24.1% top 10% · 95 works
  8. 8 Fudan University China · Shanghai · #75 all time 22.0% top 10% · 105 works
  9. 9 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Hong Kong · #18 all time 31.4% top 10% · 68 works
  10. 10 Peking University China · Beijing · #91 all time 20.1% top 10% · 117 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 58 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Hepatology.

Top 100 Hepatology institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 226 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 167 works
  3. 3 Capital Medical UniversityChina 143 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 141 works
  5. 5 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 129 works
  6. 6 Peking UniversityChina 117 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 112 works
  8. 8 Institute of Liver and Biliary SciencesIndia 112 works
  9. 9 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina 108 works
  10. 10 Fudan UniversityChina 105 works

Who are the leading researchers in Hepatology?

Among the most productive authors in Hepatology, Reza Malekzadeh, Maarten J. Postma and Fabio Piscaglia rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Reza Malekzadeh Iran · #24 worldwide 6.7k citations · 167 works
  2. 2 Maarten J. Postma Netherlands · #90 worldwide 4.6k citations · 251 works
  3. 3 Fabio Piscaglia Italy · #276 worldwide 2.2k citations · 151 works
  4. 4 LG Mantovani Italy · #392 worldwide 2.3k citations · 127 works
  5. 5 Jordi Bruix Spain · #470 worldwide 3.7k citations · 103 works
  6. 6 Vincenzo Mazzaferro Italy · #588 worldwide 3k citations · 105 works
  7. 7 Lewis R. Roberts United States · #620 worldwide 2.5k citations · 139 works
  8. 8 Don C. Des Jarlais United States · #628 worldwide 4k citations · 101 works
  9. 9 Josep M. Llovet United States · #781 worldwide 3.3k citations · 97 works
  10. 10 William Rosenberg United Kingdom · #836 worldwide 2.5k citations · 97 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,454 highest-output authors in Hepatology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Hepatology researchers

Where is Hepatology research done?

The largest centres of Hepatology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Clichy, Doylestown and Foster City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1.3k works
  2. 2 Guangzhou China 832 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 818 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 730 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 530 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 456 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 431 works
  8. 8 Paris France 427 works
  9. 9 New York United States 404 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 401 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ClichyFR · 31.1 works32×
  2. DoylestownUS · 20.2 works30×
  3. Foster CityUS · 27.8 works23×
  4. Kashihara-shiJP · 32.5 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hepatology than the world average.

See Hepatology on the map

Hepatology research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Hepatology?

Among universities, judged by research, Humanitas University, Medical University of Vienna and Menoufia 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%10%20%30%mean 18.11%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Humanitas University: 30, 22.6%Medical University of Vienna: 85, 25.7%Menoufia University: 79, 2.2%Second Military Medical University: 64, 23.2%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 78, 17.3%Ulsan College: 52, 16.8%Guangxi Medical University: 73, 18.7%Capital Medical University: 143, 18.0%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 167, 23.1%Nara Medical University: 32, 13.5%Medical University o…Second Military Medi…Humanitas UniversityMenoufia 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
1 Humanitas UniversityItaly 60.122.6%10.0×30 +163.5%
2 Medical University of ViennaAustria 54.425.7%7.2×85 +12.7%
3 Menoufia UniversityEgypt 51.82.2%8.7×79 +244.3%
4 Second Military Medical UniversityChina 50.823.2%14.1×64 -39.8%
5 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 49.917.3%9.4×78 -13.8%
6 Ulsan CollegeSouth Korea 49.716.8%13.5×52 +27.7%
7 Guangxi Medical UniversityChina 49.418.7%11.0×73 -24.7%
8 Capital Medical UniversityChina 48.818.0%6.3×143 +27.8%
9 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 48.723.1%4.4×167 +26.9%
10 Nara Medical UniversityJapan 48.613.5%12.6×32 +124.4%

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 Hepatology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Liver Disease and Transplantation and Liver Diseases and Immunity.

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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. Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis+97%
  2. Liver Disease and Transplantation+66%
  3. Liver Diseases and Immunity+62%
  4. Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology+54%
  5. Hepatitis C virus research+49%
  6. Liver physiology and pathology+17%
← shrinkingno changegrowing →

Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Hepatology include?

Liver Disease and Transp…62kLiver Disease and Transplantation: 62k fractional worksHepatitis C virus research58kHepatitis C virus research: 58k fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…57kHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 57k fractional worksLiver physiology and pathology: 28k fractional worksLiver Diseases and Immunity: 21k fractional worksHepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology: 21k fractional works

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