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Medical Laboratory Technology research

Medical Laboratory Technology is a subfield of Health Professions. Science Explorer counts 36k 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: equipment and software used in medical laboratories.

Research works
36k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+13%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Medical Laboratory Technology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and India rank highest in Medical Laboratory Technology. By volume, the United States and India publish the most (844 and 674 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 13.7% top 10% · 844 works
  2. 2 China · #3 all time 18.5% top 10% · 427 works
  3. 3 India · #4 all time 16.7% top 10% · 674 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #2 all time 15.1% top 10% · 232 works
  5. 5 Brazil · #6 all time 6.3% top 10% · 530 works
  6. 6 Indonesia · #16 all time 2.5% top 10% · 327 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 6 countries ranked in Medical Laboratory Technology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Medical Laboratory Technology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 844 works
  2. 2 India 674 works
  3. 3 Brazil 530 works
  4. 4 China 427 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 327 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 232 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 189 works
  8. 8 Italy 178 works
  9. 9 France 153 works
  10. 10 Iran 147 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: 22.8%India: 18.2%Brazil: 14.3%China: 11.5%6 others listed: 33.1%23%largest
United States844 · 22.8%India674 · 18.2%Brazil530 · 14.3%China427 · 11.5%6 others listed1,225 · 33.1%

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

Which institutions lead Medical Laboratory Technology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes publishes the most Medical Laboratory Technology research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and University of Indonesia.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 23 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 20 works
  3. 3 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 19 works
  4. 4 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador 18 works
  5. 5 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 15 works
  6. 6 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 14 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 13 works
  8. 8 Saveetha UniversityIndia 13 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 12 works
  10. 10 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medical Laboratory Technology?

Among the most productive authors in Medical Laboratory Technology, John P. A. Ioannidis, Kim A. Eagle and Frederick Mosteller rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 John P. A. Ioannidis United States · #10 worldwide 8k citations · 222 works
  2. 2 Kim A. Eagle United States · #196 worldwide 2.8k citations · 148 works
  3. 3 Frederick Mosteller United States · #203 worldwide 2.3k citations · 145 works
  4. 4 Reza Majdzadeh Iran · #540 worldwide 3.7k citations · 100 works
  5. 5 Joseph S. Alpert United States · #547 worldwide 3.4k citations · 105 works
  6. 6 Thomas Wiegand Germany · #923 worldwide 2.5k citations · 120 works
  7. 7 Douglas C. Montgomery United States · #1,223 worldwide 2.7k citations · 133 works
  8. 8 Vilmundur Guðnason Iceland · #1,496 worldwide 2.9k citations · 194 works
  9. 9 Torben Jørgensen Denmark · #1,510 worldwide 1.4k citations · 162 works
  10. 10 Luigi Tavazzi Italy · #1,723 worldwide 2.1k citations · 177 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,032 highest-output authors in Medical Laboratory Technology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Medical Laboratory Technology researchers

Where is Medical Laboratory Technology research done?

The largest centres of Medical Laboratory Technology research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), Chennai (India) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Sarajevo, Ambato and Cuenca.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 100 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 84 works
  3. 3 Chennai India 65 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 64 works
  5. 5 Jakarta Indonesia 55 works
  6. 6 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 53 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 52 works
  8. 8 Tehran Iran 52 works
  9. 9 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 50 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SarajevoBA · 21.4 works14×
  2. AmbatoEC · 30.1 works11×
  3. CuencaEC · 24.6 works9.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Medical Laboratory Technology research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Medical Laboratory Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Sarajevo, Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes and Universidad Católica de Cuenca 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 18.63%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Sarajevo: 9, 25.6%Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes: 23, 2.2%Universidad Católica de Cuenca: 18, 5.7%King Abdulaziz University: 10, 23.8%Teerthanker Mahaveer University: 10, 17.7%Chandigarh University: 10, 47.2%University of Johannesburg: 14, 13.1%University of Indonesia: 19, 6.8%SRM Institute of Science and Technology: 15, 24.2%University of Hassan II Casablanca: 10, 20.0%University of SarajevoKing Abdulaziz Unive…Universidad Católica…Universidad Regional…
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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 University of SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina 60.125.6%9.2×9 +479.4%
2 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 52.62.2%17.4×23 —
3 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador 50.85.7%13.7×18 —
4 King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia 49.123.8%2.9×10 +495.2%
5 Teerthanker Mahaveer UniversityIndia 48.717.7%24.5×10 —
6 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 48.647.2%2.8×10 —
7 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 42.913.1%3.6×14 +115.5%
8 University of IndonesiaIndonesia 41.86.8%2.5×19 +796.8%
9 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 41.524.2%2.8×15 —
10 University of Hassan II CasablancaMorocco 40.220.0%6.0×10 —

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 Medical Laboratory Technology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Occupational health in dentistry and Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

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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.

What does Medical Laboratory Technology include?