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Molecular Medicine research

Molecular Medicine is a subfield of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 100k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: medical specialty and academic discipline.

Research works
100k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
3
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Molecular Medicine

What is Molecular Medicine research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2021-25, its most used keywords are Antibiotic Resistance, Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria, Biomedical Applications, Hydrogels, Bioavailability, Curcumin. Gaining share since 2011-15: Bioavailability, Curcumin.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2021-25 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2011-15. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 6 words, with their numbers
  1. Antibiotic Resistance16k◆ 0.99×1 topic
  2. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria16k◆ 0.99×1 topic
  3. Biomedical Applications7,688◆ 0.87×1 topic
  4. Hydrogels7,688◆ 0.87×1 topic
  5. Bioavailability5,286▲ 1.30×1 topic
  6. Curcumin5,286▲ 1.30×1 topic

Which countries lead Molecular Medicine research?

On research quality in 2022-now, China, the United States and the United Kingdom rank highest in Molecular Medicine. By volume, China and India publish the most (6.8k and 2.9k works in 2022-now).

By research quality, 2022-now

  1. 1 China #2 all time 1.23× citation excellence · 1.39× journals · 100% breadth 13.6% top 10% · 5.3k works
  2. 2 United States #1 all time 1.09× citation excellence · 1.95× journals · 100% breadth 10.4% top 10% · 2.2k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom #3 all time 1.41× citation excellence · 1.78× journals · 100% breadth 12.8% top 10% · 551 works
  4. 4 Germany #4 all time 0.99× citation excellence · 1.78× journals · 100% breadth 8.9% top 10% · 482 works
  5. 5 France #5 all time 1.02× citation excellence · 1.49× journals · 100% breadth 8.5% top 10% · 579 works
  6. 6 Australia #8 all time 1.39× citation excellence · 1.46× journals · 100% breadth 14.7% top 10% · 294 works
  7. 7 Canada #7 all time 1.18× citation excellence · 1.51× journals · 100% breadth 12.8% top 10% · 305 works
  8. 8 Spain #10 all time 1.16× citation excellence · 1.04× journals · 100% breadth 11.0% top 10% · 448 works
  9. 9 Italy #17 all time 1.45× citation excellence · 0.55× journals · 100% breadth 14.8% top 10% · 547 works
  10. 10 South Korea #16 all time 0.99× citation excellence · 0.70× journals · 100% breadth 10.4% top 10% · 482 works

The track on each row is that row's top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each place's own topics predict, adds its share of papers in the Nature Index journals, and counts output and breadth too.

Of 26 countries ranked in Molecular Medicine. Ranked on the quality score for 2022-now; the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Molecular Medicine

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 6.8k works
  2. 2 India 2.9k works
  3. 3 United States 2.7k works
  4. 4 Iran 1.1k works
  5. 5 Japan 691 works
  6. 6 France 686 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 672 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 650 works
  9. 9 Italy 648 works
  10. 10 Brazil 641 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: 38.8%India: 16.8%United States: 15.5%Iran: 6.2%6 others listed: 22.7%39%largest
China6,813 · 38.8%India2,949 · 16.8%United States2,714 · 15.5%Iran1,097 · 6.2%6 others listed3,988 · 22.7%

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

Which institutions lead Molecular Medicine research?

Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) ranks first in Molecular Medicine on research quality in 2022-now, followed by Zhejiang University and Sichuan University.

By research quality, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #2 all time 16.9% top 10% · 161 works
  2. 2 Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou · #4 all time 15.7% top 10% · 161 works
  3. 3 Sichuan University China · Chengdu · #7 all time 16.7% top 10% · 125 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai · #10 all time 17.3% top 10% · 84 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France · Paris · #3 all time 7.7% top 10% · 152 works
  6. 6 Inserm France · Paris · #18 all time 11.2% top 10% · 62 works
  7. 7 Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou · #31 all time 12.1% top 10% · 61 works
  8. 8 Fudan University China · Shanghai · #12 all time 11.1% top 10% · 66 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences China · Beijing · #65 all time 15.1% top 10% · 77 works
  10. 10 Wenzhou Medical University China · Wenzhou · #81 all time 13.2% top 10% · 72 works

The track on each row is that row's top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each place's own topics predict, adds its share of papers in the Nature Index journals, and counts output and breadth too.

Of 12 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Molecular Medicine.

Top 100 Molecular Medicine institutions

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 200 works
  2. 2 Zhejiang UniversityChina 187 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 185 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 159 works
  5. 5 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 149 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 135 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 103 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 93 works
  9. 9 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 87 works
  10. 10 Fudan UniversityChina 84 works

Who are the leading researchers in Molecular Medicine?

Counting only their work in Molecular Medicine, Hiroshi Nikaido, Robert A. Bonomo and David M. Livermore have the most papers in the world top 10% for their subfield and year beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1 Hiroshi Nikaido United States · #8,911 worldwide overall 24.8 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Robert A. Bonomo United States · #79,921 worldwide overall 44.2 of 245 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 David M. Livermore United Kingdom · #78,016 worldwide overall 33.7 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 Tong Zhang China · #6,781 worldwide overall 22.1 of 29 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5 David L. Paterson Australia · #34,457 worldwide overall 32.4 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Bharat Bhushan Aggarwal United States · #13,204 worldwide overall 28.8 of 42 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Patrice Nordmann France · #434,031 worldwide overall 60.2 of 291 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Timothy Rutland Walsh United Kingdom · #68,227 worldwide overall 27.8 of 101 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Laurent Poirel Switzerland · #276,960 worldwide overall 50.5 of 236 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Yehuda Carmeli Israel · #63,594 worldwide overall 25.5 of 92 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked on their work in Molecular Medicine alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected, among 468,295 ranked researchers with a paper here. Each paper counts once, so many strong papers outrank one famous one, and a long record of ordinary papers does not climb. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Molecular Medicine researchers

What are the most cited papers in Molecular Medicine?

The most cited paper in Molecular Medicine is "Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance" (Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Arjun Srinivasan, Roberta B. Carey et al., 2011), with 14,554 citations. Next come "Interpreting chromosomal DNA restriction patterns produced by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: criteria for bacterial strain typing" (8,250) and "Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications" (8,231).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multidrug-resistant, extensively drug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacteria: an international expert proposal for interim standard definitions for acquired resistance Anna-Pelagia Magiorakos, Arjun Srinivasan, Roberta B. Carey et al. · Clinical Microbiology and Infection Open access 7 May 2011 14,554
2 Interpreting chromosomal DNA restriction patterns produced by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis: criteria for bacterial strain typing Fred C. Tenover, R D Arbeit, Richard Vernon Goering et al. · Journal of Clinical Microbiology Open access Sep 1995 8,250
3 Chitin and chitosan: Properties and applications Marguerite Rinaudo · Progress in Polymer Science Jul 2006 8,231
4 Alginate: Properties and biomedical applications Kuen Yong Lee, David J. Mooney · Progress in Polymer Science Open access 7 Jul 2011 8,099
5 Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis Evelina Tacconelli et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases Open access 21 Dec 2017 6,293
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Molecular Medicine research done?

The largest centres of Molecular Medicine research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in North Liberty, Shimla and Baqubah.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 837 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 456 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 402 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 385 works
  5. 5 HangzhouChina 380 works
  6. 6 ChengduChina 294 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 276 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 260 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 239 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 206 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. North LibertyUS · 37.8 works168×
  2. ShimlaIN · 22.9 works6.9×
  3. BaqubahIQ · 21.9 works6.6×
  4. Ad DīwānīyahIQ · 26.9 works6.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Molecular Medicine research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Molecular Medicine?

Among universities, judged by research, Zhejiang University, Harvard University and Sichuan University score highest, combining standing in the field's ranking, citation 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%mean 16.04%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Harvard UniversitySichuan UniversityShanghai Jiao Tong U…Zhejiang University
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Standingthis field's institution ranking, three quarters all time and a quarter 2022-now
50%
Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
20%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
5%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
15%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
5%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
5%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreRank in field (all time)Top 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Zhejiang UniversityChina 83.5#2 (#4)15.1%2.9×187 +31.5%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 81.6- (#1)19.0%0.7×52 -29.4%
3Sichuan UniversityChina 73.9#3 (#7)16.0%2.9×159 +26.3%
4Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 65.1#4 (#10)15.6%1.5×103 +47.0%
5University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 61.4- (#6)17.4%1.4×47 +1.4%
6Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 56.9- (#5)17.2%1.1×18 -29.8%
7Fudan UniversityChina 56.1#8 (#12)11.0%2.2×84 +29.6%
8National University of SingaporeSingapore 54.6- (#16)20.8%1.5×43 +37.9%
9Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 53.0- (#9)14.6%1.0×38 -1.4%
10Cornell UniversityUnited States 50.6- (#8)13.7%1.1×36 -27.7%

Universities only. The score blends standing (50%), citation excellence (20%), size (15%), specialisation (5%), growth (5%), international reach (5%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise. Standing is the score in this field's institution ranking, three quarters over all time and a quarter 2022-now; excellence averages the two windows too. Four years alone undercount fields such as AI, where many conference and arXiv papers from 2022 on carry no affiliation in the data.

Every institution in Molecular Medicine, country by country

Is Molecular Medicine research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Curcumin's Biomedical Applications, Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

still counting19801990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Molecular Medicine as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.11% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Molecular Medicine0.12% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Molecular Medicine over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Molecular Medicine9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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. Curcumin's Biomedical Applications+38%
  2. Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications+31%
  3. Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria+16%
← shrinkingno changegrowing →

Growth in output from 2018-21 to 2022-25. Every topic is a page of its own.

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