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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. 19.7% 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%
20k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
3
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+43%
the tick is no change

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

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Antibiotic Resistance, Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria, Biomedical Applications, Hydrogels, Bioavailability, Curcumin. Gaining share since 2009–13: Bioavailability, Curcumin. Losing share: Biomedical Applications, Hydrogels.

▲ 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 6 words, with their numbers
  1. Antibiotic Resistance15k◆ 1.06×1 topic
  2. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria15k◆ 1.06×1 topic
  3. Biomedical Applications6,391▼ 0.77×1 topic
  4. Hydrogels6,391▼ 0.77×1 topic
  5. Bioavailability4,425▲ 1.34×1 topic
  6. Curcumin4,425▲ 1.34×1 topic

Which countries lead Molecular Medicine research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and India rank highest in Molecular Medicine. By volume, China and India publish the most (5.2k and 2.4k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 25.1% top 10% · 5.2k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 20.1% top 10% · 2.2k works
  3. 3 India · #4 all time 15.3% top 10% · 2.4k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #3 all time 25.4% top 10% · 551 works
  5. 5 Iran · #12 all time 19.8% top 10% · 976 works
  6. 6 Italy · #10 all time 27.0% top 10% · 547 works
  7. 7 Australia · #8 all time 26.1% top 10% · 294 works
  8. 8 France · #5 all time 17.1% top 10% · 579 works
  9. 9 South Korea · #13 all time 20.2% top 10% · 482 works
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia · #20 all time 22.4% top 10% · 355 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 26 countries ranked in Molecular Medicine. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Molecular Medicine

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 5.2k works
  2. 2 India 2.4k works
  3. 3 United States 2.2k works
  4. 4 Iran 976 works
  5. 5 France 579 works
  6. 6 Japan 576 works
  7. 7 Brazil 557 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 551 works
  9. 9 Italy 547 works
  10. 10 Egypt 545 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: 36.9%India: 16.8%United States: 15.7%Iran: 6.9%6 others listed: 23.7%37%largest
China5,236 · 36.9%India2,379 · 16.8%United States2,230 · 15.7%Iran976 · 6.9%6 others listed3,356 · 23.7%

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

Which institutions lead Molecular Medicine research?

Sichuan University (China) ranks first in Molecular Medicine on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Zhejiang University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sichuan University China · Chengdu · #3 all time 28.8% top 10% · 88 works
  2. 2 Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou · #7 all time 27.2% top 10% · 85 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 2 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Molecular Medicine.

Top 100 Molecular Medicine institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 88 works
  2. 2 Zhejiang UniversityChina 85 works
  3. 3 Cairo UniversityEgypt 58 works
  4. 4 Yangzhou UniversityChina 57 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 54 works
  6. 6 University of BaghdadIraq 54 works
  7. 7 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 51 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 51 works
  9. 9 Saveetha UniversityIndia 51 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 49 works

Who are the leading researchers in Molecular Medicine?

Among the most productive authors in Molecular Medicine, Ziad A. Memish, Amirhossein Sahebkar and Bharat B. Aggarwal rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Ziad A. Memish Saudi Arabia · #58 worldwide 5.3k citations · 162 works
  2. 2 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran · #123 worldwide 5.6k citations · 243 works
  3. 3 Bharat B. Aggarwal United States · #202 worldwide 4.2k citations · 117 works
  4. 4 Pascal Vranckx United States · #218 worldwide 2.1k citations · 164 works
  5. 5 Marco Valgimigli United States · #295 worldwide 2.8k citations · 191 works
  6. 6 Matthew E. Falagas United States · #324 worldwide 2k citations · 134 works
  7. 7 David L. Paterson Australia · #544 worldwide 3k citations · 114 works
  8. 8 David Botstein United States · #1,153 worldwide 6.7k citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Bin Cao China · #1,475 worldwide 3.3k citations · 83 works
  10. 10 Róbert Langer United States · #1,884 worldwide 4.2k citations · 244 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 3,705 highest-output authors in Molecular Medicine. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Molecular Medicine researchers

Where is Molecular Medicine research done?

The largest centres of Molecular Medicine research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tehran (Iran) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in North Liberty and Shimla.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 676 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 358 works
  3. 3 Tehran Iran 339 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 330 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 309 works
  6. 6 Chengdu China 227 works
  7. 7 Paris France 218 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 213 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 199 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 168 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. North LibertyUS · 32.8 works181×
  2. ShimlaIN · 20.8 works7.7×
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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, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, University of Tabriz and Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 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%60%mean 28.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Mashhad University of Medical Sciences: 39, 26.1%University of Tabriz: 24, 39.7%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 36, 22.2%London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: 14, 33.8%Northeast Agricultural University: 22, 52.4%Cairo University: 58, 22.8%Yeungnam University: 19, 46.1%Isfahan University of Medical Sciences: 28, 18.4%Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal: 18, 12.6%Mansoura University: 38, 15.2%University of TabrizLondon School of Hyg…Mashhad University o…Tabriz University of…
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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 Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran 62.326.1%7.4×39 +415.8%
2 University of TabrizIran 59.139.7%4.5×24 +194.1%
3 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 57.622.2%7.2×36 +169.4%
4 London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom 56.833.8%4.2×14 +620.7%
5 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 56.052.4%3.7×22 +123.3%
6 Cairo UniversityEgypt 51.422.8%3.4×58 +142.2%
7 Yeungnam UniversitySouth Korea 50.446.1%3.9×19 +8.4%
8 Isfahan University of Medical SciencesIran 49.918.4%5.7×28 +207.1%
9 Shri Vile Parle Kelavani MandalIndia 49.812.6%12.8×18 +144.9%
10 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 48.815.2%3.8×38 +282.2%

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 Molecular Medicine research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Curcumin's Biomedical Applications, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications.

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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. Curcumin's Biomedical Applications+293%
  2. Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria+125%
  3. Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications+77%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Molecular Medicine include?