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Neurology research

Neurology is a subfield of Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 268k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: medical specialty dealing with disorders of the nervous system.

Research works
268k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
49k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
10
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+34%
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What is Neurology research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Ischemic Stroke, Neurodegeneration, Functional Connectivity, Microglia, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress. Gaining share since 2009–13: Brain Tumor, MRI, Cholinergic Antiinflammatory Pathway, Vagus Nerve Stimulation, Microglia. Losing share: neurological history, neuroscience pioneers, Cerebral Hypoperfusion, Vascular Cognitive Impairment.

▲ 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 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Ischemic Stroke20k◆ 1.12×2 topics
  2. Neurodegeneration16k◆ 1.07×2 topics
  3. Functional Connectivity15k◆ 0.96×2 topics
  4. Microglia14k▲ 1.21×1 topic
  5. Neuroinflammation14k▲ 1.21×1 topic
  6. Oxidative Stress13k▼ 0.70×2 topics
  7. Neuroimaging11k▼ 0.79×2 topics
  8. Neurological Disorders11k▼ 0.76×2 topics
  9. Brain Tumor8,707▲ 4.1×1 topic
  10. MRI8,707▲ 4.1×1 topic
  11. Mitochondrial Dysfunction8,686▼ 0.83×2 topics
  12. Cerebellum8,314▼ 0.85×1 topic
  13. Vestibular8,314▼ 0.85×1 topic
  14. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation6,670◆ 1.13×1 topic
  15. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation6,670◆ 1.13×1 topic
  16. Cerebral Hypoperfusion6,645▼ 0.57×1 topic
  17. Vascular Cognitive Impairment6,645▼ 0.57×1 topic
  18. Cerebrolysin6,200◆ 0.95×1 topic
  19. Citicoline6,200◆ 0.95×1 topic
  20. Blood-Brain Barrier3,014◆ 0.92×1 topic
  21. Neurovascular Unit3,014◆ 0.92×1 topic
  22. Cholinergic Antiinflammatory Pathway2,797▲ 1.27×1 topic
  23. Vagus Nerve Stimulation2,797▲ 1.27×1 topic
  24. Brain Iron Accumulation2,486▼ 0.63×1 topic
  25. Pantothenate Kinase2,486▼ 0.63×1 topic
  26. neurological history2,363▼ 0.56×1 topic
  27. neuroscience pioneers2,363▼ 0.56×1 topic

Which countries lead Neurology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and India rank highest in Neurology. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (14k and 10k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 18.9% top 10% · 10k works
  2. 2 China · #2 all time 22.6% top 10% · 14k works
  3. 3 India · #9 all time 11.5% top 10% · 6.7k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #3 all time 22.0% top 10% · 1.7k works
  5. 5 Germany · #4 all time 20.0% top 10% · 2k works
  6. 6 Italy · #7 all time 23.3% top 10% · 1.4k works
  7. 7 Canada · #5 all time 20.1% top 10% · 1.2k works
  8. 8 South Korea · #15 all time 17.6% top 10% · 1.4k works
  9. 9 Spain · #13 all time 18.1% top 10% · 960 works
  10. 10 Australia · #10 all time 20.7% top 10% · 831 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 35 countries ranked in Neurology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Neurology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 14k works
  2. 2 United States 10k works
  3. 3 India 6.7k works
  4. 4 Germany 2k works
  5. 5 Japan 1.9k works
  6. 6 Russia 1.7k works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 1.7k works
  8. 8 Italy 1.4k works
  9. 9 South Korea 1.4k works
  10. 10 France 1.2k 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: 33.6%United States: 24.3%India: 15.6%Germany: 4.6%6 others listed: 21.9%34%largest
China14k · 33.6%United States10k · 24.3%India6,663 · 15.6%Germany1,967 · 4.6%6 others listed9,371 · 21.9%

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

Which institutions lead Neurology research?

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Neurology on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Central South University and University College London.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 28.2% top 10% · 185 works
  2. 2 Central South University China · Changsha · #86 all time 29.6% top 10% · 112 works
  3. 3 University College London United Kingdom · London · #2 all time 24.2% top 10% · 145 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai · #67 all time 29.8% top 10% · 150 works
  5. 5 Capital Medical University China · Beijing · #82 all time 20.1% top 10% · 230 works
  6. 6 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China · Wuhan · #90 all time 30.3% top 10% · 128 works
  7. 7 Washington University in St. Louis United States · St Louis · #6 all time 29.9% top 10% · 94 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing · #81 all time 22.8% top 10% · 173 works
  9. 9 Vellore Institute of Technology University India · Vellore 22.1% top 10% · 176 works
  10. 10 Stanford University United States · Stanford · #4 all time 21.9% top 10% · 105 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 96 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Neurology.

Top 100 Neurology institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Saveetha UniversityIndia 244 works
  2. 2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 230 works
  3. 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 219 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 185 works
  5. 5 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 176 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 173 works
  7. 7 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 158 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 150 works
  9. 9 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 145 works
  10. 10 Chitkara UniversityIndia 137 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neurology?

Among the most productive authors in Neurology, Jost B. Jonas, Graeme J. Hankey and Perminder S. Sachdev rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Jost B. Jonas Germany · #12 worldwide 7.7k citations · 243 works
  2. 2 Graeme J. Hankey Australia · #15 worldwide 7.2k citations · 205 works
  3. 3 Perminder S. Sachdev Australia · #56 worldwide 4.6k citations · 215 works
  4. 4 Philip B. Mitchell Australia · #134 worldwide 3.7k citations · 146 works
  5. 5 М. А. Пирадов Russia · #155 worldwide 2.9k citations · 122 works
  6. 6 Peter J. Schwartz Italy · #261 worldwide 3.3k citations · 179 works
  7. 7 Reisa A. Sperling United States · #416 worldwide 2.1k citations · 153 works
  8. 8 Matthias Endres Germany · #524 worldwide 2.6k citations · 110 works
  9. 9 John C. Morris United States · #720 worldwide 5.1k citations · 361 works
  10. 10 John Hardy United Kingdom · #734 worldwide 4k citations · 235 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,573 highest-output authors in Neurology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Neurology researchers

Where is Neurology research done?

The largest centres of Neurology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Chennai (India) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hrodna, Manhasset and Cangzhou.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 2k works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 1.2k works
  3. 3 Chennai India 943 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 799 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 757 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 638 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 628 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 601 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 550 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 545 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HrodnaBY · 21.4 works10×
  2. ManhassetUS · 21.3 works8.4×
  3. CangzhouCN · 24.6 works8.0×
  4. Rockville CentreUS · 62.2 works7.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neurology than the world average.

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Neurology research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Neurology?

Among universities, judged by research, Capital Medical University, Vellore Institute of Technology University and Harvard 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%20%40%mean 21.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Capital Medical University: 230, 20.1%Vellore Institute of Technology University: 176, 22.1%Harvard University: 185, 28.2%SRM Institute of Science and Technology: 219, 9.0%Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 52, 27.2%Zhejiang Chinese Medical University: 86, 31.8%Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine: 65, 32.5%The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: 85, 13.6%Saveetha University: 244, 15.0%Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education: 60, 12.3%Harvard UniversityVellore Institute of…Capital Medical Univ…SRM Institute of Sci…
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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 Capital Medical UniversityChina 56.120.1%7.1×230 +14.6%
2 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 55.722.1%3.1×176 +638.4%
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 53.428.2%2.6×185 +47.1%
4 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 52.69.0%4.6×219 +356.3%
5 Anhui University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 51.127.2%9.9×52 -33.3%
6 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina 50.031.8%6.0×86 -14.2%
7 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 49.932.5%6.2×65 +2.2%
8 The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States 49.713.6%5.2×85 +212.0%
9 Saveetha UniversityIndia 49.615.0%4.4×244 —
10 Kalasalingam Academy of Research and EducationIndia 49.312.3%6.8×60 +695.3%

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 Neurology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Brain Tumor Detection and Classification, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies and Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms.

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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. Brain Tumor Detection and Classification+349%
  2. Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies+126%
  3. Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms+108%
  4. Neurological Disorders and Treatments+102%
  5. Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research+100%
  6. Barrier Structure and Function Studies+78%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Neurology include?

Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 51k fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 44k fractional worksNeurological Disease Mec…31kNeurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 31k fractional worksNeurological Disorders a…29kNeurological Disorders and Treatments: 29k fractional worksTranscranial Magnetic Stimulation Studies: 27k fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 26k fractional worksNeurology and Historical…18kNeurology and Historical Studies: 18k fractional worksNeurological diseases and metabolism: 16k fractional worksBarrier Structure and Function Studies: 16k fractional worksVagus Nerve Stimulation Research: 11k fractional works

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