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Transplantation research

Transplantation is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 60k research works in it since 1950. 14.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: moving of an organ or tissue from one body or body region to another.

Research works
60k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
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 Transplantation research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and Germany rank highest in Transplantation. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (3.5k and 710 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 13.8% top 10% · 3.5k works
  2. 2 China · #8 all time 13.4% top 10% · 710 works
  3. 3 Germany · #5 all time 15.7% top 10% · 336 works
  4. 4 France · #3 all time 16.6% top 10% · 334 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom · #2 all time 14.8% top 10% · 366 works
  6. 6 Canada · #4 all time 16.7% top 10% · 314 works
  7. 7 Italy · #10 all time 19.2% top 10% · 262 works
  8. 8 Spain · #9 all time 13.5% top 10% · 295 works
  9. 9 Australia · #6 all time 13.8% top 10% · 210 works
  10. 10 South Korea · #16 all time 6.4% top 10% · 320 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 12 countries ranked in Transplantation. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Transplantation

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 3.5k works
  2. 2 China 710 works
  3. 3 India 367 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 366 works
  5. 5 Germany 336 works
  6. 6 Japan 335 works
  7. 7 France 334 works
  8. 8 South Korea 321 works
  9. 9 Canada 314 works
  10. 10 Spain 295 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: 50.8%China: 10.3%India: 5.3%United Kingdom: 5.3%6 others listed: 28.2%51%largest
United States3,486 · 50.8%China710 · 10.3%India367 · 5.3%United Kingdom366 · 5.3%6 others listed1,935 · 28.2%

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

Which institutions lead Transplantation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Transplantation research, followed by Stanford University and University of Pennsylvania.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cleveland Clinic United States 57 works
  2. 2 Stanford University United States 48 works
  3. 3 University of Pennsylvania United States 46 works
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins University United States 44 works
  5. 5 Northwestern University United States 42 works
  6. 6 Massachusetts General Hospital United States 41 works
  7. 7 Emory University United States 39 works
  8. 8 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center United States 39 works
  9. 9 University of Chicago United States 38 works
  10. 10 University of Wisconsin–Madison United States 38 works

Who are the leading researchers in Transplantation?

Among the most productive authors in Transplantation, Vivekanand Jha, Giuseppe Remuzzi and Alberto Ortíz rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Vivekanand Jha India · #18 worldwide 5.8k citations · 232 works
  2. 2 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy · #34 worldwide 8.1k citations · 312 works
  3. 3 Alberto Ortíz Spain · #52 worldwide 5.9k citations · 191 works
  4. 4 James G. Scott Australia · #112 worldwide 4.3k citations · 219 works
  5. 5 Marcello Tonelli Canada · #200 worldwide 5.9k citations · 113 works
  6. 6 Andrew S. Levey United States · #272 worldwide 2.8k citations · 188 works
  7. 7 Vincenzo Mazzaferro Italy · #588 worldwide 3k citations · 105 works
  8. 8 Lynne W. Stevenson United States · #1,015 worldwide 2.1k citations · 122 works
  9. 9 Kewal Krishan India · #1,159 worldwide 3.6k citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Norberto Perico Italy · #1,288 worldwide 6.1k citations · 83 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,246 highest-output authors in Transplantation. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Transplantation researchers

Where is Transplantation research done?

The largest centres of Transplantation research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea), Los Angeles (United States) and Philadelphia (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 212 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 192 works
  3. 3 Los Angeles United States 148 works
  4. 4 Philadelphia United States 140 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 126 works
  6. 6 Paris France 123 works
  7. 7 Baltimore United States 115 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 105 works
  9. 9 Chicago United States 102 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 100 works
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Transplantation research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Transplantation?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Vienna, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and University of Groningen 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 22.83%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Vienna: 27, 27.0%University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: 23, 22.4%University of Groningen: 13, 40.2%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 28, 16.3%SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: 16, 18.4%University of California, San Francisco: 36, 17.1%University of Pennsylvania: 46, 16.3%Virginia Commonwealth University: 26, 16.6%KU Leuven: 25, 31.5%Duke University: 29, 22.5%University of Gronin…Medical University o…University of Colora…Medizinische Hochsch…
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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
1Medical University of Vienna Austria 65.327.0%9.8×27 +4.4%
2University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus United States 63.522.4%9.5×23 +129.4%
3University of Groningen Netherlands 57.140.2%3.0×13 +112.0%
4Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Germany 54.816.3%14.3×28 -11.8%
5SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University United States 52.618.4%21.2×16 +48.6%
6University of California, San Francisco United States 51.717.1%6.3×36 +40.7%
7University of Pennsylvania United States 51.516.3%5.6×46 +45.0%
8Virginia Commonwealth University United States 51.116.6%8.7×26 +13.6%
9KU Leuven Belgium 51.131.5%3.1×25 +4.5%
10Duke University United States 50.822.5%4.6×29 +77.6%

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 Transplantation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments and Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research.

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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 Transplantation include?