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Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques

Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques is a research topic within Biophysics. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 27.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of advances in fluorescence microscopy techniques, including super-resolution imaging, single-molecule imaging, fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, nanoscopy, and the development of various fluorescent probes such as calcium indicators and photoactivatable probes. It also includes applications of these techniques in studying cellular structures, protein-protein interactions, and neuronal activity.

  • Fluorescent Proteins
  • Super-Resolution Imaging
  • Single-Molecule Imaging
  • Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy
  • Nanoscopy
  • Calcium Indicators
  • Photoactivatable Probes
  • Light-Sheet Microscopy
  • FRET Microscopy
  • Multiphoton Microscopy
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
27.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
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Which countries lead Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 932 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 932 works
  3. 3 Germany 383 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 255 works
  5. 5 France 241 works
  6. 6 Japan 225 works
  7. 7 South Korea 129 works
  8. 8 India 125 works
  9. 9 Italy 120 works
  10. 10 Canada 100 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: 34.4%China: 24.4%Germany: 10.0%United Kingdom: 6.7%6 others listed: 24.6%34%largest
United States1,317 · 34.4%China932 · 24.4%Germany383 · 10.0%United Kingdom255 · 6.7%6 others listed940 · 24.6%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shenzhen University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 35 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 35 works
  3. 3 Shenzhen UniversityChina 33 works
  4. 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 28 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 26 works
  6. 6 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 25 works
  7. 7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 25 works
  8. 8 Peking UniversityChina 22 works
  9. 9 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 22 works
  10. 10 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques include Ben Zhong Tang and Róbert Langer.

  1. 1 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
  2. 2 Róbert Langer United States 4.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Shanghai (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jena.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 207 works
  2. 2 Paris France 111 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 77 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 64 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 63 works
  6. 6 Shenzhen China 62 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 61 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 60 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 59 works
  10. 10 Cambridge United States 52 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JenaDE · 22.7 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Shenzhen University, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and University of Strathclyde 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 30.49%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Shenzhen University: 33, 20.4%École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: 18, 45.1%University of Strathclyde: 11, 32.8%California Institute of Technology: 13, 36.0%University of California, Berkeley: 26, 29.6%Tsinghua University: 28, 32.8%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 25, 30.1%UiT The Arctic University of Norway: 9, 24.3%Boston University: 17, 30.1%University of Glasgow: 15, 23.7%École Polytechnique …California Institute…University of Strath…Shenzhen University
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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 Shenzhen UniversityChina 72.020.4%9.7×33 +240.2%
2 École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland 69.645.1%9.7×18 -19.8%
3 University of StrathclydeUnited Kingdom 57.032.8%9.1×11 +60.4%
4 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 55.836.0%12.2×13 -44.2%
5 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States 55.429.6%6.6×26 +49.7%
6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 54.032.8%3.1×28 +154.0%
7 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 53.730.1%3.3×25 +326.1%
8 UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway 52.724.3%13.0×9 —
9 Boston UniversityUnited States 51.530.1%7.8×17 +3.2%
10 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom 50.723.7%5.6×15 +161.4%

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 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques.

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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.