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Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization

Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization is a research topic within Immunology and Allergy. Science Explorer counts 44k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of allergic rhinitis on asthma, including allergen-specific immunotherapy, immunological mechanisms, and the influence of environmental factors such as pollen allergy and climate change. It also addresses the epidemiology, quality of life, and management strategies for allergic rhinitis and its comorbidity with asthma.

  • Allergen-specific Immunotherapy
  • Asthma
  • Pollen Allergy
  • T Regulatory Cells
  • Immunological Mechanisms
  • Sublingual Immunotherapy
  • House Dust Mite Allergens
  • Climate Change
  • Epidemiology
  • Quality of Life
Research works
44k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
26% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 1.2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 1.2k works
  3. 3 Japan 376 works
  4. 4 Germany 371 works
  5. 5 Italy 326 works
  6. 6 India 323 works
  7. 7 France 292 works
  8. 8 Spain 276 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 249 works
  10. 10 South Korea 240 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: 26.2%China: 24.2%Japan: 7.6%Germany: 7.5%6 others listed: 34.6%26%largest
United States1,291 · 26.2%China1,192 · 24.2%Japan376 · 7.6%Germany371 · 7.5%6 others listed1,705 · 34.6%

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

Which institutions lead Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization research?

By volume in 2022-now, Capital Medical University publishes the most Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization research, followed by Harvard University and Johns Hopkins University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Capital Medical UniversityChina 57 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 52 works
  3. 3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 32 works
  4. 4 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 31 works
  5. 5 University of CopenhagenDenmark 30 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 30 works
  7. 7 Nanchang UniversityChina 28 works
  8. 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 28 works
  9. 9 Mount Sinai Health SystemUnited States 27 works
  10. 10 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization include Freddie Bray, Rob Knight and Robert John Tibshirani.

  1. 1 Freddie Bray France 550k citations
  2. 2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  3. 3 Robert John Tibshirani United States 396k citations
  4. 4 Jost Bruno Jonas Germany 350k citations
  5. 5 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  6. 6 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  7. 7 Matthias Egger Switzerland 326k citations
  8. 8 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization?

The most cited paper in Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization is "Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)-a simple practical measure for routine clinical use" (Andrew Yule Finlay, Ghazala Khan, 1994), with 5,635 citations. Next come "European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020" (5,610) and "Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008*" (4,764).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI)-a simple practical measure for routine clinical use Andrew Yule Finlay, Ghazala Khan · Clinical and Experimental Dermatology May 1994 5,635
2 European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020 W.J. Fokkens et al. · Rhinology Journal Open access148 authors Feb 2020 5,610
3 Allergic Rhinitis and its Impact on Asthma (ARIA) 2008* Jean Bousquet et al. · Allergy Open access 7 Mar 2008 4,764
4 Technical Details of Intraoperative Lymphatic Mapping for Early Stage Melanoma Donald L. Morton · Archives of Surgery Apr 1992 4,420
5 Worldwide time trends in the prevalence of symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema in childhood: ISAAC Phases One and Three repeat multicountry cross-sectional surveys M. Innes Asher, Stephen Montefort, Bengt Björkstén et al. · The Lancet Open access Aug 2006 4,266
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Where is Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization research done?

The largest centres of Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 210 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 117 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 114 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 102 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 96 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 93 works
  7. 7 MadridSpain 83 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 80 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 75 works
  10. 10 New YorkUnited States 72 works
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Where is the best place to study Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization?

Among universities, judged by research, Humanitas University, Nanchang 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%10%20%30%mean 20.97%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Humanitas UniversityNanchang UniversityHarvard UniversityCapital Medical Univ…
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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.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Humanitas UniversityItaly 76.024.7%20.1×18 +88.9%
2Nanchang UniversityChina 71.522.3%5.9×28 +224.0%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 68.716.1%2.6×52 -16.1%
4Capital Medical UniversityChina 68.112.5%8.4×57 +18.2%
5Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 66.525.5%11.4×18 +142.3%
6University of CopenhagenDenmark 65.718.0%5.1×30 -5.0%
7Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 62.714.6%3.2×32 -4.9%
8McMaster UniversityCanada 62.023.8%4.1×15 -6.6%
9King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 61.326.1%2.6×14 -13.0%
10Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly 59.926.1%4.5×12 +151.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization, country by country

Is Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.031% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization0.028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization 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%Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization10.2% 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.

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