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ATP Synthase and ATPases Research

ATP Synthase and ATPases Research is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the function, regulation, and mechanisms of ATP synthase, including vacuolar ATPases, proton pump inhibitors, mitochondrial ATP synthase, V-ATPases, rotary mechanism, F1-ATPase, proton transport, and vacuolar H+-ATPase. The papers explore the molecular structure, physiological roles, pathophysiology, and interactions of ATP synthases in various cellular processes.

  • ATP Synthase
  • Vacuolar ATPases
  • Proton Pump Inhibitors
  • Mitochondrial ATP Synthase
  • V-ATPases
  • Rotary Mechanism
  • F1-ATPase
  • Proton Transport
  • Vacuolar H+-ATPase
  • Mechanochemistry
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
ATP Synthase and ATPases Research

Which countries lead ATP Synthase and ATPases Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (795 and 765 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 795 works
  2. 2 United States 765 works
  3. 3 Germany 188 works
  4. 4 Japan 157 works
  5. 5 India 134 works
  6. 6 Italy 124 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 117 works
  8. 8 France 98 works
  9. 9 Russia 77 works
  10. 10 Canada 75 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: 31.4%United States: 30.2%Germany: 7.4%Japan: 6.2%6 others listed: 24.7%31%largest
China795 · 31.4%United States765 · 30.2%Germany188 · 7.4%Japan157 · 6.2%6 others listed625 · 24.7%

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

Which institutions lead ATP Synthase and ATPases Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most ATP Synthase and ATPases Research research, followed by National Institutes of Health and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 36 works
  2. 2 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 34 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 28 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 27 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 21 works
  6. 6 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 20 works
  7. 7 Max Planck SocietyGermany 19 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 18 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 18 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in ATP Synthase and ATPases Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on ATP Synthase and ATPases Research include Peer Bork, Guido Kroemer and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
  2. 2 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 Matthias Mann Germany 308k citations
  5. 5 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k citations
  6. 6 Todd R. Golub United States 283k citations
  7. 7 Chris Sander United States 276k citations
  8. 8 Hagop M. Kantarjian United States 273k citations
  9. 9 Gordon Brent Mills United States 265k 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 ATP Synthase and ATPases Research?

The most cited paper in ATP Synthase and ATPases Research is "Understanding the Warburg Effect: The Metabolic Requirements of Cell Proliferation" (Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Lewis C. Cantley, Craig B. Thompson, 2009), with 16,511 citations. Next come "cryoSPARC: algorithms for rapid unsupervised cryo-EM structure determination" (11,217) and "Cytochrome c and dATP-Dependent Formation of Apaf-1/Caspase-9 Complex Initiates an Apoptotic Protease Cascade" (7,307).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Understanding the Warburg Effect: The Metabolic Requirements of Cell Proliferation Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Lewis C. Cantley, Craig B. Thompson · Science Open access 21 May 2009 16,511
2 cryoSPARC: algorithms for rapid unsupervised cryo-EM structure determination Ali Punjani, John L. Rubinstein, David J. Fleet et al. · Nature Methods 6 Feb 2017 11,217
3 Cytochrome c and dATP-Dependent Formation of Apaf-1/Caspase-9 Complex Initiates an Apoptotic Protease Cascade Peng Li, Deepak Nijhawan, I. Imawati Budihardjo et al. · Cell Open access Nov 1997 7,307
4 Targeting HIF-1 for cancer therapy Gregg L. Semenza · Nature reviews. Cancer Review 16 Sep 2003 6,772
5 An integrated procedure for the extraction of bacterial isoprenoid quinones and polar lipids David E. Minnikin, Anthony G. O’Donnell, Michael Goodfellow et al. · Journal of Microbiological Methods Jul 1984 5,534
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Where is ATP Synthase and ATPases Research research done?

The largest centres of ATP Synthase and ATPases Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bethesda.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 107 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 66 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 47 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 44 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 42 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 39 works
  7. 7 NanjingChina 37 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 37 works
  9. 9 New YorkUnited States 33 works
  10. 10 LondonUnited Kingdom 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BethesdaUS · 29.0 works7.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in ATP Synthase and ATPases Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study ATP Synthase and ATPases Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cambridge, Harvard University and University of Padua 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 15.9%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Cambri…University of PaduaHarvard UniversityJohns Hopkins Univer…
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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
1University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 85.423.9%6.1×20 -22.9%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 67.512.4%2.3×21 -18.0%
3University of PaduaItaly 62.815.3%6.7×15 -23.0%
4Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 61.011.9%3.6×15 +16.9%
5University of MichiganUnited States 60.812.4%3.8×16 +119.2%
6Zhejiang UniversityChina 59.416.8%2.4×18 +5.3%
7Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 59.013.0%5.7×17 +62.3%
8Sichuan UniversityChina 57.818.3%2.5×16 +55.5%
9University of California San DiegoUnited States 54.920.4%4.3×12 -6.3%
10Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 50.514.6%2.2×18 -6.5%

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 ATP Synthase and ATPases Research, country by country

Is ATP Synthase and ATPases Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014.

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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 ATP Synthase and ATPases Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of ATP Synthase and ATPases Research 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.

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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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