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Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments

Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments is a research topic within Neurology. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 13.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on autoimmune encephalitis, particularly the clinical characteristics, diagnostic criteria, and management of conditions such as anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, paraneoplastic syndromes, and limbic encephalitis. It explores the role of autoantibodies, immunotherapy, and the neurological manifestations of autoimmune diseases. Additionally, it discusses specific conditions like Hashimoto encephalopathy and cognitive impairment associated with these disorders.

  • Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes
  • Autoantibodies
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Immunotherapy
  • Limbic Encephalitis
  • Diagnostic Criteria
  • Neuronal Autoantigens
  • Hashimoto Encephalopathy
  • Cognitive Impairment
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+44%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (713 and 512 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 713 works
  2. 2 China 512 works
  3. 3 Japan 211 works
  4. 4 India 196 works
  5. 5 Germany 158 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 131 works
  7. 7 Italy 127 works
  8. 8 France 117 works
  9. 9 Spain 98 works
  10. 10 Australia 72 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: 30.5%China: 21.9%Japan: 9.0%India: 8.4%6 others listed: 30.1%31%largest
United States713 · 30.5%China512 · 21.9%Japan211 · 9.0%India196 · 8.4%6 others listed703 · 30.1%

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

Which institutions lead Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Mayo Clinic publishes the most Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments research, followed by Mayo Clinic in Arizona and Capital Medical University.

Who are the leading researchers in Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments include Kāri Stefánsson.

  1. 1 Kāri Stefánsson Iceland 4.2k citations

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

Where is Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Paris (France) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cleveland.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 79 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 49 works
  3. 3 Paris France 48 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 46 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 36 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 35 works
  7. 7 Barcelona Spain 35 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 35 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 33 works
  10. 10 Baltimore United States 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ClevelandUS · 26.8 works6.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Capital Medical University, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Gifu 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 15.2%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Capital Medical University: 16, 9.6%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 13, 4.3%Gifu University: 12, 2.1%Johns Hopkins University: 12, 18.9%University College London: 9, 25.3%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 8, 14.7%Sichuan University: 12, 15.0%University of Oxford: 8, 26.8%Central South University: 9, 20.1%Johns Hopkins Univer…Capital Medical Univ…All India Institute …Gifu 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 Capital Medical UniversityChina 61.69.6%9.3×16 +155.0%
2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 45.84.3%7.1×13 +182.7%
3 Gifu UniversityJapan 40.22.1%34.8×12 +21.3%
4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 39.018.9%3.5×12 +50.2%
5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 37.725.3%2.2×9 +24.2%
6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 34.214.7%2.8×8 +420.4%
7 Sichuan UniversityChina 33.515.0%2.4×12
8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 33.026.8%2.1×8 +1.4%
9 Central South UniversityChina 28.920.1%1.8×9

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 Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments.

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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.