Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1950. 29.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to bacterial physiology, genetics, and molecular mechanisms. It includes studies on gene regulation, antibiotic resistance, cellular homeostasis, signal transduction, membrane proteins, RNA regulation, iron metabolism, and microbial persistence.
- Bacterial Physiology
- Gene Regulation
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Cellular Homeostasis
- Signal Transduction
- Bacterial Genetics
- Membrane Proteins
- RNA Regulation
- Iron Metabolism
- Microbial Persistence
- Research works
- 55k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 16k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 29.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -13% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 753 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.2k works
- 2 China 753 works
- 3 Germany 273 works
- 4 France 234 works
- 5 United Kingdom 233 works
- 6 India 232 works
- 7 Japan 174 works
- 8 Russia 112 works
- 9 South Korea 104 works
- 10 Canada 102 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology research, followed by Jiangnan University and Harvard University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 38 works
- 2 Jiangnan UniversityChina 30 works
- 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 23 works
- 4 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 20 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 20 works
- 6 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 19 works
- 7 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 19 works
- 8 Indian Institute of Science BangaloreIndia 18 works
- 9 University of California San DiegoUnited States 18 works
- 10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology include David Botstein.
- 1 David Botstein United States 6.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology research done?
The largest centres of Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Shanghai (China) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Marburg, Wuxi and Gif-sur-Yvette.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- MarburgDE · 34.4 works32×
- WuxiCN · 36.5 works9.0×
- Gif-sur-YvetteFR · 21.1 works7.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology?
Among universities, judged by research, Jiangnan University, Loewe Center for Synthetic Microbiology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiangnan UniversityChina | 71.1 | 29.5% | 12.1× | 30 | +165.9% |
| 2 | Loewe Center for Synthetic MicrobiologyGermany | 68.8 | 32.9% | 467.4× | 13 | +180.8% |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States | 56.2 | 38.0% | 7.5× | 19 | -6.5% |
| 4 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 55.0 | 52.6% | 4.2× | 12 | +0.5% |
| 5 | Indiana University BloomingtonUnited States | 52.7 | 34.2% | 9.9× | 12 | +0.9% |
| 6 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 52.2 | 41.8% | 4.4× | 23 | -25.7% |
| 7 | Université Paris CitéFrance | 51.9 | 39.3% | 7.4× | 13 | -33.4% |
| 8 | Newcastle UniversityUnited Kingdom | 48.1 | 33.0% | 7.5× | 13 | -23.4% |
| 9 | Technical University of DenmarkDenmark | 47.7 | 38.8% | 5.0× | 11 | +41.4% |
| 10 | Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael | 47.2 | 30.2% | 13.3× | 8 | -32.1% |
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 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.
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.