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Biomedical and Chemical Research

Biomedical and Chemical Research is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in medical science and healthcare, including anaesthesia, clinical leadership, chemistry, neurology, physiology, cancer management, healthcare reform, and the use of medical gases. The papers discuss advancements in medical treatments, diagnostic techniques, and healthcare management.

  • Anaesthesia
  • Medical Gases
  • Clinical Leadership
  • Chemistry
  • Neurology
  • Physiology
  • Thermodynamics
  • Oxygen Consumption
  • Cancer Management
  • Healthcare Reform
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Germany
71% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Biomedical and Chemical Research

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

Which countries lead Biomedical and Chemical Research research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 156 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Germany 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 156 works
  3. 3 Austria 95 works
  4. 4 India 92 works
  5. 5 Switzerland 88 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 30 works
  7. 7 China 25 works
  8. 8 Japan 23 works
  9. 9 Netherlands 19 works
  10. 10 France 19 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.

Germany: 70.8%United States: 8.3%Austria: 5.1%India: 4.9%6 others listed: 10.9%71%largest
Germany1,325 · 70.8%United States156 · 8.3%Austria95 · 5.1%India92 · 4.9%6 others listed205 · 10.9%

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

Which institutions lead Biomedical and Chemical Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin publishes the most Biomedical and Chemical Research research, followed by Medizinische Hochschule Hannover and Philipps University of Marburg.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 82 works
  2. 2 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 76 works
  3. 3 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 41 works
  4. 4 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 29 works
  5. 5 München KlinikGermany 27 works
  6. 6 Heidelberg UniversityGermany 21 works
  7. 7 University of RegensburgGermany 20 works
  8. 8 University of BonnGermany 19 works
  9. 9 University of MünsterGermany 14 works
  10. 10 University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Biomedical and Chemical Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Biomedical and Chemical Research include Peter Jüni, Trevor William Robbins and Michael C Böhm.

  1. 1 Peter Jüni Switzerland 303k citations
  2. 2 Trevor William Robbins United Kingdom 199k citations
  3. 3 Michael C Böhm Germany 182k 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 Biomedical and Chemical Research?

The most cited paper in Biomedical and Chemical Research is "The cytoarchitectonic organization of the spinal cord in the cat" (Bror Rexed, 1952), with 1,630 citations. Next come "‘Zur Lehre von der Wirkung der Salze’ (about the science of the effect of salts): Franz Hofmeister's historical papers" (1,125) and "Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of hyponatraemia" (1,025).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The cytoarchitectonic organization of the spinal cord in the cat Bror Rexed · The Journal of Comparative Neurology Jun 1952 1,630
2 ‘Zur Lehre von der Wirkung der Salze’ (about the science of the effect of salts): Franz Hofmeister's historical papers Werner Kunz, Jane Henle, Barry William Ninham · Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science 22 Jun 2004 1,125
3 Clinical practice guideline on diagnosis and treatment of hyponatraemia Goce B. Spasovski, Raymond Camille Vanholder, Bruno Allolio et al. · Intensive Care Medicine 21 Feb 2014 1,025
4 Stahl's Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications Stephen M. Stahl Mar 2008 894
5 Hypernatremia Horacio J. Adrogué, Nicolaos E. Madias · New England Journal of Medicine 18 May 2000 891
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Biomedical and Chemical Research research done?

The largest centres of Biomedical and Chemical Research research in 2022-now are Berlin (Germany), Hanover (Germany), Munich (Germany) and Cologne (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Marburg and Hanover.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BerlinGermany 149 works
  2. 2 HanoverGermany 89 works
  3. 3 MunichGermany 84 works
  4. 4 CologneGermany 52 works
  5. 5 HamburgGermany 47 works
  6. 6 ViennaAustria 43 works
  7. 7 MünsterGermany 38 works
  8. 8 MarburgGermany 37 works
  9. 9 HeidelbergGermany 30 works
  10. 10 BonnGermany 28 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MarburgDE · 36.5 works71×
  2. HanoverDE · 89.0 works58×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Biomedical and Chemical Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Biomedical and Chemical Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and University of Lübeck 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%mean 10.38%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Martin Luther Univer…University of LübeckLudwig-Maximilians-U…Medizinische Hochsch…
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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
1Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 63.44.5%165.2×76 +579.5%
2Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergGermany 58.322.0%23.2×8 -11.1%
3University of LübeckGermany 56.017.4%32.3×8 +30.5%
4Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 55.96.7%18.7×29 -6.5%
5University of RegensburgGermany 52.18.9%44.9×20 +33.9%
6Philipps University of MarburgGermany 51.57.6%84.5×41 -21.5%
7ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesSwitzerland 50.512.7%46.2×9 +180.1%
8University of BonnGermany 50.35.9%23.1×19 +217.8%
9Heidelberg UniversityGermany 48.58.7%15.4×21 -40.6%
10Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 48.59.4%11.5×12 +21.1%

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 Biomedical and Chemical Research, country by country

Is Biomedical and Chemical Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025.

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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 Biomedical and Chemical Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0073% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Biomedical and Chemical Research0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Biomedical and Chemical 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.

still counting5%10%15%Biomedical and Chemical Research9.4% 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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