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Biotechnology and Related Fields

Biotechnology and Related Fields is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 7.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the development, challenges, and opportunities in global health biotechnology, with a focus on emerging markets and the role of public-private partnerships. It covers topics such as innovation, entrepreneurship, capacity building, intellectual property, and the potential for science-based health innovation in developing countries.

  • Health Biotechnology
  • Global Collaboration
  • Developing Countries
  • Innovation
  • Public-Private Partnerships
  • Emerging Markets
  • Science-Based Health Innovation
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Capacity Building
  • Intellectual Property
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-2%
the tick is no change

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

Which countries lead Biotechnology and Related Fields research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (656 and 523 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 656 works
  2. 2 Brazil 523 works
  3. 3 India 286 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 241 works
  5. 5 China 170 works
  6. 6 Australia 83 works
  7. 7 Germany 78 works
  8. 8 France 68 works
  9. 9 Canada 63 works
  10. 10 South Africa 57 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: 29.5%Brazil: 23.5%India: 12.9%United Kingdom: 10.8%6 others listed: 23.3%29%largest
United States656 · 29.5%Brazil523 · 23.5%India286 · 12.9%United Kingdom241 · 10.8%6 others listed519 · 23.3%

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

Which institutions lead Biotechnology and Related Fields research?

By volume in 2022–2025, The Nature Conservancy publishes the most Biotechnology and Related Fields research, followed by Fundação Oswaldo Cruz and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The Nature ConservancyUnited States 27 works
  2. 2 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 24 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 22 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 19 works
  5. 5 Department for Work and PensionsUnited Kingdom 11 works
  6. 6 BMJ Group (United Kingdom)?? 11 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 10 works
  8. 8 Instituto Nacional da Propriedade IndustrialBrazil 10 works
  9. 9 University of CanberraAustralia 10 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 10 works

Where is Biotechnology and Related Fields research done?

The largest centres of Biotechnology and Related Fields research in 2022–2025 are Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), São Paulo (Brazil), London (United Kingdom) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Arlington, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 90 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 87 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 87 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 54 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C. United States 34 works
  6. 6 New York United States 34 works
  7. 7 Arlington United States 33 works
  8. 8 New Delhi India 33 works
  9. 9 Brasília Brazil 26 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 26 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ArlingtonUS · 33.1 works16×
  2. Rio de JaneiroBR · 89.8 works9.3×
  3. BrasíliaBR · 25.9 works6.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Biotechnology and Related Fields than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Biotechnology and Related Fields?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, University of Canberra and Universidade de São Paulo 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%2%4%6%mean 2.18333%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 19, 5.6%University of Canberra: 10, 0.0%Universidade de São Paulo: 22, 4.1%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 10, 3.4%Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp): 8, 0.0%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 10, 0.0%Universidade Federal…Universidade de São …Universidade Estadua…University of Canberra
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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 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 55.05.6%8.1×19 -17.6%
2 University of CanberraAustralia 47.90.0%19.6×10 +129.2%
3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 44.04.1%4.0×22 -3.1%
4 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 40.73.4%4.0×10 +257.6%
5 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 18.10.0%3.1×8 +91.0%
6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 8.10.0%1.9×10 +4.6%

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 Biotechnology and Related Fields research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Biotechnology and Related Fields.

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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.