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Blood groups and transfusion

Blood groups and transfusion is a research topic within Hematology. Science Explorer counts 42k research works in it since 1950. 11.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the relationship between blood group variants, such as ABO and Rh, and various diseases including autoimmune hemolytic anemia, fetal anemia, COVID-19 susceptibility, and pancreatic cancer. It also investigates the impact of alloimmunization and RBC antigens on transfusion outcomes and disease risk.

  • Blood Groups
  • Alloimmunization
  • Anemia
  • ABO Locus
  • RBC Antigens
  • Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
  • Fetal Anemia
  • COVID-19 Susceptibility
  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • von Willebrand Factor
Research works
42k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
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 Blood groups and transfusion research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 550 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 550 works
  3. 3 India 481 works
  4. 4 Brazil 227 works
  5. 5 France 209 works
  6. 6 Japan 175 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 168 works
  8. 8 Italy 154 works
  9. 9 Germany 137 works
  10. 10 Canada 134 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: 35.3%China: 15.9%India: 13.9%Brazil: 6.6%6 others listed: 28.3%35%largest
United States1,220 · 35.3%China550 · 15.9%India481 · 13.9%Brazil227 · 6.6%6 others listed977 · 28.3%

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

Which institutions lead Blood groups and transfusion research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Blood groups and transfusion research, followed by Inserm and Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico.

Who are the leading researchers in Blood groups and transfusion?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Blood groups and transfusion include Giuseppe Remuzzi.

  1. 1 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 8.1k citations

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

Where is Blood groups and transfusion research done?

The largest centres of Blood groups and transfusion research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 101 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 80 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 64 works
  4. 4 New York United States 60 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 56 works
  6. 6 Boston United States 49 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 46 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 45 works
  9. 9 New Delhi India 44 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 42 works
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Where is the best place to study Blood groups and transfusion?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Milan, Harvard University and Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research 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%20%40%mean 15.24%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Milan: 12, 38.9%Harvard University: 16, 28.7%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 16, 7.1%Institute of Medical Sciences: 12, 0.4%Emory University: 16, 10.8%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 19, 8.0%University of Pennsylvania: 13, 19.3%University of Toronto: 12, 15.5%Yale University: 14, 7.3%University of California, San Francisco: 9, 16.4%University of MilanHarvard UniversityPost Graduate Instit…Institute of Medical…
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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 University of MilanItaly 55.838.9%3.8×12 +1.0%
2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 52.728.7%2.5×16 -3.2%
3 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 52.77.1%9.6×16 +66.1%
4 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 44.70.4%7.7×12 +262.7%
5 Emory UniversityUnited States 41.110.8%4.5×16 +44.2%
6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 40.68.0%3.9×19 +39.9%
7 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 37.619.3%2.9×13 +3.9%
8 University of TorontoCanada 35.515.5%1.6×12 +67.7%
9 Yale UniversityUnited States 33.37.3%2.8×14 +47.7%
10 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 31.416.4%2.9×9 +83.9%

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 Blood groups and transfusion research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Blood groups and transfusion.

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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.