Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment is a research topic within Cancer Research. Science Explorer counts 49k research works in it since 1950. 17.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on genotoxicity and carcinogenesis mechanisms, covering topics such as Comet Assay, Micronucleus Assay, DNA damage, environmental monitoring, biomonitoring, mutagenicity, and risk assessment in the context of chemical carcinogens.
- Comet Assay
- Genotoxicity Testing
- Micronucleus Assay
- DNA Damage
- Carcinogenesis
- Environmental Monitoring
- Biomonitoring
- Mutagenicity
- Chemical Carcinogens
- Risk Assessment
- Research works
- 49k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 8.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (639 and 528 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 639 works
- 2 China 528 works
- 3 India 199 works
- 4 Brazil 152 works
- 5 Japan 147 works
- 6 Germany 138 works
- 7 France 103 works
- 8 South Korea 93 works
- 9 Italy 93 works
- 10 Türkiye 92 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 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Louisville publishes the most Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment research, followed by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Universidade de São Paulo.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Louisville United States 11 works
- 2 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 11 works
- 3 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 11 works
- 4 Health Canada Canada 10 works
- 5 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 10 works
- 6 National Institute of Health Sciences Japan 10 works
- 7 Federal Institute for Risk Assessment Germany 10 works
- 8 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences United States 9 works
- 9 Wageningen University & Research Netherlands 9 works
- 10 Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment include Elisabete Weiderpass, Bruce N. Ames and Barry Halliwell.
- 1 Elisabete Weiderpass 6k citations
- 2 Bruce N. Ames 4.7k citations
- 3 Barry Halliwell 4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment research done?
The largest centres of Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Guangzhou (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Durham.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- DurhamUS · 21.5 works5.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Louisville, Wageningen University & Research and Huazhong University of Science and 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 | University of Louisville United States | 70.1 | 16.3% | 13.8× | 11 | -11.5% |
| 2 | Wageningen University & Research Netherlands | 64.7 | 20.4% | 7.9× | 9 | -18.9% |
| 3 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology China | 56.3 | 28.4% | 2.0× | 10 | +9.7% |
| 4 | Universidade de São Paulo Brazil | 42.6 | 14.6% | 1.9× | 11 | -16.7% |
| 5 | Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iran | 41.2 | 16.4% | 5.6× | 8 | -8.4% |
| 6 | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany | 35.8 | 0.3% | 6.2× | 11 | -58.4% |
| 7 | Sun Yat-sen University China | 28.8 | 18.6% | 1.6× | 8 | -8.3% |
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 Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014.
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.