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Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling

Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling is a research topic within Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1951. 25.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the molecular mechanisms underlying cardiac remodeling and repair, focusing on the inflammatory response, myocardial infarction, fibrosis, hypertrophy, macrophage involvement, extracellular matrix dynamics, and the role of cytokines in heart failure.

  • Cardiac Remodeling
  • Inflammatory Response
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Fibrosis
  • Hypertrophy
  • Macrophages
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor
  • Cytokines
  • Heart Failure
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
4.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
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 Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.4k and 721 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.4k works
  2. 2 United States 721 works
  3. 3 Germany 173 works
  4. 4 Japan 117 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 103 works
  6. 6 Italy 84 works
  7. 7 Spain 69 works
  8. 8 India 68 works
  9. 9 Canada 67 works
  10. 10 France 61 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.

China: 49.8%United States: 24.7%Germany: 5.9%Japan: 4.0%6 others listed: 15.5%50%largest
China1,450 · 49.8%United States721 · 24.7%Germany173 · 5.9%Japan117 · 4.0%6 others listed452 · 15.5%

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

Which institutions lead Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling research, followed by Nanjing Medical University and Wuhan University.

Who are the leading researchers in Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling include Robert O. Bonow and Hugo A. Katus.

  1. 1 Robert O. Bonow United States 4.5k citations
  2. 2 Hugo A. Katus Germany 3.8k citations

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

Where is Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling research done?

The largest centres of Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shijiazhuang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 177 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 138 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 98 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 75 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 75 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 49 works
  7. 7 Jinan China 41 works
  8. 8 Tianjin China 39 works
  9. 9 Changsha China 38 works
  10. 10 London United Kingdom 36 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ShijiazhuangCN · 22.8 works6.3×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine 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 36.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 41, 33.7%Albert Einstein College of Medicine: 13, 43.5%Beijing University of Chinese Medicine: 13, 33.1%Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine: 12, 33.1%Wuhan University: 18, 41.8%Nanjing Medical University: 24, 31.0%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 9, 43.3%Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine: 11, 37.4%Wenzhou Medical University: 10, 34.7%Shanxi Medical University: 10, 29.4%Albert Einstein Coll…Chinese Academy of M…Beijing University o…Guangzhou University…
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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 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 67.133.7%12.2×41 -0.6%
2 Albert Einstein College of MedicineUnited States 65.943.5%19.6×13 +36.0%
3 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 63.133.1%21.1×13 +368.5%
4 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 63.033.1%18.7×12 +275.4%
5 Wuhan UniversityChina 60.141.8%4.2×18 +210.0%
6 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 59.831.0%13.7×24 +40.3%
7 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 58.443.3%11.9×9 -3.4%
8 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 57.637.4%12.6×11 +86.1%
9 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 56.534.7%8.2×10 +250.1%
10 Shanxi Medical UniversityChina 49.929.4%13.7×10 +80.7%

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 Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cardiac Fibrosis and Remodeling.

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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.