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Caveolin-1 and cellular processes

Caveolin-1 and cellular processes is a research topic within Cell Biology. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the biological role of caveolae, focusing on their involvement in endocytosis, cell signaling, membrane trafficking, lipid rafts, vascular dysfunction, mechanotransduction, and cancer metastasis. The research covers a wide range of topics related to the structure and function of caveolae in various cellular processes.

  • Caveolae
  • Caveolin
  • Endocytosis
  • Cell Signaling
  • Membrane Trafficking
  • Lipid Rafts
  • Vascular Dysfunction
  • Cellular Transport
  • Mechanotransduction
  • Cancer Metastasis
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Caveolin-1 and cellular processes

Which countries lead Caveolin-1 and cellular processes research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (563 and 413 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 563 works
  2. 2 United States 413 works
  3. 3 Japan 95 works
  4. 4 Germany 77 works
  5. 5 France 54 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 49 works
  7. 7 India 47 works
  8. 8 Italy 46 works
  9. 9 South Korea 39 works
  10. 10 Canada 34 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: 39.8%United States: 29.2%Japan: 6.7%Germany: 5.4%6 others listed: 19.0%40%largest
China563 · 39.8%United States413 · 29.2%Japan95 · 6.7%Germany77 · 5.4%6 others listed269 · 19.0%

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

Which institutions lead Caveolin-1 and cellular processes research?

By volume in 2022-now, Sun Yat-sen University publishes the most Caveolin-1 and cellular processes research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Central South University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 17 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 16 works
  3. 3 Central South UniversityChina 16 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 13 works
  5. 5 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 12 works
  6. 6 Sichuan UniversityChina 12 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 11 works
  8. 8 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 Peking UniversityChina 10 works
  10. 10 Fudan UniversityChina 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Caveolin-1 and cellular processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Caveolin-1 and cellular processes include Guido Kroemer, Matthias Mann and Richard A. Gibbs.

  1. 1 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  2. 2 Matthias Mann Germany 308k citations
  3. 3 Richard A. Gibbs United States 292k 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 Caveolin-1 and cellular processes?

The most cited paper in Caveolin-1 and cellular processes is "Functional rafts in cell membranes" (Kai Simons, Elina Ikonen, 1997), with 9,793 citations. Next come "Integrins" (8,635) and "Lipid rafts and signal transduction" (6,284).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Functional rafts in cell membranes Kai Simons, Elina Ikonen · Nature Jun 1997 9,793
2 Integrins Richard O. Hynes · Cell Open access Sep 2002 8,635
3 Lipid rafts and signal transduction Kai Simons, Derek K. Toomre · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Review Oct 2000 6,284
4 IDH1 and IDH2 Mutations in Gliomas Hai Yan, Donald Williams Parsons, Genglin Jin et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Feb 2009 6,002
5 A Receptor-Mediated Pathway for Cholesterol Homeostasis Michael Scott Brown, Joseph L. Goldstein · Science 4 Apr 1986 5,742
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Where is Caveolin-1 and cellular processes research done?

The largest centres of Caveolin-1 and cellular processes research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 57 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 42 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 41 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 26 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 24 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 24 works
  7. 7 ChangshaChina 24 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 23 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 22 works
  10. 10 ChengduChina 21 works
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Where is the best place to study Caveolin-1 and cellular processes?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University and Sun Yat-sen University 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 17.6%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Johns Hopkins Univer…Sichuan UniversityHarvard UniversitySun Yat-sen University
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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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 74.218.8%2.7×13 -0.6%
2Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 61.522.0%4.0×9 +14.7%
3Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 60.112.5%5.5×17 +35.1%
4Sichuan UniversityChina 53.319.7%3.6×12 +55.0%
5Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 48.617.8%9.1×12 -6.4%
6Peking UniversityChina 45.021.2%3.3×10 -6.4%
7Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 44.820.1%2.6×12 -12.9%
8Central South UniversityChina 39.56.0%5.3×16 +0.8%
9Fudan UniversityChina 36.318.6%4.1×10 -8.0%
10Capital Medical UniversityChina 34.619.3%5.6×9 -7.9%

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 Caveolin-1 and cellular processes, country by country

Is Caveolin-1 and cellular processes research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Caveolin-1 and cellular processes.

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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 Caveolin-1 and cellular processes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0066% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Caveolin-1 and cellular processes 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.

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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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