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Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

Cell Adhesion Molecules Research is a research topic within Immunology and Allergy. Science Explorer counts 65k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of integrins in cell adhesion, inflammation, and cancer. It covers topics such as leukocyte migration, focal adhesion kinase, extracellular matrix interactions, and the impact of integrin signaling on angiogenesis. The research also delves into the molecular mechanisms underlying integrin activation and its implications for various biological processes.

  • Integrins
  • Cell Adhesion
  • Inflammation
  • Cancer
  • Focal Adhesion Kinase
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Leukocyte Migration
  • Tetraspanins
  • Ligand Binding
  • Angiogenesis
Research works
65k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cell Adhesion Molecules Research

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

Which countries lead Cell Adhesion Molecules Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 1.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 1.5k works
  3. 3 Japan 347 works
  4. 4 Germany 329 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 237 works
  6. 6 France 208 works
  7. 7 Italy 173 works
  8. 8 India 172 works
  9. 9 South Korea 138 works
  10. 10 Canada 126 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: 31.8%China: 31.4%Japan: 7.4%Germany: 7.0%6 others listed: 22.4%32%largest
United States1,498 · 31.8%China1,479 · 31.4%Japan347 · 7.4%Germany329 · 7.0%6 others listed1,054 · 22.4%

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

Which institutions lead Cell Adhesion Molecules Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Cell Adhesion Molecules Research research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 61 works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 48 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 48 works
  4. 4 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 40 works
  5. 5 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 40 works
  6. 6 InsermFrance 39 works
  7. 7 Peking UniversityChina 37 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 36 works
  9. 9 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 32 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cell Adhesion Molecules Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cell Adhesion Molecules Research include Mark J. Daly, Peer Bork and Guido Kroemer.

  1. 1 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
  2. 2 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
  3. 3 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  4. 4 Bert Vogelstein United States 373k citations
  5. 5 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  6. 6 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  7. 7 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  8. 8 Emelia J. Benjamin United States 341k citations
  9. 9 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  10. 10 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k 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 Cell Adhesion Molecules Research?

The most cited paper in Cell Adhesion Molecules Research is "The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: a perspective for the 1990s" (Russell Ross, 1993), with 10,703 citations. Next come "Integrins: Versatility, modulation, and signaling in cell adhesion" (9,972) and "Integrins" (8,635).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The pathogenesis of atherosclerosis: a perspective for the 1990s Russell Ross · Nature Apr 1993 10,703
2 Integrins: Versatility, modulation, and signaling in cell adhesion Richard O. Hynes · Cell Apr 1992 9,972
3 Integrins Richard O. Hynes · Cell Open access Sep 2002 8,635
4 Neutrophil emigration in the skin, lungs, and peritoneum: different requirements for CD11/CD18 revealed by CD18-deficient mice. J P Mizgerd, H Kubo, G J Kutkoski et al. · PubMed Open access 20 Oct 1997 7,117
5 Traffic signals for lymphocyte recirculation and leukocyte emigration: The multistep paradigm Timothy A. Springer · Cell 1994 7,019
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Cell Adhesion Molecules Research research done?

The largest centres of Cell Adhesion Molecules Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Paris (France) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bethesda.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 172 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 128 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 99 works
  4. 4 GuangzhouChina 98 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 87 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 76 works
  7. 7 SeoulSouth Korea 68 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 60 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 56 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 56 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BethesdaUS · 40.0 works5.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cell Adhesion Molecules Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cell Adhesion Molecules Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Stanford 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 16.21%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Stanford UniversitySun Yat-sen UniversityUniversity of Califo…Harvard 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 82.015.7%3.6×61 -1.8%
2Stanford UniversityUnited States 62.718.9%2.7×21 -10.8%
3Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 62.218.8%3.7×40 -6.8%
4University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 61.817.9%4.3×16 -14.4%
5Sichuan UniversityChina 61.717.9%3.0×36 +31.1%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 59.317.4%3.0×24 -0.2%
7Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 57.615.7%3.2×48 -3.1%
8University of MichiganUnited States 57.69.2%3.5×28 +25.9%
9Southern Medical UniversityChina 57.016.3%7.8×25 +11.5%
10Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 56.514.3%5.2×20 -3.3%

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 Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, country by country

Is Cell Adhesion Molecules Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 1998.

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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 Cell Adhesion Molecules Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Cell Adhesion Molecules Research 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.

still counting5%10%15%Cell Adhesion Molecules Research10.0% in 2025200020102020

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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