Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
Cellular Mechanics and Interactions is a research topic within Cell Biology. Science Explorer counts 38k research works in it since 1950. 25.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the interaction between cells and the extracellular matrix, with an emphasis on cell mechanics, mechanotransduction, and the role of matrix stiffness in regulating stem cell behavior, tissue engineering, and cancer progression.
- Extracellular Matrix
- Cell Mechanics
- Mechanotransduction
- Stem Cells
- Cytoskeleton
- Tissue Engineering
- Cell Migration
- Matrix Stiffness
- Biomechanics
- Cancer Progression
- Research works
- 38k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 25.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +2% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Cellular Mechanics and Interactions research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.4k and 904 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.4k works
- 2 China 904 works
- 3 Germany 347 works
- 4 Japan 317 works
- 5 France 281 works
- 6 United Kingdom 270 works
- 7 Italy 157 works
- 8 India 142 works
- 9 Canada 116 works
- 10 Spain 106 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 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Cellular Mechanics and Interactions research, followed by University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 45 works
- 2 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 29 works
- 3 Yale UniversityUnited States 28 works
- 4 Stanford UniversityUnited States 25 works
- 5 National University of SingaporeSingapore 23 works
- 6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 22 works
- 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 21 works
- 8 University of MichiganUnited States 21 works
- 9 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 21 works
- 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 20 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cellular Mechanics and Interactions?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cellular Mechanics and Interactions include Matthias Mann.
- 1 Matthias Mann Germany 5.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cellular Mechanics and Interactions research done?
The largest centres of Cellular Mechanics and Interactions research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dresden.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- DresdenDE · 32.8 works7.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cellular Mechanics and Interactions than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Cellular Mechanics and Interactions?
Among universities, judged by research, University of California, Santa Barbara, National University of Singapore and Stanford 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.
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 California, Santa BarbaraUnited States | 62.5 | 50.4% | 8.9× | 14 | -19.3% |
| 2 | National University of SingaporeSingapore | 56.3 | 40.5% | 4.8× | 23 | -1.4% |
| 3 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 53.6 | 42.5% | 4.3× | 25 | +15.5% |
| 4 | University of PennsylvaniaUnited States | 51.2 | 30.9% | 6.7× | 29 | -25.1% |
| 5 | ETH ZurichSwitzerland | 50.1 | 39.9% | 4.6× | 15 | +6.5% |
| 6 | Leipzig UniversityGermany | 49.1 | 18.0% | 12.2× | 16 | +21.0% |
| 7 | Université Paris CitéFrance | 48.7 | 36.4% | 6.0× | 12 | +18.8% |
| 8 | Yale UniversityUnited States | 48.5 | 26.0% | 5.8× | 28 | +25.3% |
| 9 | Technische Universität DresdenGermany | 46.7 | 24.0% | 6.3× | 14 | +111.2% |
| 10 | Syracuse UniversityUnited States | 46.6 | 25.3% | 12.5× | 12 | -2.7% |
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 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Cellular Mechanics and Interactions.
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.