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Cleft Lip and Palate Research

Cleft Lip and Palate Research is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 8.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the genetic and environmental influences on the development of cleft lip and palate, including factors such as mutations in specific genes, maternal smoking, and alcohol consumption. It also delves into the epidemiology, morphogenesis, speech outcomes, and treatment outcomes related to cleft lip and palate. The research covers a wide range of topics related to the causes, effects, and management of this congenital condition.

  • Genetics
  • Cleft Lip
  • Cleft Palate
  • Environmental Influences
  • Morphogenesis
  • Epidemiology
  • Speech Outcomes
  • Fetal Development
  • Craniofacial Anomalies
  • Treatment Outcomes
Research works
34k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Cleft Lip and Palate Research research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.2k and 559 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 India 559 works
  3. 3 China 540 works
  4. 4 Brazil 480 works
  5. 5 Japan 220 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 219 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 190 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 167 works
  9. 9 Egypt 142 works
  10. 10 Italy 142 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: 31.9%India: 14.3%China: 13.8%Brazil: 12.3%6 others listed: 27.6%32%largest
United States1,248 · 31.9%India559 · 14.3%China540 · 13.8%Brazil480 · 12.3%6 others listed1,079 · 27.6%

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

Which institutions lead Cleft Lip and Palate Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Cleft Lip and Palate Research research, followed by Sichuan University and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 43 works
  2. 2 Sichuan University China 42 works
  3. 3 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia United States 34 works
  4. 4 Creative Commons United States 34 works
  5. 5 Children's Hospital of Los Angeles United States 26 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 25 works
  7. 7 Services Institute of Medical Sciences Pakistan 23 works
  8. 8 University of Southern California United States 21 works
  9. 9 Stomatology Hospital China 21 works
  10. 10 Cairo University Egypt 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cleft Lip and Palate Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cleft Lip and Palate Research include W. H. Bell and Marcos Roberto Tovani‐Palone.

  1. 1 W. H. Bell 5.5k citations
  2. 2 Marcos Roberto Tovani‐Palone 3.8k citations

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

Where is Cleft Lip and Palate Research research done?

The largest centres of Cleft Lip and Palate Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil), Los Angeles (United States) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mountain View.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 114 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 109 works
  3. 3 Los Angeles United States 82 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 68 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 67 works
  6. 6 New York United States 65 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 61 works
  8. 8 Philadelphia United States 60 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 60 works
  10. 10 Shanghai China 56 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Mountain ViewUS · 37.1 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cleft Lip and Palate Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cleft Lip and Palate Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Alexandria University, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies and Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research 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 10.47%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Alexandria University: 20, 6.3%Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies: 9, 15.5%Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research: 16, 7.1%Yale University: 15, 21.1%University of Southern California: 21, 16.7%Tanta University: 12, 7.1%Services Institute of Medical Sciences: 23, 0.0%Cairo University: 20, 7.1%Harvard University: 13, 19.1%Universidade de São Paulo: 43, 4.7%Yale UniversityManav Rachna Interna…Datta Meghe Institut…Alexandria 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
1Alexandria University Egypt 56.86.3%7.8×20 +237.2%
2Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies India 53.715.5%13.8×9
3Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research India 53.47.1%12.8×16 +121.7%
4Yale University United States 51.921.1%2.7×15 +98.1%
5University of Southern California United States 50.816.7%5.1×21 +15.6%
6Tanta University Egypt 47.97.1%6.7×12 +671.4%
7Services Institute of Medical Sciences Pakistan 47.60.0%235.8×23
8Cairo University Egypt 44.07.1%4.7×20 +127.7%
9Harvard University United States 42.019.1%1.9×13 +21.9%
10Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 41.84.7%4.4×43 +21.7%

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 Cleft Lip and Palate Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cleft Lip and Palate Research.

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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.