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Connexins and lens biology

Connexins and lens biology is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the structure, function, regulation, and role of gap junctions and connexins in various biological processes, including cell communication, neuronal synchronization, cataract formation, astrocyte function, and ocular diseases.

  • Gap Junctions
  • Connexins
  • Pannexins
  • Cell Communication
  • Channel Regulation
  • Neuronal Synchronization
  • Cataract Formation
  • Astrocyte Function
  • Hemichannels
  • Ocular Diseases
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Connexins and lens biology

Which countries lead Connexins and lens biology research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (677 and 579 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 677 works
  2. 2 United States 579 works
  3. 3 India 165 works
  4. 4 Japan 110 works
  5. 5 Germany 91 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 78 works
  7. 7 Russia 71 works
  8. 8 Italy 60 works
  9. 9 Canada 57 works
  10. 10 Spain 56 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: 34.8%United States: 29.8%India: 8.5%Japan: 5.6%6 others listed: 21.2%35%largest
China677 · 34.8%United States579 · 29.8%India165 · 8.5%Japan110 · 5.6%6 others listed412 · 21.2%

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

Which institutions lead Connexins and lens biology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Sun Yat-sen University publishes the most Connexins and lens biology research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Wenzhou Medical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 33 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 22 works
  3. 3 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 22 works
  4. 4 Zhejiang UniversityChina 20 works
  5. 5 Fudan UniversityChina 19 works
  6. 6 Capital Medical UniversityChina 19 works
  7. 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 19 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 18 works
  9. 9 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 18 works
  10. 10 Peking UniversityChina 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Connexins and lens biology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Connexins and lens biology include Walter Churchill Willett, Jost Bruno Jonas and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Jost Bruno Jonas Germany 350k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 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 Connexins and lens biology?

The most cited paper in Connexins and lens biology is "HIGH-YIELD PREPARATION OF ISOLATED RAT LIVER PARENCHYMAL CELLS" (Michael N. Berry, Daniel S. Friend, 1969), with 4,444 citations. Next come "The Lens Opacities Classification System III" (2,929) and "The Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Visual Function" (2,859).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 HIGH-YIELD PREPARATION OF ISOLATED RAT LIVER PARENCHYMAL CELLS Michael N. Berry, Daniel S. Friend · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access Dec 1969 4,444
2 The Lens Opacities Classification System III L.T. Chylack · Archives of Ophthalmology Jun 1993 2,929
3 The Retinal Pigment Epithelium in Visual Function Olaf Strauß · Physiological Reviews Review 29 Jun 2005 2,859
4 FINE STRUCTURAL LOCALIZATION OF A BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER TO EXOGENOUS PEROXIDASE Thomas S. Reese, Morris J. Karnovsky · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access Jul 1967 2,647
5 Occludin: a novel integral membrane protein localizing at tight junctions. Mikio Furuse, Tetsuaki Hirase, Masahiko Itoh et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access 15 Dec 1993 2,574
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Connexins and lens biology research done?

The largest centres of Connexins and lens biology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wenzhou.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 82 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 61 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 60 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 39 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 29 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 27 works
  7. 7 SeoulSouth Korea 27 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 26 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 25 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WenzhouCN · 22.8 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Connexins and lens biology than the world average.

See Connexins and lens biology on the map

Where is the best place to study Connexins and lens biology?

Among universities, judged by research, Wenzhou Medical University, Harvard University and Sun Yat-sen University score highest, combining citation 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 17.48%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Wuhan UniversityWenzhou Medical Univ…Harvard 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.

Citation 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
1Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 58.815.2%19.3×22 +53.0%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 55.413.5%2.6×19 -9.2%
3Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 51.210.2%7.0×33 -12.5%
4Wuhan UniversityChina 51.134.3%2.5×8 +16.2%
5Capital Medical UniversityChina 48.615.0%7.9×19 +4.0%
6University of AucklandNew Zealand 47.022.6%7.2×9 -48.5%
7Zhejiang UniversityChina 43.712.5%3.2×20 0.0%
8Fudan UniversityChina 43.713.8%5.4×19 -9.9%
9Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 43.215.6%5.0×12 +51.5%
10Peking UniversityChina 42.422.1%2.9×13 -21.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Connexins and lens biology, country by country

Is Connexins and lens biology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2009.

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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 Connexins and lens biology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0099% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Connexins and lens biology0.0095% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Connexins and lens biology 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%Connexins and lens biology10.3% 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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