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Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances

Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances is a research topic within Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 20.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to cystic fibrosis, including therapeutic interventions, pulmonary infections, bronchiectasis, primary ciliary dyskinesia, mutation analysis, lung disease, microbiota, and nutrition management. The papers cover advancements in understanding the genetic and molecular basis of cystic fibrosis, as well as the development of novel treatments and management strategies.

  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • CFTR
  • Pulmonary Infections
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia
  • Mutation Analysis
  • Lung Disease
  • Microbiota
  • Nutrition Management
  • Therapeutic Interventions
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+33%
the tick is no change

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

Which countries lead Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.6k and 697 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.6k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 697 works
  3. 3 China 345 works
  4. 4 Italy 336 works
  5. 5 Germany 279 works
  6. 6 France 241 works
  7. 7 Australia 205 works
  8. 8 Canada 204 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 181 works
  10. 10 Spain 174 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: 38.1%United Kingdom: 16.2%China: 8.0%Italy: 7.8%6 others listed: 29.8%38%largest
United States1,639 · 38.1%United Kingdom697 · 16.2%China345 · 8.0%Italy336 · 7.8%6 others listed1,283 · 29.8%

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

Which institutions lead Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances research, followed by University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Washington.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 71 works
  2. 2 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 51 works
  3. 3 University of WashingtonUnited States 35 works
  4. 4 Emory UniversityUnited States 32 works
  5. 5 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 32 works
  6. 6 Cystic Fibrosis FoundationUnited States 30 works
  7. 7 Research Centre for Medical GeneticsRussia 29 works
  8. 8 Royal Brompton HospitalUnited Kingdom 27 works
  9. 9 Cystic Fibrosis TrustUnited Kingdom 27 works
  10. 10 InsermFrance 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances include Guido Kroemer, Kai Wang and Elizabeth A. Cromwell.

  1. 1 Guido Kroemer France 4.2k citations
  2. 2 Kai Wang China 3.1k citations
  3. 3 Elizabeth A. Cromwell United States 3k citations

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

Where is Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances research done?

The largest centres of Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Paris (France), Moscow (Russia) and Chapel Hill (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Verona, Dundee and Birmingham.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 178 works
  2. 2 Paris France 110 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 85 works
  4. 4 Chapel Hill United States 75 works
  5. 5 Toronto Canada 70 works
  6. 6 Ankara Türkiye 63 works
  7. 7 Milan Italy 62 works
  8. 8 Boston United States 61 works
  9. 9 Seattle United States 58 works
  10. 10 Birmingham United States 58 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VeronaIT · 31.0 works20×
  2. DundeeGB · 24.1 works18×
  3. BirminghamUS · 58.5 works18×
  4. GiessenDE · 29.1 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Dundee, University of Alabama at Birmingham and Emory 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%20%40%mean 16.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Dundee: 16, 19.8%University of Alabama at Birmingham: 51, 14.8%Emory University: 32, 16.8%Dartmouth College: 11, 29.2%Hacettepe University: 32, 2.3%University of Colorado Denver: 25, 17.8%University of Milan: 25, 16.4%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 20, 16.9%University of Iowa: 22, 19.8%Marmara University: 24, 11.2%Dartmouth CollegeUniversity of DundeeEmory UniversityUniversity of Alabam…
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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
1 University of DundeeUnited Kingdom 65.219.8%18.8×16 +286.5%
2 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 59.014.8%18.4×51 +32.8%
3 Emory UniversityUnited States 55.116.8%7.9×32 +106.9%
4 Dartmouth CollegeUnited States 55.129.2%9.9×11 -9.4%
5 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 55.02.3%10.8×32 +203.3%
6 University of Colorado DenverUnited States 54.617.8%13.6×25 +21.3%
7 University of MilanItaly 53.916.4%6.8×25 +155.0%
8 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 51.316.9%16.1×20 -0.4%
9 University of IowaUnited States 50.119.8%8.8×22 +3.5%
10 Marmara UniversityTürkiye 49.911.2%11.6×24 +48.3%

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 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances.

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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.

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.