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Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions

Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions is a research topic within Oncology. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 21.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the role of STAT3 in cancer inflammation and immunity, with a particular emphasis on its involvement in cytokine signaling, regulation of the JAK/STAT pathway, modulation of the immune response, and its impact on the tumor microenvironment. The cluster also explores the interplay between STAT3, IL-6, and SOCS proteins in transcriptional control, inflammation, and cancer progression.

  • STAT3
  • IL-6
  • JAK/STAT pathway
  • inflammation
  • cancer
  • cytokine signaling
  • immune response
  • SOCS proteins
  • tumor microenvironment
  • transcriptional control
Research works
36k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-8%
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 Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 881 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 United States 881 works
  3. 3 Japan 183 works
  4. 4 India 180 works
  5. 5 Germany 168 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 125 works
  7. 7 South Korea 123 works
  8. 8 Italy 113 works
  9. 9 Egypt 104 works
  10. 10 Russia 101 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: 43.9%United States: 25.0%Japan: 5.2%India: 5.1%6 others listed: 20.8%44%largest
China1,546 · 43.9%United States881 · 25.0%Japan183 · 5.2%India180 · 5.1%6 others listed732 · 20.8%

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

Which institutions lead Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions research, followed by Nanjing Medical University and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Who are the leading researchers in Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions include Alberto Ortíz, Guido Kroemer and Bharat B. Aggarwal.

  1. 1 Alberto Ortíz Spain 5.9k citations
  2. 2 Guido Kroemer France 4.2k citations
  3. 3 Bharat B. Aggarwal United States 4.2k citations
  4. 4 Michael Karin United States 4k citations

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

Where is Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions research done?

The largest centres of Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wenzhou.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 150 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 130 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 104 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 67 works
  5. 5 New York United States 58 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 58 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 57 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 57 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 52 works
  10. 10 Changsha China 49 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WenzhouCN · 21.5 works5.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions?

Among universities, judged by research, China Pharmaceutical University, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Zhejiang Chinese Medical 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 29.66%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China Pharmaceutical University: 10, 42.6%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 29, 22.8%Zhejiang Chinese Medical University: 12, 31.2%Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 10, 30.8%Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine: 10, 26.5%China Medical University: 12, 36.4%Beijing University of Chinese Medicine: 8, 32.4%Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine: 10, 20.9%Anhui Medical University: 15, 24.0%Wenzhou Medical University: 12, 29.0%China Pharmaceutical…Zhejiang Chinese Med…Chengdu University o…Chinese Academy of M…
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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 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 70.442.6%10.1×10 +145.7%
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 58.922.8%6.7×29 +33.1%
3 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina 58.731.2%10.7×12 +36.8%
4 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 56.830.8%10.5×10
5 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 55.926.5%12.2×10 +80.0%
6 China Medical UniversityChina 55.736.4%8.5×12 -17.6%
7 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 55.432.4%10.7×8 +61.2%
8 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 53.920.9%8.6×10 +263.6%
9 Anhui Medical UniversityChina 53.224.0%11.2×15 -31.6%
10 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 52.929.0%8.0×12 +37.8%

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 Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions.

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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.