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Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits

Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 5.4k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the study of dermatoglyphic patterns as a genetic marker and its application in medical diagnosis, epidemiological studies, and health risk assessment. It covers research related to non-communicable diseases, oral health, cancer, biostatistics, and public health.

  • Dermatoglyphic Patterns
  • Genetic Marker
  • Medical Diagnosis
  • Epidemiological Studies
  • Health Risk Assessment
  • Non-Communicable Diseases
  • Oral Health
  • Cancer Research
  • Biostatistics
  • Public Health
Research works
5.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
549
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits

Which countries lead Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits research?

By volume, Indonesia and Türkiye publish the most (211 and 203 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 211 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 203 works
  3. 3 India 197 works
  4. 4 Nigeria 52 works
  5. 5 China 45 works
  6. 6 United States 37 works
  7. 7 Brazil 30 works
  8. 8 Iran 24 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 20 works
  10. 10 ?? 18 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.

Indonesia: 25.1%Türkiye: 24.2%India: 23.5%Nigeria: 6.3%6 others listed: 20.8%25%largest
Indonesia211 · 25.1%Türkiye203 · 24.2%India197 · 23.5%Nigeria52 · 6.3%6 others listed175 · 20.8%

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

Which institutions lead Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universitas Trisakti publishes the most Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits research, followed by Airlangga University and Padjadjaran University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia 16 works
  2. 2 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 11 works
  3. 3 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 9 works
  4. 4 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 9 works
  5. 5 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 7 works
  6. 6 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 7 works
  7. 7 Andalas UniversityIndonesia 7 works
  8. 8 Van Yüzüncü Yıl ÜniversitesiTürkiye 6 works
  9. 9 Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes SemarangIndonesia 6 works
  10. 10 University of Port HarcourtNigeria 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits include Douglas G. Altman, Farshad Farzadfar and Yousef Saleh Khader.

  1. 1 Douglas G. Altman United Kingdom 862k citations
  2. 2 Farshad Farzadfar Iran 298k citations
  3. 3 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k 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 Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits?

The most cited paper in Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits is "Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults" (Earl S. Ford, Wayne H. Giles, William H. Dietz, 2002), with 6,729 citations. Next come "Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement" (4,016) and "Statistics corner: A guide to appropriate use of correlation coefficient in medical research." (3,701).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among US Adults Earl S. Ford, Wayne H. Giles, William H. Dietz · JAMA 16 Jan 2002 6,729
2 Statistical methods for assessing agreement between two methods of clinical measurement John M. Bland, Douglas G. Altman · International Journal of Nursing Studies May 2010 4,016
3 Statistics corner: A guide to appropriate use of correlation coefficient in medical research. Mavuto Mukaka · PubMed Open access Sep 2012 3,701
4 The Relation of Overweight to Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study David S. Freedman, William H. Dietz, Sathanur R. Srinivasan et al. · PEDIATRICS Jun 1999 2,468
5 Practical Issues in Calculating the Sample Size for Prevalence Studies Lin Naing, T. Winn 2006 1,443
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Where is Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits research done?

The largest centres of Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits research in 2022-now are Istanbul (Türkiye), Jakarta (Indonesia), Ankara (Türkiye) and Surabaya (Indonesia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 IstanbulTürkiye 32 works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 30 works
  3. 3 AnkaraTürkiye 21 works
  4. 4 SurabayaIndonesia 17 works
  5. 5 BandungIndonesia 15 works
  6. 6 SemarangIndonesia 15 works
  7. 7 PadangIndonesia 14 works
  8. 8 YogyakartaIndonesia 14 works
  9. 9 IzmirTürkiye 12 works
  10. 10 ChennaiIndia 12 works
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Where is the best place to study Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Trisakti, Airlangga University and Padjadjaran 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%0.5%1%1.5%mean 0.475%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitas TrisaktiAirlangga UniversityPadjadjaran UniversityUdayana 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.

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
1Universitas TrisaktiIndonesia 80.61.3%40.2×16 +790.9%
2Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 41.00.5%13.0×11 +14.8%
3Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 39.80.1%10.7×9 -23.2%
4Udayana UniversityIndonesia 10.00.0%12.0×9 +49.8%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits, country by country

Is Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023.

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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 Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0042% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits0.0041% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits 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%Dermatoglyphics and Human Traits10.8% 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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