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Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation

Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 26.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

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  • Notch Signaling
  • Development
  • Gene Regulation
  • Stem Cells
  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Embryonic Development
  • Cell Fate
  • Zebrafish
  • Vertebrate Origins
  • Tumorigenesis
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
26.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-22%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (519 and 323 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 519 works
  2. 2 China 323 works
  3. 3 Japan 128 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 98 works
  5. 5 Germany 86 works
  6. 6 France 81 works
  7. 7 Russia 45 works
  8. 8 Spain 45 works
  9. 9 India 44 works
  10. 10 Canada 38 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: 36.8%China: 23.0%Japan: 9.1%United Kingdom: 7.0%6 others listed: 24.1%37%largest
United States519 · 36.8%China323 · 23.0%Japan128 · 9.1%United Kingdom98 · 7.0%6 others listed340 · 24.1%

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

Which institutions lead Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation research, followed by Harvard University and The University of Tokyo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 13 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 13 works
  3. 3 The University of TokyoJapan 11 works
  4. 4 Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUnited States 10 works
  5. 5 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 9 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 9 works
  7. 7 University of ChicagoUnited States 9 works
  8. 8 Columbia UniversityUnited States 8 works
  9. 9 New York UniversityUnited States 8 works
  10. 10 University of TsukubaJapan 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation include Gerald M. Rubin and Eric N. Olson.

  1. 1 Gerald M. Rubin United States 6.2k citations
  2. 2 Eric N. Olson United States 2.5k citations

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

Where is Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation research done?

The largest centres of Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cambridge.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 50 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 43 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 34 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 32 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 31 works
  6. 6 New York United States 30 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 24 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 24 works
  9. 9 Cambridge United States 21 works
  10. 10 Boston United States 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CambridgeUS · 20.6 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Cambridge and University College London 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 16.62%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Harvard University: 13, 19.6%University of Cambridge: 9, 28.7%University College London: 9, 20.1%The University of Tokyo: 11, 4.4%University of Chicago: 8, 10.3%University of Cambri…University College L…Harvard UniversityThe University of To…
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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 Harvard UniversityUnited States 64.919.6%6.2×13 -24.5%
2 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 54.228.7%5.3×9 -36.1%
3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 40.620.1%4.0×9 -27.1%
4 The University of TokyoJapan 33.04.4%5.5×11 -22.1%
5 University of ChicagoUnited States 32.710.3%6.5×8 -20.5%

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 Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026.

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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.