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Diabetes and associated disorders

Diabetes and associated disorders is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 52k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the genetics, pathogenesis, and treatment strategies for type 1 diabetes. It covers topics such as the role of HLA genes, environmental triggers, autoimmune responses, insulin production, and the use of immunotherapy. The cluster also delves into the epidemiology and C-peptide levels associated with type 1 diabetes.

  • Type 1 Diabetes
  • Genetics
  • Autoimmunity
  • HLA Genes
  • Insulin Production
  • Environmental Triggers
  • C-Peptide Levels
  • Immunotherapy
  • Islet Autoimmunity
  • Epidemiology
Research works
52k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Diabetes and associated disorders

Which countries lead Diabetes and associated disorders research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.2k and 1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2.2k works
  2. 2 China 1k works
  3. 3 India 572 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 410 works
  5. 5 Germany 387 works
  6. 6 Italy 311 works
  7. 7 Japan 283 works
  8. 8 Spain 247 works
  9. 9 Canada 211 works
  10. 10 France 205 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: 37.3%China: 17.5%India: 9.9%United Kingdom: 7.1%6 others listed: 28.3%37%largest
United States2,169 · 37.3%China1,014 · 17.5%India572 · 9.9%United Kingdom410 · 7.1%6 others listed1,643 · 28.3%

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

Which institutions lead Diabetes and associated disorders research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Diabetes and associated disorders research, followed by National Institutes of Health and Central South University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 95 works
  2. 2 National Institutes of HealthUnited States 46 works
  3. 3 Central South UniversityChina 38 works
  4. 4 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 34 works
  5. 5 InsermFrance 34 works
  6. 6 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 34 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 33 works
  8. 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 33 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 32 works
  10. 10 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 32 works

Who are the leading researchers in Diabetes and associated disorders?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Diabetes and associated disorders include David Moher, Christopher J L Murray and Eric S. Lander.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  3. 3 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
  4. 4 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  5. 5 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  6. 6 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  7. 7 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  8. 8 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  9. 9 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
  10. 10 Peer Bork Germany 396k 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 Diabetes and associated disorders?

The most cited paper in Diabetes and associated disorders is "Global Prevalence of Diabetes" (Sarah H. Wild, Gojka Roglić, Anders Green et al., 2004), with 15,370 citations. Next come "Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Part 1: diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Provisional report of a WHO Consultation" (15,336) and "Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition" (10,771).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Prevalence of Diabetes Sarah H. Wild, Gojka Roglić, Anders Green et al. · Diabetes Care May 2004 15,370
2 Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Part 1: diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Provisional report of a WHO Consultation K. G. M. M. Alberti, Paul Zimmet, WHO Consultation · Diabetic Medicine Jul 1998 15,336
3 Global and regional diabetes prevalence estimates for 2019 and projections for 2030 and 2045: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition Pouya Saeedi, Inga Petersohn, Paraskevi Salpea et al. · Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 10 Sep 2019 10,771
4 Biological insights from 108 schizophrenia-associated genetic loci Stephan Ripke et al. · Nature Open access297 authors Jul 2014 8,181
5 Adipose Expression of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α: Direct Role in Obesity-Linked Insulin Resistance Gökhan S. Hotamışlıgil, Narinder S. Shargill, Bruce M. Spiegelman · Science Open access 1993 7,534
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Where is Diabetes and associated disorders research done?

The largest centres of Diabetes and associated disorders research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Moscow (Russia) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Aurora, Indianapolis and Düsseldorf.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 131 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 124 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 90 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 89 works
  5. 5 BostonUnited States 82 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 80 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 79 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 70 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 67 works
  10. 10 RomeItaly 62 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AuroraUS · 58.4 works16×
  2. IndianapolisUS · 43.2 works7.7×
  3. DüsseldorfDE · 33.7 works7.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diabetes and associated disorders than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Diabetes and associated disorders?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and University of Exeter 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 19.99%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Colora…University of ExeterHarvard UniversityUniversity of Toronto
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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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 77.015.9%3.8×95 +2.6%
2University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 73.321.6%16.1×34 +33.9%
3University of ExeterUnited Kingdom 62.921.6%4.8×16 +13.9%
4University of TorontoCanada 62.015.4%2.0×32 +23.3%
5Stanford UniversityUnited States 61.120.4%2.5×29 -5.5%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 59.213.4%2.7×33 +39.4%
7University of VirginiaUnited States 58.020.2%4.1×20 +46.6%
8Chinese University of Hong KongChina 57.118.4%2.5×14 +207.2%
9Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 56.530.8%2.3×11 -12.8%
10University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 56.122.2%1.7×19 -12.0%

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 Diabetes and associated disorders, country by country

Is Diabetes and associated disorders research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Diabetes and associated disorders.

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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 Diabetes and associated disorders as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.039% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Diabetes and associated disorders0.039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Diabetes and associated disorders 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%Diabetes and associated disorders10.0% 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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How much research is there on type 1 diabetes, and is it growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Diabetes and associated disorders.

Is Diabetes and associated disorders research growing?
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