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Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins is a research topic within Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Science Explorer counts 60k research works in it since 1950. 24.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the metabolic syndrome, its association with cardiovascular disease, diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, and atherosclerosis. It includes studies on glucose metabolism, lifestyle interventions, and global prevalence of related conditions.

  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Diabetes
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Obesity
  • Glucose Metabolism
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Lifestyle Intervention
  • Cholesterol
  • Global Prevalence
Research works
60k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+11%
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 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.2k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.2k works
  2. 2 United States 1.5k works
  3. 3 India 832 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 514 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 372 works
  6. 6 South Korea 325 works
  7. 7 Japan 317 works
  8. 8 Iran 294 works
  9. 9 Spain 257 works
  10. 10 Italy 229 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: 32.0%United States: 22.0%India: 12.2%Indonesia: 7.5%6 others listed: 26.3%32%largest
China2,183 · 32.0%United States1,498 · 22.0%India832 · 12.2%Indonesia514 · 7.5%6 others listed1,795 · 26.3%

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

Which institutions lead Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins research, followed by Capital Medical University and Peking University.

Who are the leading researchers in Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins include Sadaf G Sepanlou, Erkin М Мirrakhimov and Isabela M. Benseñor.

  1. 1 Sadaf G Sepanlou Iran 8k citations
  2. 2 Erkin М Мirrakhimov Kyrgyzstan 7.8k citations
  3. 3 Isabela M. Benseñor Brazil 7.7k citations
  4. 4 Yousef Khader Jordan 7.7k citations

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

Where is Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins research done?

The largest centres of Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tangshan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 361 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 197 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 158 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 146 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 133 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 115 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 98 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 83 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 81 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 80 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TangshanCN · 26.9 works10×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Capital Medical University and University of Gondar 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%25%50%75%mean 33.2%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 58, 38.2%Capital Medical University: 42, 35.4%University of Gondar: 15, 21.4%Nanjing Medical University: 33, 31.7%Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services: 9, 27.4%Tehran University of Medical Sciences: 37, 25.0%Soongsil University: 12, 33.9%Beijing University of Chinese Medicine: 10, 60.3%Aga Khan University: 9, 36.9%Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences: 29, 21.8%Chinese Academy of M…Capital Medical Univ…Nanjing Medical Univ…University of Gondar
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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 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 61.938.2%5.7×58 +72.5%
2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 58.435.4%6.9×42 +40.0%
3 University of GondarEthiopia 58.121.4%9.7×15 +340.5%
4 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 56.331.7%6.2×33 +112.5%
5 Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health ServicesIran 54.627.4%9.6×9 +205.9%
6 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 54.025.0%7.5×37 +34.4%
7 Soongsil UniversitySouth Korea 53.133.9%10.4×12
8 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 53.160.3%5.7×10
9 Aga Khan UniversityPakistan 51.936.9%10.0×9 -9.3%
10 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran 51.521.8%7.9×29 +47.0%

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 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins.

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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.