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Digestive system and related health

Digestive system and related health is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 17.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the genetic adaptation of lactase persistence in humans, focusing on the role of CDX2 expression, intestinal differentiation, and its implications for milk consumption, lactose intolerance, evolutionary genetics, and associated health conditions such as colon cancer, gastric metaplasia, and bone health.

  • Lactase Persistence
  • Genetic Adaptation
  • Intestinal Differentiation
  • CDX2 Expression
  • Lactose Intolerance
  • Evolutionary Genetics
  • Milk Consumption
  • Colon Cancer
  • Gastric Metaplasia
  • Bone Health
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+21%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Digestive system and related health research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (545 and 487 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 545 works
  2. 2 United States 487 works
  3. 3 Russia 192 works
  4. 4 India 178 works
  5. 5 Brazil 165 works
  6. 6 Germany 134 works
  7. 7 Italy 110 works
  8. 8 Japan 109 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 86 works
  10. 10 Spain 86 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: 26.0%United States: 23.3%Russia: 9.2%India: 8.5%6 others listed: 33.0%26%largest
China545 · 26.0%United States487 · 23.3%Russia192 · 9.2%India178 · 8.5%6 others listed690 · 33.0%

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

Which institutions lead Digestive system and related health research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Digestive system and related health research, followed by State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology and China Agricultural University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jiangnan UniversityChina 20 works
  2. 2 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 16 works
  3. 3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 10 works
  4. 4 Bukovinian State Medical UniversityUkraine 9 works
  5. 5 Sechenov UniversityRussia 8 works
  6. 6 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 8 works
  7. 7 KU LeuvenBelgium 8 works
  8. 8 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 8 works
  9. 9 University of BaghdadIraq 8 works
  10. 10 University of California, DavisUnited States 8 works

Where is Digestive system and related health research done?

The largest centres of Digestive system and related health research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Wuxi (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 77 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 71 works
  3. 3 Wuxi China 39 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 33 works
  5. 5 Paris France 32 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 28 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 27 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 27 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 27 works
  10. 10 Saint Petersburg Russia 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 38.7 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Digestive system and related health than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Digestive system and related health?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangnan University, Sechenov University and China Agricultural 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 16.82%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Jiangnan University: 20, 42.4%Sechenov University: 8, 6.6%China Agricultural University: 10, 28.6%Bukovinian State Medical University: 9, 0.0%Ain Shams University: 8, 6.5%Jiangnan UniversityChina Agricultural U…Sechenov UniversityBukovinian State Med…
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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 Jiangnan UniversityChina 85.242.4%10.5×20 +99.0%
2 Sechenov UniversityRussia 47.06.6%8.2×8 +450.0%
3 China Agricultural UniversityChina 34.828.6%5.3×10 -49.0%
4 Bukovinian State Medical UniversityUkraine 32.80.0%53.4×9 —
5 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 20.76.5%3.5×8 +111.9%

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 Digestive system and related health research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Digestive system and related health.

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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.