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Effects of Radiation Exposure

Effects of Radiation Exposure is a research topic within Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 19.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the biological and clinical effects of ionizing radiation, including topics such as radiation-induced bystander effects, hormesis, radioprotectors, genomic instability, normal tissue injury, oxidative stress, radiotherapy strategies, apoptosis, and fibrosis. The research encompasses a wide range of mechanisms and implications related to the exposure to ionizing radiation.

  • Radiation
  • Bystander Effects
  • Hormesis
  • Radioprotectors
  • Genomic Instability
  • Normal Tissue Injury
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Radiotherapy
  • Apoptosis
  • Fibrosis
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
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 Effects of Radiation Exposure research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (756 and 637 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 756 works
  2. 2 China 637 works
  3. 3 Japan 198 works
  4. 4 Russia 170 works
  5. 5 Germany 149 works
  6. 6 India 129 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 104 works
  8. 8 France 102 works
  9. 9 Italy 87 works
  10. 10 Canada 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.

United States: 31.3%China: 26.4%Japan: 8.2%Russia: 7.0%6 others listed: 27.1%31%largest
United States756 · 31.3%China637 · 26.4%Japan198 · 8.2%Russia170 · 7.0%6 others listed656 · 27.1%

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

Which institutions lead Effects of Radiation Exposure research?

By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center publishes the most Effects of Radiation Exposure research, followed by Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

Where is Effects of Radiation Exposure research done?

The largest centres of Effects of Radiation Exposure research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Seoul (South Korea) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bethesda.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 98 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 88 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 52 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 45 works
  5. 5 Bethesda United States 45 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 43 works
  7. 7 New York United States 40 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 36 works
  9. 9 Houston United States 35 works
  10. 10 Paris France 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BethesdaUS · 45.0 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Effects of Radiation Exposure than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Effects of Radiation Exposure?

Among universities, judged by research, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Soochow 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 21.28%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences: 21, 24.5%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 20, 28.1%Soochow University: 17, 28.4%Stanford University: 12, 32.3%Shandong First Medical University: 9, 17.0%Wake Forest University: 8, 14.2%Washington University in St. Louis: 8, 20.2%Sun Yat-sen University: 9, 18.9%University of Wisconsin–Madison: 8, 19.9%University of Pittsburgh: 10, 9.3%Stanford UniversitySoochow UniversityChinese Academy of M…Uniformed Services U…
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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 Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUnited States 68.324.5%72.6×21 -9.7%
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 65.628.1%6.5×20 +74.3%
3 Soochow UniversityChina 57.628.4%6.5×17 -7.8%
4 Stanford UniversityUnited States 48.432.3%3.2×12 -21.9%
5 Shandong First Medical UniversityChina 46.017.0%10.9×9 +1.7%
6 Wake Forest UniversityUnited States 40.614.2%10.1×8 -28.1%
7 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 30.720.2%3.8×8 -5.8%
8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 29.018.9%1.8×9 +66.4%
9 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 25.419.9%2.8×8 -32.3%
10 University of PittsburghUnited States 23.89.3%4.2×10 -37.8%

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 Effects of Radiation Exposure research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Effects of Radiation Exposure.

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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.