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 United States 756 works
- 2 China 637 works
- 3 Japan 198 works
- 4 Russia 170 works
- 5 Germany 149 works
- 6 India 129 works
- 7 United Kingdom 104 works
- 8 France 102 works
- 9 Italy 87 works
- 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.
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.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 25 works
- 2 Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUnited States 21 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 20 works
- 4 Soochow UniversityChina 17 works
- 5 Egyptian Atomic Energy AuthorityEgypt 17 works
- 6 State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation - Federal Medical Biophysical Center named after A.I. BurnazyanRussia 14 works
- 7 Federal Medical-Biological AgencyRussia 14 works
- 8 National Institutes for Quantum Science and TechnologyJapan 13 works
- 9 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 13 works
- 10 Stanford UniversityUnited States 12 works
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
Where it is the local speciality
- BethesdaUS · 45.0 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Effects of Radiation Exposure than the world average.
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uniformed Services University of the Health SciencesUnited States | 68.3 | 24.5% | 72.6× | 21 | -9.7% |
| 2 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina | 65.6 | 28.1% | 6.5× | 20 | +74.3% |
| 3 | Soochow UniversityChina | 57.6 | 28.4% | 6.5× | 17 | -7.8% |
| 4 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 48.4 | 32.3% | 3.2× | 12 | -21.9% |
| 5 | Shandong First Medical UniversityChina | 46.0 | 17.0% | 10.9× | 9 | +1.7% |
| 6 | Wake Forest UniversityUnited States | 40.6 | 14.2% | 10.1× | 8 | -28.1% |
| 7 | Washington University in St. LouisUnited States | 30.7 | 20.2% | 3.8× | 8 | -5.8% |
| 8 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina | 29.0 | 18.9% | 1.8× | 9 | +66.4% |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States | 25.4 | 19.9% | 2.8× | 8 | -32.3% |
| 10 | University of PittsburghUnited States | 23.8 | 9.3% | 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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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.