Estrogen and related hormone effects
Estrogen and related hormone effects is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 62k research works in it since 1950. 22.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the mechanisms of estrogen receptor signaling, with a focus on its role in breast cancer, interactions with glucocorticoids, and the effects of various drugs such as tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors. It delves into the molecular pathways, gene regulation, and coactivator/coregulator dynamics involved in estrogen signaling.
- Estrogen
- Receptor
- Signaling
- Breast Cancer
- Glucocorticoids
- Nuclear Receptors
- Tamoxifen
- Aromatase Inhibitors
- G Protein-Coupled Receptor
- Transcriptional Regulation
- Research works
- 62k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 14k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -17% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Estrogen and related hormone effects research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 644 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.1k works
- 2 China 644 works
- 3 India 241 works
- 4 Japan 160 works
- 5 United Kingdom 149 works
- 6 Italy 143 works
- 7 Germany 141 works
- 8 South Korea 117 works
- 9 Russia 105 works
- 10 France 101 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 Estrogen and related hormone effects research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Estrogen and related hormone effects research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Baylor College of Medicine.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 26 works
- 2 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 18 works
- 3 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 16 works
- 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 13 works
- 5 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 13 works
- 6 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 12 works
- 7 University of MinnesotaUnited States 12 works
- 8 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 12 works
- 9 Loyola University ChicagoUnited States 12 works
- 10 InsermFrance 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Estrogen and related hormone effects?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Estrogen and related hormone effects include Cyrus Cooper, Walter C. Willett and Elisabete Weiderpass.
- 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
- 2 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations
- 3 Elisabete Weiderpass France 6k citations
- 4 Hermann Brenner Germany 5.8k citations
- 5 Winfried März Germany 5.2k citations
- 6 André G. Uitterlinden Netherlands 4.4k citations
- 7 Charles M. Perou United States 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Estrogen and related hormone effects research done?
The largest centres of Estrogen and related hormone effects research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Moscow (Russia) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wenzhou.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WenzhouCN · 20.3 works5.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Estrogen and related hormone effects than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Estrogen and related hormone effects?
Among universities, judged by research, Baylor College of Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University and Harvard 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 | Baylor College of MedicineUnited States | 59.2 | 26.6% | 9.7× | 16 | -42.9% |
| 2 | Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina | 52.0 | 29.2% | 7.2× | 10 | +36.7% |
| 3 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 48.6 | 34.6% | 2.5× | 13 | -26.8% |
| 4 | Loyola University ChicagoUnited States | 47.1 | 9.7% | 19.4× | 12 | +101.6% |
| 5 | Karolinska InstitutetSweden | 43.4 | 22.6% | 5.7× | 10 | -50.1% |
| 6 | University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States | 43.0 | 32.1% | 3.9× | 12 | -53.6% |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 41.5 | 6.3% | 3.8× | 26 | +149.9% |
| 8 | University of LjubljanaSlovenia | 40.3 | 30.8% | 4.8× | 8 | -47.3% |
| 9 | National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece | 39.6 | 24.0% | 4.5× | 9 | +25.4% |
| 10 | Cornell UniversityUnited States | 39.3 | 32.0% | 2.5× | 10 | -22.9% |
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 Estrogen and related hormone effects research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 17% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2009.
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.