Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Evolution and Genetic Dynamics is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolutionary dynamics of genetic adaptation and mutation, including topics such as experimental evolution, fitness landscapes, population genetics, microbial evolution, and host-parasite coevolution. It investigates the mechanisms and consequences of genetic changes in response to selective pressures, providing insights into the processes driving evolutionary change.

Evolution
Adaptation
Mutation
Genetic Dynamics
Natural Selection
Experimental Evolution
Fitness Landscapes
Population Genetics
Microbial Evolution
Host-Parasite Coevolution

Research works: 33k
In the world top 10%: 3.3k
Top-10% rate: 9.9%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +1%
Largest producer: United States

Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

Which countries lead Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.4k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 1.4k works
2 China 1.1k works
3 India 359 works
4 United Kingdom 333 works
5 France 306 works
6 Germany 225 works
7 Canada 182 works
8 Spain 139 works
9 Japan 135 works
10 Australia 112 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 States1,352 · 31.6%China1,141 · 26.6%India359 · 8.4%United Kingdom333 · 7.8%6 others listed1,099 · 25.7%

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

Which institutions lead Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and University of Oxford.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 126 works
2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 51 works
3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 43 works
4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 42 works
5 Max Planck SocietyGermany 41 works
6 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 35 works
7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 34 works
8 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 30 works
9 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 28 works
10 Stanford UniversityUnited States 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Evolution and Genetic Dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Evolution and Genetic Dynamics include Eric S. Lander, Rob Knight and Simon Iain Hay.

1 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
3 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
4 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
5 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
6 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
7 Stacey L. Gabriel United States 402k citations
8 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
9 Bert Vogelstein United States 373k citations
10 Gad A. Getz United States 364k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Evolution and Genetic Dynamics?

The most cited paper in Evolution and Genetic Dynamics is "MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0" (Koichiro Tamura, Glen Stecher, Daniel S. Peterson et al., 2013), with 48,154 citations. Next come "CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP" (41,763) and "MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods" (40,453).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	MEGA6: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Version 6.0 Koichiro Tamura, Glen Stecher, Daniel S. Peterson et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution Open access	16 Oct 2013	48,154
2	CONFIDENCE LIMITS ON PHYLOGENIES: AN APPROACH USING THE BOOTSTRAP Joseph Felsenstein · Evolution Open access	Jul 1985	41,763
3	MEGA5: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis Using Maximum Likelihood, Evolutionary Distance, and Maximum Parsimony Methods Koichiro Tamura, Daniel Gunnar Peterson, Nora Peterson et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution Open access	4 May 2011	40,453
4	MEGA X: Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis across Computing Platforms Sudhir Kumar, Glen Stecher, Michael M. Li et al. · Molecular Biology and Evolution Open access	May 2018	39,563
5	A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences Motoo Kimura · Journal of Molecular Evolution	Jun 1980	30,129

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Where is Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Beijing (China), Xi'an (China) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 ParisFrance 146 works
2 BeijingChina 144 works
3 Xi'anChina 69 works
4 LondonUnited Kingdom 64 works
5 ShanghaiChina 61 works
6 GuangzhouChina 53 works
7 HarbinChina 53 works
8 LanzhouChina 48 works
9 OxfordUnited Kingdom 48 works
10 KolkataIndia 45 works

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Where is the best place to study Evolution and Genetic Dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, Harvard University and Arizona State 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.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom	82.7	14.5%	6.2×	42	+23.1%
2	Harvard UniversityUnited States	76.0	23.1%	2.2×	34	-34.1%
3	Arizona State UniversityUnited States	64.4	17.5%	8.8×	28	-3.8%
4	ETH ZurichSwitzerland	63.8	14.5%	6.3×	21	-8.3%
5	Princeton UniversityUnited States	63.3	15.5%	6.8×	15	+14.1%
6	Visva-Bharati UniversityIndia	63.3	27.2%	24.2×	10	+62.6%
7	Northeast Forestry UniversityChina	61.1	18.9%	11.3×	16	+304.3%
8	University of AlbertaCanada	61.0	22.6%	3.4×	14	+21.8%
9	Stanford UniversityUnited States	60.6	14.6%	3.3×	24	-2.1%
10	University of British ColumbiaCanada	59.3	16.7%	3.4×	20	-36.5%
11	University of ChicagoUnited States	59.3	10.4%	4.5×	18	+26.3%
12	University of California San DiegoUnited States	59.2	15.3%	3.6×	17	+7.1%
13	KU LeuvenBelgium	59.0	14.8%	3.0×	14	+14.1%
14	Lund UniversitySweden	58.0	19.1%	4.3×	12	+32.1%
15	The University of MelbourneAustralia	57.7	16.4%	2.5×	13	+32.0%
16	Cornell UniversityUnited States	56.9	14.9%	2.9×	18	-5.4%
17	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom	56.5	12.2%	4.8×	20	-14.6%
18	University of BernSwitzerland	56.1	13.3%	3.7×	10	+66.5%
19	Yale UniversityUnited States	55.2	13.7%	2.9×	16	+21.2%
20	Stockholm UniversitySweden	54.6	16.3%	6.2×	10	+43.7%
21	University of California, DavisUnited States	53.7	18.4%	3.8×	15	-7.7%
22	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States	53.7	17.9%	4.1×	14	-21.8%
23	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom	53.3	16.3%	3.0×	18	-23.0%
24	University of TorontoCanada	52.3	8.4%	2.3×	23	+5.5%
25	Institute of Science and Technology AustriaAustria	51.2	10.7%	48.5×	9	+18.9%
26	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States	51.0	9.4%	3.8×	17	+38.3%
27	University of MichiganUnited States	50.9	13.4%	2.9×	22	-28.1%
28	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom	50.9	10.5%	8.4×	17	-37.1%
29	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States	50.8	13.6%	4.1×	19	-13.7%
30	University of CopenhagenDenmark	50.8	9.1%	2.9×	13	+35.0%
31	Uppsala UniversitySweden	50.8	15.1%	4.5×	12	-27.7%
32	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States	50.3	10.8%	2.8×	16	+19.0%
33	University of LausanneSwitzerland	49.1	9.4%	7.2×	16	+0.9%
34	China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina	48.9	12.7%	6.3×	14	+44.8%
35	Peking UniversityChina	48.9	17.1%	1.3×	13	+57.9%
36	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States	47.9	7.7%	3.4×	30	-8.2%
37	Université de MontpellierFrance	47.8	8.8%	7.2×	12	+7.0%
38	Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands	47.8	15.5%	5.8×	10	-16.3%
39	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom	47.6	13.0%	2.6×	13	-14.2%
40	University of KalyaniIndia	46.8	18.8%	16.0×	8	+109.9%
41	University of CalcuttaIndia	45.6	14.7%	10.3×	11	+100.5%
42	University of WashingtonUnited States	45.0	16.5%	2.1×	12	-16.3%
43	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	44.1	16.8%	1.7×	13	-21.6%
44	Duke UniversityUnited States	43.6	21.9%	2.7×	11	-22.0%
45	University of BaselSwitzerland	43.2	15.1%	4.8×	9	-32.8%
46	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, ShibpurIndia	42.3	10.5%	32.4×	17	-35.4%
47	University of St AndrewsUnited Kingdom	42.3	4.6%	10.5×	11	+73.9%
48	Minzu University of ChinaChina	38.1	3.2%	12.1×	17	+94.6%
49	Tata Institute of Fundamental ResearchIndia	37.6	7.8%	15.6×	8	+62.0%
50	University of ZurichSwitzerland	36.4	9.1%	3.3×	11	-42.8%
51	Heilongjiang UniversityChina	30.9	3.6%	10.7×	9	+32.2%
52	King Abdulaziz UniversitySaudi Arabia	30.4	7.6%	3.4×	9	-60.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Evolution and Genetic Dynamics, country by country

Is Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Evolution and Genetic Dynamics.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Evolution and Genetic Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

Fractional works of Evolution and Genetic Dynamics over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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Which countries lead Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Evolution and Genetic Dynamics?

What are the most cited papers in Evolution and Genetic Dynamics?

Where is Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Evolution and Genetic Dynamics?

Is Evolution and Genetic Dynamics research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

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