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Fungal and yeast genetics research

Fungal and yeast genetics research is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 31k 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 focuses on the genomic expression programs, protein production, and cellular responses of yeast organisms to environmental changes, stress, and fungal pathogens. It also explores the genetic and metabolic regulation, gene knockout techniques, and signaling pathways in yeast.

  • Yeast
  • Genomics
  • Gene Expression
  • Cell Wall
  • Stress Response
  • Fungal Pathogens
  • Protein Production
  • Signal Transduction
  • Environmental Changes
  • Metabolic Regulation
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Fungal and yeast genetics research

Which countries lead Fungal and yeast genetics research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (994 and 590 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 994 works
  2. 2 United States 590 works
  3. 3 Japan 209 works
  4. 4 India 143 works
  5. 5 Germany 143 works
  6. 6 France 121 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 100 works
  8. 8 Spain 93 works
  9. 9 Canada 73 works
  10. 10 South Korea 66 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: 39.3%United States: 23.3%Japan: 8.3%India: 5.6%6 others listed: 23.5%39%largest
China994 · 39.3%United States590 · 23.3%Japan209 · 8.3%India143 · 5.6%6 others listed595 · 23.5%

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

Which institutions lead Fungal and yeast genetics research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences publishes the most Fungal and yeast genetics research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 99 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 56 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 41 works
  4. 4 Jiangnan UniversityChina 28 works
  5. 5 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 28 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 25 works
  7. 7 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 24 works
  8. 8 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 23 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 22 works
  10. 10 United States Department of AgricultureUnited States 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Fungal and yeast genetics research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Fungal and yeast genetics research include Eric S. Lander, Richard M. Durbin and Peer Bork.

  1. 1 Eric S. Lander United States 524k citations
  2. 2 Richard M. Durbin United Kingdom 410k citations
  3. 3 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
  4. 4 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  5. 5 Bert Vogelstein United States 373k citations
  6. 6 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  7. 7 Matthias Mann Germany 308k citations
  8. 8 Ulrich K. Laemmli Switzerland 285k citations
  9. 9 Chris Sander United States 276k citations
  10. 10 Michael Karin United States 276k 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 Fungal and yeast genetics research?

The most cited paper in Fungal and yeast genetics research is "A system of shuttle vectors and yeast host strains designed for efficient manipulation of DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae." (R Sikorski, Phillip Hieter, 1989), with 8,848 citations. Next come "A novel genetic system to detect protein–protein interactions" (6,181) and "Additional modules for versatile and economical PCR-based gene deletion and modification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" (5,582).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A system of shuttle vectors and yeast host strains designed for efficient manipulation of DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. R Sikorski, Phillip Hieter · Genetics Open access May 1989 8,848
2 A novel genetic system to detect protein–protein interactions Stanley Fields, Ok-Kyu Song · Nature Jul 1989 6,181
3 Additional modules for versatile and economical PCR-based gene deletion and modification in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mark S. Longtine, Amos Mckenzie, Douglas James DeMarini et al. · Yeast 4 Dec 1998 5,582
4 Lethality and centrality in protein networks Hawoong Jeong, S. P. Mason, Albert-Ĺaszló Barabási et al. · Nature Open access May 2001 5,436
5 Genomic Expression Programs in the Response of Yeast Cells to Environmental Changes Audrey P. Gasch, Paul T. Spellman, Camilla M. Kao et al. · Molecular Biology of the Cell Open access Dec 2000 4,991
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Fungal and yeast genetics research research done?

The largest centres of Fungal and yeast genetics research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Paris (France) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 162 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 57 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 55 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 51 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 51 works
  6. 6 HangzhouChina 50 works
  7. 7 FuzhouChina 37 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 37 works
  9. 9 WuxiChina 35 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 34 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 34.8 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fungal and yeast genetics research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Fungal and yeast genetics research?

Among universities, judged by research, Yunnan University, Chalmers University of Technology and Jiangnan 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%10%20%30%mean 17.91%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Yunnan UniversityTechnical University…Chalmers University …Jiangnan University
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Yunnan UniversityChina 73.723.3%12.2×14 +406.1%
2Chalmers University of TechnologySweden 68.918.3%15.6×11 +6.8%
3Jiangnan UniversityChina 68.713.0%16.4×28 +24.8%
4Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 65.220.4%8.3×12 +0.6%
5Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 64.613.0%21.8×24 -6.0%
6Northwest A&F UniversityChina 64.014.4%14.6×16 +40.6%
7China Agricultural UniversityChina 61.516.3%9.6×15 +51.4%
8University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 58.617.7%2.4×11 +16.7%
9South China University of TechnologyChina 57.326.2%3.3×10 +45.6%
10Shandong UniversityChina 56.916.5%3.2×12 +19.8%

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 Fungal and yeast genetics research, country by country

Is Fungal and yeast genetics research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2013.

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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 Fungal and yeast genetics research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Fungal and yeast genetics research0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fungal and yeast genetics research 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.

still counting5%10%15%Fungal and yeast genetics research10.1% in 2025200020102020

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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