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Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases

Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 16.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on ciliopathies, a group of genetic disorders involving defects in primary cilia structure and function. It covers a range of topics including polycystic kidney disease, intraflagellar transport, hedgehog signaling, Bardet–Biedl syndrome, nephronophthisis, and the role of ciliary proteins. The research aims to understand the genetic mechanisms and signaling pathways underlying these disorders.

  • Primary Cilium
  • Ciliopathies
  • Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Intraflagellar Transport
  • Hedgehog Signaling
  • Bardet–Biedl Syndrome
  • Nephronophthisis
  • Ciliary Membrane
  • Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
  • Ciliary Proteins
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (902 and 583 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 902 works
  2. 2 China 583 works
  3. 3 Japan 239 works
  4. 4 India 173 works
  5. 5 Germany 147 works
  6. 6 Italy 137 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 129 works
  8. 8 France 113 works
  9. 9 Spain 89 works
  10. 10 South Korea 87 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: 34.7%China: 22.4%Japan: 9.2%India: 6.6%6 others listed: 27.0%35%largest
United States902 · 34.7%China583 · 22.4%Japan239 · 9.2%India173 · 6.6%6 others listed703 · 27.0%

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

Which institutions lead Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Mayo Clinic publishes the most Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases research, followed by Yale University and University of Kansas Medical Center.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mayo ClinicUnited States 25 works
  2. 2 Yale UniversityUnited States 20 works
  3. 3 University of Kansas Medical CenterUnited States 16 works
  4. 4 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 15 works
  5. 5 InsermFrance 13 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 11 works
  7. 7 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States 11 works
  8. 8 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases include Giuseppe Remuzzi and Thomas Schwarz.

  1. 1 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 8.1k citations
  2. 2 Thomas Schwarz United States 3.1k citations

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

Where is Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases research done?

The largest centres of Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Paris (France) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rochester.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 72 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 64 works
  3. 3 Paris France 59 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 57 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 44 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 42 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 34 works
  8. 8 New York United States 34 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 30 works
  10. 10 Boston United States 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RochesterUS · 25.5 works19×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Yale 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.

0%20%40%mean 22.34%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: 15, 15.2%Yale University: 20, 19.4%Harvard University: 11, 34.6%Washington University in St. Louis: 10, 35.3%University of California, San Francisco: 8, 35.1%Nanjing Medical University: 10, 22.1%University of Iowa: 9, 12.7%University of Alabama at Birmingham: 11, 10.8%Northwestern University: 9, 17.7%Emory University: 8, 20.5%Washington Universit…Harvard UniversityYale UniversityUniversity of Colora…
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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 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 64.015.2%16.2×15 +172.9%
2 Yale UniversityUnited States 52.819.4%5.9×20 +23.8%
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 47.534.6%2.7×11 -30.3%
4 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 45.335.3%4.2×10 -16.1%
5 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 42.735.1%4.0×8 -27.7%
6 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 42.522.1%5.7×10 +85.6%
7 University of IowaUnited States 33.912.7%6.5×9 +34.4%
8 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 30.710.8%6.6×11 -12.3%
9 Northwestern UniversityUnited States 30.117.7%3.8×9 +24.1%
10 Emory UniversityUnited States 26.320.5%3.6×8 -27.0%

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 Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases.

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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.