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Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research

Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 90k research works in it since 1950. 19.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the diverse roles of glycosylation in health and disease, with a focus on its implications in cancer, immune system function, and therapeutic development. It covers topics such as the biological functions of glycans, protein glycosylation, sialic acids, mucins, and the interplay between glycosylation and various cellular mechanisms.

  • Glycosylation
  • Glycans
  • Cancer
  • Immune System
  • Mucins
  • Protein Glycosylation
  • Sialic Acids
  • Lectins
  • O-GlcNAc
  • Therapeutics
Research works
90k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
17k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-10%
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Which countries lead Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.7k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.7k works
  2. 2 United States 1.5k works
  3. 3 Japan 501 works
  4. 4 India 331 works
  5. 5 Germany 286 works
  6. 6 France 227 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 224 works
  8. 8 Canada 155 works
  9. 9 Italy 145 works
  10. 10 South Korea 139 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: 33.1%United States: 28.4%Japan: 9.6%India: 6.4%6 others listed: 22.6%33%largest
China1,725 · 33.1%United States1,481 · 28.4%Japan501 · 9.6%India331 · 6.4%6 others listed1,176 · 22.6%

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

Which institutions lead Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and University of Georgia.

Who are the leading researchers in Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research include Minoru Kanehisa.

  1. 1 Minoru Kanehisa Japan 5.7k citations

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

Where is Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research research done?

The largest centres of Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Athens, Wuxi and Bethesda.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 252 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 171 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 124 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 96 works
  5. 5 Paris France 94 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 81 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 73 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 66 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 66 works
  10. 10 Boston United States 61 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AthensUS · 32.0 works10×
  2. WuxiCN · 60.5 works9.4×
  3. BethesdaUS · 49.6 works6.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangnan University, University of Georgia and BOKU 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 21.38%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Jiangnan University: 44, 29.6%University of Georgia: 31, 27.1%BOKU University: 10, 12.0%Harvard University: 24, 30.6%Utrecht University: 13, 32.6%Gifu University: 17, 4.9%University of Copenhagen: 20, 21.8%Northwest University: 17, 9.3%University of Gothenburg: 15, 22.5%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 20, 23.4%Harvard UniversityJiangnan UniversityUniversity of GeorgiaBOKU University
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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 Jiangnan UniversityChina 73.229.6%11.0×44 +78.1%
2 University of GeorgiaUnited States 63.227.1%10.5×31 -3.6%
3 BOKU UniversityAustria 46.812.0%14.4×10 +3.6%
4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 45.430.6%2.8×24 -8.2%
5 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 44.732.6%3.7×13 +17.5%
6 Gifu UniversityJapan 43.04.9%23.2×17 +12.9%
7 University of CopenhagenDenmark 42.521.8%4.4×20 -27.7%
8 Northwest UniversityChina 42.39.3%9.0×17 +15.0%
9 University of GothenburgSweden 41.622.5%5.6×15 -27.4%
10 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 40.923.4%1.8×20 +115.9%

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 Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014.

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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.

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.