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Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid

Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid is a research topic within Nephrology. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 17.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of uric acid in cardiovascular and renal health, focusing on its association with hyperuricemia, gout, hypertension, endothelial dysfunction, and metabolic syndrome. The papers also discuss the impact of xanthine oxidase inhibitors and the inflammatory pathways related to uric acid.

  • Uric Acid
  • Hyperuricemia
  • Gout
  • Cardiovascular Risk
  • Renal Disease
  • Hypertension
  • Xanthine Oxidase Inhibitors
  • Endothelial Dysfunction
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Inflammation
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+33%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.7k and 419 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.7k works
  2. 2 United States 419 works
  3. 3 India 179 works
  4. 4 Japan 161 works
  5. 5 South Korea 136 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 93 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 89 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 77 works
  9. 9 Italy 77 works
  10. 10 France 73 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: 56.6%United States: 13.9%India: 5.9%Japan: 5.3%6 others listed: 18.1%57%largest
China1,704 · 56.6%United States419 · 13.9%India179 · 5.9%Japan161 · 5.3%6 others listed546 · 18.1%

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

Which institutions lead Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid research, followed by Zhejiang Chinese Medical University and Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine.

Who are the leading researchers in Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid include Josef Coresh, Massimo Círillo and Jasvinder A. Singh.

  1. 1 Josef Coresh United States 5.3k citations
  2. 2 Massimo Círillo Italy 5.2k citations
  3. 3 Jasvinder A. Singh United States 4.7k citations

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

Where is Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid research done?

The largest centres of Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Hangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wenzhou.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 209 works
  2. 2 Guangzhou China 140 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 112 works
  4. 4 Hangzhou China 77 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 70 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 62 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 59 works
  8. 8 Changsha China 48 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 46 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 45 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WenzhouCN · 20.2 works5.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid?

Among universities, judged by research, China Medical University, Southern Medical University and Zhejiang Chinese Medical 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%60%mean 35.4%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China Medical University: 12, 49.7%Southern Medical University: 14, 32.2%Zhejiang Chinese Medical University: 22, 28.9%Anhui Medical University: 14, 39.8%Beijing University of Chinese Medicine: 18, 29.8%Guangdong Pharmaceutical University: 9, 49.8%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 28, 21.3%Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine: 20, 24.8%Qingdao University: 19, 31.5%China Pharmaceutical University: 9, 46.2%China Medical Univer…Anhui Medical Univer…Southern Medical Uni…Zhejiang Chinese Med…
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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 China Medical UniversityChina 71.749.7%9.3×12 +155.2%
2 Southern Medical UniversityChina 70.432.2%10.1×14 +482.9%
3 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina 65.428.9%22.3×22 +75.7%
4 Anhui Medical UniversityChina 64.639.8%12.1×14 +62.7%
5 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 63.829.8%27.1×18 +83.6%
6 Guangdong Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 63.649.8%22.1×9
7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 62.321.3%7.5×28 +108.8%
8 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 58.924.8%27.8×20 +18.6%
9 Qingdao UniversityChina 56.831.5%8.8×19 -14.0%
10 China Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 56.446.2%10.9×9 -17.6%

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 Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid.

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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.