Hair Growth and Disorders
Hair Growth and Disorders is a research topic within Urology. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 18.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the regulation and function of hair follicle stem cells, including their role in skin development, regeneration, and the maintenance of the epidermal niche. It explores the signaling pathways such as Wnt signaling, the contribution of bulge cells, and the interactions between epithelial and mesenchymal cells. Additionally, it delves into the implications for conditions like alopecia areata.
- Hair Follicle
- Stem Cells
- Epidermal Niche
- Wnt Signaling
- Skin Development
- Regeneration
- Bulge Cells
- Cycling
- Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions
- Alopecia Areata
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +41% the tick is no change
This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.
Which countries lead Hair Growth and Disorders research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (812 and 653 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 812 works
- 2 China 653 works
- 3 India 332 works
- 4 South Korea 182 works
- 5 Egypt 128 works
- 6 United Kingdom 127 works
- 7 Japan 120 works
- 8 Brazil 112 works
- 9 Spain 111 works
- 10 Germany 105 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Hair Growth and Disorders research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Miami publishes the most Hair Growth and Disorders research, followed by New York University and Al-Azhar University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of MiamiUnited States 47 works
- 2 New York UniversityUnited States 22 works
- 3 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 17 works
- 4 Benha UniversityEgypt 17 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 16 works
- 6 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 16 works
- 7 Yale UniversityUnited States 16 works
- 8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 15 works
- 9 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 15 works
- 10 University of California, IrvineUnited States 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Hair Growth and Disorders?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Hair Growth and Disorders include Shane D. Morrison.
- 1 Shane D. Morrison United States 4.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Hair Growth and Disorders research done?
The largest centres of Hair Growth and Disorders research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Coral Gables.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Coral GablesUS · 48.3 works26×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hair Growth and Disorders than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Hair Growth and Disorders?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Miami, Southern Medical University and Institute of Medical Sciences 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of MiamiUnited States | 69.4 | 17.9% | 26.4× | 47 | +123.5% |
| 2 | Southern Medical UniversityChina | 55.2 | 33.8% | 10.5× | 14 | +12.0% |
| 3 | Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 52.9 | 10.1% | 11.5× | 13 | +201.6% |
| 4 | Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt | 52.1 | 5.9% | 12.1× | 17 | — |
| 5 | New York UniversityUnited States | 50.4 | 14.7% | 7.7× | 22 | +78.2% |
| 6 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States | 50.2 | 17.2% | 9.1× | 16 | +54.2% |
| 7 | Medical University of WarsawPoland | 49.4 | 23.3% | 13.4× | 11 | +43.9% |
| 8 | Yangzhou UniversityChina | 47.9 | 34.6% | 6.4× | 13 | — |
| 9 | University of California, IrvineUnited States | 47.4 | 15.1% | 6.9× | 15 | +158.3% |
| 10 | Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran | 45.3 | 20.1% | 7.5× | 13 | +66.6% |
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 Hair Growth and Disorders research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hair Growth and Disorders.
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.