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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. 1 United States 812 works
  2. 2 China 653 works
  3. 3 India 332 works
  4. 4 South Korea 182 works
  5. 5 Egypt 128 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 127 works
  7. 7 Japan 120 works
  8. 8 Brazil 112 works
  9. 9 Spain 111 works
  10. 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.

United States: 30.3%China: 24.4%India: 12.4%South Korea: 6.8%6 others listed: 26.2%30%largest
United States812 · 30.3%China653 · 24.4%India332 · 12.4%South Korea182 · 6.8%6 others listed701 · 26.2%

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. 1 University of MiamiUnited States 47 works
  2. 2 New York UniversityUnited States 22 works
  3. 3 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 17 works
  4. 4 Benha UniversityEgypt 17 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 16 works
  6. 6 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 16 works
  7. 7 Yale UniversityUnited States 16 works
  8. 8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 15 works
  9. 9 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 15 works
  10. 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. 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 107 works
  2. 2 New York United States 91 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 88 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 65 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 53 works
  6. 6 Coral Gables United States 48 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 45 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 45 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 44 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Coral GablesUS · 48.3 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hair Growth and Disorders than the world average.

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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.

0%20%40%mean 19.27%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Miami: 47, 17.9%Southern Medical University: 14, 33.8%Institute of Medical Sciences: 13, 10.1%Al-Azhar University: 17, 5.9%New York University: 22, 14.7%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 16, 17.2%Medical University of Warsaw: 11, 23.3%Yangzhou University: 13, 34.6%University of California, Irvine: 15, 15.1%Tehran University of Medical Sciences: 13, 20.1%Southern Medical Uni…University of MiamiInstitute of Medical…Al-Azhar 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 University of MiamiUnited States 69.417.9%26.4×47 +123.5%
2 Southern Medical UniversityChina 55.233.8%10.5×14 +12.0%
3 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 52.910.1%11.5×13 +201.6%
4 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 52.15.9%12.1×17
5 New York UniversityUnited States 50.414.7%7.7×22 +78.2%
6 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 50.217.2%9.1×16 +54.2%
7 Medical University of WarsawPoland 49.423.3%13.4×11 +43.9%
8 Yangzhou UniversityChina 47.934.6%6.4×13
9 University of California, IrvineUnited States 47.415.1%6.9×15 +158.3%
10 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 45.320.1%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.

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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.