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Healthcare and Venom Research

Healthcare and Venom Research is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the therapeutic potential of bee venom and its constituent compounds, particularly melittin, in various medical applications. The research covers anti-cancer effects, pain relief, anti-inflammatory properties, apoptosis induction, and potential use in conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and neurodegenerative diseases. Additionally, it investigates the use of bee venom in acupuncture and its immunomodulatory effects.

  • Bee Venom
  • Melittin
  • Anti-cancer
  • Pain Relief
  • Anti-inflammatory
  • Apoptosis Induction
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Neuroprotective Effects
  • Acupuncture
  • Immunomodulation
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Healthcare and Venom Research

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Healthcare and Venom Research research?

By volume, China and South Korea publish the most (1k and 347 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1k works
  2. 2 South Korea 347 works
  3. 3 India 333 works
  4. 4 United States 324 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 269 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 177 works
  7. 7 Egypt 157 works
  8. 8 Brazil 154 works
  9. 9 Iran 126 works
  10. 10 Japan 108 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: 34.0%South Korea: 11.5%India: 11.0%United States: 10.7%6 others listed: 32.8%34%largest
China1,029 · 34.0%South Korea347 · 11.5%India333 · 11.0%United States324 · 10.7%6 others listed990 · 32.8%

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

Which institutions lead Healthcare and Venom Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Kyung Hee University publishes the most Healthcare and Venom Research research, followed by Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 39 works
  2. 2 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 39 works
  3. 3 Shaanxi University of Chinese MedicineChina 34 works
  4. 4 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 30 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 26 works
  6. 6 Dunsan Korean Medicine HospitalSouth Korea 24 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 20 works
  8. 8 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 19 works
  9. 9 Cairo UniversityEgypt 18 works
  10. 10 Jaseng Hospital of Korean MedicineSouth Korea 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Healthcare and Venom Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Healthcare and Venom Research include Jun Wang, Gordon Henry Guyatt and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Healthcare and Venom Research?

The most cited paper in Healthcare and Venom Research is "Carrageenin-Induced Edema in Hind Paw of the Rat as an Assay for Antiinflammatory Drugs" (C. A. Winter, Edwin A. Risley, George W. Nuss, 1962), with 5,701 citations. Next come "Neuronal Plasticity: Increasing the Gain in Pain" (3,780) and "An experimental model for peripheral neuropathy produced by segmental spinal nerve ligation in the rat" (3,067).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Carrageenin-Induced Edema in Hind Paw of the Rat as an Assay for Antiinflammatory Drugs C. A. Winter, Edwin A. Risley, George W. Nuss · Experimental Biology and Medicine Dec 1962 5,701
2 Neuronal Plasticity: Increasing the Gain in Pain Clifford J. Woolf, Michael W. Salter · Science 9 Jun 2000 3,780
3 An experimental model for peripheral neuropathy produced by segmental spinal nerve ligation in the rat Sun Ho Kim, Jin Mo Chung · Pain Sep 1992 3,067
4 The Global Burden of Snakebite: A Literature Analysis and Modelling Based on Regional Estimates of Envenoming and Deaths Anuradhani Kasturiratne, A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Nilanthi de Silva et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 31 Oct 2008 1,950
5 Bee and Wasp Venoms Ernst Habermann · Science 28 Jul 1972 1,571
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Healthcare and Venom Research research done?

The largest centres of Healthcare and Venom Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and Daejeon (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xianyang and Daejeon.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 157 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 120 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 73 works
  4. 4 DaejeonSouth Korea 63 works
  5. 5 GuangzhouChina 58 works
  6. 6 XianyangChina 46 works
  7. 7 TehranIran 43 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 38 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 37 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 37 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XianyangCN · 46.1 works51×
  2. DaejeonKR · 63.3 works8.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Healthcare and Venom Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Healthcare and Venom Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Kyung Hee University, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 14.73%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of M…Beijing University o…Shanghai University …Kyung Hee University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 70.58.3%27.0×39 -5.2%
2Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 63.012.5%45.9×39 +38.7%
3Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 59.618.1%6.8×26 +5.2%
4Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 57.712.2%31.6×30 +18.8%
5Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 56.410.9%4.2×10 +18.7%
6Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 55.425.5%29.1×15 +19.2%
7Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 52.324.4%2.9×8 -12.0%
8Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 51.716.5%23.0×20 +14.2%
9Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 51.714.6%21.6×19 +47.7%
10Cairo UniversityEgypt 50.54.3%6.7×18 +80.1%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Healthcare and Venom Research, country by country

Is Healthcare and Venom Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2013. The fastest-growing topics are Healthcare and Venom Research.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Healthcare and Venom Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Healthcare and Venom Research0.017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Healthcare and Venom Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Healthcare and Venom Research10.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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