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Heat shock proteins research

Heat shock proteins research is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 19.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of molecular chaperones, such as Hsp70 and Hsp90, in protein folding, proteostasis, cancer therapy, cell stress responses, and innate immunity. It delves into the mechanisms of chaperone machinery, protein quality control, and their implications in disease intervention.

  • Molecular Chaperones
  • Protein Folding
  • Proteostasis
  • Heat Shock Proteins
  • Chaperone Machinery
  • Cancer Therapy
  • Cell Stress
  • Hsp70 and Hsp90
  • Protein Quality Control
  • Innate Immunity
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-10%
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Which countries lead Heat shock proteins research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (778 and 493 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 778 works
  2. 2 United States 493 works
  3. 3 India 139 works
  4. 4 Germany 111 works
  5. 5 Japan 104 works
  6. 6 Russia 77 works
  7. 7 South Korea 71 works
  8. 8 Italy 63 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 58 works
  10. 10 France 52 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: 40.0%United States: 25.3%India: 7.2%Germany: 5.7%6 others listed: 21.9%40%largest
China778 · 40.0%United States493 · 25.3%India139 · 7.2%Germany111 · 5.7%6 others listed426 · 21.9%

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

Which institutions lead Heat shock proteins research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Pennsylvania publishes the most Heat shock proteins research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and University of Notre Dame.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 10 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 10 works
  3. 3 University of Notre DameUnited States 10 works
  4. 4 Technical University of MunichGermany 9 works
  5. 5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 9 works
  6. 6 University of California San DiegoUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 8 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 7 works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 7 works
  10. 10 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Heat shock proteins research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Heat shock proteins research include Michael Ashburner and Matthew Meyerson.

  1. 1 Michael Ashburner United Kingdom 5.9k citations
  2. 2 Matthew Meyerson United States 4.2k citations

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

Where is Heat shock proteins research research done?

The largest centres of Heat shock proteins research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 95 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 47 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 44 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 37 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 34 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 32 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 29 works
  8. 8 Paris France 25 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 25 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 24 works
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Where is the best place to study Heat shock proteins research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Notre Dame, Technical University of Munich and University of Pennsylvania 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 24.34%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Notre Dame: 10, 32.9%Technical University of Munich: 9, 33.6%University of Pennsylvania: 10, 28.1%Sun Yat-sen University: 9, 16.6%University of California San Diego: 8, 10.5%Technical University…University of Notre …University of Pennsy…Sun Yat-sen 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 Notre DameUnited States 78.932.9%13.1×10 —
2 Technical University of MunichGermany 72.533.6%4.7×9 -8.9%
3 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 62.828.1%4.5×10 -18.8%
4 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 32.216.6%2.2×9 -4.5%
5 University of California San DiegoUnited States 10.610.5%3.9×8 -38.4%

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 Heat shock proteins research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2015. The fastest-growing topics are Heat shock proteins 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.

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.