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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Inflammatory Bowel Disease is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 21.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the genetics, epidemiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. It covers topics such as host-microbe interactions, genetic susceptibility loci, immune system involvement, therapeutic targets, and the global burden of these diseases.

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Crohn's Disease
  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Genetics
  • Immunology
  • Therapies
  • Epidemiology
  • Pathogenesis
  • Biological Therapies
  • Mucosal Healing
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
8.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+49%
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Which countries lead Inflammatory Bowel Disease research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.9k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.9k works
  2. 2 China 1.7k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 591 works
  4. 4 Italy 421 works
  5. 5 Japan 389 works
  6. 6 Canada 366 works
  7. 7 Spain 359 works
  8. 8 Germany 329 works
  9. 9 France 258 works
  10. 10 South Korea 222 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: 28.7%China: 26.3%United Kingdom: 9.1%Italy: 6.4%6 others listed: 29.5%29%largest
United States1,875 · 28.7%China1,719 · 26.3%United Kingdom591 · 9.1%Italy421 · 6.4%6 others listed1,924 · 29.5%

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

Which institutions lead Inflammatory Bowel Disease research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai publishes the most Inflammatory Bowel Disease research, followed by Cleveland Clinic and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States 78 works
  2. 2 Cleveland Clinic United States 58 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 57 works
  4. 4 KU Leuven Belgium 51 works
  5. 5 University of Chicago United States 49 works
  6. 6 University of Calgary Canada 43 works
  7. 7 Sun Yat-sen University China 43 works
  8. 8 Western University Canada 34 works
  9. 9 Amsterdam University Medical Centers Netherlands 33 works
  10. 10 Tel Aviv University Israel 32 works

Who are the leading researchers in Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Inflammatory Bowel Disease include Mark J. Daly, Dan J. Stein and Reza Malekzadeh.

  1. 1 Mark J. Daly 9.6k citations
  2. 2 Dan J. Stein 7.7k citations
  3. 3 Reza Malekzadeh 6.7k citations

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

Where is Inflammatory Bowel Disease research done?

The largest centres of Inflammatory Bowel Disease research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), London (United Kingdom), Guangzhou (China) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 194 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 192 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 171 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 170 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 135 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 118 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 116 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 114 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 111 works
  10. 10 Cleveland United States 99 works
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Where is the best place to study Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Among universities, judged by research, Humanitas University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine 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 33.55%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Humanitas University: 16, 40.8%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 78, 25.8%Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine: 31, 29.0%Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 21, 49.2%Vita-Salute San Raffaele University: 19, 40.9%Zhejiang Chinese Medical University: 26, 30.0%Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine: 16, 36.4%Medical University of Lodz: 13, 36.8%Western University: 34, 26.5%KU Leuven: 50, 20.1%Chengdu University o…Humanitas UniversityNanjing University o…Icahn School of Medi…
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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
1Humanitas University Italy 76.640.8%23.5×16 +259.8%
2Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States 70.825.8%17.9×78 +84.9%
3Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine China 68.929.0%14.0×31 +592.9%
4Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine China 68.349.2%10.3×21
5Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Italy 68.140.9%16.0×19
6Zhejiang Chinese Medical University China 67.830.0%11.5×26 +310.3%
7Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine China 62.636.4%9.5×16 +133.0%
8Medical University of Lodz Poland 60.836.8%9.4×13 +118.0%
9Western University Canada 60.026.5%7.0×34 +122.8%
10KU Leuven Belgium 58.220.1%6.3×50 +96.6%

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 Inflammatory Bowel Disease research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

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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.