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Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms

Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms is a research topic within Immunology. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1951. 21.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the diverse aspects of invertebrate immunity, focusing on the immune response, host defense mechanisms, and the role of various immune cells and pathways in organisms such as Drosophila. It covers topics such as antimicrobial peptides, stem cell involvement in immunity, pathogen recognition, and the Toll pathway.

  • Invertebrate Immunity
  • Host Defense
  • Drosophila
  • Immune Response
  • Hemocytes
  • Toll Pathway
  • Antimicrobial Peptides
  • Stem Cells
  • Phagocytosis
  • Pathogen Recognition
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
4.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+9%
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Which countries lead Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 465 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 465 works
  3. 3 India 201 works
  4. 4 Japan 118 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 102 works
  6. 6 France 93 works
  7. 7 South Korea 86 works
  8. 8 Brazil 83 works
  9. 9 Germany 80 works
  10. 10 Thailand 71 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: 49.4%United States: 18.1%India: 7.8%Japan: 4.6%6 others listed: 20.1%49%largest
China1,267 · 49.4%United States465 · 18.1%India201 · 7.8%Japan118 · 4.6%6 others listed515 · 20.1%

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

Which institutions lead Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs publishes the most Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms research, followed by Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences and Ningbo University.

Who are the leading researchers in Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms include Robert E. W. Hancock.

  1. 1 Robert E. W. Hancock Canada 2.2k citations

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

Where is Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms research done?

The largest centres of Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Guangzhou (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhanjiang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 176 works
  2. 2 Qingdao China 97 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 90 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 69 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 55 works
  6. 6 Ningbo China 49 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 41 works
  8. 8 Paris France 38 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 37 works
  10. 10 Bangkok Thailand 37 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZhanjiangCN · 32.5 works28×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms?

Among universities, judged by research, Ningbo University, Shantou University and Southwest University 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%10%20%mean 14.27%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ningbo University: 40, 14.6%Shantou University: 14, 18.8%Southwest University: 27, 16.4%Huazhong Agricultural University: 18, 18.1%Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University: 14, 12.5%Shanghai Ocean University: 38, 12.8%Guangdong Ocean University: 30, 11.6%Dalian Ocean University: 23, 5.7%Ocean University of China: 26, 18.0%Henan Normal University: 12, 14.2%Shantou UniversityHuazhong Agricultura…Southwest UniversityNingbo 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 Ningbo UniversityChina 63.314.6%22.9×40 +117.0%
2 Shantou UniversityChina 58.818.8%25.2×14 +165.7%
3 Southwest UniversityChina 58.216.4%15.1×27 +93.2%
4 Huazhong Agricultural UniversityChina 55.818.1%16.5×18 +91.3%
5 Fujian Agriculture and Forestry UniversityChina 55.512.5%18.7×14 +314.1%
6 Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 54.912.8%50.4×38 -0.6%
7 Guangdong Ocean UniversityChina 54.511.6%57.3×30 +71.9%
8 Dalian Ocean UniversityChina 53.25.7%90.8×23 +167.8%
9 Ocean University of ChinaChina 52.418.0%15.4×26 -16.3%
10 Henan Normal UniversityChina 49.014.2%17.7×12 +133.4%

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 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms.

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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.