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Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 21.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatments, particularly statins, in the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases. It includes meta-analyses, clinical trials, guidelines, and genetic studies related to LDL cholesterol, atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk, hypercholesterolemia, and the role of C-reactive protein. The cluster also explores the impact of statins on various patient populations and their pleiotropic effects.

  • Cholesterol-lowering
  • Statins
  • Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
  • LDL Cholesterol
  • Clinical Trials
  • Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • C-Reactive Protein
  • Dyslipidaemias Management
  • Genetic Variants
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
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 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 929 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 929 works
  3. 3 Italy 364 works
  4. 4 India 332 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 303 works
  6. 6 Japan 246 works
  7. 7 Spain 242 works
  8. 8 Germany 212 works
  9. 9 South Korea 209 works
  10. 10 Russia 199 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: 33.5%China: 20.4%Italy: 8.0%India: 7.3%6 others listed: 30.9%33%largest
United States1,526 · 33.5%China929 · 20.4%Italy364 · 8.0%India332 · 7.3%6 others listed1,411 · 30.9%

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

Which institutions lead Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health research, followed by Johns Hopkins University and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

Who are the leading researchers in Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health include Sadaf G Sepanlou, Erkin М Мirrakhimov and Paulo A. Lotufo.

  1. 1 Sadaf G Sepanlou Iran 8k citations
  2. 2 Erkin М Мirrakhimov Kyrgyzstan 7.8k citations
  3. 3 Paulo A. Lotufo Brazil 7.2k citations
  4. 4 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 7.2k citations

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

Where is Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health research done?

The largest centres of Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kanazawa.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 218 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 123 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 101 works
  4. 4 New York United States 89 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 86 works
  6. 6 Milan Italy 82 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 82 works
  8. 8 Paris France 73 works
  9. 9 Baltimore United States 66 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 60 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KanazawaJP · 25.2 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Lodz, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Monash 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%20%40%mean 31.77%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Lodz: 20, 34.4%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 46, 33.9%Monash University: 20, 31.3%University of Milan: 27, 27.7%Western University: 18, 36.2%National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 18, 32.4%Johns Hopkins University: 31, 36.1%Kanazawa University: 17, 13.9%Harvard University: 26, 40.3%Imperial College London: 21, 31.5%Medical University o…Chinese Academy of M…Monash UniversityUniversity of Milan
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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 Medical University of LodzPoland 73.534.4%18.9×20 +167.7%
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 67.133.9%6.8×46 +58.6%
3 Monash UniversityAustralia 61.031.3%3.5×20 +222.8%
4 University of MilanItaly 58.527.7%5.9×27 +82.0%
5 Western UniversityCanada 58.436.2%4.6×18 +111.2%
6 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 57.632.4%5.1×18 +132.7%
7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 56.436.1%4.1×31 +18.1%
8 Kanazawa UniversityJapan 56.213.9%14.1×17 +132.2%
9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 56.140.3%3.0×26 +7.0%
10 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 55.531.5%3.4×21 +88.0%

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 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health.

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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.