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Lymphatic System and Diseases

Lymphatic System and Diseases is a research topic within Oncology. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 16.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the molecular mechanisms, regulation, and role of lymphangiogenesis in cancer metastasis and disease, with a particular emphasis on the involvement of VEGF-C, tumor lymphatics, macrophages, podoplanin, and VEGFR-3 signaling. It also addresses the implications of lymphedema and inflammation in the context of lymphatic vascular development.

  • Lymphangiogenesis
  • VEGF-C
  • Metastasis
  • Lymphatic Endothelial Cells
  • Tumor Lymphatics
  • Macrophages
  • Podoplanin
  • Lymphedema
  • VEGFR-3 Signaling
  • Inflammation
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+21%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Lymphatic System and Diseases research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (897 and 438 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 897 works
  2. 2 China 438 works
  3. 3 Japan 218 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 143 works
  5. 5 Brazil 139 works
  6. 6 Germany 134 works
  7. 7 Italy 123 works
  8. 8 India 121 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 111 works
  10. 10 South Korea 96 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: 37.0%China: 18.1%Japan: 9.0%United Kingdom: 5.9%6 others listed: 29.9%37%largest
United States897 · 37.0%China438 · 18.1%Japan218 · 9.0%United Kingdom143 · 5.9%6 others listed724 · 29.9%

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

Which institutions lead Lymphatic System and Diseases research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center publishes the most Lymphatic System and Diseases research, followed by Cleveland Clinic and Creative Commons.

Who are the leading researchers in Lymphatic System and Diseases?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Lymphatic System and Diseases include Luigi Ferrucci and Winfried März.

  1. 1 Luigi Ferrucci United States 5.3k citations
  2. 2 Winfried März Germany 5.2k citations

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

Where is Lymphatic System and Diseases research done?

The largest centres of Lymphatic System and Diseases research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cleveland.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 75 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 71 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 55 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 49 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 47 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 44 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 44 works
  8. 8 São Paulo Brazil 39 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 35 works
  10. 10 Houston United States 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ClevelandUS · 26.9 works5.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Lymphatic System and Diseases than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Lymphatic System and Diseases?

Among universities, judged by research, University of South Florida, Tohoku University and Peking 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 17.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of South Florida: 11, 26.1%Tohoku University: 8, 30.1%Peking University: 8, 29.6%Cornell University: 10, 29.4%Harvard University: 16, 16.6%University of Chicago: 12, 9.2%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 12, 12.4%Capital Medical University: 9, 5.2%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 12, 1.9%Stanford University: 10, 19.1%Tohoku UniversityPeking UniversityCornell UniversityUniversity of South …
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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 South FloridaUnited States 59.826.1%7.7×11 +156.1%
2 Tohoku UniversityJapan 48.930.1%3.9×8 +154.7%
3 Peking UniversityChina 44.529.6%1.6×8 +240.7%
4 Cornell UniversityUnited States 39.029.4%2.9×10 +21.0%
5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 38.816.6%4.0×16 +11.4%
6 University of ChicagoUnited States 38.69.2%4.5×12 +452.6%
7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 32.612.4%3.8×12 +96.5%
8 Capital Medical UniversityChina 32.65.2%5.0×9 +217.4%
9 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 29.51.9%6.3×12
10 Stanford UniversityUnited States 28.819.1%2.6×10 +9.0%

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 Lymphatic System and Diseases research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Lymphatic System and Diseases.

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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.