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Medical and Biological Ozone Research

Medical and Biological Ozone Research is a research topic within Pharmacology. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the scientific and medical aspects of ozone therapy, including its application in dentistry, antimicrobial effects, role in oxidative stress and wound healing, Nrf2 activation, and potential therapeutic efficacy in diabetic foot ulcers. The research also delves into the mechanisms of action involved in ozone therapy and its use in inflammatory diseases.

  • Ozone Therapy
  • Antibody-Catalyzed Ozone Formation
  • Dentistry
  • Antimicrobial Effect
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Diabetic Foot
  • Wound Healing
  • Nrf2 Activation
  • Oxygen-Ozone Therapy
  • Inflammatory Diseases
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Medical and Biological Ozone Research

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Medical and Biological Ozone Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (420 and 373 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 420 works
  2. 2 United States 373 works
  3. 3 Brazil 268 works
  4. 4 India 237 works
  5. 5 Russia 219 works
  6. 6 Italy 135 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 114 works
  8. 8 Iran 99 works
  9. 9 Egypt 90 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 87 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: 20.6%United States: 18.3%Brazil: 13.1%India: 11.6%6 others listed: 36.4%21%largest
China420 · 20.6%United States373 · 18.3%Brazil268 · 13.1%India237 · 11.6%6 others listed744 · 36.4%

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

Which institutions lead Medical and Biological Ozone Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Medical and Biological Ozone Research research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Islamic Azad University, Tehran.

Who are the leading researchers in Medical and Biological Ozone Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical and Biological Ozone Research include Luigi Ferrucci, Jean‐Louis Vincent and Amirhossein Sahebkar.

  1. 1 Luigi Ferrucci United States 281k citations
  2. 2 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations
  3. 3 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations
  4. 4 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k citations
  5. 5 Alberto Mantovani Italy 224k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Medical and Biological Ozone Research?

The most cited paper in Medical and Biological Ozone Research is "Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" (Alain Combes et al., 2018), with 2,451 citations. Next come "The Antibacterial Mechanism of Silver Nanoparticles and Its Application in Dentistry" (1,740) and "Proposed Mechanisms of Photobiomodulation or Low-Level Light Therapy" (1,637).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Alain Combes et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 May 2018 2,451
2 The Antibacterial Mechanism of Silver Nanoparticles and Its Application in Dentistry Iris Xiaoxue Yin, Jing Zhang, Irene Shuping Zhao et al. · International Journal of Nanomedicine Open access Apr 2020 1,740
3 Proposed Mechanisms of Photobiomodulation or Low-Level Light Therapy Lucas Freitas de Freitas, Michael R. Hamblin · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics Open access May 2016 1,637
4 Nanosilver as a new generation of nanoproduct in biomedical applications Karla Chaloupka, Yogeshkumar Malam, Alexander Marcus Seifalian · Trends in biotechnology Review 20 Aug 2010 1,454
5 Induction of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1 and IL-6) and lung inflammation by COVID-19: anti-inflammatory strategies. Pio Conti · Journal of Biological Regulators and Homeostatic Agents/Journal of Biological Regulators & Homeostatic Agents Mar 2020 1,268
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Where is Medical and Biological Ozone Research research done?

The largest centres of Medical and Biological Ozone Research research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China) and Tehran (Iran).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 78 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 75 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 61 works
  4. 4 TehranIran 38 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 37 works
  6. 6 ChennaiIndia 28 works
  7. 7 BaghdadIraq 26 works
  8. 8 CairoEgypt 26 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 25 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 25 works
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Where is the best place to study Medical and Biological Ozone Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Universidade de São Paulo and Harvard University score highest, combining citation 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%30%mean 13.88%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Shanghai Jiao Tong U…Harvard UniversityUniversity of VeronaUniversidade de São …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 70.626.9%1.5×12 +90.5%
2Universidade de São PauloBrazil 70.56.5%2.9×16 +92.0%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 69.217.7%1.5×14 -20.2%
4University of VeronaItaly 66.09.6%16.6×11 +166.5%
5Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 57.615.4%3.0×14 -4.7%
6Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 57.66.0%5.4×12 +89.8%
7Saveetha UniversityIndia 55.014.9%3.9×10 +8.7%
8Peking UniversityChina 50.216.2%1.8×10 +51.0%
9Sichuan UniversityChina 47.221.6%1.4×9 +142.1%
10Cairo UniversityEgypt 44.54.0%4.6×10 +32.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Medical and Biological Ozone Research, country by country

Is Medical and Biological Ozone Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Medical and Biological Ozone 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Medical and Biological Ozone Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Medical and Biological Ozone Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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