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Medical and Biological Sciences

Medical and Biological Sciences is a research topic within Anatomy. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 12.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution, usage, and controversies surrounding anatomical nomenclature, including the debate over the use of eponyms, the influence of Latin and Greek terminology, the importance of Terminologia Anatomica, and the role of histology and histochemistry in morphological analysis. It also discusses the need for global uniformity in scientific publications and highlights the challenges and inconsistencies in anatomical terminology in clinical practice.

  • Anatomical Nomenclature
  • Eponyms
  • Medical Terminology
  • Terminologia Anatomica
  • Histology
  • Neuroanatomy
  • Latin and Greek Terminology
  • Scientific Publications
  • Morphological Analysis
  • Histochemistry
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+64%
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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 Medical and Biological Sciences research?

By volume, Ukraine and Russia publish the most (1.1k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ukraine 1.1k works
  2. 2 Russia 1.1k works
  3. 3 United States 559 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 187 works
  5. 5 China 185 works
  6. 6 France 159 works
  7. 7 India 156 works
  8. 8 Uzbekistan 154 works
  9. 9 Germany 95 works
  10. 10 Italy 80 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.

Ukraine: 29.2%Russia: 28.7%United States: 14.9%United Kingdom: 5.0%6 others listed: 22.1%29%largest
Ukraine1,095 · 29.2%Russia1,075 · 28.7%United States559 · 14.9%United Kingdom187 · 5.0%6 others listed828 · 22.1%

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

Which institutions lead Medical and Biological Sciences research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Poltava State Medical University publishes the most Medical and Biological Sciences research, followed by Bogomolets National Medical University and Bukovinian State Medical University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poltava State Medical UniversityUkraine 100 works
  2. 2 Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUkraine 80 works
  3. 3 Bukovinian State Medical UniversityUkraine 58 works
  4. 4 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 56 works
  5. 5 Kharkiv National Medical UniversityUkraine 44 works
  6. 6 Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical UniversityUkraine 43 works
  7. 7 Shupyk National Healthcare University of UkraineUkraine 39 works
  8. 8 Sechenov UniversityRussia 38 works
  9. 9 Ministry of Health of the Russian FederationRussia 35 works
  10. 10 Uzhhorod National UniversityUkraine 34 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medical and Biological Sciences?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical and Biological Sciences include Cyrus Cooper and André G. Uitterlinden.

  1. 1 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 7.2k citations
  2. 2 André G. Uitterlinden Netherlands 4.4k citations

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

Where is Medical and Biological Sciences research done?

The largest centres of Medical and Biological Sciences research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Poltava (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Poltava, Chernivtsi and Uzhhorod.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 368 works
  2. 2 Kyiv Ukraine 286 works
  3. 3 Saint Petersburg Russia 135 works
  4. 4 Poltava Ukraine 128 works
  5. 5 Kharkiv Ukraine 107 works
  6. 6 Lviv Ukraine 70 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 68 works
  8. 8 Tashkent Uzbekistan 68 works
  9. 9 Chernivtsi Ukraine 66 works
  10. 10 Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine 57 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PoltavaUA · 128.0 works132×
  2. ChernivtsiUA · 65.9 works94×
  3. UzhhorodUA · 34.2 works74×
  4. Ivano-FrankivskUA · 56.9 works57×
  5. TernopilUA · 41.3 works42×
  6. BukharaUZ · 27.4 works40×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical and Biological Sciences than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medical and Biological Sciences?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de La Frontera, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University and Kharkiv National Medical 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 18.63%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de La Frontera: 8, 39.7%Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University: 33, 21.1%Kharkiv National Medical University: 44, 18.2%Bogomolets National Medical University: 80, 11.6%Bukovinian State Medical University: 58, 13.6%I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University: 32, 19.3%Poltava State Medical University: 100, 17.4%Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine: 39, 18.9%S. M. Kirov Military Medical Academy: 32, 15.2%Sechenov University: 38, 11.3%Universidad de La Fr…Danylo Halytsky Lviv…Kharkiv National Med…Bogomolets National …
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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 Universidad de La FronteraChile 69.839.7%19.4×8 +127.6%
2 Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical UniversityUkraine 68.221.1%96.8×33 +1002.6%
3 Kharkiv National Medical UniversityUkraine 67.718.2%128.9×44 +1647.8%
4 Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUkraine 67.611.6%129.8×80 +676.7%
5 Bukovinian State Medical UniversityUkraine 66.513.6%233.2×58 +691.4%
6 I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical UniversityUkraine 66.119.3%120.5×32 +352.0%
7 Poltava State Medical UniversityUkraine 64.117.4%277.6×100 —
8 Shupyk National Healthcare University of UkraineUkraine 63.918.9%114.3×39 +145.1%
9 S. M. Kirov Military Medical AcademyRussia 63.315.2%89.2×32 +795.2%
10 Sechenov UniversityRussia 63.011.3%25.1×38 +281.1%

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 Medical and Biological Sciences research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Medical and Biological Sciences.

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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.