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Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 59k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents advances in metabolomics research, focusing on techniques such as mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy for analyzing the metabolome. It covers topics including data processing, biomarker identification, lipidomics, and the use of metabolomics in genomics and precision medicine.

  • Metabolomics
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Data Analysis
  • Biomarkers
  • Human Metabolome Database
  • Lipidomics
  • NMR Spectroscopy
  • Genomics
  • Pharmacometabolomics
  • Precision Medicine
Research works
59k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+23%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies

Which countries lead Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4.8k and 2.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4.8k works
  2. 2 United States 2.4k works
  3. 3 India 612 works
  4. 4 Germany 544 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 419 works
  6. 6 Japan 376 works
  7. 7 France 359 works
  8. 8 Italy 350 works
  9. 9 Spain 324 works
  10. 10 Canada 300 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: 45.6%United States: 23.0%India: 5.9%Germany: 5.2%6 others listed: 20.4%46%largest
China4,760 · 45.6%United States2,402 · 23.0%India612 · 5.9%Germany544 · 5.2%6 others listed2,128 · 20.4%

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

Which institutions lead Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 162 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 111 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 94 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 89 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 87 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 85 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 84 works
  8. 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 75 works
  9. 9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 62 works
  10. 10 Fudan UniversityChina 60 works

Who are the leading researchers in Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies include Zhong Lin Wang, Rob Knight and George Davey Smith.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  3. 3 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  4. 4 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  5. 5 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
  6. 6 Peer Bork Germany 396k citations
  7. 7 Robert John Tibshirani United States 396k citations
  8. 8 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  9. 9 Steven L. Salzberg United States 372k citations
  10. 10 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k 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 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies?

The most cited paper in Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies is "Assay for lipid peroxides in animal tissues by thiobarbituric acid reaction" (Hiroshi Ohkawa, Nobuko Ohishi, Kunio Yagi, 1979), with 29,425 citations. Next come "Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2" (25,165) and "Colorimetry of Total Phenolics with Phosphomolybdic-Phosphotungstic Acid Reagents" (24,756).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Assay for lipid peroxides in animal tissues by thiobarbituric acid reaction Hiroshi Ohkawa, Nobuko Ohishi, Kunio Yagi · Analytical Biochemistry Jun 1979 29,425
2 Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2 Evan K Bolyen et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access112 authors 24 Jul 2019 25,165
3 Colorimetry of Total Phenolics with Phosphomolybdic-Phosphotungstic Acid Reagents Vernon L. Singleton, Joseph A. Rossi · American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 1965 24,756
4 Metagenomic biomarker discovery and explanation Nicola Segata, Jacques Izard, Levi D. Waldron et al. · Genome biology Open access 24 Jun 2011 17,136
5 NMRPipe: A multidimensional spectral processing system based on UNIX pipes Frank Delaglio, Stephan Grzesiek, Geerten W. Vuister et al. · Journal of Biomolecular NMR Nov 1995 16,465
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Where is Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies research done?

The largest centres of Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Nanjing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 791 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 356 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 269 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 213 works
  5. 5 HangzhouChina 210 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 147 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 143 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 130 works
  9. 9 ChangshaChina 129 works
  10. 10 MoscowRussia 126 works
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Where is the best place to study Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Shanghai Jiao Tong 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.

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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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 72.012.8%2.3×89 -11.5%
2Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 66.311.0%6.9×87 +42.4%
3Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 65.812.3%2.5×85 +78.5%
4Central South UniversityChina 65.818.9%2.2×50 +34.3%
5Zhejiang UniversityChina 65.414.2%2.3×75 +66.8%
6Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 64.225.3%6.0×12 +166.6%
7Fudan UniversityChina 64.114.5%3.2×60 +58.6%
8Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 62.814.0%2.4×59 +64.9%
9University of California San DiegoUnited States 62.310.2%3.3×38 +5.6%
10University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61.918.0%1.8×34 +23.3%

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 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, country by country

Is Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies.

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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 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.057% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies 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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