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Microbial metabolism and enzyme function

Microbial metabolism and enzyme function is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biological utilization and metabolism of methane, with specific emphasis on methanotrophy, lysyl oxidase, quinoproteins, vascular adhesion protein-1, pyrroloquinoline quinone, Gluconobacter strains, formaldehyde oxidation, methylotrophic bacteria, rare earth metals, and metabolic engineering.

  • Methanotrophy
  • Lysyl Oxidase
  • Quinoproteins
  • Vascular Adhesion Protein-1
  • Pyrroloquinoline Quinone
  • Gluconobacter Strains
  • Formaldehyde Oxidation
  • Methylotrophic Bacteria
  • Rare Earth Metals
  • Metabolic Engineering
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Microbial metabolism and enzyme function

Which countries lead Microbial metabolism and enzyme function research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (510 and 249 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 510 works
  2. 2 United States 249 works
  3. 3 Germany 98 works
  4. 4 India 81 works
  5. 5 South Korea 80 works
  6. 6 Japan 78 works
  7. 7 Russia 57 works
  8. 8 Spain 42 works
  9. 9 France 38 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 37 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: 40.1%United States: 19.6%Germany: 7.7%India: 6.4%6 others listed: 26.2%40%largest
China510 · 40.1%United States249 · 19.6%Germany98 · 7.7%India81 · 6.4%6 others listed332 · 26.2%

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

Which institutions lead Microbial metabolism and enzyme function research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Microbial metabolism and enzyme function research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Jiangnan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 32 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 29 works
  3. 3 Jiangnan UniversityChina 21 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 14 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina 10 works
  6. 6 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 10 works
  7. 7 Peking UniversityChina 10 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 9 works
  9. 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 9 works
  10. 10 Universidad de ValladolidSpain 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microbial metabolism and enzyme function?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microbial metabolism and enzyme function include Róbert Langer and Peter Libby.

  1. 1 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  2. 2 Peter Libby United States 226k 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 Microbial metabolism and enzyme function?

The most cited paper in Microbial metabolism and enzyme function is "Alpha-lipoic acid as a biological antioxidant" (Lester Packer, Eric H. Witt, Hans Tritschler, 1995), with 1,981 citations. Next come "Comparative effectiveness of axitinib versus sorafenib in advanced renal cell carcinoma (AXIS): a randomised phase 3 trial" (1,861) and "Growth of Rhodococcus sp. strain BCP1 on gaseous n-alkanes: new metabolic insights and transcriptional analysis of two soluble di-iron monooxygenase genes" (1,780).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Alpha-lipoic acid as a biological antioxidant Lester Packer, Eric H. Witt, Hans Tritschler · Free Radical Biology and Medicine Aug 1995 1,981
2 Comparative effectiveness of axitinib versus sorafenib in advanced renal cell carcinoma (AXIS): a randomised phase 3 trial Brian I. Rini et al. · The Lancet 4 Nov 2011 1,861
3 Growth of Rhodococcus sp. strain BCP1 on gaseous n-alkanes: new metabolic insights and transcriptional analysis of two soluble di-iron monooxygenase genes Martina Cappelletti, Alessandro Presentato, Giorgio Milazzo et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 12 May 2015 1,780
4 Methanotrophic bacteria R S Hanson, Timothy Hanson · Microbiological Reviews Open access Jun 1996 1,723
5 Enrichment, Isolation and Some Properties of Methane-utilizing Bacteria Roger Whittenbury, K. C. Phillips, JOHN FREDERICK WILKINSON · Journal of General Microbiology May 1970 1,483
All 97 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Microbial metabolism and enzyme function research done?

The largest centres of Microbial metabolism and enzyme function research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi and Seoul.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 75 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 40 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 36 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 35 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 26 works
  6. 6 WuxiChina 24 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 24 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 22 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 20 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 24.1 works15×
  2. SeoulKR · 34.7 works2.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microbial metabolism and enzyme function than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microbial metabolism and enzyme function?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangnan University, Kyung Hee University and Universidad de Valladolid 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%10%20%mean 10.4571%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Zhejiang UniversityKyung Hee UniversityJiangnan UniversityUniversidad de Valla…
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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.

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
1Jiangnan UniversityChina 72.712.3%25.3×21 +56.6%
2Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 67.717.8%14.2×8 +7.8%
3Universidad de ValladolidSpain 59.812.2%20.5×9 +16.9%
4Zhejiang UniversityChina 55.218.8%2.6×10 +138.1%
5RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 28.92.6%7.3×8 +14.7%
6Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 27.87.7%2.3×9 -2.1%
7Peking UniversityChina 21.21.8%3.4×10 -1.9%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Microbial metabolism and enzyme function, country by country

Is Microbial metabolism and enzyme function research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Microbial metabolism and enzyme function.

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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 Microbial metabolism and enzyme function as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0051% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Microbial metabolism and enzyme function 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.

still counting5%10%15%Microbial metabolism and enzyme function10.2% in 2025200020102020

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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