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Microtubule and mitosis dynamics

Microtubule and mitosis dynamics is a research topic within Cell Biology. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1950. 24.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the regulation and function of microtubules in cell division, with a focus on topics such as mitotic checkpoint, molecular motors, aneuploidy, and the role of kinesin proteins and Aurora kinases. It also delves into the implications of chromosomal instability and the potential applications for cancer therapy.

  • Microtubules
  • Cell Division
  • Mitotic Checkpoint
  • Molecular Motors
  • Aneuploidy
  • Kinesin Proteins
  • Aurora Kinases
  • Chromosomal Instability
  • Spindle Assembly
  • Cancer Therapy
Research works
40k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
24.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-9%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Microtubule and mitosis dynamics research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 953 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 953 works
  3. 3 Japan 252 works
  4. 4 Germany 231 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 231 works
  6. 6 France 194 works
  7. 7 India 183 works
  8. 8 Canada 113 works
  9. 9 Italy 112 works
  10. 10 Spain 81 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: 35.5%China: 26.1%Japan: 6.9%Germany: 6.3%6 others listed: 25.1%35%largest
United States1,294 · 35.5%China953 · 26.1%Japan252 · 6.9%Germany231 · 6.3%6 others listed915 · 25.1%

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

Which institutions lead Microtubule and mitosis dynamics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Microtubule and mitosis dynamics research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Yale University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 36 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 30 works
  3. 3 Yale UniversityUnited States 24 works
  4. 4 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 22 works
  5. 5 University of MichiganUnited States 19 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 18 works
  7. 7 The University of TokyoJapan 17 works
  8. 8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 16 works
  9. 9 University of California San DiegoUnited States 16 works
  10. 10 University of California, DavisUnited States 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microtubule and mitosis dynamics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microtubule and mitosis dynamics include Guido Kroemer and Gordon B. Mills.

  1. 1 Guido Kroemer France 4.2k citations
  2. 2 Gordon B. Mills United States 3.7k citations

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

Where is Microtubule and mitosis dynamics research done?

The largest centres of Microtubule and mitosis dynamics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Shanghai (China) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bethesda and Heidelberg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 120 works
  2. 2 Paris France 111 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 83 works
  4. 4 New York United States 66 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 63 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 62 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 58 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 48 works
  9. 9 Philadelphia United States 40 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BethesdaUS · 40.2 works7.7×
  2. HeidelbergDE · 29.6 works6.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microtubule and mitosis dynamics than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microtubule and mitosis dynamics?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Geneva, Utrecht University and University of Dundee 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%60%mean 31.34%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Geneva: 12, 39.7%Utrecht University: 9, 50.0%University of Dundee: 8, 31.6%Yale University: 24, 25.1%Université Paris Cité: 10, 33.3%Syracuse University: 9, 12.0%University of Pennsylvania: 22, 24.7%University of Oxford: 16, 35.1%University of California, San Francisco: 14, 30.5%Nanjing Medical University: 11, 31.4%Utrecht UniversityUniversity of GenevaUniversity of DundeeYale University
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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 GenevaSwitzerland 65.939.7%8.4×12 +84.5%
2 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 57.050.0%4.1×9 +93.5%
3 University of DundeeUnited Kingdom 50.131.6%13.7×8 -26.9%
4 Yale UniversityUnited States 47.625.1%5.7×24 +1.3%
5 Université Paris CitéFrance 46.133.3%5.5×10 +27.8%
6 Syracuse UniversityUnited States 45.712.0%10.7×9 +138.6%
7 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 45.024.7%5.7×22 -8.8%
8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 43.935.1%3.0×16 -20.5%
9 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 41.730.5%5.4×14 -22.8%
10 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 41.531.4%5.1×11 +71.6%

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 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012. The fastest-growing topics are Microtubule and mitosis dynamics.

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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.