Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications
Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 13.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for quantitative analysis of gene expression, including topics such as normalization strategies, reference gene selection, RNA integrity assessment, and data analysis methods. The MIQE guidelines for minimum information in publication of quantitative real-time PCR experiments are emphasized.
- Real-Time PCR
- Quantitative
- Normalization
- Reference Genes
- RNA Integrity
- Data Analysis
- Housekeeping Genes
- MIQE Guidelines
- Reverse Transcription
- Gene Expression
- Research works
- 48k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -1% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.6k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.6k works
- 2 China 1.1k works
- 3 India 327 works
- 4 Germany 232 works
- 5 United Kingdom 211 works
- 6 Japan 205 works
- 7 South Korea 144 works
- 8 France 139 works
- 9 Italy 128 works
- 10 Canada 125 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Stanford University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 32 works
- 2 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 27 works
- 3 Stanford UniversityUnited States 20 works
- 4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 16 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 15 works
- 6 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 14 works
- 7 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 14 works
- 8 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 14 works
- 9 University of California, DavisUnited States 13 works
- 10 Yale UniversityUnited States 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications include Robert Tibshirani and Matthias Mann.
- 1 Robert Tibshirani United States 13k citations
- 2 Matthias Mann Germany 5.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bethesda.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BethesdaUS · 35.9 works5.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Ljubljana, Shanxi Medical University and Harvard 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of LjubljanaSlovenia | 47.6 | 29.3% | 4.0× | 9 | -14.2% |
| 2 | Shanxi Medical UniversityChina | 43.7 | 15.3% | 9.3× | 11 | -22.1% |
| 3 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 37.9 | 19.3% | 1.6× | 11 | +36.8% |
| 4 | Southern Medical UniversityChina | 37.0 | 19.8% | 5.2× | 10 | -30.5% |
| 5 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 36.5 | 13.3% | 3.0× | 20 | -25.6% |
| 6 | Yale UniversityUnited States | 35.3 | 20.0% | 2.4× | 13 | -35.1% |
| 7 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina | 35.0 | 22.1% | 1.6× | 14 | -40.3% |
| 8 | University of CopenhagenDenmark | 34.9 | 16.2% | 2.9× | 11 | -38.9% |
| 9 | Baylor College of MedicineUnited States | 34.4 | 15.3% | 4.7× | 10 | +12.9% |
| 10 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 34.3 | 23.1% | 1.1× | 10 | +57.8% |
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 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications.
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.