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Muscle metabolism and nutrition

Muscle metabolism and nutrition is a research topic within Cell Biology. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the metabolism of protein, amino acids, and creatine in the context of exercise, nutrition, and aging. It explores the effects of different protein sources, timing of protein intake, and resistance training on muscle protein synthesis and anabolic signaling pathways.

  • Protein
  • Metabolism
  • Exercise
  • Nutrition
  • Amino Acids
  • Muscle Protein Synthesis
  • Resistance Training
  • Leucine
  • Whey Protein
  • Aging
Research works
48k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Muscle metabolism and nutrition research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 696 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 696 works
  3. 3 Brazil 387 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 299 works
  5. 5 Japan 261 works
  6. 6 Spain 213 works
  7. 7 Canada 187 works
  8. 8 Germany 181 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 179 works
  10. 10 Australia 172 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: 30.1%China: 18.9%Brazil: 10.5%United Kingdom: 8.1%6 others listed: 32.4%30%largest
United States1,107 · 30.1%China696 · 18.9%Brazil387 · 10.5%United Kingdom299 · 8.1%6 others listed1,193 · 32.4%

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

Which institutions lead Muscle metabolism and nutrition research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Muscle metabolism and nutrition research, followed by Texas A&M University and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 31 works
  2. 2 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 29 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 21 works
  4. 4 University of CopenhagenDenmark 19 works
  5. 5 Beijing Sport UniversityChina 17 works
  6. 6 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 17 works
  7. 7 University of GuelphCanada 17 works
  8. 8 German Sport University CologneGermany 17 works
  9. 9 Liverpool John Moores UniversityUnited Kingdom 16 works
  10. 10 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Muscle metabolism and nutrition?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Muscle metabolism and nutrition include David Julian McClements and Johan G. Eriksson.

  1. 1 David Julian McClements United States 4.1k citations
  2. 2 Johan G. Eriksson Finland 3.2k citations

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

Where is Muscle metabolism and nutrition research done?

The largest centres of Muscle metabolism and nutrition research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), São Paulo (Brazil) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Maastricht.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 125 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 92 works
  3. 3 São Paulo Brazil 79 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 66 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 57 works
  6. 6 Paris France 52 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 49 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 48 works
  9. 9 Shanghai China 43 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 42 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MaastrichtNL · 20.6 works7.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Muscle metabolism and nutrition than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Muscle metabolism and nutrition?

Among universities, judged by research, Australian Catholic University, Wageningen University & Research and Northeast Agricultural 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%25%50%75%mean 33.27%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Australian Catholic University: 12, 31.6%Wageningen University & Research: 17, 38.1%Northeast Agricultural University: 14, 61.5%Liverpool John Moores University: 16, 25.8%Nanjing Agricultural University: 16, 48.6%Manchester Metropolitan University: 11, 37.2%Texas A&M University: 29, 24.9%Maastricht University: 14, 31.2%Massey University: 14, 18.3%University of Guelph: 17, 15.5%Northeast Agricultur…Wageningen Universit…Australian Catholic …Liverpool John Moore…
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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 Australian Catholic UniversityAustralia 64.731.6%19.3×12 +370.5%
2 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 63.138.1%8.2×17 +40.2%
3 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 62.161.5%9.3×14 -32.0%
4 Liverpool John Moores UniversityUnited Kingdom 60.225.8%19.2×16 +29.0%
5 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 59.948.6%7.2×16 +72.7%
6 Manchester Metropolitan UniversityUnited Kingdom 53.937.2%11.8×11 -51.8%
7 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 53.424.9%6.7×29 +11.1%
8 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 51.431.2%7.2×14 +0.3%
9 Massey UniversityNew Zealand 50.718.3%13.3×14 +1.4%
10 University of GuelphCanada 49.615.5%10.2×17 -17.8%

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 Muscle metabolism and nutrition research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Muscle metabolism and nutrition.

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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.