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Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

Neonatal Health and Biochemistry is a research topic within Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Science Explorer counts 37k 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 management, genetic aspects, and complications of hyperbilirubinemia in newborn infants. It covers topics such as glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency, neonatal jaundice, bilirubin metabolism, kernicterus, phototherapy, UGT1A1 gene mutations, neurotoxicity, bilirubin measurement methods, genetic variants associated with hyperbilirubinemia, and the importance of newborn screening programs.

  • Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
  • Neonatal Jaundice
  • Bilirubin Metabolism
  • Kernicterus
  • Phototherapy
  • UGT1A1 Gene
  • Neurotoxicity
  • Bilirubin Measurement
  • Genetic Variants
  • Newborn Screening
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Neonatal Health and Biochemistry

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Neonatal Health and Biochemistry research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (845 and 547 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 845 works
  2. 2 China 547 works
  3. 3 India 412 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 135 works
  5. 5 Japan 135 works
  6. 6 Brazil 131 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 130 works
  8. 8 Italy 119 works
  9. 9 Iran 96 works
  10. 10 France 89 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: 32.0%China: 20.7%India: 15.6%Türkiye: 5.1%6 others listed: 26.5%32%largest
United States845 · 32.0%China547 · 20.7%India412 · 15.6%Türkiye135 · 5.1%6 others listed700 · 26.5%

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

Which institutions lead Neonatal Health and Biochemistry research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Neonatal Health and Biochemistry research, followed by Harvard University and Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 32 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 26 works
  3. 3 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 16 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 15 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 14 works
  6. 6 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 14 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 14 works
  8. 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 14 works
  9. 9 Mahidol UniversityThailand 13 works
  10. 10 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neonatal Health and Biochemistry?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neonatal Health and Biochemistry include Simon Iain Hay, Guido Kroemer and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta.

  1. 1 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  2. 2 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  3. 3 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  4. 4 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  5. 5 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  6. 6 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k citations
  7. 7 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  8. 8 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  9. 9 Naohiro Yonemoto Japan 297k citations
  10. 10 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k 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 Neonatal Health and Biochemistry?

The most cited paper in Neonatal Health and Biochemistry is "Bilirubin Is an Antioxidant of Possible Physiological Importance" (Roland Stocker, Yorihiro Yamamoto, Antony F. McDonagh et al., 1987), with 3,543 citations. Next come "Mortality In Sickle Cell Disease -- Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Death" (3,370) and "A Novel Method for Measuring Antioxidant Capacity and its Application to Monitoring the Antioxidant Status in Premature Neonates" (3,129).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bilirubin Is an Antioxidant of Possible Physiological Importance Roland Stocker, Yorihiro Yamamoto, Antony F. McDonagh et al. · Science 27 Feb 1987 3,543
2 Mortality In Sickle Cell Disease -- Life Expectancy and Risk Factors for Early Death Orah S. Platt, Donald J. Brambilla, Wendell F. Rosse et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Jun 1994 3,370
3 A Novel Method for Measuring Antioxidant Capacity and its Application to Monitoring the Antioxidant Status in Premature Neonates Nicholas J. Miller, Catherine A Rice-Evans, Michael J. Davies et al. · Clinical Science Apr 1993 3,129
4 Silica crystals and aluminum salts activate the NALP3 inflammasome through phagosomal destabilization Veit Hornung, Franz Georg Bauernfeind, Annett Halle et al. · Nature Immunology Open access 6 Jul 2008 3,083
5 Comments on ‘KDIGO 2012 clinical practice guideline for the evaluation and management of chronic kidney disease’ K. Andrássy · Kidney International Open access 30 Aug 2013 2,520
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Where is Neonatal Health and Biochemistry research done?

The largest centres of Neonatal Health and Biochemistry research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 48 works
  2. 2 New DelhiIndia 43 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 40 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 39 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 37 works
  6. 6 TehranIran 36 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 36 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 35 works
  9. 9 IstanbulTürkiye 35 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 32 works
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Where is the best place to study Neonatal Health and Biochemistry?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Sichuan University and Central South 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 14.65%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Sichuan UniversityCentral South Univer…Harvard UniversityBaylor College of Me…
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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 71.415.1%2.3×26 -11.8%
2Sichuan UniversityChina 62.125.2%1.9×15 +4.2%
3Central South UniversityChina 57.123.3%1.4×10 +65.5%
4Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 56.810.1%7.9×14 +12.9%
5Karolinska InstitutetSweden 54.814.4%4.7×10 +51.3%
6All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 54.22.8%8.1×32 +37.9%
7Stanford UniversityUnited States 51.217.4%2.4×13 -29.6%
8Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 51.09.9%2.0×11 +21.9%
9University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 47.712.4%3.5×9 -0.7%
10Zhejiang UniversityChina 47.215.9%1.4×14 +11.2%

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 Neonatal Health and Biochemistry, country by country

Is Neonatal Health and Biochemistry research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Neonatal Health and Biochemistry as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Neonatal Health and Biochemistry 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%Neonatal Health and Biochemistry10.4% 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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