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Nerve injury and regeneration

Nerve injury and regeneration is a research topic within Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 21.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the roles of neurotrophins, particularly BDNF and GDNF, in neuronal development, synaptic modulation, nerve regeneration, and their implications for conditions such as depression and spinal cord injury. It covers topics such as neurotrophin signaling pathways, axon regeneration, synaptic plasticity, and the impact of neurotrophins on mood disorders.

  • Neurotrophins
  • BDNF
  • Nerve Regeneration
  • Neuronal Plasticity
  • Axon Growth
  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • GDNF
  • Synaptic Plasticity
  • Neural Circuit Development
  • Depression
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-1%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Nerve injury and regeneration research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 848 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 848 works
  3. 3 Japan 191 works
  4. 4 Iran 148 works
  5. 5 India 142 works
  6. 6 Italy 128 works
  7. 7 South Korea 125 works
  8. 8 Germany 123 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 116 works
  10. 10 Canada 106 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: 39.4%United States: 26.7%Japan: 6.0%Iran: 4.6%6 others listed: 23.2%39%largest
China1,254 · 39.4%United States848 · 26.7%Japan191 · 6.0%Iran148 · 4.6%6 others listed739 · 23.2%

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

Which institutions lead Nerve injury and regeneration research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Nantong University publishes the most Nerve injury and regeneration research, followed by Washington University in St. Louis and Sun Yat-sen University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Nantong UniversityChina 38 works
  2. 2 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 23 works
  3. 3 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 21 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 18 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 18 works
  6. 6 Soochow UniversityChina 15 works
  7. 7 University of California San DiegoUnited States 14 works
  8. 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 14 works
  9. 9 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 14 works
  10. 10 University of MiamiUnited States 14 works

Where is Nerve injury and regeneration research done?

The largest centres of Nerve injury and regeneration research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Tehran (Iran). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nantong, Wenzhou and St Louis.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 138 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 119 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 91 works
  4. 4 Tehran Iran 74 works
  5. 5 Nantong China 50 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 49 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 49 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 48 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 46 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 45 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NantongCN · 50.3 works27×
  2. WenzhouCN · 24.1 works6.8×
  3. St LouisUS · 26.1 works5.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nerve injury and regeneration than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nerve injury and regeneration?

Among universities, judged by research, Nantong University, Iran University of Medical Sciences and Wenzhou Medical 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%20%40%mean 30.89%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nantong University: 38, 31.6%Iran University of Medical Sciences: 10, 19.7%Wenzhou Medical University: 14, 30.3%Washington University in St. Louis: 23, 21.7%Sun Yat-sen University: 20, 42.2%Sichuan University: 18, 43.7%Tehran University of Medical Sciences: 14, 24.3%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 18, 42.8%Soochow University: 15, 32.0%Xuzhou Medical College: 9, 20.6%Nantong UniversityWenzhou Medical Univ…Washington Universit…Iran University of M…
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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 Nantong UniversityChina 69.331.6%26.8×38 +16.8%
2 Iran University of Medical SciencesIran 56.719.7%9.6×10 +278.1%
3 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 55.230.3%9.8×14 +21.5%
4 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 52.021.7%8.0×23 +18.6%
5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 49.142.2%3.1×20 -1.0%
6 Sichuan UniversityChina 49.043.7%2.6×18 +36.5%
7 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 48.524.3%7.2×14 +66.2%
8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 45.942.8%2.0×18 +17.0%
9 Soochow UniversityChina 45.732.0%4.5×15 +58.3%
10 Xuzhou Medical CollegeChina 43.620.6%10.5×9 +22.4%

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 Nerve injury and regeneration research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nerve injury and regeneration.

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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.