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Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments

Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments is a research topic within Neurology. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 14.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents a comprehensive exploration of neuroblastoma, covering topics such as genetic mutations (including ALK and MYCN), risk classification, staging systems, immunotherapy, and genomic analysis. The research also delves into therapy strategies and prognosis for patients with neuroblastoma.

  • Neuroblastoma
  • ALK
  • Genomic
  • MYCN
  • Therapy
  • Risk Classification
  • Immunotherapy
  • Genetic Mutations
  • Staging System
  • Prognosis
Research works
36k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
the tick is no change

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

Which countries lead Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.6k and 708 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.6k works
  2. 2 China 708 works
  3. 3 India 333 works
  4. 4 Japan 275 works
  5. 5 Italy 275 works
  6. 6 Germany 264 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 179 works
  8. 8 France 155 works
  9. 9 Spain 130 works
  10. 10 Canada 122 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: 39.4%China: 17.6%India: 8.3%Japan: 6.8%6 others listed: 27.9%39%largest
United States1,586 · 39.4%China708 · 17.6%India333 · 8.3%Japan275 · 6.8%6 others listed1,125 · 27.9%

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

Which institutions lead Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center publishes the most Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments include Matthew Meyerson.

  1. 1 Matthew Meyerson United States 4.2k citations

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

Where is Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New York (United States), Shanghai (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Memphis, Heidelberg and Bethesda.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 123 works
  2. 2 New York United States 93 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 80 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 72 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 70 works
  6. 6 Houston United States 68 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 65 works
  8. 8 Philadelphia United States 65 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 61 works
  10. 10 Rome Italy 59 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MemphisUS · 38.1 works15×
  2. HeidelbergDE · 42.1 works7.8×
  3. BethesdaUS · 46.3 works7.2×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Karolinska Institutet, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Capital 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 18.83%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Karolinska Institutet: 11, 37.3%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 32, 6.1%Capital Medical University: 21, 17.2%Baylor College of Medicine: 16, 15.5%Harvard University: 17, 24.5%University of Pennsylvania: 19, 22.8%Heidelberg University: 14, 18.7%Medical University of Vienna: 10, 11.1%University of California, San Francisco: 13, 20.9%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 17, 14.2%Karolinska InstitutetCapital Medical Univ…Baylor College of Me…All India Institute …
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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 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 61.337.3%4.7×11 +86.0%
2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 48.56.1%9.9×32 -1.4%
3 Capital Medical UniversityChina 48.317.2%7.1×21 +41.8%
4 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 48.215.5%7.7×16 +81.0%
5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 44.324.5%2.6×17 +53.7%
6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 44.222.8%4.0×19 +37.0%
7 Heidelberg UniversityGermany 41.518.7%5.0×14 +4.7%
8 Medical University of ViennaAustria 38.611.1%6.6×10 +35.1%
9 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 37.220.9%4.0×13 +13.1%
10 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 36.614.2%3.3×17 +110.4%

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 Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments.

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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.