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Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments

Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments is a research topic within Neurology. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 14.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on chronic cerebral hypoperfusion and its association with neurodegenerative diseases, vascular cognitive impairment, white matter lesions, and oxidative stress. The research includes experimental models, glial activation, memory impairment, and the neuroprotective effects of various compounds.

  • Cerebral Hypoperfusion
  • Vascular Cognitive Impairment
  • White Matter Lesions
  • Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Experimental Models
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Glial Activation
  • Memory Impairment
  • Animal Models
  • Neuroprotective Effects
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-3%
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Which countries lead Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.3k and 866 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.3k works
  2. 2 United States 866 works
  3. 3 India 214 works
  4. 4 Russia 184 works
  5. 5 Japan 181 works
  6. 6 South Korea 162 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 121 works
  8. 8 Iran 105 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 87 works
  10. 10 Germany 81 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: 53.7%United States: 20.1%India: 4.9%Russia: 4.3%6 others listed: 17.0%54%largest
China2,319 · 53.7%United States866 · 20.1%India214 · 4.9%Russia184 · 4.3%6 others listed736 · 17.0%

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

Which institutions lead Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Capital Medical University publishes the most Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Beijing University of Chinese Medicine.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Capital Medical UniversityChina 42 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 42 works
  3. 3 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 26 works
  4. 4 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina 24 works
  5. 5 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 24 works
  6. 6 Shaanxi University of Chinese MedicineChina 22 works
  7. 7 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 22 works
  8. 8 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 19 works
  9. 9 Anhui University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 18 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments include Gelin Xu, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian and John C. Morris.

  1. 1 Gelin Xu China 6.1k citations
  2. 2 Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Singapore 5.4k citations
  3. 3 John C. Morris United States 5.1k citations
  4. 4 John Hardy United Kingdom 4k citations
  5. 5 Ronald C. Petersen United States 4k citations

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

Where is Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xianyang and Shijiazhuang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 297 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 151 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 111 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 106 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 84 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 81 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 79 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 72 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 68 works
  10. 10 Tianjin China 62 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XianyangCN · 31.9 works27×
  2. ShijiazhuangCN · 46.0 works8.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Capital Medical University and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College 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 25.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Zhejiang Chinese Medical University: 24, 35.2%Capital Medical University: 42, 17.2%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 42, 21.7%Mashhad University of Medical Sciences: 8, 40.8%Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 22, 31.6%The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston: 17, 4.6%Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine: 24, 28.1%Beijing University of Chinese Medicine: 26, 21.8%Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine: 17, 29.3%Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 18, 29.3%Mashhad University o…Zhejiang Chinese Med…Chinese Academy of M…Capital Medical Univ…
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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 Zhejiang Chinese Medical UniversityChina 58.635.2%18.4×24 -55.7%
2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 58.517.2%14.0×42 -22.6%
3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 56.821.7%8.3×42 -16.2%
4 Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran 56.440.8%6.6×8 +253.4%
5 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 55.331.6%19.2×22 -61.5%
6 The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonUnited States 54.94.6%10.9×17 +255.4%
7 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 54.628.1%18.3×24 -57.9%
8 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 54.021.8%29.2×26 -25.0%
9 Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineChina 52.229.3%17.6×17 -44.3%
10 Anhui University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 51.429.3%36.8×18 -53.1%

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 Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2013. The fastest-growing topics are Neurological Disease Mechanisms 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.