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Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 19.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the structure and function of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, including their crystal structures, neuronal signaling mechanisms, allosteric modulation, and their role in cognitive function, ion channel activity, the cholinergic system, brain reward areas, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease.

  • Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors
  • Crystal Structure
  • Neuronal Signaling
  • Allosteric Modulation
  • Cognitive Function
  • Ion Channel
  • Cholinergic System
  • Brain Reward Areas
  • Schizophrenia
  • Alzheimer's Disease
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (857 and 396 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 857 works
  2. 2 China 396 works
  3. 3 India 111 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 110 works
  5. 5 Japan 102 works
  6. 6 Russia 95 works
  7. 7 Germany 94 works
  8. 8 France 82 works
  9. 9 Italy 81 works
  10. 10 Canada 76 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: 42.8%China: 19.8%India: 5.5%United Kingdom: 5.5%6 others listed: 26.4%43%largest
United States857 · 42.8%China396 · 19.8%India111 · 5.5%United Kingdom110 · 5.5%6 others listed530 · 26.4%

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

Which institutions lead Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Yale University publishes the most Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study research, followed by University of California, Irvine and The University of Queensland.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Yale UniversityUnited States 18 works
  2. 2 University of California, IrvineUnited States 16 works
  3. 3 The University of QueenslandAustralia 13 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 12 works
  5. 5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 11 works
  6. 6 Institute of Bioorganic ChemistryRussia 11 works
  7. 7 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 11 works
  8. 8 University of California San DiegoUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 11 works
  10. 10 University of California, DavisUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study include Nicholas G. Martin.

  1. 1 Nicholas G. Martin Australia 3.5k citations

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

Where is Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study research done?

The largest centres of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Paris (France) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in New Haven.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 61 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 45 works
  3. 3 Paris France 40 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 35 works
  5. 5 New York United States 31 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 30 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 27 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 23 works
  9. 9 New Haven United States 22 works
  10. 10 Mexico City Mexico 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. New HavenUS · 21.7 works6.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study?

Among universities, judged by research, Yale University, University of California, Irvine and The University of Queensland 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%10%20%30%mean 16.95%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yale University: 18, 26.2%University of California, Irvine: 16, 10.5%The University of Queensland: 13, 17.5%Harvard University: 10, 20.9%Virginia Commonwealth University: 11, 6.6%University of California, Davis: 10, 13.2%University of California San Diego: 11, 20.0%University College London: 9, 21.8%University at Buffalo, State University of New York: 8, 14.2%University of Toronto: 8, 18.6%Yale UniversityHarvard UniversityThe University of Qu…University of Califo…
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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 Yale UniversityUnited States 75.326.2%6.9×18 +23.1%
2 University of California, IrvineUnited States 54.010.5%10.3×16 -22.3%
3 The University of QueenslandAustralia 52.417.5%5.8×13 -2.6%
4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 44.620.9%3.1×10 +5.6%
5 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 42.16.6%12.5×11 +8.5%
6 University of California, DavisUnited States 42.013.2%4.7×10 +81.4%
7 University of California San DiegoUnited States 41.420.0%4.7×11 -32.1%
8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 37.221.8%2.4×9 -32.4%
9 University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkUnited States 34.514.2%7.5×8 -27.0%
10 University of TorontoCanada 29.818.6%2.1×8 -13.0%

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 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2014. The fastest-growing topics are Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study.

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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.