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Nuclear Structure and Function

Nuclear Structure and Function is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 20.5% 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 the nuclear pore complex, nucleocytoplasmic transport, lamin A/C, nuclear envelope, progeria syndrome, nuclear lamins, nuclear transport, cell cycle, chromatin organization, and nuclear mechanics.

  • Nuclear Pore Complex
  • Nucleocytoplasmic Transport
  • Lamin A/C
  • Nuclear Envelope
  • Progeria Syndrome
  • Nuclear Lamins
  • Nuclear Transport
  • Cell Cycle
  • Chromatin Organization
  • Nuclear Mechanics
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+8%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Nuclear Structure and Function research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (577 and 431 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 577 works
  2. 2 China 431 works
  3. 3 Japan 123 works
  4. 4 Germany 114 works
  5. 5 France 101 works
  6. 6 India 90 works
  7. 7 Italy 81 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 79 works
  9. 9 Spain 52 works
  10. 10 Canada 43 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: 34.1%China: 25.5%Japan: 7.3%Germany: 6.7%6 others listed: 26.3%34%largest
United States577 · 34.1%China431 · 25.5%Japan123 · 7.3%Germany114 · 6.7%6 others listed445 · 26.3%

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

Which institutions lead Nuclear Structure and Function research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Michigan publishes the most Nuclear Structure and Function research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Inserm.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Michigan United States 13 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 11 works
  3. 3 Inserm France 11 works
  4. 4 Yale University United States 10 works
  5. 5 University of Pennsylvania United States 10 works
  6. 6 National Institutes of Health United States 10 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 9 works
  8. 8 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center United States 9 works
  9. 9 University of California San Diego United States 8 works
  10. 10 Rockefeller University United States 8 works

Where is Nuclear Structure and Function research done?

The largest centres of Nuclear Structure and Function research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Shanghai (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bethesda and Philadelphia.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 63 works
  2. 2 Paris France 56 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 39 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 33 works
  5. 5 New York United States 32 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 28 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 27 works
  8. 8 Bethesda United States 23 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 22 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BethesdaUS · 23.2 works9.1×
  2. PhiladelphiaUS · 20.7 works3.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nuclear Structure and Function than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nuclear Structure and Function?

Among universities, judged by research, Yale University, University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan 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 19.9857%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yale University: 10, 33.5%University of Pennsylvania: 10, 27.2%University of Michigan: 13, 10.0%University of California San Diego: 8, 23.4%Johns Hopkins University: 8, 28.2%Rockefeller University: 8, 7.8%University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: 11, 9.8%Yale UniversityUniversity of Pennsy…University of Califo…University of Michigan
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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
1Yale University United States 67.833.5%5.0×10 +135.0%
2University of Pennsylvania United States 50.027.2%5.4×10 +21.1%
3University of Michigan United States 37.710.0%4.5×13 +33.9%
4University of California San Diego United States 34.723.4%4.7×8 +16.3%
5Johns Hopkins University United States 32.128.2%3.7×8 -22.9%
6Rockefeller University United States 27.97.8%63.5×8 -13.0%
7University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 21.39.8%3.2×11 -10.3%

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 Nuclear Structure and Function research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Nuclear Structure and Function.

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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.