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Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research

Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research is a research topic within Transplantation. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to advancements in transplantation procedures and outcomes, including uterus, face, hand, and composite tissue transplantation. It discusses clinical outcomes, rejection patterns, immunosuppression strategies, psychological aspects, and ethical considerations in the field of transplantation.

  • Transplantation
  • Uterus
  • Face
  • Hand
  • Composite Tissue
  • Rejection
  • Immunosuppression
  • Clinical Outcomes
  • Psychological Aspects
  • Ethical Considerations
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
53% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research

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

Which countries lead Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (869 and 179 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 869 works
  2. 2 China 179 works
  3. 3 Germany 100 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 99 works
  5. 5 India 89 works
  6. 6 France 77 works
  7. 7 Japan 69 works
  8. 8 Italy 64 works
  9. 9 South Korea 53 works
  10. 10 Canada 52 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: 52.6%China: 10.8%Germany: 6.1%United Kingdom: 6.0%6 others listed: 24.5%53%largest
United States869 · 52.6%China179 · 10.8%Germany100 · 6.1%United Kingdom99 · 6.0%6 others listed405 · 24.5%

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

Which institutions lead Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research research, followed by New York University and Cleveland Clinic.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 45 works
  2. 2 New York UniversityUnited States 37 works
  3. 3 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 23 works
  4. 4 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 21 works
  5. 5 Mayo ClinicUnited States 18 works
  6. 6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 17 works
  7. 7 Yale UniversityUnited States 16 works
  8. 8 Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterUnited States 16 works
  9. 9 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 16 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research include Giuseppe Remuzzi, Peter Libby and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k citations
  2. 2 Peter Libby United States 226k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Norberto Perico Italy 220k citations
  5. 5 Ralph H. Hruban United States 209k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research?

The most cited paper in Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research is "Revision of the 1996 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Lung Rejection" (Susan Stewart et al., 2007), with 2,459 citations. Next come "Heart-Lung Transplantation" (2,160) and "Implantation and the placenta: key pieces of the development puzzle" (1,379).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Revision of the 1996 Working Formulation for the Standardization of Nomenclature in the Diagnosis of Lung Rejection Susan Stewart et al. · The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation Dec 2007 2,459
2 Heart-Lung Transplantation William M. Yarbrough, Robert C. Robbins, Hari R. Mallidi Book chapterOpen access 19 Apr 2016 2,160
3 Implantation and the placenta: key pieces of the development puzzle James C. Cross, Zena Werb, Susan J. Fisher · Science 2 Dec 1994 1,379
4 A consensus document for the selection of lung transplant candidates: 2014—An update from the Pulmonary Transplantation Council of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation David Weill, Christian Benden, Paul A. Corris et al. · The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 26 Jun 2014 1,342
5 Roadmap to embryo implantation: clues from mouse models Haibin Wang, Sudhansu K. Dey · Nature Reviews Genetics Review 17 Feb 2006 1,334
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research research done?

The largest centres of Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research research in 2022-now are New York (United States), Boston (United States), Philadelphia (United States) and Los Angeles (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dallas, Cleveland and Philadelphia.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 73 works
  2. 2 BostonUnited States 38 works
  3. 3 PhiladelphiaUnited States 36 works
  4. 4 Los AngelesUnited States 35 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 34 works
  6. 6 ClevelandUnited States 31 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 29 works
  8. 8 MoscowRussia 29 works
  9. 9 DallasUnited States 28 works
  10. 10 ChicagoUnited States 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DallasUS · 27.8 works16×
  2. ClevelandUS · 30.6 works9.5×
  3. PhiladelphiaUS · 35.9 works6.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Gothenburg and New York University score highest, combining citation 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 17.03%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Gothen…University of TorontoHarvard UniversityNew York University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 74.320.1%7.0×45 +7.4%
2University of GothenburgSweden 59.126.8%9.0×9 -70.6%
3New York UniversityUnited States 58.68.2%16.2×37 +42.9%
4University of TorontoCanada 55.722.6%3.7×15 +3.1%
5Yale UniversityUnited States 53.419.8%7.5×16 +352.5%
6Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 51.817.0%12.5×21 -15.9%
7Stanford UniversityUnited States 49.113.1%5.1×15 +13.8%
8Columbia UniversityUnited States 48.117.1%5.7×13 +60.3%
9Cornell UniversityUnited States 43.012.5%4.6×12 +165.3%
10Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 42.713.1%5.6×17 -10.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research, country by country

Is Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0084% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Organ and Tissue Transplantation Research10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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