Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
Photoreceptor and optogenetics research is a research topic within Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 62k research works in it since 1950. 19.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of optogenetics in neuroscience and biophysics research, particularly the use of microbial rhodopsins such as Channelrhodopsin for precise control and manipulation of neural activity. It covers topics such as neural stimulation, photocycle dynamics, and in vivo control of neural circuitry using light-sensitive proteins. The research also explores the molecular mechanisms and biophysical principles underlying optogenetic tools.
- Optogenetics
- Channelrhodopsin
- Neural Control
- Microbial Rhodopsins
- Neuronal Stimulation
- Photocycle Dynamics
- Neural Circuitry
- Proton Pump
- Sensory Rhodopsin
- In Vivo Control
- Research works
- 62k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 12k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +9% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Photoreceptor and optogenetics research research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.6k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.6k works
- 2 China 1.5k works
- 3 Germany 505 works
- 4 Japan 496 works
- 5 United Kingdom 276 works
- 6 India 267 works
- 7 Russia 265 works
- 8 France 260 works
- 9 Italy 218 works
- 10 South Korea 209 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Photoreceptor and optogenetics research research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Photoreceptor and optogenetics research research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and The University of Tokyo.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 47 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 44 works
- 3 The University of TokyoJapan 40 works
- 4 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 34 works
- 5 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 32 works
- 6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 28 works
- 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 27 works
- 8 Kyoto UniversityJapan 25 works
- 9 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 24 works
- 10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 24 works
Who are the leading researchers in Photoreceptor and optogenetics research?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Photoreceptor and optogenetics research include Michaël Grätzel, A. M. Litke and Ben Zhong Tang.
- 1 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 13k citations
- 2 A. M. Litke United States 7.4k citations
- 3 Ben Zhong Tang Hong Kong 7k citations
- 4 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Photoreceptor and optogenetics research research done?
The largest centres of Photoreceptor and optogenetics research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Göttingen and Genoa.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GöttingenDE · 21.2 works6.8×
- GenoaIT · 26.2 works6.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Photoreceptor and optogenetics research than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Photoreceptor and optogenetics research?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Würzburg, Northeast Normal University and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of WürzburgGermany | 58.8 | 35.3% | 9.1× | 14 | +59.6% |
| 2 | Northeast Normal UniversityChina | 57.2 | 46.6% | 7.9× | 12 | +29.5% |
| 3 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 55.4 | 30.5% | 2.9× | 32 | +308.2% |
| 4 | University of the West of EnglandUnited Kingdom | 53.0 | 38.3% | 13.7× | 10 | -64.8% |
| 5 | East China Normal UniversityChina | 52.8 | 35.6% | 4.2× | 14 | +241.9% |
| 6 | Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael | 51.8 | 28.0% | 11.2× | 11 | +5.2% |
| 7 | Moscow Institute of Physics and TechnologyRussia | 49.9 | 12.3% | 11.0× | 10 | +193.0% |
| 8 | University of GroningenNetherlands | 49.8 | 26.9% | 6.3× | 21 | +30.5% |
| 9 | Stanford UniversityUnited States | 49.1 | 38.8% | 3.5× | 28 | -7.4% |
| 10 | Shenzhen UniversityChina | 49.1 | 29.9% | 3.2× | 16 | +320.8% |
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 Photoreceptor and optogenetics research research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Photoreceptor and optogenetics research.
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.