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Platelet Disorders and Treatments

Platelet Disorders and Treatments is a research topic within Hematology. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 17.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on platelet disorders, thrombosis mechanisms, and related conditions such as immune thrombocytopenic purpura and von Willebrand disease. It covers topics including platelet function, hemostasis, inflammation, megakaryocyte development, and the molecular mechanisms underlying thrombus formation.

  • Platelets
  • Thrombosis
  • Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
  • von Willebrand Disease
  • Hemostasis
  • Inflammation
  • Megakaryocyte Development
  • Thrombus Formation
  • Glycoprotein Iba
  • Vascular Biology
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
the tick is no change

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

Which countries lead Platelet Disorders and Treatments research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 843 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 843 works
  3. 3 Japan 293 works
  4. 4 India 265 works
  5. 5 Germany 260 works
  6. 6 Italy 231 works
  7. 7 France 230 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 218 works
  9. 9 Canada 151 works
  10. 10 Spain 143 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: 32.9%China: 21.5%Japan: 7.5%India: 6.8%6 others listed: 31.4%33%largest
United States1,289 · 32.9%China843 · 21.5%Japan293 · 7.5%India265 · 6.8%6 others listed1,234 · 31.4%

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

Which institutions lead Platelet Disorders and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Platelet Disorders and Treatments research, followed by Inserm and Harvard University.

Who are the leading researchers in Platelet Disorders and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Platelet Disorders and Treatments include Giuseppe Remuzzi, Vivekanand Jha and Valentı́n Fuster.

  1. 1 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 8.1k citations
  2. 2 Vivekanand Jha India 5.8k citations
  3. 3 Valentı́n Fuster United States 5.4k citations
  4. 4 Hagop M. Kantarjian United States 4k citations
  5. 5 R. Alon Israel 3.9k citations
  6. 6 Eric Boerwinkle United States 3.6k citations

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

Where is Platelet Disorders and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Platelet Disorders and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Milwaukee and Hamilton.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 163 works
  2. 2 Paris France 95 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 79 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 73 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 66 works
  6. 6 New York United States 64 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 63 works
  8. 8 Philadelphia United States 56 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 51 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MilwaukeeUS · 31.6 works9.7×
  2. HamiltonCA · 27.2 works8.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Platelet Disorders and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Platelet Disorders and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Vienna, McMaster University and Harvard University 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 28.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Vienna: 20, 36.2%McMaster University: 20, 25.9%Harvard University: 23, 35.2%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 37, 15.4%University of Milan: 16, 34.1%University of Tübingen: 11, 31.8%University of Pennsylvania: 20, 29.7%Maastricht University: 8, 27.1%The University of Sydney: 11, 34.3%Nara Medical University: 13, 11.9%Medical University o…Harvard UniversityMcMaster UniversityChinese Academy of M…
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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 Medical University of ViennaAustria 74.436.2%12.4×20 +2.0%
2 McMaster UniversityCanada 56.925.9%7.1×20 +0.5%
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 56.635.2%3.5×23 -5.0%
4 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 56.315.4%7.2×37 +49.2%
5 University of MilanItaly 52.934.1%4.5×16 +17.6%
6 University of TübingenGermany 49.131.8%5.6×11 -4.7%
7 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 48.329.7%4.2×20 -14.9%
8 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 45.927.1%4.7×8 +36.8%
9 The University of SydneyAustralia 45.434.3%2.1×11 +49.2%
10 Nara Medical UniversityJapan 44.611.9%36.3×13 +23.6%

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 Platelet Disorders and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Platelet Disorders 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.