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Polyamine Metabolism and Applications

Polyamine Metabolism and Applications is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 16.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the diverse roles of polyamines and biogenic amines in biology, health, and food science. It covers their involvement in cancer, aging, autophagy, cellular functions, plant development, and their implications for therapeutic applications and food quality.

  • Polyamines
  • Biogenic Amines
  • Metabolism
  • Cancer
  • Aging
  • Autophagy
  • Cellular Functions
  • Plant Development
  • Therapeutic Applications
  • Food Quality
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Polyamine Metabolism and Applications research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (904 and 332 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 904 works
  2. 2 United States 332 works
  3. 3 Japan 148 works
  4. 4 India 137 works
  5. 5 Germany 119 works
  6. 6 South Korea 98 works
  7. 7 Italy 90 works
  8. 8 Spain 75 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 63 works
  10. 10 Brazil 53 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.

China: 44.8%United States: 16.4%Japan: 7.3%India: 6.8%6 others listed: 24.6%45%largest
China904 · 44.8%United States332 · 16.4%Japan148 · 7.3%India137 · 6.8%6 others listed497 · 24.6%

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

Which institutions lead Polyamine Metabolism and Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangnan University publishes the most Polyamine Metabolism and Applications research, followed by Nanjing Agricultural University and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jiangnan UniversityChina 30 works
  2. 2 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 15 works
  3. 3 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 14 works
  4. 4 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 14 works
  5. 5 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 14 works
  6. 6 China Agricultural UniversityChina 13 works
  7. 7 State Key Laboratory of Food Science and TechnologyChina 11 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 10 works
  9. 9 Ocean University of ChinaChina 9 works
  10. 10 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 9 works

Where is Polyamine Metabolism and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Polyamine Metabolism and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Guangzhou (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wuxi.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 114 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 47 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 45 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 43 works
  5. 5 Wuxi China 41 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 41 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 37 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 34 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 28 works
  10. 10 Qingdao China 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WuxiCN · 41.1 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Polyamine Metabolism and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Polyamine Metabolism and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangnan University, Nanjing Agricultural University and Jiangsu 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%25%50%75%mean 27.68%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Jiangnan University: 30, 29.2%Nanjing Agricultural University: 15, 38.8%Jiangsu University: 9, 61.8%Dalian Polytechnic University: 14, 27.8%Sichuan Agricultural University: 9, 23.4%Northeast Agricultural University: 14, 19.5%China Agricultural University: 13, 23.5%South China University of Technology: 8, 28.2%Ocean University of China: 9, 17.8%Korea University: 8, 6.8%Jiangsu UniversityNanjing Agricultural…Jiangnan UniversityDalian Polytechnic U…
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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 Jiangnan UniversityChina 68.729.2%18.6×30 +39.9%
2 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 60.238.8%14.2×15 -0.4%
3 Jiangsu UniversityChina 58.861.8%4.3×9 +107.4%
4 Dalian Polytechnic UniversityChina 54.727.8%30.4×14 +50.6%
5 Sichuan Agricultural UniversityChina 50.423.4%11.7×9 +92.8%
6 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 47.519.5%20.2×14 +25.5%
7 China Agricultural UniversityChina 45.123.5%8.9×13 -21.9%
8 South China University of TechnologyChina 27.828.2%2.8×8 +33.6%
9 Ocean University of ChinaChina 27.217.8%6.7×9 -39.6%
10 Korea UniversitySouth Korea 25.76.8%5.7×8 -14.0%

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 Polyamine Metabolism and Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Polyamine Metabolism and Applications.

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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.