RNA Research and Splicing
RNA Research and Splicing is a research topic within Molecular Biology. Science Explorer counts 71k research works in it since 1950. 25.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the regulation of RNA processing and function, including topics such as alternative splicing, RNA-binding proteins, phase separation, mRNA decay, stress granules, transcriptome analysis, exon junctions, polyadenylation, nonsense-mediated decay, and RNA phase transitions.
- Alternative Splicing
- RNA-Binding Proteins
- Phase Separation
- mRNA Decay
- Stress Granules
- Transcriptome
- Exon Junctions
- Polyadenylation
- Nonsense-Mediated Decay
- RNA Phase Transitions
- Research works
- 71k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 18k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 25.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +23% the tick is no change
Which countries lead RNA Research and Splicing research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.3k and 3k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.3k works
- 2 United States 3k works
- 3 Germany 526 works
- 4 Japan 487 works
- 5 United Kingdom 385 works
- 6 France 336 works
- 7 India 319 works
- 8 Canada 252 works
- 9 Italy 248 works
- 10 Spain 203 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 RNA Research and Splicing research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Sun Yat-sen University publishes the most RNA Research and Splicing research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Harvard University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 58 works
- 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 55 works
- 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 53 works
- 4 University of California San DiegoUnited States 50 works
- 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 48 works
- 6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 47 works
- 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 46 works
- 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 44 works
- 9 Howard Hughes Medical InstituteUnited States 43 works
- 10 Yale UniversityUnited States 41 works
Who are the leading researchers in RNA Research and Splicing?
The most-cited researchers publishing on RNA Research and Splicing include Matthias Mann and Mark I. McCarthy.
- 1 Matthias Mann Germany 5.1k citations
- 2 Mark I. McCarthy United Kingdom 4.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is RNA Research and Splicing research done?
The largest centres of RNA Research and Splicing research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Guangzhou (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chevy Chase, Rehovot and Bethesda.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Chevy ChaseUS · 43.1 works47×
- RehovotIL · 23.0 works14×
- BethesdaUS · 105.2 works8.1×
- WorcesterUS · 27.8 works6.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in RNA Research and Splicing than the world average.
Where is the best place to study RNA Research and Splicing?
Among universities, judged by research, Center for Life Sciences, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences and Weizmann Institute of Science 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 | Center for Life SciencesChina | 80.6 | 43.6% | 36.7× | 20 | +640.2% |
| 2 | Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences?? | 69.2 | 50.5% | 61.0× | 11 | — |
| 3 | Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael | 63.8 | 32.5% | 15.2× | 23 | -5.0% |
| 4 | Harbin Medical UniversityChina | 62.5 | 19.0% | 10.7× | 22 | +224.1% |
| 5 | China Medical UniversityChina | 60.8 | 26.5% | 9.4× | 32 | +66.7% |
| 6 | Nanjing Medical UniversityChina | 59.3 | 28.7% | 6.9× | 36 | +107.5% |
| 7 | Shanghai Medical College of Fudan UniversityChina | 58.2 | 40.8% | 11.9× | 10 | +33.6% |
| 8 | Princeton UniversityUnited States | 57.3 | 32.8% | 6.5× | 30 | +40.2% |
| 9 | Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina | 57.3 | 28.2% | 6.5× | 18 | +195.2% |
| 10 | Westlake UniversityChina | 56.9 | 37.6% | 8.3× | 11 | — |
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 RNA Research and Splicing research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are RNA Research and Splicing.
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.