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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. 1 China 3.3k works
  2. 2 United States 3k works
  3. 3 Germany 526 works
  4. 4 Japan 487 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 385 works
  6. 6 France 336 works
  7. 7 India 319 works
  8. 8 Canada 252 works
  9. 9 Italy 248 works
  10. 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.

China: 36.1%United States: 33.4%Germany: 5.8%Japan: 5.4%6 others listed: 19.3%36%largest
China3,271 · 36.1%United States3,024 · 33.4%Germany526 · 5.8%Japan487 · 5.4%6 others listed1,744 · 19.3%

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.

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. 1 Matthias Mann Germany 5.1k citations
  2. 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 418 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 285 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 234 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 165 works
  5. 5 Paris France 162 works
  6. 6 New York United States 155 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 140 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 135 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 132 works
  10. 10 Cambridge United States 121 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Chevy ChaseUS · 43.1 works47×
  2. RehovotIL · 23.0 works14×
  3. BethesdaUS · 105.2 works8.1×
  4. WorcesterUS · 27.8 works6.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in RNA Research and Splicing than the world average.

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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.

0%20%40%60%mean 34.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Center for Life Sciences: 20, 43.6%Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences: 11, 50.5%Weizmann Institute of Science: 23, 32.5%Harbin Medical University: 22, 19.0%China Medical University: 32, 26.5%Nanjing Medical University: 36, 28.7%Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University: 10, 40.8%Princeton University: 30, 32.8%Guangzhou Medical University: 18, 28.2%Westlake University: 11, 37.6%Max Planck Institute…Center for Life Scie…Weizmann Institute o…Harbin Medical Unive…
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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 Center for Life SciencesChina 80.643.6%36.7×20 +640.2%
2Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences?? 69.250.5%61.0×11
3 Weizmann Institute of ScienceIsrael 63.832.5%15.2×23 -5.0%
4 Harbin Medical UniversityChina 62.519.0%10.7×22 +224.1%
5 China Medical UniversityChina 60.826.5%9.4×32 +66.7%
6 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 59.328.7%6.9×36 +107.5%
7 Shanghai Medical College of Fudan UniversityChina 58.240.8%11.9×10 +33.6%
8 Princeton UniversityUnited States 57.332.8%6.5×30 +40.2%
9 Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina 57.328.2%6.5×18 +195.2%
10 Westlake UniversityChina 56.937.6%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.

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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.