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Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions

Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions is a research topic within Physiology. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis, classification, and management of Sjögren's syndrome, an autoimmune disease primarily affecting the salivary glands. It explores the use of saliva as a diagnostic tool, development of classification criteria, association with lymphoma, and potential biomarkers for early detection. Additionally, it discusses the impact of xerostomia and various treatment approaches.

  • Saliva
  • Diagnostic Criteria
  • Autoimmune Disease
  • Lymphoma
  • Salivary Gland
  • Biomarkers
  • Xerostomia
  • Rheumatology
  • Inflammation
  • Treatment
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+24%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions

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

Which countries lead Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1k and 716 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1k works
  2. 2 United States 716 works
  3. 3 India 497 works
  4. 4 Japan 311 works
  5. 5 Brazil 249 works
  6. 6 Italy 219 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 191 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 164 works
  9. 9 South Korea 150 works
  10. 10 France 148 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: 28.0%United States: 19.5%India: 13.5%Japan: 8.5%6 others listed: 30.5%28%largest
China1,028 · 28.0%United States716 · 19.5%India497 · 13.5%Japan311 · 8.5%6 others listed1,121 · 30.5%

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

Which institutions lead Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research?

By volume in 2022-now, Peking University publishes the most Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research, followed by Sichuan University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Peking UniversityChina 46 works
  2. 2 Sichuan UniversityChina 41 works
  3. 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 40 works
  4. 4 University of BaghdadIraq 33 works
  5. 5 University of GroningenNetherlands 30 works
  6. 6 Capital Medical UniversityChina 29 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 29 works
  8. 8 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 28 works
  9. 9 Saveetha UniversityIndia 27 works
  10. 10 Stomatology HospitalChina 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions include Rob Knight, Jost Bruno Jonas and Jun Wang.

  1. 1 Rob Knight United States 468k citations
  2. 2 Jost Bruno Jonas Germany 350k citations
  3. 3 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  4. 4 John P. A. Ioannidis United States 317k citations
  5. 5 Matthias Mann Germany 308k citations
  6. 6 Frank B. Hu United States 281k citations
  7. 7 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions?

The most cited paper in Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions is "Classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group" (Claudio Vitali, S Bombardieri, R Jonsson et al., 2002), with 5,366 citations. Next come "Treatment and prognostic factors for long-term outcome in patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: an observational cohort study" (3,173) and "Fusobacterium nucleatum Potentiates Intestinal Tumorigenesis and Modulates the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment" (2,810).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group Claudio Vitali, S Bombardieri, R Jonsson et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access Jun 2002 5,366
2 Treatment and prognostic factors for long-term outcome in patients with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: an observational cohort study Maarten J. Titulaer, Lindsey McCracken, Iñigo Gabilondo et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 2 Jan 2013 3,173
3 Fusobacterium nucleatum Potentiates Intestinal Tumorigenesis and Modulates the Tumor-Immune Microenvironment Aleksandar David Kostic, Eunyoung Chun, Lauren T. Robertson et al. · Cell Host & Microbe Open access Aug 2013 2,810
4 Case–Control Study of Human Papillomavirus and Oropharyngeal Cancer Gypsyamber DʼSouza, Aimée R. Kreimer, Raphael P. Viscidi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 9 May 2007 2,706
5 A review of saliva: Normal composition, flow, and function Sue P. Humphrey, Russell T. Williamson · Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry Feb 2001 2,411
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research done?

The largest centres of Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Groningen.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 164 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 92 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 89 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 81 works
  5. 5 ChennaiIndia 73 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 69 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 59 works
  8. 8 MoscowRussia 53 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 52 works
  10. 10 BaghdadIraq 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GroningenNL · 31.0 works7.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions?

Among universities, judged by research, Sichuan University, University of Groningen and Peking University score highest, combining citation 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 21.24%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Sichuan UniversityUniversity of Gronin…Shanghai Jiao Tong U…Peking University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Sichuan UniversityChina 71.826.8%3.7×41 +44.2%
2University of GroningenNetherlands 64.916.7%8.8×30 -9.7%
3Peking UniversityChina 62.713.4%4.5×46 +26.2%
4Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 60.015.8%2.8×40 +60.9%
5Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 55.519.5%2.7×28 +57.5%
6Jilin UniversityChina 53.647.0%1.4×8 +36.8%
7University of AmsterdamNetherlands 53.017.8%5.2×15 +7.4%
8University of Naples Federico IIItaly 52.629.2%3.1×11 +72.1%
9Saveetha UniversityIndia 51.99.2%5.7×27 +58.6%
10Harvard UniversityUnited States 50.817.0%1.4×22 +1.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions, country by country

Is Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions0.025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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