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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. 14.2% 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%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
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 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (873 and 595 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 873 works
  2. 2 United States 595 works
  3. 3 India 408 works
  4. 4 Japan 267 works
  5. 5 Brazil 215 works
  6. 6 Italy 192 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 163 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 139 works
  9. 9 France 134 works
  10. 10 South Korea 130 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: 19.1%India: 13.1%Japan: 8.6%6 others listed: 31.2%28%largest
China873 · 28.0%United States595 · 19.1%India408 · 13.1%Japan267 · 8.6%6 others listed972 · 31.2%

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

Which institutions lead Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Baghdad publishes the most Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research, followed by Peking University and Saveetha University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Baghdad Iraq 29 works
  2. 2 Peking University China 25 works
  3. 3 Saveetha University India 22 works
  4. 4 Sichuan University China 21 works
  5. 5 Stomatology Hospital China 20 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 18 works
  7. 7 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 18 works
  8. 8 University Medical Center Groningen Netherlands 17 works
  9. 9 Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital China 16 works
  10. 10 National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece 14 works

Where is Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research done?

The largest centres of Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 140 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 82 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 79 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 70 works
  5. 5 Chennai India 61 works
  6. 6 São Paulo Brazil 59 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 53 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 48 works
  9. 9 Paris France 46 works
  10. 10 Baghdad Iraq 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GroningenNL · 29.0 works8.0×
← 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, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Saveetha University and Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam 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 21.23%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Poznan University of Medical Sciences: 8, 32.9%Saveetha University: 22, 20.4%Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam: 9, 20.4%Sichuan University: 21, 31.4%Karolinska Institutet: 8, 26.9%Peking University: 26, 22.4%Shanxi Medical University: 10, 22.0%University of Baghdad: 29, 2.2%University of Groningen: 11, 19.3%National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 14, 14.4%Poznan University of…Sichuan UniversitySaveetha UniversityAcademic Center for …
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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
1Poznan University of Medical Sciences Poland 59.932.9%10.6×8 +22.2%
2Saveetha University India 58.520.4%4.9×22 +86.5%
3Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam Netherlands 54.620.4%90.7×9 -3.7%
4Sichuan University China 53.831.4%2.6×21 +42.1%
5Karolinska Institutet Sweden 52.826.9%4.0×8 +83.0%
6Peking University China 52.422.4%3.4×26 +28.2%
7Shanxi Medical University China 50.022.0%9.4×10 +24.7%
8University of Baghdad Iraq 48.62.2%8.5×29 +27.5%
9University of Groningen Netherlands 46.619.3%4.7×11 +55.1%
10National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece 45.414.4%6.2×14 +30.8%

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 Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions.

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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.