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Skin Protection and Aging

Skin Protection and Aging is a research topic within Dermatology. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 20.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the mechanisms of skin aging and photodamage, focusing on the effects of UV radiation, oxidative stress, skin cancer, photoaging, antioxidants, collagen production, sunscreen use, matrix metalloproteinases, DNA damage, and topical protection.

  • UV Radiation
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Skin Cancer
  • Photoaging
  • Antioxidants
  • Collagen Production
  • Sunscreen Use
  • Matrix Metalloproteinases
  • DNA Damage
  • Topical Protection
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
20.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+40%
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 Skin Protection and Aging research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 992 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 992 works
  3. 3 India 410 works
  4. 4 South Korea 362 works
  5. 5 Brazil 301 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 227 works
  7. 7 Japan 212 works
  8. 8 France 210 works
  9. 9 Germany 205 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 175 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.

United States: 27.1%China: 23.4%India: 9.6%South Korea: 8.5%6 others listed: 31.3%27%largest
United States1,153 · 27.1%China992 · 23.4%India410 · 9.6%South Korea362 · 8.5%6 others listed1,330 · 31.3%

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

Which institutions lead Skin Protection and Aging research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Skin Protection and Aging research, followed by L'Oréal (France) and Jiangnan University.

Who are the leading researchers in Skin Protection and Aging?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Skin Protection and Aging include Elisabete Weiderpass, André G. Uitterlinden and Nicholas G. Martin.

  1. 1 Elisabete Weiderpass France 6k citations
  2. 2 André G. Uitterlinden Netherlands 4.4k citations
  3. 3 Nicholas G. Martin Australia 3.5k citations

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

Where is Skin Protection and Aging research done?

The largest centres of Skin Protection and Aging research in 2022–2025 are Seoul (South Korea), Beijing (China), Shanghai (China) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Clichy.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Seoul South Korea 163 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 135 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 110 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 86 works
  5. 5 New York United States 81 works
  6. 6 Paris France 79 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 74 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 64 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 57 works
  10. 10 London United Kingdom 52 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ClichyFR · 22.4 works144×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Skin Protection and Aging than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Skin Protection and Aging?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Białystok, Medical University of Lodz and Beijing Technology and Business 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%20%40%mean 33.51%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Białystok: 8, 47.3%Medical University of Lodz: 11, 30.1%Beijing Technology and Business University: 16, 34.5%Kyung Hee University: 15, 29.9%Poznan University of Medical Sciences: 9, 31.0%Gachon University: 10, 41.2%Jeju National University: 9, 31.6%Southern Medical University: 12, 31.8%Fudan University: 13, 34.8%Universidade de São Paulo: 28, 22.9%Medical University o…Beijing Technology a…Medical University o…Kyung Hee University
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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 Medical University of BiałystokPoland 70.147.3%15.6×8 +283.3%
2 Medical University of LodzPoland 64.930.1%11.9×11 +215.6%
3 Beijing Technology and Business UniversityChina 64.634.5%12.3×16 +70.5%
4 Kyung Hee UniversitySouth Korea 54.629.9%6.5×15 +85.3%
5 Poznan University of Medical SciencesPoland 54.431.0%8.9×9 +118.7%
6 Gachon UniversitySouth Korea 53.141.2%7.3×10 +21.9%
7 Jeju National UniversitySouth Korea 51.431.6%14.3×9 -6.8%
8 Southern Medical UniversityChina 50.131.8%5.4×12 +125.3%
9 Fudan UniversityChina 48.434.8%1.9×13 +180.4%
10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 48.222.9%2.6×28 +45.2%

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 Skin Protection and Aging research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Skin Protection and Aging.

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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.