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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research is a research topic within Rheumatology. Science Explorer counts 57k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), covering topics such as classification criteria, autoantibody development, interferon-inducible genes, nephritis, B lymphocyte depletion therapy, thrombosis risk, immunopathogenesis, toll-like receptors, and the epidemiology of autoimmune diseases. The research aims to improve understanding, diagnosis, classification, and management of SLE and APS.

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome
  • Autoantibodies
  • Interferon-inducible Genes
  • Lupus Nephritis
  • B Lymphocyte Depletion
  • Thrombosis Risk
  • Immunopathogenesis
  • Toll-like Receptors
  • Autoimmune Disease Epidemiology
Research works
57k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research

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

Which countries lead Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.1k and 1.7k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2.1k works
  2. 2 China 1.7k works
  3. 3 India 572 works
  4. 4 Italy 484 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 478 works
  6. 6 Japan 441 works
  7. 7 Spain 414 works
  8. 8 France 406 works
  9. 9 Germany 296 works
  10. 10 Brazil 291 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: 29.3%China: 23.4%India: 8.0%Italy: 6.8%6 others listed: 32.6%29%largest
United States2,094 · 29.3%China1,669 · 23.4%India572 · 8.0%Italy484 · 6.8%6 others listed2,326 · 32.6%

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

Which institutions lead Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research research, followed by Peking University and Karolinska Institutet.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 107 works
  2. 2 Peking UniversityChina 84 works
  3. 3 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 77 works
  4. 4 InsermFrance 60 works
  5. 5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 57 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 57 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 57 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 55 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 54 works
  10. 10 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 54 works

Who are the leading researchers in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research include George Davey Smith, Walter Churchill Willett and Mark J. Daly.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  3. 3 Mark J. Daly United States 403k citations
  4. 4 Robert John Tibshirani United States 396k citations
  5. 5 Jost Bruno Jonas Germany 350k citations
  6. 6 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  7. 7 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  8. 8 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  9. 9 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  10. 10 Jun Wang China 340k 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 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research?

The most cited paper in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research is "The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis" (Frank C. Arnett, Steven M. Edworthy, Daniel A. Bloch et al., 1988), with 19,994 citations. Next come "The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus" (14,664) and "Updating the American college of rheumatology revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus" (11,602).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis Frank C. Arnett, Steven M. Edworthy, Daniel A. Bloch et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Mar 1988 19,994
2 The 1982 revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus Eng M. Tan, Alan S. Cohen, James F. Fries et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Nov 1982 14,664
3 Updating the American college of rheumatology revised criteria for the classification of systemic lupus erythematosus Marc C. Hochberg · Arthritis & Rheumatism Sep 1997 11,602
4 International consensus statement on an update of the classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) Spiros Miyakis, Michael D. Lockshin, Tatsuya Atsumi et al. · Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis Open access 13 Jan 2006 7,231
5 Peginterferon Alfa-2a plus Ribavirin for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection Michael Fried, Mitchell L. Shiffman, K. Rajender Reddy et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 25 Sep 2002 6,410
All 96 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research research done?

The largest centres of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Paris (France), London (United Kingdom) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Brescia, Oklahoma City and Santander.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 275 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 185 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 172 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 128 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 127 works
  6. 6 GuangzhouChina 123 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 121 works
  8. 8 New YorkUnited States 117 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 115 works
  10. 10 Mexico CityMexico 90 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BresciaIT · 25.7 works10×
  2. Oklahoma CityUS · 26.9 works9.4×
  3. SantanderES · 21.4 works9.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Karolinska Institutet, Harvard University and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 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.

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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.

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
1Karolinska InstitutetSweden 84.618.3%14.0×77 +23.8%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 77.518.5%3.4×107 -1.2%
3National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 74.118.9%9.5×48 +36.5%
4University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 72.329.7%4.6×26 +19.4%
5Humanitas UniversityItaly 68.924.8%10.6×15 +140.0%
6Örebro UniversitySweden 66.524.5%11.4×12 +858.3%
7Peking UniversityChina 65.613.3%4.2×84 +60.4%
8Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 65.315.3%3.7×55 -11.9%
9University of MichiganUnited States 64.820.4%1.9×29 +15.6%
10University of Hong KongChina 64.220.8%2.0×18 +42.7%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research, country by country

Is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research.

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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 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.049% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research0.048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research 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.

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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.

Questions people ask

Who is researching a cure for lupus?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research research, followed by Peking University and Karolinska Institutet. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.1k and 1.7k works in 2022-now).

How much research is there on lupus, and is it growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research.

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