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Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins

Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins is a research topic within Immunology. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 18.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and efficacy of immunotoxin therapy for cancer treatment, with a particular emphasis on ricin poisoning, ribosome-inactivating proteins, and targeted therapy using recombinant immunotoxins. It also explores the use of IL-13 receptor and mistletoe extract in cancer therapy.

  • Immunotoxin
  • Ricin Poisoning
  • Ribosome-Inactivating Proteins
  • Cancer Therapy
  • Diphtheria Toxin
  • Targeted Therapy
  • Recombinant Immunotoxin
  • IL-13 Receptor
  • Ricinus communis
  • Mistletoe Extract
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (647 and 485 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 647 works
  2. 2 United States 485 works
  3. 3 India 481 works
  4. 4 Brazil 138 works
  5. 5 Germany 129 works
  6. 6 Iran 107 works
  7. 7 Japan 104 works
  8. 8 Russia 102 works
  9. 9 South Korea 91 works
  10. 10 Italy 91 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: 27.2%United States: 20.4%India: 20.2%Brazil: 5.8%6 others listed: 26.3%27%largest
China647 · 27.2%United States485 · 20.4%India481 · 20.2%Brazil138 · 5.8%6 others listed623 · 26.3%

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

Which institutions lead Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins research, followed by University of Baghdad and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 10 works
  2. 2 University of BaghdadIraq 9 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 9 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 9 works
  5. 5 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 8 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 7 works
  7. 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 7 works
  8. 8 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 7 works
  9. 9 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 7 works
  10. 10 Fundação Oswaldo CruzBrazil 7 works

Where is Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins research done?

The largest centres of Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Tehran (Iran) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hyderabad.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 96 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 45 works
  3. 3 Tehran Iran 41 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 39 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 37 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 37 works
  7. 7 New Delhi India 34 works
  8. 8 Paris France 33 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 30 works
  10. 10 Chennai India 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HyderabadIN · 21.5 works3.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, King Saud University and University of Baghdad 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%10%20%mean 14.975%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 10, 22.3%King Saud University: 8, 20.6%University of Baghdad: 9, 0.0%Universidade de São Paulo: 9, 17.0%Chinese Academy of M…King Saud UniversityUniversidade de São …University of Baghdad
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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 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 69.722.3%2.8×10 -10.8%
2 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 55.420.6%2.6×8 +4.9%
3 University of BaghdadIraq 52.00.0%3.5×9 +156.5%
4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 42.917.0%1.4×9 -0.8%

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 Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins.

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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.