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Trace Elements in Health

Trace Elements in Health is a research topic within Nutrition and Dietetics. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role of copper and zinc in health and disease, focusing on oxidative stress, antioxidant properties, metallothionein, neurological disorders, homeostasis, toxicity, immune function, and nutrition. The papers cover a wide range of topics including the molecular mechanisms, physiological roles, and clinical implications of copper and zinc in the human body.

  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Antioxidant
  • Metallothionein
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Homeostasis
  • Toxicity
  • Immune Function
  • Nutrition
Research works
50k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Trace Elements in Health

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

Which countries lead Trace Elements in Health research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.9k works
  2. 2 United States 1k works
  3. 3 India 473 works
  4. 4 Japan 225 works
  5. 5 Germany 196 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 176 works
  7. 7 Italy 166 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 159 works
  9. 9 Iran 151 works
  10. 10 Poland 144 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: 41.1%United States: 22.2%India: 10.3%Japan: 4.9%6 others listed: 21.5%41%largest
China1,893 · 41.1%United States1,023 · 22.2%India473 · 10.3%Japan225 · 4.9%6 others listed991 · 21.5%

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

Which institutions lead Trace Elements in Health research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Trace Elements in Health research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Zhejiang University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 52 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 39 works
  3. 3 Zhejiang UniversityChina 34 works
  4. 4 Anhui University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 34 works
  5. 5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 33 works
  6. 6 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 32 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 31 works
  8. 8 Capital Medical UniversityChina 29 works
  9. 9 Anhui Medical UniversityChina 29 works
  10. 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Trace Elements in Health?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Trace Elements in Health 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 Guido Kroemer France 386k citations
  5. 5 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  6. 6 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  7. 7 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  8. 8 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  9. 9 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  10. 10 John Q. Trojanowski United States 286k 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 Trace Elements in Health?

The most cited paper in Trace Elements in Health is "Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death" (Scott J. Dixon, Kathryn M. Lemberg, Michael R. Lamprecht et al., 2012), with 19,018 citations. Next come "Identification of programmed cell death in situ via specific labeling of nuclear DNA fragmentation." (9,552) and "Selenium: Biochemical Role as a Component of Glutathione Peroxidase" (7,831).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ferroptosis: An Iron-Dependent Form of Nonapoptotic Cell Death Scott J. Dixon, Kathryn M. Lemberg, Michael R. Lamprecht et al. · Cell Open access May 2012 19,018
2 Identification of programmed cell death in situ via specific labeling of nuclear DNA fragmentation. Yael Gavrieli, Yoav Sherman, Shmuel A. Ben‐Sasson · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access Nov 1992 9,552
3 Selenium: Biochemical Role as a Component of Glutathione Peroxidase John T. Rotruck, Alun Lloyd Pope, Howard E. Ganther et al. · Science 9 Feb 1973 7,831
4 Adult sibling experience, roles, relationshhips and future concerns - a review of the literature in learning disabilities C Catassi et al. · Institutional Research Information System University of Turin (University of Turin) Open access 1996 5,515
5 Prions Stanley Ben Prusiner · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 10 Nov 1998 5,428
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Where is Trace Elements in Health research done?

The largest centres of Trace Elements in Health research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Hefei (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 232 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 124 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 98 works
  4. 4 HefeiChina 88 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 79 works
  6. 6 NanjingChina 73 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 68 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 58 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 55 works
  10. 10 ChengduChina 55 works
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Where is the best place to study Trace Elements in Health?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeast Agricultural University, China Agricultural University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology 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 20.25%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northeast Agricultur…China Agricultural U…Huazhong University …Zhejiang 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.

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
1Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 76.728.8%16.4×24 +6.5%
2China Agricultural UniversityChina 72.324.8%6.2×20 +26.9%
3Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 72.120.8%2.6×27 +33.9%
4Zhejiang UniversityChina 71.316.2%2.2×34 +28.1%
5Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 71.120.4%2.7×32 +63.0%
6Anhui Medical UniversityChina 68.213.0%11.0×29 +256.5%
7Sichuan UniversityChina 67.419.7%2.1×27 +37.1%
8Jilin UniversityChina 66.923.6%3.2×21 +59.6%
9Harvard UniversityUnited States 66.516.8%1.4×26 -33.7%
10Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 66.018.4%4.7×24 +56.3%

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 Trace Elements in Health, country by country

Is Trace Elements in Health research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Trace Elements in Health.

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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 Trace Elements in Health as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.027% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Trace Elements in Health 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.

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