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Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies

Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies is a research topic within Genetics. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the evolution, composition, and effects of snake venoms, as well as the development of antivenom treatments. It covers topics such as envenoming, toxin proteomics, phospholipases A2, metalloproteinases, and the impact on hemostasis. The papers also explore the evolutionary origins and diversity of snake venom components.

  • Snake Venom
  • Envenoming
  • Toxins
  • Antivenom
  • Evolution
  • Proteomics
  • Phospholipases A2
  • Metalloproteinases
  • Hemostasis
  • L-amino Acid Oxidases
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies

Which countries lead Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (414 and 394 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 414 works
  2. 2 United States 394 works
  3. 3 India 386 works
  4. 4 China 256 works
  5. 5 France 113 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 100 works
  7. 7 Australia 92 works
  8. 8 Iran 86 works
  9. 9 Colombia 82 works
  10. 10 Mexico 76 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.

Brazil: 20.7%United States: 19.7%India: 19.3%China: 12.8%6 others listed: 27.4%21%largest
Brazil414 · 20.7%United States394 · 19.7%India386 · 19.3%China256 · 12.8%6 others listed547 · 27.4%

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

Which institutions lead Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Instituto Butantan publishes the most Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Universidad de Ibagué.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Instituto ButantanBrazil 54 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 54 works
  3. 3 Universidad de IbaguéColombia 38 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 24 works
  5. 5 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 24 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 22 works
  7. 7 The University of QueenslandAustralia 21 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 21 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 18 works
  10. 10 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies include Simon Iain Hay, Jun Wang and Rakhi Dandona.

  1. 1 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  2. 2 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  3. 3 Rakhi Dandona United States 280k citations
  4. 4 Heng Li United States 270k citations
  5. 5 Lalit Dandona United States 268k 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 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies?

The most cited paper in Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies is "Spectrophotometric assay and properties of the angiotensin-converting enzyme of rabbit lung" (David W. Cushman, Hong Son Cheung, 1971), with 2,638 citations. Next come "The Global Burden of Snakebite: A Literature Analysis and Modelling Based on Regional Estimates of Envenoming and Deaths" (1,950) and "A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes" (1,682).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spectrophotometric assay and properties of the angiotensin-converting enzyme of rabbit lung David W. Cushman, Hong Son Cheung · Biochemical Pharmacology Jul 1971 2,638
2 The Global Burden of Snakebite: A Literature Analysis and Modelling Based on Regional Estimates of Envenoming and Deaths Anuradhani Kasturiratne, A. Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Nilanthi de Silva et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 31 Oct 2008 1,950
3 A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes R. Alexander Pyron, Frank T. Burbrink, John J. Wiens · BMC Evolutionary Biology Open access 2013 1,682
4 Calcium Dependence of Toxic Cell Death: A Final Common Pathway Francis A.X. Schanne, Agnes B. Kane, Ellora E. Young et al. · Science 9 Nov 1979 1,490
5 Carp Muscle Calcium-binding Protein Robert H. Kretsinger, Clive E. Nockolds · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access May 1973 1,359
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Where is Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies research done?

The largest centres of Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Paris (France), Ibagué (Colombia) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ibagué, San José and Manaus.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 125 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 45 works
  3. 3 IbaguéColombia 38 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 34 works
  5. 5 Mexico CityMexico 33 works
  6. 6 ManausBrazil 28 works
  7. 7 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 28 works
  8. 8 San JoséCosta Rica 26 works
  9. 9 BrisbaneAustralia 25 works
  10. 10 BangkokThailand 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IbaguéCO · 38.4 works116×
  2. San JoséCR · 26.2 works21×
  3. ManausBR · 28.5 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Queensland, Universidad de Costa Rica and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México score highest, combining citation 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%30%mean 7.93%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →The University of Qu…Universidad de Costa…Universidad Nacional…Universidade de São …
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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.

Citation 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
1The University of QueenslandAustralia 75.624.2%8.0×21 -21.1%
2Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 67.315.7%47.1×24 -25.5%
3Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 55.411.5%7.6×21 +6.3%
4Universidade de São PauloBrazil 45.79.6%4.3×24 -14.6%
5Universidad de IbaguéColombia 45.00.0%159.2×38 -
6Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 39.812.9%6.6×15 -7.7%
7University of CreteGreece 38.00.7%49.5×17 -
8All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 34.13.1%5.8×18 +138.2%
9University of Tennessee at ChattanoogaUnited States 31.20.7%107.5×15 -
10Université de RennesFrance 28.40.9%22.9×10 -

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, country by country

Is Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies.

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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 Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies 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.

still counting5%10%15%Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies9.8% in 2025200020102020

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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