Research trend share of all papers we track, per year

Each point is this institution's share of the papers credited to all institutions that year, with credit split across co-authoring institutions. A share, not a count, because our collection grows unevenly by year. Hover a point for the figures. The hollow point is the year in progress.

Where it works most top research communities, by papers

• Ion Channel Physiology and Calcium Signaling in Cellular Disease #30 of 13,585 institutions · 421 papers
• Gold and Silver Nanoparticles for Cancer Therapy, Imaging, and Biosensing #30 of 14,969 institutions · 276 papers
• Thermoelectric Materials for Waste Heat Recovery and Flexible Energy Harvesting #10 of 6,202 institutions · 232 papers
• Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Function, and Ferroptosis in Cancer and Neurodegeneration #39 of 19,038 institutions · 205 papers
• Transition Metal Catalysis for Olefin Polymerization, Hydroformylation and Main-Group Bond Activation #59 of 5,508 institutions · 198 papers

Check communities to show the trend above for them only. Positions are by fractional papers across all years. A community page ranks its institutions by citation-weighted credit, so its order can differ.

Covers the materials and chemistry research Elements Live tracks, not everything Northwestern University publishes. Institutions come from OpenAlex affiliations, rolled up to the parent organisation. Older papers often lack affiliations, so earlier years undercount.