Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Approach

64 Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Approach Akshaykumar Honakeri Research Scholar Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad – 580 003 Email: [email protected] ORCID: 0009-0002-2325-6001 Gururaj S. Hadagali Professor Department of Library and Information Science Karnatak University, Dharwad – 580 003 Email: [email protected] ORCID: 0000-0003-1372-4721 Abstract The present study analyses the global publication output of Cell Biology research as reflected in the Scopus database during the period from 2010 to 2024. This study emphasizes global research trends most prolific authors and journals in the field of cell biology. A total of 137,782 research articles and 5,507,005 citations were analysed with an average of nearly 40 citations per paper. To extract the data the authors have used keyword search using Cell Biology and years was limited from 2010 to 2024. The findings of the study revealed a stable increase in cell biology research output, with peak output witnessed in recent years, although earlier publications reported for greater citation impact. The United States of America and People’s Republic of China occupied the top position. India has placed eighth position in cell biology research output. . Keywords Cancer Treatment; Cell Biology; Immunotherapy; Molecular Biology; Regenerative Medicine;Research Output;Scientometrics Electronic access The journal is available at www.jalis.in DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18069086 Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science ISSN: 2277-2219 Vol. 15. No1. 2026. pp.64-73 INTRODUCTION Cell Biology is the primary division of biological sciences that emphasis on the investigation of cells, the basic structural and functional parts of life. All living things are made up of cells, and comprehending their dynamics, structure, and function is essential to understand the processes that underlie growth, development, and illness (Parker et al, 2022). Over the last few decades, developments in molecular biology, microscopy, and genomics have improved cell biology, allowing research scholars and scientists to investigate cellular procedures at molecular and subcellular levels with remarkable clarity. The study of cell biology comprises a diverse range of subjects, such as the study of cell structure and organization, intercellular and intracellular cell signaling pathway, cell cycle and its regulation, apoptosis or programmed cell death, functions of cell organelles, and intercellular communication. Additionally, cell biology enables the base for accepting compound physiological approaches and for expanding therapeutic techniques in the field of medicine, such as types of cancer treatment, regenerative medicine, and immunotherapy (O’Connor, Adams and Fairman, 2010). Because of the dynamic enlargement of research in molecular and cellular biology, there has been an explosive growth in publications in cell biology field, contemplating both the multifaceted and collaborative type of cell biology research. Scientometric and bibliometric studies have emerged as significant tools to outline research tendency, identification of most prolific authors, journals, and countries, and disclose upcoming topics and collaboration networks in the field (Lee, 2003). These investigations assist researchers, librarians, policymakers, and funding agencies to know the growth of knowledge, research output, and probable gaps in the relevant literature. In view of the key role of cell biology in progressing life sciences, it is necessary to study the worldwide research productivity and trends scientifically. This study seeks to conduct a scientometric evaluation of cell biology research to emphasize publication patterns, key contributors, research areas, and the overall growth of the field over time. Thus, this research offers an overview of the knowledge background in cell biology, contributing intuitions for upcoming research direction and strategic planning. REVIEW OF LITERATURE Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, Vol.15, No 1.Jan-March.. 2026, pp-64-73 Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Appr.../Akshaykumar Honakeri& Gururaj S. Hadagali 65 Naheem (2020) conducted a study on global research output in synthetic biology, analyzing 12,012 papers from 2005 to 2019 sourced from the Web of Science. The findings indicated a dramatic increase in annual publications, from 202 in 2005 to 1,534 in 2019, with contributions from scholars across 96 nations, predominantly the USA, UK, and China. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the leading institution, while Fussenegger, M. from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology emerged as the most prolific author. Sankar (2021) examined food microbiology research output from 2001 to 2020, assessing 2,571 records. The study highlighted that research articles dominated publications with 598 documents, spanning 766 journals and involving 9,013 authors from 2,797 institutions across 107 countries. The International Journal of Food Microbiology was noted as the top publication source. Guven (2021) analyzed global publications on ophthalmic genetics from 1975 to 2019, identifying original research articles as the majority. The USA contributed 45.39% of the total publications, with the University of Pennsylvania noted as the leading institution. Key terms included family, cell, and photoreceptor. Surulinathi et al. (2021) investigated the 526 most cited papers in animal cell disease, revealing distribution across 208 journals and contributions from 3,340 researchers in 39 countries. The citation scores ranged significantly, with peaks observed from 2000 to 2008. Nam et al. (2022) scrutinized 978 studies on deep learning in biomedical science, focusing on trends in convolutional neural networks and associated fields. Parida et al. (2022) conducted an analysis of 3,397 articles published in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology over twenty years, identifying Heinrichs, A as a significant contributor and noting that review articles constituted the majority. Sedghi and Ghaffari Heshajin (2023) analyzed genetic research by Iranian authors and evaluated citation patterns using HistCite software, while Hanci and Sevgi (2023) investigated highly cited immunology articles, revealing the Annual Review of Immunology as a prominent journal. Lim et al. (2023) focused on autism genetics research from 2018 to 2022, outlining 12 primary themes within the field. Recent work by Hami, Niazi, and KhazaeeNasirabadi (2023) identified a recent increase in retracted immunology articles, with the USA contributing the most, and Ghosh et al. (2024) highlighted research on the human microbiome, identifying Frontiers in Microbiology as a leading journal. Zhao et al. (2024) examined genetics and Major Depressive Disorder publications, detailing a steady growth in articles post-2013 and identifying significant contributors and collaborative networks. Chen and Cheng (2025) studied natural killer cells and psoriasis, confirming increasing research trends, with the Rockefeller University noted as a key institution. Farid et al. (2025) mapped trends in milk microbiology, highlighting advances in detection methods and common bacterial pathogens. The studies collectively indicate the prominence of genetics, immunology, and microbiology within the scientific landscape, emphasizing the need for broader assessments of cell biology research spanning diverse subfields and fostering international collaborations from 2010 to 2024. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The primary objective of the present study is to analyse the global publications productivity in the field of Cell Biology research for the period from 2010 to 2024 (15 years period). The other objectives of the study are to: 1. analyse the global publication and citation trends in the field of Cell Biology for a period of fifteen years from 2010 to 2024. 2. determine the top authors, institutions and highly preferred journals in the field of Cell Biology 3. analyse the highly cited papers in the field of Cell Biology MATERIALS AND METHODS The data was extracted from one of the premier and widely covered citations databases i.e. Scopus database on Cell Biology for the period of fifteen years from 2010 to 2024. The Search string formulated to extract the bibliographic records: Key=(Cell Biology) AND PUBYEAR= (2010-2024). The search string was formulated to extract the bibliographic records with the term “Cell Biology” used as a keyword. The citation data for the extracted publications were collected on 3rd week of December, 2025. A total of 1,37,782 records were found for World publications and 5403 for India on Cell Biology. The basic indicators have been used to process the data and provided in the successive paragraphs. ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSIONS Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, Vol.15, No 1.Jan-March.. 2026, pp-64-73 Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Appr.../Akshaykumar Honakeri& Gururaj S. Hadagali 66 Global Publications in the field of Cell Biology An overall 1,37,782 publications were recorded for Cell Biology Research globally which were indexed in Scopus database for the period from 2020 to 2024. The highest number of publications were published during 2024 (12750), followed by 12201 publications during 2021. The publications productivity in the field of Cell Biology was increasing except for the year 2021. The average publications count for Cell Biology for the selected period was 9185. For 1,37,782 publications a total of 5507005 citations were received. The average citations per paper was almost 40 for Cell Biology for the period of 15 years from 2010 to 2024. The average citations per year was 367133. The publications published during 2014 have received the highest citations i.e. 507838. The average citations per paper received was 72.87 (4611 publications and 336017 citations). It is observed from the study that there is an increasing trend in terms of publications were concerned and older publications have received almost highest citations. Table 1: Global publications in the field of Cell Biology Sl. No. Year Total Publications (TP) Total Citations (TP) Average Citations per paper 1 2010 4611 336017 72.87 2 2011 5935 397610 66.99 3 2012 6941 420736 60.62 4 2013 7381 428137 58.01 5 2014 8275 507838 61.37 6 2015 8845 460840 52.10 7 2016 8815 428105 48.57 8 2017 9074 459861 50.68 9 2018 9372 444686 47.45 10 2019 10291 418100 40.63 11 2020 10757 384453 35.74 12 2021 12201 360688 29.56 13 2022 10953 220432 20.13 14 2023 11581 152139 13.14 15 2024 12750 87363 6.85 Total 137782 5507005 44.31 Top 15 countries in the field of Cell Biology The table 2 depicts the publications productivity of top 15 countries in the field of Cell Biology for the period from 2010 to 2024. The data reveals that the United States of America (USA) has the highest publications i.e. 43520 for the period of 15 years, followed by Peoples Republic of China with 34277 publications stands second, with 10580 publications Germany in the top three positions. India in eighth position with 5403 publications. Among the top 15 countries, seven countries belong to Europe continent and five Asian countries. Among the citations received, the USA at the top position with 2426333 citations and 55.75 ACPP, followed by People’s Republic of China has received an overall of 1117178 citations with 32.59 ACPP, Germany with 608057 citations stands third. India with 173444 stands fourteenth position among the countries in terms of total citations received. Among the ACPP, Netherlands stands first with 62.05, followed by Switzerland with 58.96, Germany with 57.47 ACPP. India with 32.10 ACCP was in the fifteenth position. Table 2: Top 15 countries in the field of Cell Biology Sl. No. Country Total Publications (TP) Total Citations (TP) Average Citations per Paper (ACPP) 1 United States of America (USA) 43520 2426333 55.75 2 People’s Republic of China 34277 1117178 32.59 3 Germany 10580 608057 57.47 4 United Kingdom 10568 589357 55.76 5 Japan 6821 238249 34.98 6 Italy 5957 246385 41.36 7 France 5863 273815 46.70 8 India 5403 173444 32.10 Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, Vol.15, No 1.Jan-March.. 2026, pp-64-73 Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Appr.../Akshaykumar Honakeri& Gururaj S. Hadagali 67 9 Canada 5177 271648 52.47 10 South Korea 4724 224997 47.62 11 Spain 4236 213692 50.44 12 Australia 4198 223824 53.31 13 Netherlands 3213 199368 62.05 14 Switzerland 3187 187928 58.96 15 Iran 3108 103515 33.30 Total 150832 7097790 47.05 Publications productivity of India in the field of Cell Biology The table 3 shows the publications productivity of India’s Cell Biology research for the period of fifteen years. A total of 5403 publications were observed for fifteen years from 2010 to 2024. The highest publications were received for the year 2024 with 740 publications and least for the year 2010 with 94 publications. There is a gradual increase in the number publications year by year. A total of 173442 citations were received for the period of fifteen years with an average citations per paper i.e. 32.10. The highest citations were received for the year 2010 i.e. 10504 (for 94 publications and the highest ACPP of 111.74). A fluctuation trend was observed in the citations and ACPP for fifteen years period. Table 3: Publications productivity of India in the field of Cell Biology Sl. No. Year Total Publications (TP) Total Citations (TC) Average Citations per Paper (ACPP) 1 2010 94 10504 111.74 2 2011 127 12752 100.40 3 2012 176 8023 45.58 4 2013 238 7748 32.55 5 2014 234 7051 30.13 6 2015 348 14291 41.06 7 2016 326 14119 43.30 8 2017 321 12878 40.11 9 2018 346 15595 45.07 10 2019 410 14506 35.38 11 2020 436 16736 38.38 12 2021 523 13997 26.76 13 2022 533 13329 25.00 14 2023 551 6841 12.41 15 2024 740 5072 6.85 Total 5403 173442 32.10 Top 15 Authors in the field of Cell Biology The table 4 depicts the top fifteen authors in India in the field of Cell Biology. Reis, R.L. affiliated to the Universidade do Minho has emerged as the top author in the field of Cell Biology with 203 publications and 15087 citations (an overall 63 index and 74.32 ACPP), followed by Kaplan, D.L. of Tufts School of Engineering, USA has a total of 176 publications and 10718 citations, whereas, Boccaccini, A.R. of Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Numberg of Germany was in top three position with 154 publications and 8392 citations. Out of fifteen authors, four authors belong to USA and three belong to China. The author authors Khademhosseini, A. of Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (USA) has 19959 citations to his credit and also has the highest H-index (69) and ACPP 170.59. Badyalak, S.F. of the University of Pittsburgh (USA) has the second highest ACPP of 141.87 (9789 citations). Chang, J. of Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences has the third highest ACPP of 125.88. The top fifteen authors have published a total of 2020 publications with 122214 citations. Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, Vol.15, No 1.Jan-March.. 2026, pp-64-73 Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Appr.../Akshaykumar Honakeri& Gururaj S. Hadagali 68 Table 4: Top 15 Authors in the field of Cell Biology Sl. No. Name of Author Affiliation Country Total Publications (TP) Total Citations (TP) H-Index Average Citations Per Paper (ACPP) 1 Reis, R.L. Universidade do Minho Portugal 203 15087 63 74.32 2 Kaplan, D.L. Tufts School of Engineering USA 176 10718 60 60.90 3 Boccaccini, A.R. Friedrich-AlexanderUniversität ErlangenNürnberg Germany 154 8392 51 54.49 4 Ramakrishna, S. National University of Singapore Singapore 147 11642 63 79.20 5 Khademhosseini, A. Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation USA 117 19959 69 170.59 6 Fussenegger, M. Universität Basel Switzerland 113 5415 40 47.92 7 Jewett, M.C. Department of Bioengineering USA 92 5918 43 64.33 8 Kim, H.W. Dankook University South Korea 87 5646 39 64.90 9 Moroni, L. Universiteit Maastricht Netherlands 87 4676 39 53.75 10 Chang, J. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences China 78 9819 57 125.88 11 Dai, J. Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College China 77 4420 39 57.40 12 Arai, F. The University of Tokyo Japan 72 782 16 10.86 13 O'Brien, F.J. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Ireland 70 3840 38 54.86 14 Badylak, S.F. University of Pittsburgh USA 69 9789 45 141.87 15 Chen, X. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences China 68 4932 40 72.53 Total 2020 122214 Top 15 Prolific Institutions in the field of Cell Biology The Ministry of Education of People’s Republic of China top the list among the top fifteen prolific institutions in the field of Cell Biology with 4001 publications. The institution has received a total of 149007 citations, followed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China occupied second position with 3355 publications, the Harvard Medical School, the USA taken third position with 2404 publications. The Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA has occupied the first position in terms of citations received 236052 and the highest hindex of 220, followed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China with 155758 citations, followed by Ministry of Education, China with 149007 citations. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA with 184 h-index stands second position and the first position with 116.93 ACPP, followed by the Stanford University, California, USA with 105.50 ACPP stands second position. Out of fifteen prolific institutions, six belong to China, five belongs to USA, two belongs to France. Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, Vol.15, No 1.Jan-March.. 2026, pp-64-73 Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Appr.../Akshaykumar Honakeri& Gururaj S. Hadagali 69 Table 5: Top 15 Prolific Institutions in the field of Cell Biology Sl. No. Name of Institution City Country Total Publications (TP) Total Citations (TP) HIndex Average Citations Per Paper (ACPP) 1 Ministry of Education Beijing China 4001 149007 146 37.24 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China 3355 155758 169 46.43 3 Harvard Medical School Massachusetts USA 2404 236052 220 98.19 4 CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Paris France 2394 97804 138 40.85 5 INSERM Paris France 1683 83397 127 49.55 6 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing China 1375 58249 113 42.36 7 National Institutes of Health NIH Maryland USA 1297 85032 136 65.56 8 Sichuan University Sichuan China 1207 52275 102 43.31 9 University of California, San Diego California USA 1194 87012 142 72.87 10 Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts USA 1191 139263 184 116.93 11 University of Toronto Toronto Canada 1137 77674 126 68.31 12 Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai China 1122 46858 103 41.76 13 Stanford University California USA 1112 117316 153 105.50 14 Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China 1100 44663 102 40.60 15 University of Cambridge Cambridgeshire United Kingdom 1086 84334 140 77.66 Total 25658 1514694 63.14 Top 15 Highly Preferred Journals in the field of Cell Biology The data about the top fifteen highly preferred journals in the field of Cell Biology is presented in table 6. It reveals that the Journal of Biological Chemistry published by American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc. with 2653 publications count bagged first position with 111093 citations, followed by the PLOS Computational Biology published by Public Library of Science with 2147 publications and 69954 citations and Iscience published by Elsevier has 1994 publications to its credit with 25875 citations were in second and third positions respectively. The journal Biomaterials has received the highest citations i.e. 169366, h-index 120 and 100.87 ACPP, followed by the journal ActaBiomaterialia has received 135116 citations. Among the sources preferred, the journal ActaBiomaterialia has the second highest h-index of 165 and 77.92 ACPP, whereas, Nature Communications of Springer Nature has the third highest ACPP of 77.29 value. The Impact Factor is given for each journal for the year 2024. Table 6: Top 15 Highly Preferred Journals in the field of Cell Biology Sl. No. Name of Journal Publisher Impact Factor (IF) *SNIP 2024 Total Publications (TP) Total Citations (TP) HIndex Average Citations Per Paper Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, Vol.15, No 1.Jan-March.. 2026, pp-64-73 Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Appr.../Akshaykumar Honakeri& Gururaj S. Hadagali 70 (ACPP) 1 Journal of Biological Chemistry American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Inc. 0.998 2653 111093 126 41.87 2 PLOS Computational Biology Public Library of Science 1.137 2147 69954 105 32.58 3 Iscience Elsevier 1.000 1994 25875 53 12.98 4 Methods in Molecular Biology Springer Nature 0.868 1918 16532 48 8.62 5 PLOS One Public Library of Science 1.065 1838 72103 100 39.23 6 International Journal of Molecular Sciences Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) 1.177 1756 41534 77 23.65 7 ActaBiomaterialia ActaMaterialia Inc. 1.574 1734 135116 165 77.92 8 Biomaterials Elsevier 1.783 1679 169366 190 100.87 9 Cell Reports Elsevier 1.552 1532 28552 66 18.64 10 STAR Protocols Elsevier 0.445 1454 6118 24 4.21 11 Nature Communications Springer Nature 3.150 1418 109598 152 77.29 12 Materials Science and Engineering C Elsevier 7.300 1128 64065 113 56.80 13 Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A John Wiley & Sons 0.775 1116 39635 80 35.52 14 ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces American Chemical Society 1.264 1081 56663 112 52.42 15 Journal of Visualized Experiments MyJoVE Corporation 0.345 1001 19550 64 19.53 Total 24449 965754 Note: SNIP - Source Normalized Impact per Paper. Coverage discontinued in Scopus - from 1993 to 2021 for Sl. No. - 12 Top 10 Highly Cited Research Papers in the field of “Cell Biology” The table 7 depicts the top ten highly cited research papers in the field of Cell Biology. The data indicates that Love, M.I, Huber, W. and Anders, S. has received a total of 64000 citations for their work on ‘Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2’ published in the year 2014 in Genome Biology, followed by Jumper, J et al. have received 28388 citations for their work on ‘Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold’ published during 2021 in Nature journal. Out of top ten highly cited papers, two journals each belong to Genome Biology and Nature. Two papers were published in the years 2013 and 2015 respectively. Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, Vol.15, No 1.Jan-March.. 2026, pp-64-73 Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Appr.../Akshaykumar Honakeri& Gururaj S. Hadagali 71 Table 7: Top 10 Highly Cited Research Papers in the field of Cell Biology Rank Author (s) Title Year of Publication Journal Details Total Citations (TC) 1 Love, M.I.; Huber, W.; Anders, S. Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2 2014 Genome Biology, 15(12), 550 64000 2 Jumper, John; Evans, Richard; Pritzel, Alexander; Green, Tim; Figurnov, Michael; +29 authors Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold 2021 Nature, 596(7873), pp. 583–589 28388 3 Anders, Simon; Huber, Wolfgang Differential expression analysis for sequence count data 2010 Genome Biology, 11(10), R106 12489 4 Mali, Prashant; Yang, Luhan; Esvelt, Kevin M.; Aach, John; Guell, Marc; +3 authors RNA-guided human genome engineering via Cas9 2013 Science, 339(6121), pp. 823–826 7856 5 Selkoe, Dennis J.; Hardy, John The amyloid hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease at 25 years 2016 EMBO Molecular Medicine, 8(6), pp. 595–608 4816 6 Roadmap Epigenomics Consortium; Kundaje, Anshul; Meuleman, Wouter; +93 authors Integrative analysis of 111 reference human epigenomes 2015 Nature, 518(7539), pp. 317–329 4673 7 Chandrashekar, Darshan S.; Bashel, Bhuwan; Balasubramanya, Sai AkshayaHodigere; +4 authors UALCAN: A Portal for Facilitating Tumor Subgroup Gene Expression and Survival Analyses 2017 Neoplasia United States, 19(8), pp. 649–658 4655 8 Supek, Fran; Bošnjak, Matko; Škunca, Nives; Šmuc, Tomislav Revigo summarizes and visualizes long lists of gene ontology terms 2011 Plos One, 6(7), e21800 4641 9 Buenrostro, Jason D.; Giresi, Paul G.; Zaba, Lisa C.; Chang, Howard Y.; Greenleaf, William J. Transposition of native chromatin for fast and sensitive epigenomic profiling of open chromatin, DNAbinding proteins and nucleosome position 2013 Nature Methods, 10(12), pp. 1213– 1218 4625 10 Yáñez-Mó, María; Siljander, Pia R.-M.; Andreu, Zoraida; +57 authors Biological properties of extracellular vesicles and their physiological functions 2015 Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 4(2015), pp. 1–60 4621 Journal of Advances in Library and Information Science, Vol.15, No 1.Jan-March.. 2026, pp-64-73 Global Research Output of Cell Biology Research: A Scientometric Appr.../Akshaykumar Honakeri& Gururaj S. Hadagali 72 CONCLUSION This research presents a comprehensive summary of the global research output of cell biology during 2010 - 2024, highlighting remarkable growth in terms of publications and citation count. The balanced raise in research articles was observed predominantly in current years shows the growing extent and interdisciplinary environment of cell biology research. The domination of countries such as the United States of America and People Republic of China highlight their well-built research communications and continued investment in biomedical sciences, whereas European countries reveal high citation impact throughout the study period with greater average citations per paper. The study also shows that older research publications tend to build up high citations, underscoring the long-term influence of initial research in the field. Furthermore, the study identifies renowned authors, institutions, and publications that have notably subjective cell biology research. High-impact journals include Journal of Biological Chemistry, Biomaterials, and Nature Communications, as well as prominent American and Chinese universities have emerged as significant platforms for the distribution of knowledge. In order to map research tendency, scholarly influence, and information hubs in cell biology, this research makes wide-ranging scientometric evidence. 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