Who are the KOLs in neuroscience research and how are they using RUO antibodies?
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In this blog:
- Which researchers are citing many neuroscience antibodies in their work?
- What is the global distribution for antibody use?
- Download data on the top 50 researchers by antibody citations
At CiteAb, we collect reagent data from the scientific literature, enabling us to understand how scientists around the world are using reagents in their research.
Today we answer the who, where and how concerning neuroscience antibody power users – giving you actionable insight into this space.
Using quantitative citation-based reagent data, we ask:
- Who are the researchers using the most neuroscience antibodies?
- Where are these researchers based and in which institutions?
- How are they using neuroscience antibodies?
Overview statistics
Efforts in advancing scientific discovery within the neuroscience research area are considerable. Between 2021-2023 we found:
- Over 28k antibodies cited
- 93k citations for neuroscience antibodies
- Over 1k institutions citing neuroscience antibodies
Who are the neuroscience KOLs?
The number of product citations in papers can be used as a quantitative marker of research output and a way to understand how antibodies are being used. We can also use citation data to spot up-and-coming researchers.
Top 50 by Citation Count: Neuroscience antibody researchers
Our data revealed these researchers are leading the neuroscience research field by citation volume:
- Stephen M Strittmatter – Yale University
- Gang Chen – Nantong University
- Thomas C Sudhof – Stanford University
- Q Richard Lu – University of Cincinnati
- Keqiang Ye – Emory University
We unsurprisingly discovered that many of the names on this ‘top 50’ list were from well established labs and have been working in the field for many years.
Here’s a couple of recent publications from these researchers, demonstrating the sort of work they are outputting:
Q Richard Lu – Small-molecule-induced epigenetic rejuvenation promotes SREBP condensation and overcomes barriers to CNS myelin regeneration
Gang Chen – Activation of P2X7R Inhibits Proliferation and Promotes the Migration and Differentiation of Schwann Cells
To see the full list of researchers, download the data at the bottom of this blog.
Where are prominent neuroscience scientists based?
Zooming out to researchers in the top 100, ranked by antibody citations, we found that many were based in the US and China – unsurprising given the size of these research markets.
The US saw 56 of the 100 researchers, and China 19.
Looking at our data for neuroscience antibody use more widely, we saw that this data broadly reflected the top 100 KOLs geographical distribution – with one big difference. China was the largest market by citation share in neuroscience overall, overtaking the US for the first time in 2023.
This could indicate a greater volume of researchers in China entering Neuroscience research, or existing labs performing more research in this space. It is interesting that currently the most active researchers are US-based, in spite of this growth in China. Will we see an impact on the top neuroscience KOL dataset in coming years?
Regions to watch in neuroscience
Germany saw 9 researchers in the top 100, making them the third most prominent region in this dataset. Reflecting this, Germany was the third largest market by neuroscience citations overall.
Outside of these regions, we noted that researchers in South Korea featured multiple times in the top 100 list:
- Myeong ok Kim, Gyesosang National university, at 12
- Eunjoon Kim, Korea advanced institute of science and technology, at 54
- Tae-Cheon Kang, Hallym university, at 75
Last year in the CiteAb Awards we recognised the Antibody Supplier Succeeding in South Korea (which you can read about on the CiteAb Awards website here). We ran this category as we had noticed an uptick in antibody citations from Korea in our data. In neuroscience more specifically, South Korea saw a small uptick in citations between 2022 and 2023, and are the 6th largest country market.
We also saw researchers from Japan appear, such as Hideyuki Okano at number 11, the current dean of Keio University School of Medicine and team leader of the Laboratory for Marmoset Neural Architecture.
Japan is another geographical market we’ve noticed to be growing more broadly in the antibody space (and is the fourth largest in the neuroscience area).
Does your lab or institution feature in the list? Download data from the bottom of this blog to find out.
What is the Institution split in neuroscience research?
In a 2024 analysis we took a look at the top 50 neuroscience institutions, using antibody citation count as an unbiased and quantitative way to measure research output.
In this analysis the US and China dominated with the most active institutions, reflecting the researcher spread in this analysis.
Here’s a reminder of the top five neuroscience institutions in 2023 by citation count:
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Asia
- Sun Yat-sen University, Asia
- Nantong University, Asia
- Fudan University, Asia
- Nanjing Medical University, Asia
Interestingly, we found that several of the researchers with the most antibody citations were from institutions which were not in the top neuroscience institution list. A few examples include: University of Cincinnati, University of Louisiana at Monroe, University of Nebraska, Utrecht University and Augusta University.
You can download a list of the top 50 neuroscience institutions in our blog here.
How are neuroscience researchers using RUO antibodies?
If we looked more specifically at how these scientists are using antibodies in their neuroscience work, we found that WB and IHC were the two most cited applications- with fairly stable citation shares over the years. Completing the top five were FC/FACs, ICC and IF.
Interestingly, FC/FACS saw an uptick in share in 2023, as well as CITE-Seq.
Want to stay ahead of application trends? CiteAb data can help you spot applications seeing increasing interest, and determine which applications to prioritise for validation.
Wrap up and data download
We hope you found this analysis an interesting insight into neuroscience researchers who have used many antibodies!
It is worth noting that this list is weighted towards larger institutions and does not account for research quality. It does however provide a quantitative reading into the neuroscience space.
You can download the full top 50 list below for your own analysis. If you’d like to find out more about our market data services, do reach out to the team.
- Rhys and the CiteAb team
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