Table 2.
The characteristics of the top 20 institutions based on publications.
| No. | Institutions | Country | Publications | Citations | Average citations | Total link strength | Betweenness centrality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Univ Minnesota | United States | 128 | 9,750 | 76 | 229 | 0.04 |
| 2 | Harvard Med Sch | United States | 120 | 7,423 | 62 | 398 | 0.18 |
| 3 | Univ Copenhagen | Denmark | 119 | 7,674 | 64 | 243 | 0.04 |
| 4 | Univ Helsinki | Finland | 111 | 6,853 | 62 | 194 | 0.10 |
| 5 | Mayo Clin | United States | 111 | 8,203 | 74 | 225 | 0.05 |
| 6 | Zhejiang Univ | China | 100 | 2,245 | 22 | 109 | 0.05 |
| 7 | Univ Amsterdam | Netherlands | 99 | 7,921 | 80 | 204 | 0.01 |
| 8 | Univ Washington | United States | 97 | 6,767 | 70 | 211 | 0.01 |
| 9 | Harvard Univ | United States | 95 | 10,920 | 115 | 200 | 0.05 |
| 10 | Univ Michigan | United States | 94 | 5,938 | 63 | 166 | 0.06 |
| 11 | Univ Alberta | Canada | 92 | 4,562 | 50 | 276 | 0.06 |
| 12 | Univ Toronto | Canada | 92 | 3,370 | 37 | 238 | 0.05 |
| 13 | Univ Calif Davis | United States | 83 | 2,432 | 29 | 115 | 0.02 |
| 14 | Baylor Coll Med | United States | 82 | 5,627 | 69 | 171 | 0.00 |
| 15 | Inra | France | 80 | 6,105 | 76 | 115 | 0.00 |
| 16 | Chinese Acad Sci | China | 79 | 2010 | 25 | 160 | 0.00 |
| 17 | Nanjing Med Univ | China | 79 | 1,631 | 21 | 115 | 0.03 |
| 18 | Massachusetts Gen Hosp | United States | 76 | 5,188 | 68 | 212 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Univ Calif San Francisco | United States | 76 | 4,924 | 65 | 186 | 0.03 |
| 20 | Univ São Paulo | Brazil | 72 | 941 | 13 | 54 | 0.00 |
Total link strength, it indicates the strength or closeness of the institution’s cooperation with other institutions in the field of FMT; Betweenness centrality, it represents the influence or contribution of the institution in the FMT field, and greater than 0.1 means that the institution has an important contribution or a great influence.