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The Research Pulse 2026: Where Biology Is Heading, According to PubMed and 300,000 Researcher Visits
Research Pulse · Data study
Where biology is heading: what PubMed and 300,000 researcher visits reveal
We compared five years of PubMed publication counts with two years of researcher visits to Assay Genie product pages. The result is a map of the research fields that are growing fastest, and the ones that are fading.
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47×growth in lactylation papers since 2021
22×growth in p-tau217 papers since 2021
1.7Mnew PubMed papers in 2025
302kresearcher visits analysed
Key Takeaways
PubMed grew about 10% between 2021 and 2025, but protein lactylation papers grew 47-fold and p-tau217 papers grew 22-fold.
GLP-1 drug research grew six-fold and ferr
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22nd Sep 2026