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Capital Region Special Surgery

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Research works
15
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
255
16.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Capital Region Special Surgery

Not ranked overall: Capital Region Special Surgery is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Capital Region Special Surgery work in?

In all years, 66% of research at Capital Region Special Surgery is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 10 fractional works · 65.6% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 62.4% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 17.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 18.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 10.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 11.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKCapital RegionSpecial Surgery15fractional works, all years
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences66%Social Sciences19%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1062.4%
    2. Nursing02.1%
    3. Health Professions01.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities210.9%
    2. Psychology14.7%
    3. Social Sciences02.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.1%
    1. Engineering16.5%
    2. Computer Science03.2%
    3. Environmental Science01.7%
    1. Neuroscience02.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 2.53× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.53×0 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.04×0 works
  3. Medicine1.67×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.55×0 works
  5. Engineering1.31×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.04×0 works
  7. Psychology0.86×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Capital Region Special Surgery?

The most cited paper from Capital Region Special Surgery is "Upper airway surgery for obstructive sleep apnea" (Aaron E. Sher, 2002), with 124 citations. Next come "A Multi‐Institutional Study of Radiofrequency Volumetric Tissue Reduction for OSAS" (110) and "A model of mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (Sanfilippo syndrome type IIIB): N‐acetyl‐α‐D‐glucosaminidase deficiency in Schipperke dogs" (75).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Upper airway surgery for obstructive sleep apnea Aaron E. Sher · Sleep Medicine Reviews Jun 2002 124
2 A Multi‐Institutional Study of Radiofrequency Volumetric Tissue Reduction for OSAS B. Tucker Woodson, Lionel M. Nelson, Samuel Mickelson et al. · Otolaryngology Oct 2001 110
3 A model of mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (Sanfilippo syndrome type IIIB): N‐acetyl‐α‐D‐glucosaminidase deficiency in Schipperke dogs Norman Matthew Ellinwood, P. Wang, TM Skeen et al. · Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease Jul 2003 75
4 Use of motor evoked potentials during lateral lumbar interbody fusion reduces postoperative deficits Michael R. Riley, Adam T. Doan, Richard W. Vogel et al. · The Spine Journal 3 Apr 2018 68
5 Temperature‐Controlled Radiofrequency Tissue Volume Reduction in the Human Soft Palate Aaron E. Sher, Phillip B. Flexon, David R. Hillman et al. · Otolaryngology Oct 2001 48
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Capital Region Special Surgery publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction, 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis, Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis and Local Government Finance and Decentralization.

Image Processing and 3D …0Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction: 0 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and An…03D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 0 fractional worksLocal Government Finance…0Local Government Finance and Decentralization: 0 fractional worksInsurance, Mortality, De…0Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management: 0 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…0Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 0 fractional worksTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation: 0 fractional worksBlood transfusion and management: 0 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 0 fractional worksErgonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders: 0 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionComputational MechanicsAccountingPolitical Science and International Relations6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Image Processing and 3D Reconstruction Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  2. 2 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 0 works
  3. 3 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 0 works
  4. 4 Local Government Finance and Decentralization Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management Demography 0 works
  6. 6 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 0 works
  7. 7 Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Ergonomics and Musculoskeletal Disorders Social Psychology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Capital Region Special Surgery's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Capital Region Special Surgery as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Capital Region Special Surgery over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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