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Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 142k research works in it since 1950. 14.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: medical specialty concerned with anesthesia and perioperative care.

Research works
142k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
21k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
4
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Difficult Airway Society, Tracheal Intubation, Anesthesia, Sedation, Cancer Pain, Pain Management.

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Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 8 words, with their numbers
  1. Difficult Airway Society9,103◆ 1.01×1 topic
  2. Tracheal Intubation9,103◆ 1.01×1 topic
  3. Anesthesia8,068◆ 0.88×1 topic
  4. Sedation8,068◆ 0.88×1 topic
  5. Cancer Pain6,838◆ 1.10×1 topic
  6. Pain Management6,838◆ 1.10×1 topic
  7. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome4,004◆ 1.14×1 topic
  8. Spinal Cord Stimulation4,004◆ 1.14×1 topic

Which countries lead Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (6k and 2.5k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 14.0% top 10% · 6k works
  2. 2 China · #5 all time 23.5% top 10% · 2.5k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 14.0% top 10% · 1.1k works
  4. 4 Italy · #8 all time 21.8% top 10% · 593 works
  5. 5 Canada · #3 all time 20.1% top 10% · 590 works
  6. 6 Australia · #6 all time 20.1% top 10% · 501 works
  7. 7 Germany · #4 all time 13.9% top 10% · 748 works
  8. 8 South Korea · #17 all time 17.4% top 10% · 514 works
  9. 9 France · #7 all time 12.4% top 10% · 497 works
  10. 10 Spain · #15 all time 12.5% top 10% · 533 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 22 countries ranked in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 6k works
  2. 2 China 2.5k works
  3. 3 India 2.2k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 1.1k works
  5. 5 Japan 808 works
  6. 6 Germany 748 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 728 works
  8. 8 Italy 593 works
  9. 9 Brazil 591 works
  10. 10 Canada 590 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 37.8%China: 16.1%India: 13.6%United Kingdom: 6.7%6 others listed: 25.7%38%largest
United States5,972 · 37.8%China2,547 · 16.1%India2,153 · 13.6%United Kingdom1,054 · 6.7%6 others listed4,058 · 25.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research?

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Massachusetts General Hospital and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 22.1% top 10% · 83 works
  2. 2 Massachusetts General Hospital United States · Boston · #5 all time 20.2% top 10% · 66 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical Sciences India · New Delhi · #75 all time 7.8% top 10% · 136 works
  4. 4 Cleveland Clinic United States · Cleveland · #18 all time 14.7% top 10% · 64 works
  5. 5 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye · Istanbul 6.5% top 10% · 71 works
  6. 6 Ain Shams University Egypt · Cairo 2.9% top 10% · 85 works
  7. 7 Institute of Medical Sciences India · Varanasi 3.6% top 10% · 62 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 7 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine.

Top 100 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 136 works
  2. 2 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 85 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 83 works
  4. 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 71 works
  5. 5 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 66 works
  6. 6 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 64 works
  7. 7 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 62 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 59 works
  9. 9 University of TorontoCanada 59 works
  10. 10 Cairo UniversityEgypt 57 works

Who are the leading researchers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine?

Among the most productive authors in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Roger Chou, Louisa Degenhardt and P.J. Devereaux rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Roger Chou United States · #6 worldwide 14k citations · 187 works
  2. 2 Louisa Degenhardt Australia · #80 worldwide 5.7k citations · 164 works
  3. 3 P.J. Devereaux Canada · #1,195 worldwide 4.8k citations · 85 works
  4. 4 Davide Capodanno Italy · #1,266 worldwide 2.1k citations · 125 works
  5. 5 Konrad Reinhart Belgium · #1,521 worldwide 1.4k citations · 113 works
  6. 6 Lee A. Fleisher United States · #1,742 worldwide 1.2k citations · 103 works
  7. 7 Dan J. Stein South Africa · #1,863 worldwide 7.7k citations · 620 works
  8. 8 Niranjan Kissoon Canada · #2,055 worldwide 1.4k citations · 90 works
  9. 9 Laurent Brochard Canada · #2,061 worldwide 1.4k citations · 87 works
  10. 10 Ronald Melzack Canada · #2,248 worldwide 2.3k citations · 75 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 3,983 highest-output authors in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine researchers

Where is Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research done?

The largest centres of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), New Delhi (India) and Boston (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wooster, Rishikesh and Shreveport.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 321 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 294 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 265 works
  4. 4 Boston United States 264 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 260 works
  6. 6 New York United States 235 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 227 works
  8. 8 Istanbul Türkiye 216 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 190 works
  10. 10 Philadelphia United States 185 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WoosterUS · 23.8 works43×
  2. RishikeshIN · 28.1 works11×
  3. ShreveportUS · 22.0 works8.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine than the world average.

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Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research by country

The best places for Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine?

Among universities, judged by research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences and All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 9.11%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 136, 7.8%Institute of Medical Sciences: 62, 3.6%All India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur: 31, 4.7%All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal: 30, 4.0%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 71, 6.5%All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur: 26, 4.0%SMS Medical College: 22, 0.3%Harvard University: 83, 22.1%Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research: 29, 3.9%University of Gondar: 10, 34.2%All India Institute …All India Institute …All India Institute …Institute of Medical…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 57.37.8%10.1×136 +64.7%
2 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 54.03.6%8.7×62 +208.4%
3 All India Institute of Medical Sciences RaipurIndia 52.34.7%12.0×31 +465.7%
4 All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhopalIndia 51.84.0%11.5×30 +436.4%
5 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 50.36.5%5.6×71 +2625.1%
6 All India Institute of Medical Sciences JodhpurIndia 50.34.0%10.9×26 +870.7%
7 SMS Medical CollegeIndia 46.40.3%15.9×22 +221.7%
8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 45.922.1%3.0×83 +43.6%
9 Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and ResearchIndia 45.53.9%9.4×29 +131.5%
10 University of GondarEthiopia 44.734.2%3.0×10 +245.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pain Management and Opioid Use, Pain Management and Treatment and Airway Management and Intubation Techniques.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

  1. Pain Management and Opioid Use+79%
  2. Pain Management and Treatment+77%
  3. Airway Management and Intubation Techniques+73%
  4. Anesthesia and Sedative Agents+51%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine include?

Anesthesia and Sedative …49kAnesthesia and Sedative Agents: 49k fractional worksAirway Management and In…45kAirway Management and Intubation Techniques: 45k fractional worksPain Management and Opio…29kPain Management and Opioid Use: 29k fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 18k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.