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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 1.2M research works in it since 1950. 15.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the heart as well as parts of the circulatory system.

Research works
1.2M
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
192k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
29
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
the tick is no change

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Cardiovascular Disease, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Echocardiography, Catheter Ablation, Obesity. Gaining share since 2009–13: Atrial Fibrillation, Anticoagulant Therapy, Stroke Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment. Losing share: Ion Channels, Long-QT Syndrome, Hypertension, Cardiovascular Events.

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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 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Cardiovascular Disease63k◆ 0.99×7 topics
  2. Guidelines61k◆ 1.10×4 topics
  3. Heart Failure54k◆ 1.00×6 topics
  4. Echocardiography39k◆ 1.04×4 topics
  5. Catheter Ablation32k◆ 1.13×2 topics
  6. Obesity29k◆ 1.10×2 topics
  7. Epidemiology27k◆ 1.04×3 topics
  8. Atrial Fibrillation26k▲ 1.20×2 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Events26k▼ 0.81×3 topics
  10. Risk Factors25k◆ 1.03×3 topics
  11. Arrhythmias25k▼ 0.86×2 topics
  12. Hypertension24k▼ 0.77×4 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction24k◆ 1.00×3 topics
  14. Sudden Cardiac Death22k▼ 0.81×2 topics
  15. Mortality22k◆ 1.07×2 topics
  16. Cardiac Risk21k◆ 1.08×1 topic
  17. Perioperative21k◆ 1.08×1 topic
  18. Anticoagulant Therapy19k▲ 1.20×1 topic
  19. Stroke Prevention19k▲ 1.20×1 topic
  20. Chamber Quantification19k◆ 1.05×1 topic
  21. Diastolic Function19k◆ 1.05×1 topic
  22. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement18k◆ 1.11×1 topic
  23. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement18k◆ 1.11×1 topic
  24. Cardiomyopathy17k◆ 1.14×2 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations14k◆ 0.99×2 topics
  26. Autonomic Nervous System14k◆ 1.04×1 topic
  27. Heart Rate Variability14k◆ 1.04×1 topic
  28. Atherosclerosis14k◆ 0.96×2 topics
  29. Diabetes Mellitus13k◆ 0.93×2 topics
  30. Cardiac Imaging13k◆ 0.94×2 topics
  31. Inflammation13k◆ 0.92×2 topics
  32. Radiofrequency Ablation13k◆ 1.04×1 topic
  33. Ventricular Tachycardia13k◆ 1.04×1 topic
  34. Antihypertensive Drugs12k◆ 0.94×1 topic
  35. Blood Pressure12k◆ 0.94×1 topic
  36. Ion Channels12k▼ 0.72×1 topic
  37. Long-QT Syndrome12k▼ 0.72×1 topic
  38. Coronary Artery Disease12k◆ 1.15×2 topics
  39. Diagnosis12k▲ 1.16×1 topic
  40. Treatment12k▲ 1.16×1 topic

Which countries lead Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (56k and 27k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 13.2% top 10% · 56k works
  2. 2 China · #6 all time 19.6% top 10% · 27k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 17.2% top 10% · 9.8k works
  4. 4 Italy · #5 all time 18.6% top 10% · 10k works
  5. 5 Germany · #3 all time 16.1% top 10% · 8.4k works
  6. 6 Canada · #4 all time 18.0% top 10% · 5.2k works
  7. 7 France · #7 all time 15.1% top 10% · 4.8k works
  8. 8 Australia · #9 all time 15.7% top 10% · 4.9k works
  9. 9 India · #16 all time 8.0% top 10% · 10k works
  10. 10 Netherlands · #8 all time 21.7% top 10% · 3.5k 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 72 countries ranked in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 56k works
  2. 2 China 27k works
  3. 3 Japan 11k works
  4. 4 India 10k works
  5. 5 Italy 10k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 9.8k works
  7. 7 Germany 8.4k works
  8. 8 Spain 6.3k works
  9. 9 Canada 5.2k works
  10. 10 Russia 5k 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: 37.5%China: 18.4%Japan: 7.1%India: 6.9%6 others listed: 30.1%38%largest
United States56k · 37.5%China27k · 18.4%Japan11k · 7.1%India10k · 6.9%6 others listed45k · 30.1%

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

Which institutions lead Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research?

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Brigham and Women's Hospital.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 24.8% top 10% · 652 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China · Beijing · #59 all time 18.8% top 10% · 951 works
  3. 3 Brigham and Women's Hospital United States · Boston · #2 all time 22.1% top 10% · 533 works
  4. 4 Mayo Clinic United States · Rochester · #3 all time 17.4% top 10% · 603 works
  5. 5 Massachusetts General Hospital United States · Boston · #5 all time 18.1% top 10% · 505 works
  6. 6 Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore · #8 all time 17.3% top 10% · 573 works
  7. 7 Cleveland Clinic United States · Cleveland · #4 all time 13.2% top 10% · 880 works
  8. 8 Stanford University United States · Stanford · #7 all time 17.7% top 10% · 441 works
  9. 9 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States · New York · #30 all time 16.5% top 10% · 433 works
  10. 10 Mayo Clinic in Arizona United States · Scottsdale · #14 all time 12.9% top 10% · 697 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 738 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

Top 100 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 951 works
  2. 2 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 880 works
  3. 3 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 697 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 652 works
  5. 5 Mayo ClinicUnited States 603 works
  6. 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 583 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 573 works
  8. 8 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States 533 works
  9. 9 Yale UniversityUnited States 514 works
  10. 10 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 505 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine?

Among the most productive authors in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Gordon Guyatt, Graeme J. Hankey and Giuseppe Remuzzi rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Gordon Guyatt Canada · #11 worldwide 6.8k citations · 254 works
  2. 2 Graeme J. Hankey Australia · #15 worldwide 7.2k citations · 205 works
  3. 3 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy · #34 worldwide 8.1k citations · 312 works
  4. 4 Maciej Banach Poland · #49 worldwide 5.2k citations · 199 works
  5. 5 Paulo A. Lotufo Brazil · #50 worldwide 7.2k citations · 153 works
  6. 6 Emelia J. Benjamin United States · #54 worldwide 6k citations · 166 works
  7. 7 Josef Coresh United States · #72 worldwide 5.3k citations · 204 works
  8. 8 Victor Aboyans France · #74 worldwide 4.9k citations · 135 works
  9. 9 Robert O. Bonow United States · #85 worldwide 4.5k citations · 220 works
  10. 10 Patrizio Lancellotti Belgium · #86 worldwide 4.1k citations · 241 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,914 highest-output authors in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine researchers

Where is Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research done?

The largest centres of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cotignola, Bad Oeynhausen and Bad Krozingen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 4.9k works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 3.2k works
  3. 3 New York United States 2.6k works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 2.5k works
  5. 5 Boston United States 2.2k works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 2.2k works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 2.2k works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 2.1k works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 1.9k works
  10. 10 Rome Italy 1.7k works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CotignolaIT · 66.3 works32×
  2. Bad OeynhausenDE · 145.9 works29×
  3. Bad KrozingenDE · 67.5 works29×
  4. CarnaxidePT · 137.5 works28×
  5. Bad Neustadt an der SaaleDE · 25.6 works28×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine than the world average.

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Harvard University and Karolinska Institutet 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%10%20%30%mean 19.03%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 951, 18.8%Harvard University: 652, 24.8%Karolinska Institutet: 302, 22.2%St George's, University of London: 109, 25.1%Jichi Medical University: 177, 17.5%Maastricht University: 240, 22.7%Semmelweis University: 279, 12.2%National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 326, 19.7%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 433, 16.5%Dow University of Health Sciences: 144, 10.8%St George's, Univers…Harvard UniversityKarolinska InstitutetChinese Academy of M…
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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 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 56.018.8%4.6×951 +58.8%
2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 53.424.8%2.4×652 +14.5%
3 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 51.522.2%3.2×302 +50.7%
4 St George's, University of LondonUnited Kingdom 49.225.1%6.7×109 -1.7%
5 Jichi Medical UniversityJapan 48.717.5%9.6×177 +2.7%
6 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 46.422.7%3.4×240 +0.4%
7 Semmelweis UniversityHungary 46.312.2%6.8×279 +51.4%
8 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 46.219.7%3.1×326 +71.9%
9 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 46.016.5%4.2×433 +41.3%
10 Dow University of Health SciencesPakistan 45.910.8%5.5×144 +266.2%

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 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

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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. Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors+192%
  2. Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity+150%
  3. Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes+135%
  4. Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments+119%
  5. Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy+98%
  6. Cardiac Health and Mental Health+96%
  7. Renin-Angiotensin System Studies-19%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine include?

Cardiac, Anesthesia and …98kCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 98k fractional worksCardiovascular Function …86kCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 86k fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 82k fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 77k fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 73k fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 70k fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 64k fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hyper…61kBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 61k fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 50k fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 50k fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 45k fractional worksViral Infections and Immunology Research: 44k fractional works

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