Question 1

Which countries lead Emergency Medicine research?

Accepted Answer

On research quality in 2022-now, the United States, Canada and Germany rank highest in Emergency Medicine. By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (17k and 3.6k works in 2022-now).

Question 2

Which institutions lead Emergency Medicine research?

Accepted Answer

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Emergency Medicine on research quality in 2022-now, followed by Johns Hopkins University and University of California, San Francisco.

Question 3

Who are the leading researchers in Emergency Medicine?

Accepted Answer

Counting only their work in Emergency Medicine, Vinay Nadkarni, Jerry P. Nolan and Ernest Eugene Moore have the most papers in the world top 10% for their subfield and year beyond the 10% expected.

Question 4

Where is Emergency Medicine research done?

Accepted Answer

The largest centres of Emergency Medicine research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Boston (United States), New York (United States) and Melbourne (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wakefield and Inverness.

Question 5

Where is the best place to study Emergency Medicine?

Accepted Answer

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Toronto and Johns Hopkins University score highest, combining standing in the field's ranking, citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Question 6

Is Emergency Medicine research growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Emergency Medicine Education and Research, Intramuscular injections and effects and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management.

Question 7

What are the most cited papers in Emergency Medicine?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper in Emergency Medicine is "A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation" (Mary E. Charlson, Peter Pompei, Kathy L. Aleš et al., 1987), with 50,676 citations. Next come "APACHE II" (13,863) and "Evaluation, Treatment, and Prevention of Vitamin D Deficiency: an Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline" (10,622).