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Otorhinolaryngology research

Otorhinolaryngology is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 113k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: surgical subspeciality concerned with ear, nose, and throat conditions.

Research works
113k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
3
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Otorhinolaryngology

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

What is Otorhinolaryngology research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2021-25, its most used keywords are Human Papillomavirus, Oropharyngeal Cancer, Chronic Rhinosinusitis, Nasal Polyps, Acute Otitis Media, Otitis Media.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2021-25 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2011-15. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 6 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Papillomavirus14k◆ 1.00×1 topic
  2. Oropharyngeal Cancer14k◆ 1.00×1 topic
  3. Chronic Rhinosinusitis8,025◆ 1.04×1 topic
  4. Nasal Polyps8,025◆ 1.04×1 topic
  5. Acute Otitis Media5,605◆ 0.96×1 topic
  6. Otitis Media5,605◆ 0.96×1 topic

Which countries lead Otorhinolaryngology research?

On research quality in 2022-now, the United States, China and Germany rank highest in Otorhinolaryngology. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (4.5k and 3.9k works in 2022-now).

By research quality, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States #1 all time 1.17× citation excellence · 1.84× journals · 100% breadth 12.7% top 10% · 3.8k works
  2. 2 China #2 all time 1.19× citation excellence · 1.17× journals · 100% breadth 12.7% top 10% · 3.3k works
  3. 3 Germany #4 all time 1.26× citation excellence · 1.24× journals · 100% breadth 8.8% top 10% · 937 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom #5 all time 1.06× citation excellence · 1.40× journals · 100% breadth 11.5% top 10% · 770 works
  5. 5 Netherlands #3 all time 1.71× citation excellence · 1.54× journals · 100% breadth 19.4% top 10% · 256 works
  6. 6 France #6 all time 1.49× citation excellence · 1.29× journals · 100% breadth 13.7% top 10% · 399 works
  7. 7 Canada #7 all time 1.36× citation excellence · 1.31× journals · 100% breadth 14.6% top 10% · 343 works
  8. 8 Australia #8 all time 1.43× citation excellence · 1.19× journals · 100% breadth 15.0% top 10% · 361 works
  9. 9 Italy #14 all time 1.89× citation excellence · 0.59× journals · 100% breadth 19.8% top 10% · 658 works
  10. 10 Spain #13 all time 1.50× citation excellence · 0.94× journals · 100% breadth 13.1% top 10% · 362 works

The track on each row is that row's top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each place's own topics predict, adds its share of papers in the Nature Index journals, and counts output and breadth too.

Of 23 countries ranked in Otorhinolaryngology. Ranked on the quality score for 2022-now; the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Otorhinolaryngology

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 4.5k works
  2. 2 China 3.9k works
  3. 3 India 2.6k works
  4. 4 Japan 1.3k works
  5. 5 Germany 1.1k works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 887 works
  7. 7 Italy 773 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 719 works
  9. 9 Brazil 694 works
  10. 10 South Korea 581 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: 26.7%China: 22.8%India: 15.4%Japan: 7.4%6 others listed: 27.7%27%largest
United States4,547 · 26.7%China3,878 · 22.8%India2,620 · 15.4%Japan1,250 · 7.4%6 others listed4,717 · 27.7%

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

Which institutions lead Otorhinolaryngology research?

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Otorhinolaryngology on research quality in 2022-now, followed by Sun Yat-sen University and Johns Hopkins University.

By research quality, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #1 all time 19.8% top 10% · 154 works
  2. 2 Sun Yat-sen University China · Guangzhou · #3 all time 14.7% top 10% · 279 works
  3. 3 Johns Hopkins University United States · Baltimore · #2 all time 20.1% top 10% · 62 works
  4. 4 University of Toronto Canada · Toronto · #16 all time 17.2% top 10% · 68 works
  5. 5 Fudan University China · Shanghai · #40 all time 10.8% top 10% · 118 works
  6. 6 Sichuan University China · Chengdu · #22 all time 17.1% top 10% · 88 works
  7. 7 University of Pennsylvania United States · Philadelphia · #9 all time 9.3% top 10% · 64 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai · #43 all time 11.4% top 10% · 113 works
  9. 9 Peking University China · Beijing · #58 all time 15.8% top 10% · 63 works
  10. 10 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center United States · Houston · #10 all time 12.8% top 10% · 73 works

The track on each row is that row's top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the quality score, which compares the rate with what each place's own topics predict, adds its share of papers in the Nature Index journals, and counts output and breadth too.

Of 19 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Otorhinolaryngology.

Top 100 Otorhinolaryngology institutions

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 321 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 181 works
  3. 3 Capital Medical UniversityChina 172 works
  4. 4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 166 works
  5. 5 Fudan UniversityChina 136 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 128 works
  7. 7 Mayo ClinicUnited States 117 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 116 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 106 works
  10. 10 Sichuan UniversityChina 102 works

Who are the leading researchers in Otorhinolaryngology?

Counting only their work in Otorhinolaryngology, Claus Bachert, Jatin P. Shah and Charles René Leemans have the most papers in the world top 10% for their subfield and year beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1 Claus Bachert Belgium · #43,252 worldwide overall 60.6 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2 Jatin P. Shah United States · #13,088 worldwide overall 53.6 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3 Charles René Leemans Netherlands · #38,537 worldwide overall 51.6 of 153 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4 Nancy Y. Lee United States · #14,332 worldwide overall 46.6 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5 Maura L. Gillison United States · #2,938 worldwide overall 42.4 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6 Ying Hao Sun China · #36,433 worldwide overall 44.4 of 120 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7 Jun Ma China · #66,538 worldwide overall 45.2 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8 Brian P O'Sullivan Canada · #51,526 worldwide overall 49.9 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9 Robert Louis Ferris United States · #18,775 worldwide overall 42.6 of 113 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10 Wytske Johanna Fokkens Netherlands · #26,506 worldwide overall 38.1 of 98 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked on their work in Otorhinolaryngology alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected, among 422,462 ranked researchers with a paper here. Each paper counts once, so many strong papers outrank one famous one, and a long record of ordinary papers does not climb. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Otorhinolaryngology researchers

What are the most cited papers in Otorhinolaryngology?

The most cited paper in Otorhinolaryngology is "Human Papillomavirus and Survival of Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer" (K. Kian Ang, Jonathan Harris, Richard H. Wheeler et al., 2010), with 6,617 citations. Next come "Epidemiologic Classification of Human Papillomavirus Types Associated with Cervical Cancer" (6,330) and "European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020" (5,610).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Human Papillomavirus and Survival of Patients with Oropharyngeal Cancer K. Kian Ang, Jonathan Harris, Richard H. Wheeler et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Jun 2010 6,617
2 Epidemiologic Classification of Human Papillomavirus Types Associated with Cervical Cancer Núbia Muñóz, Francesc Xavier Bosch, Sílvia de Sanjosé et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Feb 2003 6,330
3 European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020 W.J. Fokkens et al. · Rhinology Journal Open access148 authors Feb 2020 5,610
4 Nivolumab for Recurrent Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck Robert Louis Ferris et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Oct 2016 5,189
5 Radiotherapy plus Cetuximab for Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck James A. Bonner, Paul M. Harari, J. Giralt et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 8 Feb 2006 5,137
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Where is Otorhinolaryngology research done?

The largest centres of Otorhinolaryngology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Plainview and Kashiwa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 551 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 438 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 371 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 327 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 286 works
  6. 6 LondonUnited Kingdom 244 works
  7. 7 ChennaiIndia 222 works
  8. 8 New YorkUnited States 217 works
  9. 9 MoscowRussia 208 works
  10. 10 IstanbulTürkiye 190 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PlainviewUS · 24.4 works13×
  2. KashiwaJP · 26.6 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Otorhinolaryngology than the world average.

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Otorhinolaryngology research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Otorhinolaryngology?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Sun Yat-sen University 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.

0%10%20%mean 16.74%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Johns Hopkins Univer…Harvard UniversityStanford UniversitySun Yat-sen University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Standingthis field's institution ranking, three quarters all time and a quarter 2022-now
50%
Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
20%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
5%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
15%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
5%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
5%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreRank in field (all time)Top 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 82.0#1 (#1)18.6%2.6×181 -22.9%
2Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 74.8#2 (#3)15.2%7.2×321 +18.1%
3Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 68.4#3 (#2)19.0%2.2×73 -22.2%
4Stanford UniversityUnited States 52.2- (#4)16.5%2.2×69 -18.7%
5Northwestern UniversityUnited States 49.5- (#7)21.9%2.2×39 -11.4%
6University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 49.3#7 (#9)9.3%3.1×72 +0.3%
7University of TorontoCanada 49.2#4 (#16)17.1%1.8×78 -16.8%
8Sichuan UniversityChina 48.3#6 (#22)16.3%2.1×102 +13.5%
9University of PittsburghUnited States 47.5- (#8)15.7%2.5×43 -0.6%
10Karolinska InstitutetSweden 47.2- (#19)17.8%4.2×51 +13.5%

Universities only. The score blends standing (50%), citation excellence (20%), size (15%), specialisation (5%), growth (5%), international reach (5%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise. Standing is the score in this field's institution ranking, three quarters over all time and a quarter 2022-now; excellence averages the two windows too. Four years alone undercount fields such as AI, where many conference and arXiv papers from 2022 on carry no affiliation in the data.

Every institution in Otorhinolaryngology, country by country

Is Otorhinolaryngology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Sinusitis and nasal conditions and Head and Neck Cancer Studies.

still counting19801990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Otorhinolaryngology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.097% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Otorhinolaryngology0.10% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Otorhinolaryngology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Otorhinolaryngology10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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. Sinusitis and nasal conditions+12%
  2. Head and Neck Cancer Studies+8%
  3. Ear Surgery and Otitis Media-0%
← shrinkingno changegrowing →

Growth in output from 2018-21 to 2022-25. Every topic is a page of its own.

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