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Urology research

Urology is a subfield of Medicine. Science Explorer counts 157k research works in it since 1950. 15.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: a medical and surgical specialty that focuses on diagnosing and treating disorders of the urinary tract and male reproductive organs.

Research works
157k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
24k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
5
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

What is Urology research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Genitourinary Development, Urotrauma, Platelet-Rich Plasma, Regenerative Medicine, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms. Gaining share since 2009–13: Hair Follicle, Stem Cells, Platelet-Rich Plasma, Regenerative Medicine. Losing share: Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms.

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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 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Genitourinary Development9,392◆ 0.92×1 topic
  2. Urotrauma9,392◆ 0.92×1 topic
  3. Platelet-Rich Plasma9,005▲ 1.20×1 topic
  4. Regenerative Medicine9,005▲ 1.20×1 topic
  5. Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia8,190▼ 0.84×1 topic
  6. Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms8,190▼ 0.84×1 topic
  7. Hair Follicle3,896▲ 1.33×1 topic
  8. Stem Cells3,896▲ 1.33×1 topic
  9. Morphology879◆ 0.92×1 topic
  10. Tongue879◆ 0.92×1 topic

Which countries lead Urology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and Italy rank highest in Urology. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (4.3k and 3.4k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #3 all time 24.4% top 10% · 3.4k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 14.1% top 10% · 4.3k works
  3. 3 Italy · #5 all time 21.8% top 10% · 984 works
  4. 4 Germany · #4 all time 13.7% top 10% · 836 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom · #2 all time 13.8% top 10% · 912 works
  6. 6 India · #16 all time 5.7% top 10% · 2.3k works
  7. 7 South Korea · #15 all time 17.9% top 10% · 619 works
  8. 8 Spain · #13 all time 16.9% top 10% · 616 works
  9. 9 Japan · #8 all time 10.3% top 10% · 908 works
  10. 10 Brazil · #14 all time 7.6% top 10% · 983 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 25 countries ranked in Urology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Urology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 4.3k works
  2. 2 China 3.4k works
  3. 3 India 2.3k works
  4. 4 Italy 984 works
  5. 5 Brazil 983 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 932 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 912 works
  8. 8 Japan 908 works
  9. 9 Germany 836 works
  10. 10 Egypt 721 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: 26.4%China: 21.0%India: 13.9%Italy: 6.1%6 others listed: 32.6%26%largest
United States4,278 · 26.4%China3,413 · 21.0%India2,254 · 13.9%Italy984 · 6.1%6 others listed5,292 · 32.6%

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

Which institutions lead Urology research?

Sichuan University (China) ranks first in Urology on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by University of Michigan and Stomatology Hospital.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sichuan University China · Chengdu · #29 all time 34.2% top 10% · 93 works
  2. 2 University of Michigan United States · Ann Arbor · #2 all time 27.4% top 10% · 68 works
  3. 3 Stomatology Hospital China · Xi'an · #71 all time 24.2% top 10% · 68 works
  4. 4 University of Miami United States · Coral Gables · #18 all time 17.4% top 10% · 74 works
  5. 5 Cairo University Egypt · Giza · #96 all time 9.9% top 10% · 94 works
  6. 6 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil · São Paulo · #38 all time 10.6% top 10% · 60 works
  7. 7 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Iran · Tehran 11.4% top 10% · 60 works
  8. 8 Mansoura University Egypt · Al Mansurah 9.4% top 10% · 65 works
  9. 9 Saveetha University India · Chennai 9.6% top 10% · 60 works
  10. 10 All India Institute of Medical Sciences India · New Delhi 4.9% top 10% · 66 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 13 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Urology.

Top 100 Urology institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cairo UniversityEgypt 94 works
  2. 2 Sichuan UniversityChina 93 works
  3. 3 University of MiamiUnited States 74 works
  4. 4 Stomatology HospitalChina 68 works
  5. 5 University of MichiganUnited States 68 works
  6. 6 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 67 works
  7. 7 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 66 works
  8. 8 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 65 works
  9. 9 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 65 works
  10. 10 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 65 works

Who are the leading researchers in Urology?

Among the most productive authors in Urology, Yousef Khader, Paul Abrams and Hikmat Al‐Ahmadie rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Yousef Khader Jordan · #42 worldwide 7.7k citations · 152 works
  2. 2 Paul Abrams United Kingdom · #1,346 worldwide 1.5k citations · 99 works
  3. 3 Hikmat Al‐Ahmadie United States · #1,483 worldwide 1.7k citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Thorsten Schlomm Germany · #1,533 worldwide 1.6k citations · 120 works
  5. 5 James W.F. Catto United Kingdom · #1,643 worldwide 1.5k citations · 96 works
  6. 6 Victor E. Reuter United States · #1,766 worldwide 1.6k citations · 126 works
  7. 7 Michael J. Barry United States · #1,767 worldwide 1.8k citations · 101 works
  8. 8 Peter R. Carroll United States · #1,798 worldwide 2.5k citations · 236 works
  9. 9 U. Ulmsten Sweden · #1,973 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Shane D. Morrison United States · #2,388 worldwide 4.6k citations · 70 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,653 highest-output authors in Urology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Urology researchers

Where is Urology research done?

The largest centres of Urology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), London (United Kingdom) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nalgonda and Hualien City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 446 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 319 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 315 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 313 works
  5. 5 Istanbul Türkiye 281 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 263 works
  7. 7 New York United States 260 works
  8. 8 São Paulo Brazil 253 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 252 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 220 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NalgondaIN · 28.0 works20×
  2. Hualien CityTW · 53.3 works17×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Urology than the world average.

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Urology research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Urology?

Among universities, judged by research, Tzu Chi University, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and Damascus University 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 22.92%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tzu Chi University: 35, 33.2%Universitat Internacional de Catalunya: 11, 30.9%Damascus University: 22, 12.6%Sichuan University: 93, 34.2%University of Bern: 34, 41.8%University of Miami: 74, 17.4%Al-Azhar University: 58, 4.7%Alexandria University: 57, 13.4%Cairo University: 94, 9.9%Southern Medical University: 37, 31.1%Sichuan UniversityTzu Chi UniversityUniversitat Internac…Damascus University
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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 Tzu Chi UniversityTaiwan 65.233.2%30.7×35 +41.5%
2 Universitat Internacional de CatalunyaSpain 62.830.9%10.3×11 +188.1%
3 Damascus UniversitySyria 57.012.6%10.8×22 +314.7%
4 Sichuan UniversityChina 54.534.2%2.2×93 +44.9%
5 University of BernSwitzerland 54.241.8%3.3×34 +8.7%
6 University of MiamiUnited States 53.217.4%6.2×74 +58.8%
7 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 52.44.7%6.1×58 +284.0%
8 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 50.813.4%4.9×57 +138.9%
9 Cairo UniversityEgypt 49.99.9%4.9×94 +95.5%
10 Southern Medical UniversityChina 49.831.1%4.2×37 +57.9%

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 Urology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments, Hair Growth and Disorders and Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies.

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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. Periodontal Regeneration and Treatments+95%
  2. Hair Growth and Disorders+87%
  3. Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies+46%
  4. Urological Disorders and Treatments+44%
  5. Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research+33%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Urology include?

Urological Disorders and…53kUrological Disorders and Treatments: 53k fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…45kUrinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 45k fractional worksPeriodontal Regeneration…36kPeriodontal Regeneration and Treatments: 36k fractional worksHair Growth and Disorders: 17k fractional worksComparative Animal Anatomy Studies: 6,118 fractional works

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