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Abdominal Trauma and Injuries

Abdominal Trauma and Injuries is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 10.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management of spleen trauma in polytrauma patients, including the use of CT imaging for diagnosis, nonoperative management strategies, risk of infection post-splenectomy, angiography for splenic injuries, and the interaction between spleen trauma and hepatic or renal injuries. It also discusses evidence-based guidelines and long-term outcomes after splenectomy.

  • Spleen
  • Trauma
  • CT Imaging
  • Nonoperative Management
  • Splenectomy
  • Infection Risk
  • Angiography
  • Hepatic Trauma
  • Renal Injury
  • Guidelines
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Abdominal Trauma and Injuries research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (775 and 240 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 775 works
  2. 2 China 240 works
  3. 3 India 237 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 157 works
  5. 5 Japan 151 works
  6. 6 Germany 105 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 93 works
  8. 8 Italy 93 works
  9. 9 South Korea 72 works
  10. 10 Russia 71 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: 38.9%China: 12.0%India: 11.9%United Kingdom: 7.9%6 others listed: 29.3%39%largest
United States775 · 38.9%China240 · 12.0%India237 · 11.9%United Kingdom157 · 7.9%6 others listed585 · 29.3%

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

Which institutions lead Abdominal Trauma and Injuries research?

By volume in 2022–2025, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Abdominal Trauma and Injuries research, followed by University of Southern California and Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 19 works
  2. 2 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 10 works
  3. 3 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 10 works
  4. 4 University of ArizonaUnited States 10 works
  5. 5 University of Maryland, BaltimoreUnited States 9 works
  6. 6 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 7 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 7 works
  8. 8 University of Colorado DenverUnited States 6 works
  9. 9 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 6 works
  10. 10 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Abdominal Trauma and Injuries?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Abdominal Trauma and Injuries include Ionuţ Negoi, Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar and Mircea Beuran.

  1. 1 Ionuţ Negoi Romania 4.8k citations
  2. 2 Vafa Rahimi‐Movaghar Iran 4.4k citations
  3. 3 Mircea Beuran Romania 3.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Abdominal Trauma and Injuries research done?

The largest centres of Abdominal Trauma and Injuries research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New Delhi (India), Tokyo (Japan) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 41 works
  2. 2 New Delhi India 33 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 31 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 26 works
  5. 5 Los Angeles United States 24 works
  6. 6 Beijing China 24 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 24 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 23 works
  9. 9 New York United States 23 works
  10. 10 Philadelphia United States 22 works
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Where is the best place to study Abdominal Trauma and Injuries?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Maryland, Baltimore, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and University of Arizona 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%mean 11.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Maryland, Baltimore: 9, 23.4%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 19, 6.1%University of Arizona: 10, 13.5%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 10, 1.9%University of Southern California: 10, 11.4%University of Maryla…University of ArizonaAll India Institute …Sağlık Bilimleri Üni…
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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 University of Maryland, BaltimoreUnited States 73.023.4%9.5×9 +37.2%
2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 59.46.1%10.0×19 +20.9%
3 University of ArizonaUnited States 27.713.5%5.1×10 -0.2%
4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 24.81.9%5.9×10 —
5 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 22.811.4%4.7×10 -0.8%

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 Abdominal Trauma and Injuries research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Abdominal Trauma and Injuries.

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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.