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Acute Ischemic Stroke Management

Acute Ischemic Stroke Management is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 62k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, management, and treatment of stroke, with an emphasis on ischemic stroke. It covers topics such as thrombolysis, endovascular therapy, risk factors, prevention guidelines, clinical outcomes, neuroprotection, infarction treatment, revascularization, and the global burden of stroke.

  • Ischemic Stroke
  • Thrombolysis
  • Endovascular Therapy
  • Risk Factors
  • Prevention Guidelines
  • Clinical Outcomes
  • Neuroprotection
  • Infarction Treatment
  • Revascularization
  • Global Burden
Research works
62k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management

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

Which countries lead Acute Ischemic Stroke Management research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (4.2k and 3.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 4.2k works
  2. 2 China 3.1k works
  3. 3 India 665 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 641 works
  5. 5 Japan 615 works
  6. 6 Germany 574 works
  7. 7 Canada 410 works
  8. 8 South Korea 401 works
  9. 9 France 390 works
  10. 10 Australia 360 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: 37.3%China: 27.0%India: 5.9%United Kingdom: 5.6%6 others listed: 24.2%37%largest
United States4,234 · 37.3%China3,071 · 27.0%India665 · 5.9%United Kingdom641 · 5.6%6 others listed2,750 · 24.2%

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

Which institutions lead Acute Ischemic Stroke Management research?

By volume in 2022-now, Capital Medical University publishes the most Acute Ischemic Stroke Management research, followed by Harvard University and Nanjing Medical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Capital Medical UniversityChina 208 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 168 works
  3. 3 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 81 works
  4. 4 Mayo ClinicUnited States 78 works
  5. 5 Sichuan UniversityChina 76 works
  6. 6 Yale UniversityUnited States 75 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 73 works
  8. 8 Soochow UniversityChina 66 works
  9. 9 University of CalgaryCanada 63 works
  10. 10 University of TorontoCanada 59 works

Who are the leading researchers in Acute Ischemic Stroke Management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management include David Moher, Douglas G. Altman and Christopher J L Murray.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Douglas G. Altman United Kingdom 862k citations
  3. 3 Christopher J L Murray United States 583k citations
  4. 4 Simon Iain Hay United States 452k citations
  5. 5 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  6. 6 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  7. 7 Ali H. Mokdad United States 429k citations
  8. 8 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  9. 9 Julian P. T. Higgins United Kingdom 390k citations
  10. 10 Jost Bruno Jonas Germany 350k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Acute Ischemic Stroke Management?

The most cited paper in Acute Ischemic Stroke Management is "Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke. Definitions for use in a multicenter clinical trial. TOAST. Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment." (Harold P. Adams, Birgitte H. Bendixen, L. Jaap Kappelle et al., 1993), with 12,468 citations. Next come "Correspondence - Tranexamic acid for traumatic brain injury" (11,912) and "Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke" (11,752).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Classification of subtype of acute ischemic stroke. Definitions for use in a multicenter clinical trial. TOAST. Trial of Org 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment. Harold P. Adams, Birgitte H. Bendixen, L. Jaap Kappelle et al. · Stroke Open access 1993 12,468
2 Correspondence - Tranexamic acid for traumatic brain injury Marina Romanello et al. · London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) Open access 2005 11,912
3 Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Acute Ischemic Stroke The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke rt-PA Stroke Study G · New England Journal of Medicine 14 Dec 1995 11,752
4 Aspirin plus Clopidogrel as Secondary Prevention after Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Qinghua Zhang, Chao Wang, Maoyong Zheng et al. · Cerebrovascular Diseases ReviewOpen access 24 Dec 2014 11,556
5 Rivaroxaban versus Warfarin in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation Manesh R. Patel, Kenneth W. Mahaffey, Jyotsna Garg et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Aug 2011 9,484
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Where is Acute Ischemic Stroke Management research done?

The largest centres of Acute Ischemic Stroke Management research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Boston (United States) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Camden, Valhalla and Rockville Centre.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 480 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 223 works
  3. 3 BostonUnited States 192 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 180 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 178 works
  6. 6 New YorkUnited States 167 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 135 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 129 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 128 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 127 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CamdenUS · 31.3 works24×
  2. ValhallaUS · 29.8 works15×
  3. Rockville CentreUS · 30.5 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Acute Ischemic Stroke Management than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Acute Ischemic Stroke Management?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Universität Hamburg and Capital Medical University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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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.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 68.515.1%3.7×168 +4.3%
2Universität HamburgGermany 66.224.0%5.0×52 +8.0%
3Capital Medical UniversityChina 66.112.3%13.8×208 +29.0%
4Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 66.130.0%2.3×20 +3.5%
5University of BaselSwitzerland 61.619.2%5.7×30 +24.0%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 60.615.0%3.4×73 +21.6%
7University of CalgaryCanada 59.015.7%6.6×63 -10.8%
8Yale UniversityUnited States 58.112.6%4.9×75 +44.8%
9University of BernSwitzerland 58.017.8%4.8×37 -3.0%
10Stanford UniversityUnited States 57.120.8%2.2×47 -8.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, country by country

Is Acute Ischemic Stroke Management research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Acute Ischemic Stroke Management.

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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 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.067% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Acute Ischemic Stroke Management0.066% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Acute Ischemic Stroke Management 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.

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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.

Questions people ask

Who is researching a cure for stroke?

By volume in 2022-now, Capital Medical University publishes the most Acute Ischemic Stroke Management research, followed by Harvard University and Nanjing Medical University. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (4.2k and 3.1k works in 2022-now).

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