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Acute Kidney Injury Research

Acute Kidney Injury Research is a research topic within Nephrology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 19.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management, outcomes, and biomarkers of acute kidney injury (AKI), including its association with critical care, sepsis, chronic kidney disease, and contrast-induced nephropathy. The papers also discuss the use of hemodialysis and the prognosis of patients with AKI.

  • Acute Kidney Injury
  • Biomarkers
  • Renal Failure
  • Nephrotoxicity
  • Critical Care
  • Sepsis
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Hemodialysis
  • Contrast-Induced Nephropathy
  • Prognosis
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
the tick is no change

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

Which countries lead Acute Kidney Injury Research research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.6k works
  2. 2 United States 1.2k works
  3. 3 Japan 282 works
  4. 4 India 273 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 207 works
  6. 6 Germany 182 works
  7. 7 Italy 180 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 179 works
  9. 9 South Korea 172 works
  10. 10 Brazil 148 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.

China: 35.7%United States: 27.1%Japan: 6.5%India: 6.2%6 others listed: 24.5%36%largest
China1,559 · 35.7%United States1,186 · 27.1%Japan282 · 6.5%India273 · 6.2%6 others listed1,069 · 24.5%

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

Which institutions lead Acute Kidney Injury Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Acute Kidney Injury Research research, followed by Sichuan University and Capital Medical University.

Who are the leading researchers in Acute Kidney Injury Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Acute Kidney Injury Research include Giuseppe Remuzzi, Johan Ärnlöv and Norberto Perico.

  1. 1 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 8.1k citations
  2. 2 Johan Ärnlöv Sweden 6.6k citations
  3. 3 Norberto Perico Italy 6.1k citations
  4. 4 Marcello Tonelli Canada 5.9k citations
  5. 5 Alberto Ortíz Spain 5.9k citations
  6. 6 Josef Coresh United States 5.3k citations
  7. 7 Amanda G. Thrift Australia 4.4k citations

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

Where is Acute Kidney Injury Research research done?

The largest centres of Acute Kidney Injury Research research in 2022–2025 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 Birmingham.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 200 works
  2. 2 Guangzhou China 116 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 114 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 85 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 77 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 75 works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 71 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 66 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 61 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 59 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BirminghamUS · 26.3 works7.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Acute Kidney Injury Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Acute Kidney Injury Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing Medical University, Southern Medical University and Anhui Medical 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 27.78%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanjing Medical University: 24, 25.7%Southern Medical University: 17, 19.2%Anhui Medical University: 11, 35.8%Central South University: 23, 37.2%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 28, 20.6%Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 9, 42.7%Sichuan University: 25, 30.2%Army Medical University: 10, 23.9%University of Alabama at Birmingham: 20, 19.9%Fujian Medical University: 13, 22.6%Central South Univer…Anhui Medical Univer…Nanjing Medical Univ…Southern Medical Uni…
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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 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 61.725.7%7.7×24 +105.0%
2 Southern Medical UniversityChina 59.719.2%7.9×17 +300.0%
3 Anhui Medical UniversityChina 58.935.8%6.3×11 +246.6%
4 Central South UniversityChina 53.237.2%2.3×23 +70.1%
5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 51.820.6%4.8×28 +74.6%
6 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 50.242.7%7.5×9 +13.8%
7 Sichuan UniversityChina 49.630.2%2.4×25 +77.6%
8 Army Medical UniversityChina 49.223.9%10.1×10 +51.2%
9 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 49.019.9%7.1×20 +22.9%
10 Fujian Medical UniversityChina 48.222.6%6.3×13 +134.6%

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 Acute Kidney Injury Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Acute Kidney Injury Research.

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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.