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Anatomy and Medical Technology

Anatomy and Medical Technology is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of 3D printing and related technologies in medical anatomy education. It covers topics such as the use of 3D printing for anatomical models, surgical planning, virtual reality in anatomy education, and the impact of these technologies on medical curriculum and anatomical sciences. The papers also discuss the effectiveness of 3D printing in improving spatial anatomy learning and its potential advantages over traditional methods such as cadaver dissection.

  • 3D Printing
  • Anatomy Education
  • Medical Applications
  • Virtual Reality
  • Surgical Planning
  • Anatomical Models
  • Medical Imaging
  • Rapid Prototyping
  • Anatomical Sciences
  • Medical Curriculum
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+24%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Anatomy and Medical Technology

Which countries lead Anatomy and Medical Technology research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 585 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 585 works
  3. 3 India 492 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 389 works
  5. 5 Germany 315 works
  6. 6 Brazil 266 works
  7. 7 Italy 244 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 236 works
  9. 9 Japan 188 works
  10. 10 Canada 163 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: 31.6%China: 13.9%India: 11.7%United Kingdom: 9.3%6 others listed: 33.5%32%largest
United States1,330 · 31.6%China585 · 13.9%India492 · 11.7%United Kingdom389 · 9.3%6 others listed1,411 · 33.5%

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

Which institutions lead Anatomy and Medical Technology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Anatomy and Medical Technology research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and University College London.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 44 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 42 works
  3. 3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 30 works
  4. 4 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 29 works
  5. 5 University of TorontoCanada 26 works
  6. 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 25 works
  7. 7 Mayo ClinicUnited States 24 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 24 works
  9. 9 Indiana UniversityUnited States 22 works
  10. 10 Cornell UniversityUnited States 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Anatomy and Medical Technology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Anatomy and Medical Technology include Karl John Friston and Andrew Zisserman.

  1. 1 Karl John Friston United Kingdom 310k citations
  2. 2 Andrew Zisserman United Kingdom 255k 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 Anatomy and Medical Technology?

The most cited paper in Anatomy and Medical Technology is "A Review of Additive Manufacturing" (Kaufui V. Wong, Aldo Hernandez, 2012), with 2,565 citations. Next come "Three-dimensional printing of complex biological structures by freeform reversible embedding of suspended hydrogels" (1,830) and "Teaching Surgical Skills — Changes in the Wind" (1,766).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Review of Additive Manufacturing Kaufui V. Wong, Aldo Hernandez · ISRN Mechanical Engineering Open access 16 Aug 2012 2,565
2 Three-dimensional printing of complex biological structures by freeform reversible embedding of suspended hydrogels Thomas J. Hinton, Quentin Jallerat, Rachelle N. Palchesko et al. · Science Advances Open access 2 Oct 2015 1,830
3 Teaching Surgical Skills — Changes in the Wind Richard K. Reznick, Helen MacRae · New England Journal of Medicine 20 Dec 2006 1,766
4 3D printing with polymers: Challenges among expanding options and opportunities Jeffrey W. Stansbury, Mike J. Idacavage · Dental Materials 23 Oct 2015 1,729
5 3D printing based on imaging data: review of medical applications Fabian Rengier, Amit Mehndiratta, Hendrik von Tengg‐Kobligk et al. · International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 13 May 2010 1,593
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Where is Anatomy and Medical Technology research done?

The largest centres of Anatomy and Medical Technology research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), São Paulo (Brazil) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 120 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 90 works
  3. 3 São PauloBrazil 62 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 62 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 60 works
  6. 6 SeoulSouth Korea 57 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 55 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 54 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 54 works
  10. 10 New DelhiIndia 50 works
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Where is the best place to study Anatomy and Medical Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Zurich, Harvard University and University of Basel 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%30%mean 17.6%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of ZurichUniversity of BaselUniversity College L…Harvard 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.

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
1University of ZurichSwitzerland 75.025.0%4.0×16 +53.5%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 72.511.3%2.5×44 +53.7%
3University of BaselSwitzerland 68.818.6%7.0×15 +83.5%
4University College LondonUnited Kingdom 67.112.8%3.3×30 +6.5%
5All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 64.19.6%6.8×42 +82.5%
6Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea 62.324.6%2.4×12 +15.0%
7Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 62.117.3%2.6×16 +58.1%
8Semmelweis UniversityHungary 61.121.8%9.7×10 +210.7%
9Chinese University of Hong KongChina 60.917.9%3.2×13 +73.4%
10University of Hong KongChina 58.917.1%2.1×11 +46.3%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Anatomy and Medical Technology, country by country

Is Anatomy and Medical Technology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Anatomy and Medical Technology.

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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 Anatomy and Medical Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Anatomy and Medical Technology 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%Anatomy and Medical Technology10.3% 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.

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