Anesthesia and Pain Management
Anesthesia and Pain Management is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 63k research works in it since 1950. 15.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the management of postoperative pain, risk factors, and complications associated with various anesthesia techniques. It covers topics such as regional anesthesia, chronic pain, analgesia efficacy, surgical outcomes, and perioperative care.
- Postoperative Pain
- Regional Anesthesia
- Chronic Pain
- Analgesia
- Surgical Outcome
- Epidural Analgesia
- Pain Management
- Neuraxial Blockade
- Acute Pain
- Perioperative Care
- Research works
- 63k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +31% 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 Anesthesia and Pain Management research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.6k and 1.4k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 2.6k works
- 2 China 1.4k works
- 3 India 1.3k works
- 4 Türkiye 510 works
- 5 Egypt 475 works
- 6 United Kingdom 416 works
- 7 Japan 297 works
- 8 South Korea 283 works
- 9 Canada 257 works
- 10 Italy 257 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Anesthesia and Pain Management research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Ain Shams University publishes the most Anesthesia and Pain Management research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and University of Missouri–Kansas City.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 105 works
- 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 77 works
- 3 University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 57 works
- 4 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 50 works
- 5 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 47 works
- 6 Cairo UniversityEgypt 46 works
- 7 Tanta UniversityEgypt 39 works
- 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 39 works
- 9 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 37 works
- 10 Türk Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon DerneğiTürkiye 31 works
Who are the leading researchers in Anesthesia and Pain Management?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Anesthesia and Pain Management include Roger Chou, George Davey Smith and P.J. Devereaux.
- 1 Roger Chou United States 14k citations
- 2 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 4.9k citations
- 3 P.J. Devereaux Canada 4.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Anesthesia and Pain Management research done?
The largest centres of Anesthesia and Pain Management research in 2022–2025 are Istanbul (Türkiye), Beijing (China), Cairo (Egypt) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kansas City and Tanta.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Kansas CityUS · 60.7 works19×
- TantaEG · 40.8 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Anesthesia and Pain Management than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Anesthesia and Pain Management?
Among universities, judged by research, Tanta University, Samsun University and Ain Shams 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanta UniversityEgypt | 62.7 | 12.7% | 11.5× | 39 | +473.2% |
| 2 | Samsun UniversityTürkiye | 58.7 | 38.4% | 16.3× | 13 | — |
| 3 | Ain Shams UniversityEgypt | 58.5 | 2.9% | 13.6× | 105 | +117.7% |
| 4 | Jiaxing UniversityChina | 57.4 | 32.5% | 7.6× | 11 | +304.4% |
| 5 | Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 56.2 | 2.9% | 13.7× | 47 | +192.5% |
| 6 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 54.5 | 7.8% | 11.7× | 77 | +58.8% |
| 7 | Istanbul Medipol UniversityTürkiye | 54.4 | 32.9% | 6.4× | 11 | +275.9% |
| 8 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences RaipurIndia | 52.5 | 8.0% | 15.9× | 20 | +424.5% |
| 9 | Assiut UniversityEgypt | 51.9 | 9.0% | 7.9× | 24 | +517.8% |
| 10 | Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States | 51.4 | 20.7% | 7.0× | 17 | +197.1% |
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 Anesthesia and Pain Management research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Anesthesia and Pain Management.
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.