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Anesthesia and Sedative Agents

Anesthesia and Sedative Agents is a research topic within Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Science Explorer counts 49k research works in it since 1950. 14.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to anesthesia and sedation management, including the use of dexmedetomidine, bispectral index monitoring, pharmacokinetics of anesthetic agents, pediatric anesthesia, and neuromuscular blockade reversal. It also explores consciousness monitoring, propofol administration, and the application of sedation in endoscopic procedures.

  • Anesthesia
  • Sedation
  • Dexmedetomidine
  • Bispectral Index Monitoring
  • Neuromuscular Blockade
  • Pharmacokinetics
  • Pediatric Anesthesia
  • Propofol
  • Consciousness Monitoring
  • Endoscopic Sedation
Research works
49k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
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 Sedative Agents research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 1.1k works
  3. 3 India 800 works
  4. 4 Japan 251 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 235 works
  6. 6 Egypt 196 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 194 works
  8. 8 South Korea 190 works
  9. 9 Germany 174 works
  10. 10 Brazil 167 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: 28.7%China: 24.0%India: 17.1%Japan: 5.4%6 others listed: 24.7%29%largest
United States1,340 · 28.7%China1,121 · 24.0%India800 · 17.1%Japan251 · 5.4%6 others listed1,155 · 24.7%

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

Which institutions lead Anesthesia and Sedative Agents research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ain Shams University publishes the most Anesthesia and Sedative Agents research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 41 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 34 works
  3. 3 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 31 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 25 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 22 works
  6. 6 Isfahan University of Medical SciencesIran 21 works
  7. 7 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 20 works
  8. 8 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 20 works
  9. 9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 19 works
  10. 10 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in Anesthesia and Sedative Agents?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Anesthesia and Sedative Agents include George Davey Smith.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 4.9k citations

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

Where is Anesthesia and Sedative Agents research done?

The largest centres of Anesthesia and Sedative Agents research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and New Delhi (India).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 120 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 97 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 90 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 81 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 71 works
  6. 6 Chengdu China 71 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 69 works
  8. 8 Cairo Egypt 61 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 59 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 58 works
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Where is the best place to study Anesthesia and Sedative Agents?

Among universities, judged by research, Institute of Medical Sciences, Ain Shams University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences 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 16.63%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Institute of Medical Sciences: 31, 3.3%Ain Shams University: 41, 2.9%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 34, 8.7%Zunyi Medical University: 8, 47.1%Anhui Medical University: 13, 40.4%Xuzhou Medical College: 14, 28.0%Isfahan University of Medical Sciences: 21, 1.6%Tanta University: 13, 9.9%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 20, 10.1%Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College: 12, 14.3%Zunyi Medical Univer…All India Institute …Institute of Medical…Ain Shams University
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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 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 58.23.3%15.2×31 +183.3%
2 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 53.82.9%9.0×41 +92.2%
3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 51.98.7%8.8×34 +69.8%
4 Zunyi Medical UniversityChina 51.447.1%8.2×8 —
5 Anhui Medical UniversityChina 47.240.4%6.8×13 +4.9%
6 Xuzhou Medical CollegeChina 47.028.0%10.4×14 -56.0%
7 Isfahan University of Medical SciencesIran 46.01.6%14.3×21 +74.1%
8 Tanta UniversityEgypt 44.29.9%6.5×13 +583.8%
9 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 43.810.1%9.4×20 +6.9%
10 Jawaharlal Nehru Medical CollegeIndia 43.014.3%15.3×12 —

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 Sedative Agents research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Anesthesia and Sedative Agents.

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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.