Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 11.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers encompasses advancements in anorectal surgical procedures, including the treatment of hemorrhoids, fistulas, pilonidal sinus, and rectovaginal fistulas. It covers various techniques such as stapled hemorrhoidopexy, anal fistula plug, endorectal advancement flap, ligation of intersphincteric fistula tract, and transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization.
- Hemorrhoids
- Fistulas
- Stapled Hemorrhoidopexy
- Anal Fistula Plug
- Pilonidal Sinus
- Endorectal Advancement Flap
- Rectovaginal Fistula
- Ligation of Intersphincteric Fistula Tract
- Fibrin Glue Treatment
- Transanal Hemorrhoidal Dearterialization
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +32% 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 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (608 and 436 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 608 works
- 2 China 436 works
- 3 India 344 works
- 4 Türkiye 171 works
- 5 United Kingdom 170 works
- 6 Italy 160 works
- 7 Germany 160 works
- 8 Brazil 129 works
- 9 Japan 127 works
- 10 Spain 123 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 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes research, followed by Ain Shams University and Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 35 works
- 2 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 22 works
- 3 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 20 works
- 4 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 14 works
- 5 State Scientific Center of ColoproctologyRussia 13 works
- 6 Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUkraine 13 works
- 7 Columbia University Irving Medical CenterUnited States 12 works
- 8 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 11 works
- 9 Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina 11 works
- 10 Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São PauloBrazil 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes include William J. Sandborn and Ignacio I. Wistuba.
- 1 William J. Sandborn United States 2.3k citations
- 2 Ignacio I. Wistuba United States 2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes research done?
The largest centres of Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cleveland.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ClevelandUS · 47.1 works8.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes?
Among universities, judged by research, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi, Al-Azhar University and Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 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 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 53.1 | 5.5% | 9.2× | 20 | — |
| 2 | Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt | 52.2 | 0.0% | 9.7× | 14 | +134.4% |
| 3 | Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina | 50.6 | 17.3% | 15.5× | 11 | -74.5% |
| 4 | Ain Shams UniversityEgypt | 49.9 | 3.0% | 8.3× | 22 | +87.4% |
| 5 | Nanjing University of Chinese MedicineChina | 43.6 | 7.3% | 12.1× | 11 | +17.0% |
| 6 | Mansoura UniversityEgypt | 41.2 | 5.1% | 5.7× | 10 | +162.5% |
| 7 | Bogomolets National Medical UniversityUkraine | 39.1 | 0.4% | 26.2× | 13 | — |
| 8 | Zagazig UniversityEgypt | 37.2 | 6.9% | 6.7× | 10 | +37.5% |
| 9 | Sechenov UniversityRussia | 36.4 | 1.5% | 8.6× | 10 | — |
| 10 | Sapienza University of RomeItaly | 33.9 | 26.0% | 1.9× | 8 | -78.7% |
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 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes.
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.