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Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies is a research topic within Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Science Explorer counts 61k research works in it since 1950. 15.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management of hypertension, including the use of antihypertensive drugs, cardiovascular risk factors, renal denervation, and the impact of hypertension on conditions such as diabetes mellitus. It also addresses the global burden of hypertension, provides clinical guidelines for hypertension management, and explores the relationship between hypertension and cardiovascular events.

  • Hypertension
  • Blood Pressure
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Antihypertensive Drugs
  • Renal Denervation
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Global Burden
  • Clinical Guidelines
  • Cardiovascular Events
  • Risk Factors
Research works
61k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
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 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.9k and 990 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.9k works
  2. 2 China 990 works
  3. 3 India 515 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 374 works
  5. 5 Japan 373 works
  6. 6 Italy 316 works
  7. 7 Brazil 309 works
  8. 8 South Korea 248 works
  9. 9 Spain 246 works
  10. 10 Russia 238 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: 34.5%China: 18.0%India: 9.3%United Kingdom: 6.8%6 others listed: 31.4%34%largest
United States1,898 · 34.5%China990 · 18.0%India515 · 9.3%United Kingdom374 · 6.8%6 others listed1,730 · 31.4%

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

Which institutions lead Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Jichi Medical University publishes the most Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies research, followed by National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

Who are the leading researchers in Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies include Giuseppe Remuzzi, George A. Mensah and Mayowa Owolabi.

  1. 1 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 8.1k citations
  2. 2 George A. Mensah United States 6.8k citations
  3. 3 Mayowa Owolabi Nigeria 6.5k citations
  4. 4 Norberto Perico Italy 6.1k citations

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

Where is Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies research done?

The largest centres of Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), London (United Kingdom) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shimotsuke, Winston-Salem and Thessaloniki.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 204 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 151 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 133 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 108 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 106 works
  6. 6 Athens Greece 101 works
  7. 7 New York United States 86 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 85 works
  9. 9 Boston United States 84 works
  10. 10 Milan Italy 76 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ShimotsukeJP · 44.2 works55×
  2. Winston-SalemUS · 25.8 works7.4×
  3. ThessalonikiGR · 57.4 works7.3×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Milano-Bicocca, Jichi Medical University and National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 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 21.4%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Milano-Bicocca: 31, 24.5%Jichi Medical University: 44, 23.7%National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 43, 10.9%Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: 35, 9.8%Harvard University: 30, 28.8%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 38, 23.6%University of Gondar: 9, 25.7%Dow University of Health Sciences: 13, 15.9%Tulane University: 17, 26.2%Johns Hopkins University: 34, 24.9%University of Milano…Jichi Medical Univer…National and Kapodis…Aristotle 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 University of Milano-BicoccaItaly 71.424.5%11.7×31 +17.8%
2 Jichi Medical UniversityJapan 70.823.7%54.8×44 +10.3%
3 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 70.610.9%9.2×43 +195.0%
4 Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece 59.79.8%7.5×35 +147.4%
5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 56.728.8%2.6×30 +31.4%
6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 56.423.6%4.2×38 +48.2%
7 University of GondarEthiopia 55.725.7%6.3×9 +502.1%
8 Dow University of Health SciencesPakistan 55.315.9%11.1×13
9 Tulane UniversityUnited States 55.126.2%7.2×17 -10.5%
10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 55.024.9%3.4×34 +34.7%

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 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies.

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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.