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Body Contouring and Surgery

Body Contouring and Surgery is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 16.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of advancements in body contouring techniques and procedures, including abdominoplasty, liposuction, cryolipolysis, and non-invasive fat reduction methods. It also explores the impact of these procedures on body image, patient satisfaction, and quality of life, as well as the complications associated with body contouring surgeries.

  • Abdominoplasty
  • Liposuction
  • Cryolipolysis
  • Body Image
  • Complications
  • Cellulite
  • Fat Reduction
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Non-invasive Techniques
  • Quality of Life
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+37%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Body Contouring and Surgery research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (946 and 310 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 946 works
  2. 2 China 310 works
  3. 3 Brazil 266 works
  4. 4 Italy 177 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 163 works
  6. 6 India 152 works
  7. 7 Egypt 116 works
  8. 8 Germany 109 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 106 works
  10. 10 Spain 91 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: 38.8%China: 12.7%Brazil: 10.9%Italy: 7.3%6 others listed: 30.2%39%largest
United States946 · 38.8%China310 · 12.7%Brazil266 · 10.9%Italy177 · 7.3%6 others listed736 · 30.2%

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

Which institutions lead Body Contouring and Surgery research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Body Contouring and Surgery research, followed by Ain Shams University and Cairo University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 19 works
  2. 2 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 18 works
  3. 3 Cairo UniversityEgypt 17 works
  4. 4 Aesthetic Surgery CenterUnited States 16 works
  5. 5 Creative CommonsUnited States 15 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 14 works
  7. 7 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 13 works
  8. 8 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 12 works
  9. 9 Peking Union Medical College HospitalChina 12 works
  10. 10 Plastic Surgery HospitalChina 12 works

Where is Body Contouring and Surgery research done?

The largest centres of Body Contouring and Surgery research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 78 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 75 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 53 works
  4. 4 New York United States 51 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 46 works
  6. 6 Rome Italy 44 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 43 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 41 works
  9. 9 Cairo Egypt 36 works
  10. 10 Boston United States 35 works
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Where is the best place to study Body Contouring and Surgery?

Among universities, judged by research, Ain Shams University, Cairo University and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College 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 14.49%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Ain Shams University: 18, 6.2%Cairo University: 17, 8.3%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 20, 9.3%University of Miami: 9, 30.7%Harvard University: 14, 20.9%University of Padua: 11, 25.6%Alexandria University: 11, 14.0%Al-Azhar University: 11, 2.4%Universidade Federal de São Paulo: 9, 16.8%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 9, 10.7%University of MiamiChinese Academy of M…Cairo UniversityAin 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 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 53.86.2%6.9×18 +247.8%
2 Cairo UniversityEgypt 50.28.3%5.8×17 +167.0%
3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 48.29.3%5.5×20 +108.7%
4 University of MiamiUnited States 47.330.7%5.1×9 +66.3%
5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 40.720.9%3.0×14 +14.4%
6 University of PaduaItaly 40.525.6%3.6×11 +18.1%
7 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 40.214.0%6.5×11 +28.2%
8 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 36.72.4%7.9×11 —
9 Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 32.216.8%5.7×9 +20.7%
10 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 31.910.7%4.0×9 +248.6%

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 Body Contouring and Surgery research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Body Contouring and Surgery.

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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.