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Burn Injury Management and Outcomes

Burn Injury Management and Outcomes is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, risk factors, pathophysiology, management, and psychological impact of burn wound infections. It covers topics such as sepsis, resuscitation, antibiotic resistance, rehabilitation, and the long-term effects of burn injuries.

  • Burn Wound Infections
  • Epidemiology
  • Risk Factors
  • Burn Injury
  • Sepsis
  • Pathophysiology
  • Rehabilitation
  • Psychological Impact
  • Resuscitation
  • Antibiotic Resistance
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+59%
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 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 335 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 335 works
  3. 3 India 181 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 130 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 118 works
  6. 6 Australia 110 works
  7. 7 Iran 101 works
  8. 8 Canada 93 works
  9. 9 Germany 89 works
  10. 10 Brazil 86 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: 46.7%China: 14.4%India: 7.8%United Kingdom: 5.6%6 others listed: 25.6%47%largest
United States1,090 · 46.7%China335 · 14.4%India181 · 7.8%United Kingdom130 · 5.6%6 others listed597 · 25.6%

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

Which institutions lead Burn Injury Management and Outcomes research?

By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston publishes the most Burn Injury Management and Outcomes research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Washington.

Who are the leading researchers in Burn Injury Management and Outcomes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Burn Injury Management and Outcomes include Suzanne Polinder.

  1. 1 Suzanne Polinder Netherlands 4.2k citations

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

Where is Burn Injury Management and Outcomes research done?

The largest centres of Burn Injury Management and Outcomes research in 2022–2025 are Galveston (United States), Beijing (China), Boston (United States) and Los Angeles (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Galveston and San Antonio.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Galveston United States 51 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 47 works
  3. 3 Boston United States 43 works
  4. 4 Los Angeles United States 40 works
  5. 5 Seattle United States 37 works
  6. 6 Baltimore United States 37 works
  7. 7 Chapel Hill United States 35 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 33 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 31 works
  10. 10 San Antonio United States 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GalvestonUS · 50.9 works77×
  2. San AntonioUS · 29.9 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Burn Injury Management and Outcomes than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Burn Injury Management and Outcomes?

Among universities, judged by research, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy and The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston 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%10%20%30%mean 10.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Guilan University of Medical Sciences: 12, 28.3%Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 8, 20.7%The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston: 42, 5.2%Medical University of South Carolina: 11, 6.0%University of Southern California: 20, 3.7%University of Washington: 21, 6.1%Army Medical University: 12, 11.6%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 14, 4.0%Harvard University: 14, 12.1%University of Colorado Denver: 10, 2.5%Guilan University of…Carol Davila Univers…Medical University o…The University of Te…
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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 Guilan University of Medical SciencesIran 66.928.3%48.4×12
2 Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 56.420.7%16.1×8
3 The University of Texas Medical Branch at GalvestonUnited States 56.25.2%74.0×42 +39.2%
4 Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States 49.96.0%15.0×11 +169.5%
5 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States 44.93.7%8.4×20 +65.5%
6 University of WashingtonUnited States 44.66.1%6.5×21 +78.9%
7 Army Medical UniversityChina 44.311.6%22.0×12 +12.5%
8 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 41.44.0%7.7×14
9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 40.912.1%3.4×14 +74.0%
10 University of Colorado DenverUnited States 38.62.5%9.1×10 +104.7%

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 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Burn Injury Management and Outcomes.

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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.