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Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques

Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of cardiac surgery, particularly coronary artery bypass surgery, comparing on-pump versus off-pump techniques, assessing neurocognitive function, examining inflammatory responses, and evaluating graft patency and postoperative outcomes. The papers also discuss the impact of different surgical approaches, such as minimally invasive surgery, on cardiac and neurologic outcomes.

  • Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
  • Cardiopulmonary Bypass
  • Neurocognitive Function
  • Inflammatory Response
  • Graft Patency
  • Off-Pump Surgery
  • Internal Mammary Artery Grafts
  • Stroke After Cardiac Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Cardiac Outcomes
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+10%
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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 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 601 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 601 works
  3. 3 Germany 289 works
  4. 4 Japan 279 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 190 works
  6. 6 Italy 183 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 160 works
  8. 8 India 144 works
  9. 9 Canada 128 works
  10. 10 Russia 120 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: 34.2%China: 18.9%Germany: 9.1%Japan: 8.8%6 others listed: 29.1%34%largest
United States1,088 · 34.2%China601 · 18.9%Germany289 · 9.1%Japan279 · 8.8%6 others listed925 · 29.1%

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

Which institutions lead Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques research, followed by Cleveland Clinic and Capital Medical University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 37 works
  2. 2 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 32 works
  3. 3 Capital Medical UniversityChina 22 works
  4. 4 Beijing Anzhen HospitalChina 19 works
  5. 5 Kemerovo State UniversityRussia 17 works
  6. 6 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 16 works
  7. 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 14 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 14 works
  9. 9 University of ChicagoUnited States 14 works
  10. 10 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques include Valentı́n Fuster, P.J. Devereaux and Harlan M. Krumholz.

  1. 1 Valentı́n Fuster United States 5.4k citations
  2. 2 P.J. Devereaux Canada 4.8k citations
  3. 3 Harlan M. Krumholz United States 4.7k citations
  4. 4 Salim Yusuf Canada 4.3k citations
  5. 5 Deepak L. Bhatt United States 4.2k citations
  6. 6 Stephan Windecker Switzerland 4.2k citations

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

Where is Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New York (United States), London (United Kingdom) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cleveland.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 143 works
  2. 2 New York United States 68 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 65 works
  4. 4 Istanbul Türkiye 57 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 52 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 51 works
  7. 7 Cleveland United States 49 works
  8. 8 Boston United States 47 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 45 works
  10. 10 Philadelphia United States 45 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ClevelandUS · 49.0 works7.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Vienna, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Cornell University 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 16.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Vienna: 14, 19.6%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 36, 12.9%Cornell University: 13, 26.1%Capital Medical University: 22, 12.8%Sichuan University: 14, 34.1%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 9, 17.6%University of Chicago: 14, 17.6%Kemerovo State University: 17, 0.1%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 16, 3.4%Harvard University: 14, 17.5%Cornell UniversityMedical University o…Chinese Academy of M…Capital Medical Univ…
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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 Medical University of ViennaAustria 63.019.6%10.5×14 +32.6%
2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 59.312.9%8.7×36 +18.5%
3 Cornell UniversityUnited States 54.526.1%2.9×13 +233.3%
4 Capital Medical UniversityChina 50.312.8%8.7×22 -12.6%
5 Sichuan UniversityChina 49.734.1%1.9×14 +73.1%
6 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 49.617.6%9.9×9 +1.7%
7 University of ChicagoUnited States 49.517.6%4.0×14 +296.4%
8 Kemerovo State UniversityRussia 40.80.1%45.9×17 —
9 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 37.93.4%6.3×16 —
10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 37.617.5%2.6×14 -15.0%

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 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques.

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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.