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Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias is a research topic within Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Science Explorer counts 82k research works in it since 1950. 17.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the molecular mechanisms, genetic testing, and clinical aspects of cardiac arrhythmias, including Long-QT Syndrome, Brugada Syndrome, and Sudden Cardiac Death. It explores the role of ion channels, calcium signaling, and arrhythmogenic ion-channel remodeling in the heart.

  • Arrhythmias
  • Long-QT Syndrome
  • Sudden Cardiac Death
  • Ion Channels
  • Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Genetic Testing
  • Calcium Signaling
  • Ryanodine Receptor
  • Brugada Syndrome
  • Cardiac Channelopathies
Research works
82k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
14k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
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 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.3k and 893 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.3k works
  2. 2 China 893 works
  3. 3 Japan 559 works
  4. 4 Italy 518 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 426 works
  6. 6 Germany 426 works
  7. 7 India 359 works
  8. 8 Spain 281 works
  9. 9 France 275 works
  10. 10 Russia 268 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: 36.5%China: 14.2%Japan: 8.9%Italy: 8.2%6 others listed: 32.3%36%largest
United States2,298 · 36.5%China893 · 14.2%Japan559 · 8.9%Italy518 · 8.2%6 others listed2,035 · 32.3%

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

Which institutions lead Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of California, Davis publishes the most Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias research, followed by Mayo Clinic and The Ohio State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of California, DavisUnited States 53 works
  2. 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 30 works
  3. 3 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 30 works
  4. 4 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 26 works
  5. 5 University of British ColumbiaCanada 25 works
  6. 6 University of PaduaItaly 25 works
  7. 7 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands 24 works
  8. 8 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 24 works
  9. 9 InsermFrance 24 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias include Emelia J. Benjamin and William B. Kannel.

  1. 1 Emelia J. Benjamin United States 6k citations
  2. 2 William B. Kannel United States 5.7k citations

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

Where is Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias research done?

The largest centres of Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pessac.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 161 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 150 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 138 works
  4. 4 New York United States 116 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 115 works
  6. 6 Madrid Spain 79 works
  7. 7 Paris France 78 works
  8. 8 Rome Italy 78 works
  9. 9 Milan Italy 77 works
  10. 10 Philadelphia United States 71 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PessacFR · 20.0 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias?

Among universities, judged by research, University of California, Davis, Maastricht University and St George's, University of London 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 22.64%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of California, Davis: 53, 16.4%Maastricht University: 20, 24.6%St George's, University of London: 12, 26.7%Medical University of Graz: 13, 21.9%King's College London: 22, 23.2%University of Padua: 25, 28.8%Université de Bordeaux: 10, 17.1%University of Oxford: 20, 36.0%Toho University: 17, 1.3%Harvard University: 20, 30.4%St George's, Univers…Maastricht UniversityMedical University o…University of Califo…
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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 California, DavisUnited States 56.916.4%8.1×53 +16.6%
2 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 54.824.6%7.1×20 +29.6%
3 St George's, University of LondonUnited Kingdom 54.026.7%18.5×12 -24.6%
4 Medical University of GrazAustria 50.721.9%12.7×13 -43.9%
5 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 45.123.2%3.3×22 +76.0%
6 University of PaduaItaly 44.328.8%3.6×25 -2.2%
7 Université de BordeauxFrance 42.317.1%5.7×10 +112.0%
8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 42.236.0%1.8×20 -17.0%
9 Toho UniversityJapan 42.11.3%25.5×17 +72.1%
10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 39.130.4%1.9×20 -12.5%

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 electrophysiology and arrhythmias research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

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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.