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 United States 2.3k works
- 2 China 893 works
- 3 Japan 559 works
- 4 Italy 518 works
- 5 United Kingdom 426 works
- 6 Germany 426 works
- 7 India 359 works
- 8 Spain 281 works
- 9 France 275 works
- 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.
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 University of California, DavisUnited States 53 works
- 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 30 works
- 3 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 30 works
- 4 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 26 works
- 5 University of British ColumbiaCanada 25 works
- 6 University of PaduaItaly 25 works
- 7 Amsterdam University Medical CentersNetherlands 24 works
- 8 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 24 works
- 9 InsermFrance 24 works
- 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 Emelia J. Benjamin United States 6k citations
- 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
Where it is the local speciality
- PessacFR · 20.0 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias than the world average.
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California, DavisUnited States | 56.9 | 16.4% | 8.1× | 53 | +16.6% |
| 2 | Maastricht UniversityNetherlands | 54.8 | 24.6% | 7.1× | 20 | +29.6% |
| 3 | St George's, University of LondonUnited Kingdom | 54.0 | 26.7% | 18.5× | 12 | -24.6% |
| 4 | Medical University of GrazAustria | 50.7 | 21.9% | 12.7× | 13 | -43.9% |
| 5 | King's College LondonUnited Kingdom | 45.1 | 23.2% | 3.3× | 22 | +76.0% |
| 6 | University of PaduaItaly | 44.3 | 28.8% | 3.6× | 25 | -2.2% |
| 7 | Université de BordeauxFrance | 42.3 | 17.1% | 5.7× | 10 | +112.0% |
| 8 | University of OxfordUnited Kingdom | 42.2 | 36.0% | 1.8× | 20 | -17.0% |
| 9 | Toho UniversityJapan | 42.1 | 1.3% | 25.5× | 17 | +72.1% |
| 10 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 39.1 | 30.4% | 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.
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.