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Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders

Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 11.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis, management, and prognosis of syncope, including topics such as orthostatic hypotension, neurally mediated syncope, vasovagal syncope, postural tachycardia syndrome, and the use of cardiac pacing. The papers also discuss autonomic dysfunction, diagnostic guidelines, and management guidelines for syncope.

  • Syncope
  • Orthostatic Hypotension
  • Neurally Mediated Syncope
  • Vasovagal Syncope
  • Postural Tachycardia Syndrome
  • Cardiac Pacing
  • Autonomic Dysfunction
  • Diagnosis Guidelines
  • Management Guidelines
  • Prognosis
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+9%
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 Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 236 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 236 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 202 works
  4. 4 Germany 200 works
  5. 5 Italy 186 works
  6. 6 Japan 169 works
  7. 7 India 154 works
  8. 8 Spain 148 works
  9. 9 France 117 works
  10. 10 Canada 105 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: 41.1%China: 9.1%United Kingdom: 7.9%Germany: 7.7%6 others listed: 34.2%41%largest
United States1,058 · 41.1%China236 · 9.1%United Kingdom202 · 7.9%Germany200 · 7.7%6 others listed880 · 34.2%

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

Which institutions lead Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Vanderbilt University Medical Center publishes the most Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research, followed by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Emory University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Vanderbilt University Medical CenterUnited States 17 works
  2. 2 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 17 works
  3. 3 Emory UniversityUnited States 17 works
  4. 4 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 13 works
  5. 5 University of UtahUnited States 11 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 11 works
  7. 7 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 11 works
  8. 8 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 10 works
  9. 9 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 10 works
  10. 10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders include Bernard J. Gersh.

  1. 1 Bernard J. Gersh United States 4k citations

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

Where is Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research done?

The largest centres of Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Madrid (Spain) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nashville and Calgary.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 64 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 60 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 42 works
  4. 4 New York United States 41 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 40 works
  6. 6 Moscow Russia 39 works
  7. 7 Rome Italy 37 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 37 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 32 works
  10. 10 Paris France 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NashvilleUS · 24.4 works7.0×
  2. CalgaryCA · 20.7 works6.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Calgary, Emory University and Harvard 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%10%20%30%mean 13.09%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Calgary: 10, 26.7%Emory University: 17, 10.9%Harvard University: 11, 19.2%Tehran University of Medical Sciences: 10, 12.9%Johns Hopkins University: 10, 21.9%University of Utah: 11, 10.2%University College London: 10, 12.2%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 8, 14.0%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 11, 2.6%Philipps University of Marburg: 8, 0.3%University of CalgaryHarvard UniversityTehran University of…Emory 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 University of CalgaryCanada 65.426.7%4.2×10 +180.7%
2 Emory UniversityUnited States 58.610.9%6.7×17 +92.1%
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 47.019.2%2.4×11 +55.0%
4 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 41.912.9%6.0×10 +24.0%
5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 41.321.9%2.6×10 -7.2%
6 University of UtahUnited States 37.010.2%4.9×11 +21.0%
7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 36.412.2%2.0×10 +33.8%
8 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 33.714.0%2.4×8 +142.3%
9 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 31.82.6%5.2×11 —
10 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 26.00.3%9.2×8 -64.1%

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 Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders.

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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.