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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. 10.2% 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%
2.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders

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 (1.2k and 281 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 281 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 223 works
  4. 4 Germany 217 works
  5. 5 Italy 201 works
  6. 6 Japan 192 works
  7. 7 India 174 works
  8. 8 Spain 161 works
  9. 9 France 127 works
  10. 10 Canada 117 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: 41.0%China: 9.8%United Kingdom: 7.8%Germany: 7.6%6 others listed: 33.9%41%largest
United States1,175 · 41.0%China281 · 9.8%United Kingdom223 · 7.8%Germany217 · 7.6%6 others listed972 · 33.9%

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

Which institutions lead Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research, followed by Mayo Clinic and Vanderbilt University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 42 works
  2. 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 35 works
  3. 3 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 24 works
  4. 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
  5. 5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 19 works
  6. 6 Emory UniversityUnited States 19 works
  7. 7 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 19 works
  8. 8 Peking UniversityChina 16 works
  9. 9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 16 works
  10. 10 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 16 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders include George Davey Smith, Jost Bruno Jonas and John J.V. McMurray.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
  2. 2 Jost Bruno Jonas Germany 350k citations
  3. 3 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  4. 4 Emelia J. Benjamin United States 341k citations
  5. 5 Stephan Windecker Switzerland 338k citations
  6. 6 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k citations
  7. 7 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 316k citations
  8. 8 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  9. 9 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  10. 10 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders?

The most cited paper in Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders is "Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure" (Aram V. Chobanian, George L. Bakris, Henry Richard Black et al., 2003), with 13,366 citations. Next come "Cardiovascular neural regulation explored in the frequency domain." (3,589) and "ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities" (2,562).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Seventh Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure Aram V. Chobanian, George L. Bakris, Henry Richard Black et al. · Hypertension Dec 2003 13,366
2 Cardiovascular neural regulation explored in the frequency domain. Alberto Malliani, M. Pagani, Federico Lombardi et al. · Circulation Open access Aug 1991 3,589
3 ACC/AHA/HRS 2008 Guidelines for Device-Based Therapy of Cardiac Rhythm Abnormalities Andrew E. Epstein, John Dimarco, Kenneth A. Ellenbogen et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access May 2008 2,562
4 The Fourth Report on the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure in Children and Adolescents National High Blood Pressure Education Program Working Group on High Blood Press · PEDIATRICS Aug 2004 2,451
5 Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of syncope (version 2009): The Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Syncope of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 27 Aug 2009 2,057
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Where is Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research done?

The largest centres of Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 71 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 67 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 45 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 45 works
  5. 5 BostonUnited States 44 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 43 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 42 works
  8. 8 RomeItaly 39 works
  9. 9 IstanbulTürkiye 37 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 36 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NashvilleUS · 26.6 works6.8×
  2. CalgaryCA · 24.0 works6.6×
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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, Vanderbilt University, Karolinska Institutet 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%20%40%mean 21.41%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Karolinska InstitutetVanderbilt UniversityHarvard UniversityUniversity College L…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 80.522.0%8.8×24 +32.5%
2Karolinska InstitutetSweden 75.528.0%7.3×15 +110.9%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 73.819.3%3.6×42 -10.7%
4University College LondonUnited Kingdom 62.815.5%3.3×20 +35.7%
5University of CopenhagenDenmark 60.128.2%2.6×9 +26.6%
6Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 59.718.7%3.4×19 +11.3%
7Emory UniversityUnited States 53.815.3%6.4×19 +97.0%
8Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 53.621.0%4.7×10 +71.1%
9Trinity College DublinIreland 53.516.4%8.6×13 -19.7%
10University of FlorenceItaly 50.529.7%3.8×8 +8.3%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders, country by country

Is Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders0.019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Cardiovascular Syncope and Autonomic Disorders10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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