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Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis is a research topic within Emergency Medical Services. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management and complications of vascular access in healthcare, including catheter-related infections, central venous catheterization, hemodialysis vascular access, arteriovenous fistulas, and guidelines for preventing intravascular device-related infections. The papers cover a wide range of topics related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of complications associated with various types of vascular access.

  • Catheter-Related Infections
  • Central Venous Catheterization
  • Hemodialysis Vascular Access
  • Arteriovenous Fistulas
  • Intravascular Device-Related Infections
  • Vascular Access Guidelines
  • Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections
  • Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters
  • Vascular Access Complications
  • Ultrasound-Guided Vascular Cannulation
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2k and 810 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 2k works
  2. 2 China 810 works
  3. 3 India 460 works
  4. 4 Japan 416 works
  5. 5 Brazil 324 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 298 works
  7. 7 Italy 289 works
  8. 8 Spain 244 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 234 works
  10. 10 Germany 218 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: 37.7%China: 15.3%India: 8.7%Japan: 7.9%6 others listed: 30.4%38%largest
United States1,990 · 37.7%China810 · 15.3%India460 · 8.7%Japan416 · 7.9%6 others listed1,608 · 30.4%

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

Which institutions lead Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Mayo Clinic.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 68 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 53 works
  3. 3 Mayo ClinicUnited States 46 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 38 works
  5. 5 The University of QueenslandAustralia 33 works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 31 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 27 works
  8. 8 Yale UniversityUnited States 26 works
  9. 9 New York Medical CollegeUnited States 26 works
  10. 10 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis include David Moher, John J.V. McMurray and Stephan Windecker.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 John J.V. McMurray United Kingdom 349k citations
  3. 3 Stephan Windecker Switzerland 338k citations
  4. 4 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k citations
  5. 5 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 316k citations
  6. 6 Gordon Henry Guyatt Canada 315k citations
  7. 7 Elie A. Akl Canada 313k citations
  8. 8 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  9. 9 Peter Jüni Switzerland 303k citations
  10. 10 Salim Yusuf Canada 294k 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 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis?

The most cited paper in Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis is "Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections" (Naomi P. O’Grady, Mary Alexander, Lillian A. Burns et al., 2011), with 4,713 citations. Next come "An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU" (4,420) and "Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism" (4,393).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-related Infections Naomi P. O’Grady, Mary Alexander, Lillian A. Burns et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 2 Apr 2011 4,713
2 An Intervention to Decrease Catheter-Related Bloodstream Infections in the ICU Peter J. Pronovost, Dale M. Needham, Sean M. Berenholtz et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 27 Dec 2006 4,420
3 Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism William H Geerts, John A. Heit, George Patrick Clagett et al. · CHEST Journal 2001 4,393
4 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infection: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Leonard A. Mermel, Michael Allon, Emilio Bouza et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access 2 Jun 2009 3,661
5 Catheter Replacement of the Needle in Percutaneous Arteriography: A new technique Sven Ivar Seldinger · Acta Radiologica Open access May 1953 3,286
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Where is Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis research done?

The largest centres of Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 102 works
  2. 2 TokyoJapan 96 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 91 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 85 works
  5. 5 São PauloBrazil 85 works
  6. 6 BostonUnited States 80 works
  7. 7 SeoulSouth Korea 71 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 67 works
  9. 9 MadridSpain 65 works
  10. 10 BrisbaneAustralia 63 works
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Where is the best place to study Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis?

Among universities, judged by research, The University of Queensland, Harvard University and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore score highest, combining citation 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 18.44%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Griffith UniversityUniversità Cattolica…The University of Qu…Harvard University
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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.

Citation 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
1The University of QueenslandAustralia 79.023.1%5.2×33 +25.1%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 76.714.7%3.2×68 +17.7%
3Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreItaly 73.024.5%7.1×20 +48.1%
4Griffith UniversityAustralia 67.425.0%6.9×19 -15.9%
5Karolinska InstitutetSweden 60.526.9%2.6×10 +32.5%
6University of TorontoCanada 57.716.2%2.3×31 -10.5%
7Sichuan UniversityChina 55.711.1%2.5×38 +59.4%
8All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 54.47.2%7.3×53 +27.7%
9Heidelberg UniversityGermany 54.117.3%2.7×14 +50.1%
10Medical University of ViennaAustria 53.318.4%4.2×9 +52.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis, country by country

Is Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis.

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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 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis0.032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis 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%Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis10.0% 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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