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Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the etiology, prenatal diagnosis, surgical management, and outcomes of abdominal wall defects such as gastroschisis and omphalocele. It explores maternal risk factors, epidemiological trends, fetal and neonatal outcomes, and advancements in surgical techniques for the treatment of these congenital anomalies.

  • Gastroschisis
  • Omphalocele
  • Abdominal Wall Defects
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Surgical Management
  • Epidemiology
  • Fetal Outcome
  • Maternal Risk Factors
  • Congenital Anomalies
  • Neonatal Surgery
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery

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

Which countries lead Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (687 and 495 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 687 works
  2. 2 India 495 works
  3. 3 China 361 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 192 works
  5. 5 Japan 161 works
  6. 6 Brazil 160 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 138 works
  8. 8 Italy 113 works
  9. 9 Germany 112 works
  10. 10 Iran 108 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: 27.2%India: 19.6%China: 14.3%Türkiye: 7.6%6 others listed: 31.4%27%largest
United States687 · 27.2%India495 · 19.6%China361 · 14.3%Türkiye192 · 7.6%6 others listed792 · 31.4%

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

Which institutions lead Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery research, followed by Harvard University and Sichuan University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 46 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 19 works
  3. 3 Sichuan UniversityChina 19 works
  4. 4 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 18 works
  5. 5 Xinjiang Medical UniversityChina 18 works
  6. 6 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 18 works
  7. 7 Tunis El Manar UniversityTunisia 16 works
  8. 8 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 16 works
  9. 9 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 14 works
  10. 10 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery include Walter Churchill Willett, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta and Cyrus Cooper.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta Pakistan 371k citations
  3. 3 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k 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 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery?

The most cited paper in Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery is "Surgical repair of tricuspid atresia" (Francis M. Fontan, E Baudet, 1971), with 2,898 citations. Next come "BIRTH AFTER THE REIMPLANTATION OF A HUMAN EMBRYO" (2,624) and "Expert consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in humans" (2,217).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Surgical repair of tricuspid atresia Francis M. Fontan, E Baudet · Thorax Open access May 1971 2,898
2 BIRTH AFTER THE REIMPLANTATION OF A HUMAN EMBRYO P. C. Steptoe, Robert Edwards · The Lancet Aug 1978 2,624
3 Expert consensus for the diagnosis and treatment of cystic and alveolar echinococcosis in humans Enrico Brunetti, Peter M. Kern, Dominique Angèle Vuitton · Acta Tropica Open access 20 Nov 2009 2,217
4 Biological, Epidemiological, and Clinical Aspects of Echinococcosis, a Zoonosis of Increasing Concern J. Eckert, Peter Deplazes · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access 2004 1,983
5 Cleft lip and palate Peter Anthony Mossey, Julian Little, Ron Munger et al. · The Lancet 10 Sep 2009 1,792
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery research done?

The largest centres of Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery research in 2022-now are New Delhi (India), London (United Kingdom), Tehran (Iran) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tunis.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New DelhiIndia 58 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 51 works
  3. 3 TehranIran 42 works
  4. 4 IstanbulTürkiye 41 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 39 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 36 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 35 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 34 works
  9. 9 AnkaraTürkiye 30 works
  10. 10 TunisTunisia 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TunisTN · 29.7 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery?

Among universities, judged by research, Xinjiang Medical University, Harvard University and University of Zurich 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%20%40%mean 21.36%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Xinjiang Medical Uni…University of TorontoHarvard UniversityUniversity of Zurich
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Xinjiang Medical UniversityChina 68.929.7%28.3×18 +17.2%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 62.326.0%1.6×19 -30.2%
3University of ZurichSwitzerland 61.323.7%3.4×9 +14.4%
4University of TorontoCanada 60.728.1%1.7×13 -14.7%
5Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 59.018.5%9.6×18 -14.7%
6University College LondonUnited Kingdom 57.127.6%2.0×12 -36.1%
7Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 55.813.7%11.4×10 +93.9%
8All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 54.73.4%11.1×46 +18.9%
9The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 52.821.7%2.9×13 -9.3%
10Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 49.721.2%2.1×12 -14.8%

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 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery, country by country

Is Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery 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%Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery10.1% 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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