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Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 10.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis and management of congenital diaphragmatic hernia, including prenatal prediction of survival, fetal surgery, lung volume assessment, the impact of DICER1 mutations, pulmonary hypoplasia, and outcomes of treatments such as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and thoracoscopic repair. It also covers related topics such as fetal lung development, pleuropulmonary blastoma, and the long-term follow-up of patients with this condition.

  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia
  • Fetal Surgery
  • Prenatal Diagnosis
  • Lung Volume
  • DICER1 Mutations
  • Pulmonary Hypoplasia
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Fetal Lung Development
  • Thoracoscopic Repair
  • Pleuropulmonary Blastoma
Research works
43k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 634 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 634 works
  3. 3 India 526 works
  4. 4 Japan 363 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 273 works
  6. 6 Germany 262 works
  7. 7 Italy 189 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 180 works
  9. 9 Spain 166 works
  10. 10 Canada 132 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: 34.8%China: 15.2%India: 12.6%Japan: 8.7%6 others listed: 28.8%35%largest
United States1,457 · 34.8%China634 · 15.2%India526 · 12.6%Japan363 · 8.7%6 others listed1,203 · 28.8%

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

Which institutions lead Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia publishes the most Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaUnited States 38 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 32 works
  3. 3 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterUnited States 27 works
  4. 4 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 22 works
  5. 5 Boston Children's HospitalUnited States 22 works
  6. 6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 21 works
  7. 7 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 20 works
  8. 8 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 16 works
  9. 9 University Hospital BonnGermany 16 works
  10. 10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 15 works

Where is Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies research done?

The largest centres of Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Tokyo (Japan), Beijing (China) and Philadelphia (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cincinnati.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 85 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 84 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 81 works
  4. 4 Philadelphia United States 80 works
  5. 5 New Delhi India 73 works
  6. 6 Houston United States 65 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 56 works
  8. 8 Boston United States 55 works
  9. 9 Shanghai China 54 works
  10. 10 Istanbul Türkiye 52 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CincinnatiUS · 41.0 works8.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Pennsylvania, Baylor College of Medicine and All India Institute of Medical Sciences 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 17.31%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Pennsylvania: 21, 32.4%Baylor College of Medicine: 22, 14.5%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 32, 1.5%Guangzhou Medical University: 14, 8.4%University of Colorado Denver: 13, 18.8%Institute of Medical Sciences: 15, 0.0%China Medical University: 9, 24.6%Harvard University: 15, 22.3%Johns Hopkins University: 12, 25.7%University of Toronto: 12, 24.9%University of Pennsy…Baylor College of Me…Guangzhou Medical Un…All India Institute …
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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 PennsylvaniaUnited States 57.532.4%3.8×21 +31.7%
2 Baylor College of MedicineUnited States 57.414.5%9.2×22 +49.9%
3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 45.81.5%8.8×32 +34.2%
4 Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina 45.78.4%8.8×14 +68.8%
5 University of Colorado DenverUnited States 44.118.8%6.7×13 +7.2%
6 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 43.80.0%7.8×15 +259.7%
7 China Medical UniversityChina 43.024.6%4.8×9 +73.9%
8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 41.422.3%2.0×15 +4.2%
9 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 41.125.7%1.8×12 +58.3%
10 University of TorontoCanada 40.524.9%1.5×12 +27.8%

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 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies.

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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.