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Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies

Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 16.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on Hirschsprung disease, a developmental disorder of the enteric nervous system, and its associated syndromes. It covers topics such as genetics, neural crest cells, stem cells, RET gene mutations, GDNF signaling, anorectal malformations, SIP1 mutations, and neuronal differentiation.

  • Hirschsprung Disease
  • Enteric Nervous System
  • Genetics
  • Neural Crest Cells
  • Stem Cells
  • RET Gene
  • GDNF
  • Anorectal Malformations
  • SIP1 Mutation
  • Neuronal Differentiation
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+21%
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 gastrointestinal and neural anomalies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (439 and 301 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 439 works
  2. 2 China 301 works
  3. 3 India 148 works
  4. 4 Vietnam 113 works
  5. 5 Japan 98 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 84 works
  7. 7 Italy 74 works
  8. 8 Germany 64 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 61 works
  10. 10 Brazil 56 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: 30.5%China: 21.0%India: 10.3%Vietnam: 7.9%6 others listed: 30.3%31%largest
United States439 · 30.5%China301 · 21.0%India148 · 10.3%Vietnam113 · 7.9%6 others listed436 · 30.3%

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

Which institutions lead Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Vietnam Sweden hospital publishes the most Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies research, followed by Nationwide Children's Hospital and Ain Shams University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Vietnam Sweden hospitalVietnam 23 works
  2. 2 Nationwide Children's HospitalUnited States 16 works
  3. 3 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 15 works
  4. 4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 9 works
  5. 5 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterUnited States 9 works
  6. 6 Children's NationalUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 China Medical UniversityChina 7 works
  8. 8 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 Thai Nguyen National General HospitalVietnam 7 works
  10. 10 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 7 works

Where is Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies research done?

The largest centres of Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Thành Phố Uông Bí, Ho Chi Minh City and Columbus.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 39 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 38 works
  3. 3 Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam 30 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 29 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 23 works
  6. 6 Thành Phố Uông Bí Vietnam 23 works
  7. 7 Columbus United States 22 works
  8. 8 Istanbul Türkiye 22 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 22 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 21 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Thành Phố Uông BíVN · 22.8 works519×
  2. Ho Chi Minh CityVN · 29.9 works10×
  3. ColumbusUS · 22.5 works7.6×
  4. HanoiVN · 20.8 works5.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies?

Among universities, judged by research, Ain Shams University 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 73.77.9%9.8×15 +290.6%
2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 21.85.1%6.9×9 +118.6%

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 gastrointestinal and neural anomalies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomalies.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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