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Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics

Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1950. 17.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on clinical studies related to coronary stents, myocardial revascularization, and the use of drug-eluting stents in the treatment of coronary artery disease. It covers topics such as the comparison of different stent types, optimal medical therapy with or without percutaneous coronary intervention, plaque vulnerability, and the assessment of stent thrombosis using various imaging techniques.

  • Coronary Stents
  • Myocardial Revascularization
  • Drug-Eluting Stents
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Fractional Flow Reserve
  • Intravascular Ultrasound
  • Plaque Vulnerability
  • Stent Thrombosis
  • Optimal Medical Therapy
Research works
55k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-1%
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 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.8k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.8k works
  2. 2 China 1.2k works
  3. 3 Japan 684 works
  4. 4 Italy 483 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 391 works
  6. 6 India 375 works
  7. 7 South Korea 356 works
  8. 8 Germany 314 works
  9. 9 Spain 233 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 216 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: 30.3%China: 19.6%Japan: 11.2%Italy: 7.9%6 others listed: 30.9%30%largest
United States1,845 · 30.3%China1,197 · 19.6%Japan684 · 11.2%Italy483 · 7.9%6 others listed1,884 · 30.9%

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

Which institutions lead Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics research, followed by Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 54 works
  2. 2 Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation United States 44 works
  3. 3 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States 37 works
  4. 4 Capital Medical University China 37 works
  5. 5 National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases Pakistan 32 works
  6. 6 Fu Wai Hospital China 27 works
  7. 7 Nanjing Medical University China 27 works
  8. 8 Beijing Anzhen Hospital China 26 works
  9. 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 24 works
  10. 10 Erasmus MC Netherlands 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics include Valentı́n Fuster, Sidney C. Smith and Irfan Ullah.

  1. 1 Valentı́n Fuster 5.4k citations
  2. 2 Sidney C. Smith 5.2k citations
  3. 3 Irfan Ullah 5k citations
  4. 4 P.J. Devereaux 4.8k citations
  5. 5 E. Murat Tuzcu 4.7k citations
  6. 6 Harlan M. Krumholz 4.7k citations
  7. 7 Stuart Pocock 4.3k citations
  8. 8 Salim Yusuf 4.3k citations

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

Where is Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics research done?

The largest centres of Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), New York (United States) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 291 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 164 works
  3. 3 New York United States 153 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 144 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 117 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 116 works
  7. 7 Rome Italy 85 works
  8. 8 Minneapolis United States 79 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 75 works
  10. 10 Boston United States 74 works
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Where is the best place to study Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics?

Among universities, judged by research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Humanitas University and Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway 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 17.9%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 37, 18.8%Humanitas University: 10, 25.4%Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway: 20, 17.1%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 54, 14.2%Ulsan College: 10, 34.0%Poznan University of Medical Sciences: 16, 9.2%Medical University of Warsaw: 14, 13.6%Medical University of Silesia: 17, 13.0%Harbin Medical University: 15, 14.9%Jichi Medical University: 9, 18.8%Humanitas UniversityIcahn School of Medi…Ollscoil na Gaillimh…Chinese Academy of M…
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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
1Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai United States 61.418.8%8.8×37 +83.7%
2Humanitas University Italy 59.325.4%15.4×10 +93.2%
3Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway Ireland 56.917.1%12.5×20 +19.1%
4Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 55.514.2%6.4×54 +96.8%
5Ulsan College South Korea 53.834.0%11.3×10 -10.8%
6Poznan University of Medical Sciences Poland 50.79.2%11.3×16 +121.2%
7Medical University of Warsaw Poland 49.313.6%7.2×14 +232.2%
8Medical University of Silesia Poland 48.913.0%10.7×17 +48.1%
9Harbin Medical University China 48.314.9%8.5×15 +115.8%
10Jichi Medical University Japan 47.918.8%11.9×9 +93.1%

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 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

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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.