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Dermatologic Treatments and Research

Dermatologic Treatments and Research is a research topic within Dermatology. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 17.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

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  • Hypertrophic Scarring
  • Keloids
  • Fractional Photothermolysis
  • Scar Management
  • Melasma
  • Radiofrequency Treatment
  • Wound Healing
  • Dermal Remodeling
  • Laser Resurfacing
  • Collagen Induction Therapy
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+44%
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 Dermatologic Treatments and Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 998 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 998 works
  3. 3 India 381 works
  4. 4 Brazil 325 works
  5. 5 South Korea 245 works
  6. 6 Egypt 207 works
  7. 7 Italy 203 works
  8. 8 Russia 177 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 164 works
  10. 10 Germany 154 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: 27.4%China: 25.4%India: 9.7%Brazil: 8.3%6 others listed: 29.2%27%largest
United States1,079 · 27.4%China998 · 25.4%India381 · 9.7%Brazil325 · 8.3%6 others listed1,150 · 29.2%

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

Which institutions lead Dermatologic Treatments and Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Dermatologic Treatments and Research research, followed by Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital and Cairo University.

Who are the leading researchers in Dermatologic Treatments and Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dermatologic Treatments and Research include Luigi Naldi and Michael R. Hamblin.

  1. 1 Luigi Naldi Italy 4.7k citations
  2. 2 Michael R. Hamblin United States 2.8k citations

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

Where is Dermatologic Treatments and Research research done?

The largest centres of Dermatologic Treatments and Research research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Naples, Zagazig and Coral Gables.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 167 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 138 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 121 works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 99 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 95 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 78 works
  7. 7 New York United States 72 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 62 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 61 works
  10. 10 Cairo Egypt 56 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NaplesUS · 22.6 works48×
  2. ZagazigEG · 21.1 works9.9×
  3. Coral GablesUS · 27.4 works9.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dermatologic Treatments and Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Dermatologic Treatments and Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Al-Azhar University, Iran University of Medical Sciences and University of Miami 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 22.68%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Al-Azhar University: 25, 15.6%Iran University of Medical Sciences: 13, 39.7%University of Miami: 27, 21.6%Southern Medical University: 15, 34.3%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 44, 19.3%Air Force Medical University: 11, 29.1%Zagazig University: 21, 2.8%Poznan University of Medical Sciences: 9, 19.9%Medical University of Lodz: 9, 19.7%Mahidol University: 13, 24.8%Iran University of M…Southern Medical Uni…University of MiamiAl-Azhar University
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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 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 69.915.6%11.2×25 +612.2%
2 Iran University of Medical SciencesIran 69.339.7%8.5×13 +126.6%
3 University of MiamiUnited States 62.121.6%9.8×27 +25.5%
4 Southern Medical UniversityChina 61.734.3%7.2×15 +110.9%
5 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 60.319.3%8.0×44 +23.0%
6 Air Force Medical UniversityChina 58.629.1%11.1×11 +72.2%
7 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 57.02.8%9.9×21 +460.9%
8 Poznan University of Medical SciencesPoland 56.719.9%9.5×9 +220.0%
9 Medical University of LodzPoland 56.419.7%11.0×9 +163.9%
10 Mahidol UniversityThailand 53.024.8%7.1×13 +76.3%

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 Dermatologic Treatments and Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Dermatologic Treatments and Research.

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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.