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Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis

Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 8.7% 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 abdominal tuberculosis, with a particular emphasis on the challenges in differentiating it from other conditions such as Crohn's disease, the use of imaging and PCR for diagnosis, and the implications of tuberculous peritonitis and genitourinary tuberculosis. The cluster also explores the impact of abdominal tuberculosis on infertility.

  • Abdominal Tuberculosis
  • Diagnostic Challenges
  • Peritoneal Tuberculosis
  • Imaging Features
  • Genitourinary Tuberculosis
  • Differential Diagnosis
  • Endoscopic Evaluation
  • Tuberculous Peritonitis
  • PCR Diagnosis
  • Infertility
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+16%
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 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (603 and 522 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 603 works
  2. 2 China 522 works
  3. 3 United States 522 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 165 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 147 works
  6. 6 Russia 116 works
  7. 7 Japan 101 works
  8. 8 Brazil 89 works
  9. 9 South Korea 82 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 77 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.

India: 24.9%China: 21.5%United States: 21.5%Indonesia: 6.8%6 others listed: 25.3%25%largest
India603 · 24.9%China522 · 21.5%United States522 · 21.5%Indonesia165 · 6.8%6 others listed613 · 25.3%

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

Which institutions lead Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis research, followed by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and Institute of Medical Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis include Peter J. Schwartz.

  1. 1 Peter J. Schwartz Italy 3.3k citations

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

Where is Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis research done?

The largest centres of Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New Delhi (India), London (United Kingdom) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kampala and Addis Ababa.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 82 works
  2. 2 New Delhi India 80 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 63 works
  4. 4 Moscow Russia 47 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 44 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 42 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 40 works
  8. 8 Chennai India 39 works
  9. 9 Dhaka Bangladesh 34 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KampalaUG · 20.3 works12×
  2. Addis AbabaET · 28.4 works10×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis?

Among universities, judged by research, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Addis Ababa University and Makerere University 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%10%20%mean 11.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 21, 12.7%Addis Ababa University: 11, 16.5%Makerere University: 8, 18.0%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 26, 8.0%University of Cape Town: 9, 17.7%Capital Medical University: 13, 14.5%Institute of Medical Sciences: 18, 1.6%Mohammed V University: 12, 0.0%King George's Medical University: 9, 4.2%Sichuan University: 8, 19.4%Makerere UniversityAddis Ababa UniversityPost Graduate Instit…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 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 69.512.7%16.4×21 +47.5%
2 Addis Ababa UniversityEthiopia 69.016.5%12.0×11 +40.7%
3 Makerere UniversityUganda 66.718.0%11.4×8 +13.3%
4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 66.18.0%11.0×26 +48.8%
5 University of Cape TownSouth Africa 58.017.7%6.9×9 +11.4%
6 Capital Medical UniversityChina 57.614.5%5.8×13 +91.9%
7 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 54.31.6%14.8×18 +82.1%
8 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 37.30.0%7.5×12 +67.7%
9 King George's Medical UniversityIndia 35.54.2%17.6×9 -21.9%
10 Sichuan UniversityChina 32.719.4%1.2×8 -28.4%

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 Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.

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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.