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Digital Imaging in Medicine

Digital Imaging in Medicine is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the ethical considerations and standardization of clinical photography, digital documentation, and operative reports in medical practice. It addresses issues such as patient consent, privacy, quality of care data, and the use of synoptic reporting to improve documentation practices.

  • Clinical Photography
  • Digital Photography
  • Ethical Considerations
  • Operative Reports
  • Medical Consent
  • Standardization
  • Patient Privacy
  • Quality of Care Data
  • Synoptic Reporting
  • Dermatology
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Digital Imaging in Medicine

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Digital Imaging in Medicine research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (692 and 280 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 692 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 280 works
  3. 3 India 167 works
  4. 4 China 108 works
  5. 5 Germany 103 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 71 works
  7. 7 France 65 works
  8. 8 Italy 62 works
  9. 9 Canada 58 works
  10. 10 Brazil 54 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: 41.7%United Kingdom: 16.8%India: 10.1%China: 6.5%6 others listed: 24.9%42%largest
United States692 · 41.7%United Kingdom280 · 16.8%India167 · 10.1%China108 · 6.5%6 others listed414 · 24.9%

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

Which institutions lead Digital Imaging in Medicine research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Digital Imaging in Medicine research, followed by Mayo Clinic and University College London.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 24 works
  2. 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 17 works
  3. 3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 15 works
  4. 4 New York UniversityUnited States 11 works
  5. 5 University of MichiganUnited States 10 works
  6. 6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 10 works
  7. 7 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 9 works
  8. 8 University of TorontoCanada 9 works
  9. 9 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 9 works
  10. 10 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Digital Imaging in Medicine?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Digital Imaging in Medicine include David Moher, Douglas G. Altman and Vivian Andrea Welch.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Douglas G. Altman United Kingdom 862k citations
  3. 3 Vivian Andrea Welch Canada 218k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Digital Imaging in Medicine?

The most cited paper in Digital Imaging in Medicine is "The SCARE 2018 statement: Updating consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) guidelines" (Riaz Agha et al., 2018), with 2,340 citations. Next come "CARE guidelines for case reports: explanation and elaboration document" (2,252) and "The Levels of Evidence and Their Role in Evidence-Based Medicine" (2,189).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The SCARE 2018 statement: Updating consensus Surgical CAse REport (SCARE) guidelines Riaz Agha et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 18 Oct 2018 2,340
2 CARE guidelines for case reports: explanation and elaboration document David S. Riley et al. · Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 18 May 2017 2,252
3 The Levels of Evidence and Their Role in Evidence-Based Medicine Patricia Brissette Burns, Rod J. Rohrich, Kevin C. Chung · Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Open access 25 Jun 2011 2,189
4 The SCARE Statement: Consensus-based surgical case report guidelines Riaz Agha et al. · International Journal of Surgery Open access 9 Sep 2016 1,687
5 Quality guidelines for endodontic treatment: consensus report of the European Society of Endodontology European Society of Endodontology · International Endodontic Journal Open access 10 Nov 2006 1,224
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Digital Imaging in Medicine research done?

The largest centres of Digital Imaging in Medicine research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Boston (United States) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in London and Philadelphia.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 84 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 47 works
  3. 3 BostonUnited States 24 works
  4. 4 IstanbulTürkiye 23 works
  5. 5 PhiladelphiaUnited States 22 works
  6. 6 ChennaiIndia 21 works
  7. 7 BeijingChina 20 works
  8. 8 MoscowRussia 18 works
  9. 9 SeoulSouth Korea 17 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LondonGB · 84.0 works3.9×
  2. PhiladelphiaUS · 22.5 works3.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Digital Imaging in Medicine than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Digital Imaging in Medicine?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Stanford University and University College London 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%30%mean 14.39%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Stanford UniversitySaveetha UniversityUniversity College L…Harvard University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 63.412.0%3.6×24 -7.6%
2Stanford UniversityUnited States 58.924.8%3.2×10 +7.5%
3University College LondonUnited Kingdom 57.917.2%4.4×15 +42.7%
4Saveetha UniversityIndia 48.422.4%4.4×9 +55.5%
5New York UniversityUnited States 45.715.1%4.5×11 +27.3%
6University of MichiganUnited States 42.88.5%3.3×10 -9.7%
7Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 39.614.5%4.6×10 +24.5%
8All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 31.415.9%4.1×9 +137.0%
9King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 30.94.8%5.3×10 +21.5%
10University of MiamiUnited States 29.08.7%6.6×8 +162.7%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Digital Imaging in Medicine, country by country

Is Digital Imaging in Medicine research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Digital Imaging in Medicine.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Digital Imaging in Medicine as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Digital Imaging in Medicine over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Digital Imaging in Medicine10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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