Diverticular Disease and Complications
Diverticular Disease and Complications is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 26k 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, treatment, and management of diverticulitis, with an emphasis on acute complications such as perforation and abscess formation. It covers various surgical approaches including primary anastomosis and Hartmann's procedure, as well as the use of laparoscopic lavage. Additionally, the cluster explores the epidemiology and long-term outcomes of diverticular disease.
- Diverticulitis
- Treatment
- Colonic Diverticulitis
- Sigmoid Diverticulitis
- Acute Complications
- Perforated Diverticulitis
- Primary Anastomosis
- Hartmann's Procedure
- Laparoscopic Lavage
- Epidemiology
- Research works
- 26k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 8.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +31% 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 Diverticular Disease and Complications research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (959 and 320 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 959 works
- 2 China 320 works
- 3 United Kingdom 279 works
- 4 India 232 works
- 5 Japan 208 works
- 6 Italy 170 works
- 7 Germany 143 works
- 8 Spain 128 works
- 9 Brazil 116 works
- 10 Türkiye 109 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.
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Which institutions lead Diverticular Disease and Complications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Diverticular Disease and Complications research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Ain Shams University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 46 works
- 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 16 works
- 3 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 13 works
- 4 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 12 works
- 5 Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece 10 works
- 6 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States 10 works
- 7 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 10 works
- 8 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 10 works
- 9 Mayo ClinicUnited States 9 works
- 10 WinnMedUnited States 9 works
Who are the leading researchers in Diverticular Disease and Complications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Diverticular Disease and Complications include Mircea Beuran and Edward L. Giovannucci.
- 1 Mircea Beuran Romania 3.2k citations
- 2 Edward L. Giovannucci United States 3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Diverticular Disease and Complications research done?
The largest centres of Diverticular Disease and Complications research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Cleveland (United States), New York (United States) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cleveland.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ClevelandUS · 63.6 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Diverticular Disease and Complications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Diverticular Disease and Complications?
Among universities, judged by research, Mohammed V University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mohammed V UniversityMorocco | 33.0 | 0.0% | 6.2× | 10 | +141.7% |
| 2 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 32.0 | 7.1% | 2.4× | 16 | +99.2% |
| 3 | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States | 30.7 | 2.8% | 6.4× | 12 | +2.2% |
| 4 | Ain Shams UniversityEgypt | 30.4 | 4.4% | 4.8× | 13 | +34.4% |
| 5 | Sechenov UniversityRussia | 29.7 | 3.2% | 6.7× | 8 | — |
| 6 | Aristotle University of ThessalonikiGreece | 28.7 | 7.8% | 5.0× | 10 | -52.7% |
| 7 | Sapienza University of RomeItaly | 26.3 | 14.8% | 1.9× | 8 | -55.6% |
| 8 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 22.4 | 1.2% | 4.3× | 10 | — |
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 Diverticular Disease and Complications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Diverticular Disease and Complications.
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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.