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Ear and Head Tumors

Ear and Head Tumors is a research topic within Oncology. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 7.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on various types of tumors affecting the ear and temporal bone, including squamous cell carcinoma, endolymphatic sac tumors, middle ear adenomas, and carcinoid tumors. The papers discuss the clinical features, management outcomes, treatment strategies such as chemoradiotherapy and surgical resection, as well as the implications of von Hippel-Lindau disease on these tumors.

  • Ear Tumors
  • Temporal Bone Carcinoma
  • Squamous Cell Carcinoma
  • Endolymphatic Sac Tumors
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease
  • Middle Ear Adenoma
  • Carcinoid Tumor
  • Chemoradiotherapy
  • Surgical Management
  • Metastases
Research works
18k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Ear and Head Tumors research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (505 and 350 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 505 works
  2. 2 India 350 works
  3. 3 China 278 works
  4. 4 Japan 239 works
  5. 5 Germany 119 works
  6. 6 Italy 95 works
  7. 7 South Korea 70 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 69 works
  9. 9 Brazil 62 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 59 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%India: 19.0%China: 15.1%Japan: 12.9%6 others listed: 25.6%27%largest
United States505 · 27.4%India350 · 19.0%China278 · 15.1%Japan239 · 12.9%6 others listed473 · 25.6%

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

Which institutions lead Ear and Head Tumors research?

By volume in 2022–2025, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Ear and Head Tumors research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 16 works
  2. 2 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 13 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 13 works
  4. 4 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 10 works
  5. 5 Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan UniversityChina 9 works
  6. 6 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 Emory UniversityUnited States 8 works
  9. 9 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 8 works
  10. 10 Universitätsklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und OhrenheilkundeGermany 7 works

Where is Ear and Head Tumors research done?

The largest centres of Ear and Head Tumors research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) and New Delhi (India).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 53 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 52 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 39 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 37 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 35 works
  6. 6 New York United States 24 works
  7. 7 Chennai India 22 works
  8. 8 Houston United States 22 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 19 works
  10. 10 Istanbul Türkiye 18 works
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Where is the best place to study Ear and Head Tumors?

Among universities, judged by research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Institute of Medical Sciences and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College 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.

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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 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 58.90.4%10.4×16 +83.6%
2 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 48.60.0%13.3×10 +95.5%
3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 40.68.7%5.4×13 +24.5%
4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 33.416.4%2.7×8 +23.2%
5 Emory UniversityUnited States 18.05.2%4.9×8 -2.8%

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 Ear and Head Tumors research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Ear and Head Tumors.

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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.