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Ear Surgery and Otitis Media

Ear Surgery and Otitis Media is a research topic within Otorhinolaryngology. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 9.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis, management, and complications of otitis media, including acute and chronic otitis media, middle ear infections, biofilm formation, eustachian tube dysfunction, cholesteatoma, and the impact on hearing loss. It also covers treatment methods such as tympanostomy tubes and bone-conducted sound for hearing rehabilitation.

  • Otitis Media
  • Acute Otitis Media
  • Chronic Otitis Media
  • Middle Ear Infection
  • Hearing Loss
  • Tympanostomy Tubes
  • Biofilms
  • Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
  • Cholesteatoma
  • Bone-Conducted Sound
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+26%
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 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (771 and 421 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 771 works
  2. 2 India 421 works
  3. 3 China 419 works
  4. 4 Germany 236 works
  5. 5 Japan 192 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 163 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 160 works
  8. 8 Italy 129 works
  9. 9 South Korea 120 works
  10. 10 France 102 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: 28.4%India: 15.5%China: 15.5%Germany: 8.7%6 others listed: 31.9%28%largest
United States771 · 28.4%India421 · 15.5%China419 · 15.5%Germany236 · 8.7%6 others listed866 · 31.9%

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

Which institutions lead Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover publishes the most Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Germany 22 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 17 works
  3. 3 Harvard University United States 16 works
  4. 4 Institute of Medical Sciences India 16 works
  5. 5 Capital Medical University China 14 works
  6. 6 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 13 works
  7. 7 Vanderbilt University Medical Center United States 13 works
  8. 8 Medical University of South Carolina United States 12 works
  9. 9 Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University China 12 works
  10. 10 Peking Union Medical College Hospital China 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ear Surgery and Otitis Media?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ear Surgery and Otitis Media include Dan McKenzie.

  1. 1 Dan McKenzie 1.7k citations

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

Where is Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research done?

The largest centres of Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hanover.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 103 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 60 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 58 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 55 works
  5. 5 Istanbul Türkiye 44 works
  6. 6 Paris France 44 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 33 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 33 works
  9. 9 Boston United States 31 works
  10. 10 Sydney Australia 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HanoverDE · 25.3 works8.0×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ear Surgery and Otitis Media than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Ear Surgery and Otitis Media?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of South Carolina, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover and Institute of Medical Sciences 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 11.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of South Carolina: 12, 18.9%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 22, 7.4%Institute of Medical Sciences: 16, 1.0%Harvard University: 16, 12.3%Al-Azhar University: 9, 4.2%University of Southern California: 10, 9.9%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 17, 8.5%Washington University in St. Louis: 8, 27.4%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 13, 2.5%Stanford University: 10, 18.9%Medical University o…Harvard UniversityMedizinische Hochsch…Institute of Medical…
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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
1Medical University of South Carolina United States 69.118.9%12.7×12 +166.4%
2Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Germany 64.27.4%25.6×22 +39.3%
3Institute of Medical Sciences India 55.91.0%12.7×16 +164.9%
4Harvard University United States 51.512.3%3.2×16 +87.5%
5Al-Azhar University Egypt 46.14.2%6.0×9 +300.0%
6University of Southern California United States 42.39.9%3.5×10 +276.1%
7Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 42.18.5%4.4×17 +39.3%
8Washington University in St. Louis United States 40.827.4%2.8×8 -17.2%
9Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 38.62.5%5.8×13
10Stanford University United States 36.418.9%2.0×10 +6.0%

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 Surgery and Otitis Media research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Ear Surgery and Otitis Media.

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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.