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 United States 771 works
- 2 India 421 works
- 3 China 419 works
- 4 Germany 236 works
- 5 Japan 192 works
- 6 Türkiye 163 works
- 7 United Kingdom 160 works
- 8 Italy 129 works
- 9 South Korea 120 works
- 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.
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 Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Germany 22 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 17 works
- 3 Harvard University United States 16 works
- 4 Institute of Medical Sciences India 16 works
- 5 Capital Medical University China 14 works
- 6 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 13 works
- 7 Vanderbilt University Medical Center United States 13 works
- 8 Medical University of South Carolina United States 12 works
- 9 Eye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University China 12 works
- 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 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
Where it is the local speciality
- HanoverDE · 25.3 works8.0×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ear Surgery and Otitis Media than the world average.
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.
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 | Medical University of South Carolina United States | 69.1 | 18.9% | 12.7× | 12 | +166.4% |
| 2 | Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Germany | 64.2 | 7.4% | 25.6× | 22 | +39.3% |
| 3 | Institute of Medical Sciences India | 55.9 | 1.0% | 12.7× | 16 | +164.9% |
| 4 | Harvard University United States | 51.5 | 12.3% | 3.2× | 16 | +87.5% |
| 5 | Al-Azhar University Egypt | 46.1 | 4.2% | 6.0× | 9 | +300.0% |
| 6 | University of Southern California United States | 42.3 | 9.9% | 3.5× | 10 | +276.1% |
| 7 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China | 42.1 | 8.5% | 4.4× | 17 | +39.3% |
| 8 | Washington University in St. Louis United States | 40.8 | 27.4% | 2.8× | 8 | -17.2% |
| 9 | Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye | 38.6 | 2.5% | 5.8× | 13 | — |
| 10 | Stanford University United States | 36.4 | 18.9% | 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.
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.