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. 9.9% 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
In the world top 10%: 2.6k
Top-10% rate: 9.9%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: 0%
Largest producer: United States

Ear Surgery and Otitis Media

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 China publish the most (910 and 504 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 910 works
2 China 504 works
3 India 497 works
4 Germany 264 works
5 Japan 225 works
6 Türkiye 199 works
7 United Kingdom 185 works
8 Italy 143 works
9 South Korea 139 works
10 France 123 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 States910 · 28.5%China504 · 15.8%India497 · 15.6%Germany264 · 8.3%6 others listed1,013 · 31.8%

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

Which institutions lead Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research, followed by Capital Medical University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 42 works
2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 39 works
3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 30 works
4 Fudan UniversityChina 28 works
5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 26 works
6 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 25 works
7 Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia 20 works
8 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 20 works
9 Mayo ClinicUnited States 19 works
10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 19 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ear Surgery and Otitis Media include Richard M. Ryan.

1 Richard M. Ryan United States 395k 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 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media?

The most cited paper in Ear Surgery and Otitis Media is "Facial Nerve Grading System" (John W. House, Derald E. Brackmann, 1985), with 3,895 citations. Next come "Efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children" (2,302) and "Clinical Practice Guideline: Otitis Media with Effusion (Update)" (2,017).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Facial Nerve Grading System John W. House, Derald E. Brackmann · Otolaryngology	Apr 1985	3,895
2	Efficacy, safety and immunogenicity of heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in children STEVEN B. BLACK, Henry R. Shinefield, BRUCE H. FIREMAN et al. · The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal	Mar 2000	2,302
3	Clinical Practice Guideline: Otitis Media with Effusion (Update) Richard M. Rosenfeld, Jennifer Joan Shin, Seth Roslow Schwartz et al. · Otolaryngology Open access	Feb 2016	2,017
4	Newborn Hearing Screening — A Silent Revolution Cynthia Casson Morton, Walter E. Nance · New England Journal of Medicine	17 May 2006	1,734
5	Clinical Features and Prognostic Factors in Adults with Bacterial Meningitis Diederik van de Beek, Jan de Gans, Lodewijk Spanjaard et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access	28 Oct 2004	1,661

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Where is Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research done?

The largest centres of Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 119 works
2 TokyoJapan 70 works
3 SeoulSouth Korea 70 works
4 ShanghaiChina 65 works
5 IstanbulTürkiye 53 works
6 ParisFrance 51 works
7 MoscowRussia 42 works
8 LondonUnited Kingdom 39 works
9 AnkaraTürkiye 37 works
10 BostonUnited States 36 works

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

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, Medical University of South Carolina and Medizinische Hochschule Hannover 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 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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Harvard UniversityUnited States	68.8	15.5%	3.1×	42	-33.1%
2	Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States	68.7	27.3%	12.5×	13	+21.2%
3	Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany	59.9	12.4%	22.3×	25	+8.0%
4	Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States	59.6	23.4%	5.8×	18	-15.3%
5	University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States	58.9	25.9%	3.6×	13	+56.2%
6	University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States	58.7	27.8%	1.9×	14	+3.2%
7	Capital Medical UniversityChina	57.4	9.8%	8.4×	39	+3.7%
8	University of AntwerpBelgium	57.4	20.4%	8.1×	12	+6.9%
9	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States	56.7	16.1%	2.9×	19	-9.4%
10	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands	56.6	20.0%	3.7×	11	+16.4%
11	Fudan UniversityChina	55.9	15.2%	4.1×	28	+5.7%
12	University of BernSwitzerland	55.4	20.7%	6.2×	14	-15.8%
13	Karolinska InstitutetSweden	54.1	12.5%	5.0×	12	+68.3%
14	The University of MelbourneAustralia	53.7	24.9%	2.0×	10	-1.4%
15	Washington University in St. LouisUnited States	52.9	32.1%	2.9×	9	-7.2%
16	The University of SydneyAustralia	51.6	22.5%	2.7×	14	-15.4%
17	Stanford UniversityUnited States	49.7	21.3%	2.4×	15	-19.7%
18	University of Colorado DenverUnited States	48.3	23.6%	6.5×	9	+5.3%
19	New York UniversityUnited States	48.0	17.5%	2.0×	10	+39.4%
20	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina	47.4	11.5%	2.1×	26	+0.3%
21	Technische Universität DresdenGermany	47.3	15.3%	5.3×	13	+8.8%
22	University of ZurichSwitzerland	47.1	17.8%	3.9×	12	-14.4%
23	All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia	46.9	3.1%	6.3×	30	+29.7%
24	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom	46.8	16.4%	2.7×	10	+89.9%
25	Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina	46.2	7.9%	4.3×	20	+36.9%
26	Université Paris CitéFrance	45.6	19.0%	4.1×	13	-9.3%
27	Baylor College of MedicineUnited States	45.6	11.8%	5.3×	11	+26.8%
28	University of California San DiegoUnited States	44.3	14.9%	2.4×	10	+36.6%
29	University of TorontoCanada	42.5	18.3%	1.5×	13	-22.0%
30	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany	42.5	18.5%	2.4×	9	+18.1%
31	University of FreiburgGermany	41.4	21.0%	4.1×	8	-19.5%
32	Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea	40.5	19.5%	2.3×	11	-7.9%
33	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States	40.4	8.6%	2.3×	11	+50.0%
34	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	39.4	17.2%	1.5×	10	-24.3%
35	Tsinghua UniversityChina	39.2	9.1%	1.6×	16	+88.3%
36	Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina	38.8	20.8%	1.6×	14	-6.0%
37	University of California, San FranciscoUnited States	38.7	10.5%	3.1×	9	+0.6%
38	Cairo UniversityEgypt	38.6	15.2%	2.7×	9	+34.2%
39	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	38.2	9.4%	2.9×	12	-8.8%
40	Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael	38.0	10.7%	4.4×	15	-25.2%
41	Jikei University School of MedicineJapan	37.9	14.4%	19.9×	9	+43.1%
42	McGill UniversityCanada	33.1	6.4%	1.9×	8	+42.5%
43	Catholic University of KoreaSouth Korea	29.6	14.0%	6.7×	10	-19.3%
44	Banaras Hindu UniversityIndia	27.6	0.6%	5.9×	20	-26.8%
45	Medical University of WarsawPoland	22.1	7.2%	9.0×	8	-32.3%
46	Universitas Muslim IndonesiaIndonesia	16.3	0.1%	7.1×	9	-
47	Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia	16.2	2.0%	11.4×	8	-47.0%

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 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media, country by country

Is Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

Fractional works of Ear Surgery and Otitis Media 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.

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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Which countries lead Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research?

By volume, 2022-now

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

What are the most cited papers in Ear Surgery and Otitis Media?

Where is Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

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

Is Ear Surgery and Otitis Media research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion