Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 20.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the implementation and impact of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols, including strategies to improve surgical outcomes, perioperative care guidelines, management of postoperative ileus, and the use of multimodal approaches to enhance recovery. The research covers a wide range of surgical procedures, with a particular emphasis on colorectal surgery.
- Enhanced Recovery
- Surgical Care
- Fast-Track Surgery
- Perioperative Care
- Colorectal Surgery
- Postoperative Ileus
- Multimodal Management
- Preoperative Fasting
- ERAS Protocol
- Clinical Pathway
- Research works
- 24k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 20.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +51% 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 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.5k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.5k works
- 2 United States 1.2k works
- 3 United Kingdom 329 works
- 4 Japan 297 works
- 5 India 240 works
- 6 Türkiye 200 works
- 7 Germany 182 works
- 8 Canada 165 works
- 9 Italy 164 works
- 10 Australia 157 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 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Sichuan University publishes the most Enhanced Recovery After Surgery research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and Cleveland Clinic.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Sichuan UniversityChina 29 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 26 works
- 3 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 23 works
- 4 Capital Medical UniversityChina 20 works
- 5 Nanjing Medical UniversityChina 20 works
- 6 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina 19 works
- 7 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 18 works
- 8 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 17 works
- 9 Harvard UniversityUnited States 17 works
- 10 Peking UniversityChina 17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Enhanced Recovery After Surgery include P.J. Devereaux.
- 1 P.J. Devereaux Canada 4.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Enhanced Recovery After Surgery research done?
The largest centres of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Chengdu (China) and London (United Kingdom). 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 · 45.0 works5.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Enhanced Recovery After Surgery?
Among universities, judged by research, Xuzhou Medical College, Chongqing Medical University and Capital Medical University 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 | Xuzhou Medical CollegeChina | 78.0 | 41.5% | 12.0× | 15 | +155.0% |
| 2 | Chongqing Medical UniversityChina | 61.0 | 28.5% | 7.2× | 15 | +184.6% |
| 3 | Capital Medical UniversityChina | 54.5 | 29.2% | 5.8× | 20 | +34.6% |
| 4 | Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina | 53.5 | 22.6% | 4.4× | 26 | +102.0% |
| 5 | China Medical UniversityChina | 52.2 | 33.9% | 6.1× | 12 | +68.0% |
| 6 | Harvard UniversityUnited States | 51.9 | 26.4% | 2.2× | 17 | +158.5% |
| 7 | Sichuan UniversityChina | 50.3 | 27.1% | 2.7× | 29 | +41.9% |
| 8 | University of CalgaryCanada | 49.2 | 24.2% | 4.1× | 16 | +83.3% |
| 9 | Nanjing Medical UniversityChina | 48.7 | 20.1% | 6.4× | 20 | +44.8% |
| 10 | KU LeuvenBelgium | 48.6 | 33.8% | 2.4× | 13 | +40.6% |
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 Enhanced Recovery After Surgery research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Enhanced Recovery After Surgery.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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