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Epilepsy research and treatment

Epilepsy research and treatment is a research topic within Psychiatry and Mental health. Science Explorer counts 62k research works in it since 1950. 15.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis, classification, management, and neurobiological aspects of epilepsy and seizures. It covers topics such as antiepileptic drugs, status epilepticus, surgical therapy, inflammation, genetics, and drug resistance in epilepsy.

  • Epilepsy
  • Seizures
  • Classification
  • Antiepileptic Drugs
  • Status Epilepticus
  • Neurobiology
  • Surgery
  • Inflammation
  • Genetics
  • Drug Resistance
Research works
62k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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 Epilepsy research and treatment research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.3k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.3k works
  2. 2 China 1.1k works
  3. 3 India 689 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 471 works
  5. 5 Germany 404 works
  6. 6 Japan 369 works
  7. 7 Italy 347 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 304 works
  9. 9 France 296 works
  10. 10 Canada 254 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: 34.8%China: 17.4%India: 10.5%United Kingdom: 7.2%6 others listed: 30.1%35%largest
United States2,282 · 34.8%China1,138 · 17.4%India689 · 10.5%United Kingdom471 · 7.2%6 others listed1,974 · 30.1%

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

Which institutions lead Epilepsy research and treatment research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University College London publishes the most Epilepsy research and treatment research, followed by Capital Medical University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University College London United Kingdom 59 works
  2. 2 Capital Medical University China 43 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical Sciences India 41 works
  4. 4 Yale University United States 40 works
  5. 5 Harvard University United States 39 works
  6. 6 Massachusetts General Hospital United States 31 works
  7. 7 Cleveland Clinic United States 31 works
  8. 8 Inserm France 30 works
  9. 9 National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery United Kingdom 28 works
  10. 10 Sichuan University China 27 works

Who are the leading researchers in Epilepsy research and treatment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Epilepsy research and treatment include M. Dam and Ettore Beghi.

  1. 1 M. Dam 6.8k citations
  2. 2 Ettore Beghi 4.6k citations

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

Where is Epilepsy research and treatment research done?

The largest centres of Epilepsy research and treatment research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and Melbourne (Australia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rockville Centre.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 209 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 184 works
  3. 3 Paris France 117 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 116 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 107 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 96 works
  7. 7 New York United States 92 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 88 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 81 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 80 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Rockville CentreUS · 26.8 works20×
← less than its size predictsmore →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Epilepsy research and treatment than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Epilepsy research and treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, Paracelsus Medical University, Magna Graecia University and Goethe University Frankfurt 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%20%40%mean 24.09%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Paracelsus Medical University: 9, 32.4%Magna Graecia University: 12, 25.1%Goethe University Frankfurt: 15, 31.3%University College London: 59, 20.2%Monash University: 23, 25.7%Capital Medical University: 43, 15.6%Harvard University: 39, 22.8%Karolinska Institutet: 10, 42.0%Thomas Jefferson University: 15, 17.8%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 41, 8.0%Paracelsus Medical U…Goethe University Fr…Magna Graecia Univer…University College L…
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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
1Paracelsus Medical University Austria 68.432.4%20.1×9 +101.5%
2Magna Graecia University Italy 56.725.1%13.0×12 +72.0%
3Goethe University Frankfurt Germany 56.431.3%3.9×15 +239.4%
4University College London United Kingdom 55.720.2%4.6×59 +6.7%
5Monash University Australia 54.225.7%3.0×23 +154.6%
6Capital Medical University China 53.815.6%7.9×43 +38.0%
7Harvard University United States 50.622.8%3.3×39 +42.9%
8Karolinska Institutet Sweden 49.442.0%2.4×10 -5.2%
9Thomas Jefferson University United States 47.717.8%8.0×15 +76.7%
10All India Institute of Medical Sciences India 47.58.0%7.2×41 +80.7%

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 Epilepsy research and treatment research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Epilepsy research and treatment.

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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.