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Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units

Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units is a research topic within Radiological and Ultrasound Technology. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 17.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on family-centered care in intensive care units, emphasizing the importance of family presence, patient-centered care, and meeting the needs of families during critical care situations. It explores topics such as visiting policies, nursing interventions, resuscitation, and healthcare communication in the context of family involvement.

  • Family Presence
  • Patient-Centered Care
  • Intensive Care Unit
  • Family Needs
  • Critical Care
  • Visiting Policies
  • Family Experience
  • Nursing Intervention
  • Resuscitation
  • Healthcare Communication
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+69%
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 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.8k and 517 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.8k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 517 works
  3. 3 China 325 works
  4. 4 Canada 313 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 303 works
  6. 6 Australia 286 works
  7. 7 Brazil 250 works
  8. 8 India 240 works
  9. 9 Iran 235 works
  10. 10 Spain 216 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: 39.9%United Kingdom: 11.6%China: 7.3%Canada: 7.0%6 others listed: 34.2%40%largest
United States1,785 · 39.9%United Kingdom517 · 11.6%China325 · 7.3%Canada313 · 7.0%6 others listed1,530 · 34.2%

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

Which institutions lead Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Iranshahr University publishes the most Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units research, followed by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Johns Hopkins University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Iranshahr UniversityIran 29 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 25 works
  3. 3 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 24 works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 22 works
  5. 5 University of MichiganUnited States 21 works
  6. 6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 21 works
  7. 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 18 works
  8. 8 Yale UniversityUnited States 17 works
  9. 9 Duke UniversityUnited States 17 works
  10. 10 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units include Jean‐Louis Vincent and Hadi Hassankhani.

  1. 1 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 3.1k citations
  2. 2 Hadi Hassankhani Iran 2.9k citations

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

Where is Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units research done?

The largest centres of Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Melbourne (Australia) and Toronto (Canada). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Iranshahr, Ambato and Quito.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 148 works
  2. 2 New York United States 76 works
  3. 3 Melbourne Australia 76 works
  4. 4 Toronto Canada 75 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 75 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 63 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 58 works
  8. 8 Philadelphia United States 58 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 52 works
  10. 10 Baltimore United States 52 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. IranshahrIR · 29.4 works50×
  2. AmbatoEC · 20.4 works7.0×
  3. QuitoEC · 20.7 works5.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units?

Among universities, judged by research, Iranshahr University, Iran University of Medical Sciences and University of Toronto 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 25.17%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Iranshahr University: 29, 17.1%Iran University of Medical Sciences: 14, 11.5%University of Toronto: 22, 22.6%Karolinska Institutet: 9, 31.6%Monash University: 16, 24.9%Sichuan University: 8, 36.4%Deakin University: 9, 29.0%University of Southern Denmark: 10, 22.6%King's College London: 13, 29.5%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 9, 26.5%Karolinska InstitutetUniversity of TorontoIranshahr UniversityIran University of M…
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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
1 Iranshahr UniversityIran 74.417.1%52.2×29 +216.7%
2 Iran University of Medical SciencesIran 51.811.5%7.4×14 +271.9%
3 University of TorontoCanada 51.122.6%2.3×22 +82.5%
4 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 49.231.6%2.9×9 +61.1%
5 Monash UniversityAustralia 47.524.9%2.9×16 +26.0%
6 Sichuan UniversityChina 47.536.4%0.7×8 +230.7%
7 Deakin UniversityAustralia 47.229.0%3.0×9 +112.3%
8 University of Southern DenmarkDenmark 47.022.6%4.3×10 +108.7%
9 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 46.729.5%2.5×13 +34.8%
10 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 46.726.5%6.0×9 +52.2%

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 Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units.

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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.