Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Head and Neck Surgical Oncology is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 9.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on various aspects of endoscopic skull base surgery techniques, including reconstruction using the nasoseptal flap, management of cerebrospinal fluid leaks, and treatment outcomes for sinonasal malignancies such as esthesioneuroblastoma, inverted papilloma, and juvenile angiofibroma.
- Endoscopic Surgery
- Skull Base Reconstruction
- Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
- Nasoseptal Flap
- Sinonasal Malignancies
- Esthesioneuroblastoma
- Dural Repair
- Inverted Papilloma
- Juvenile Angiofibroma
- Olfactory Neuroblastoma
- Research works
- 46k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +16% 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 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.7k and 849 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.7k works
- 2 China 849 works
- 3 India 772 works
- 4 Japan 467 works
- 5 Italy 287 works
- 6 Germany 262 works
- 7 United Kingdom 225 works
- 8 Türkiye 221 works
- 9 South Korea 204 works
- 10 Brazil 172 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 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Neurological Surgery publishes the most Head and Neck Surgical Oncology research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Mayo Clinic.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Neurological SurgeryUnited States 64 works
- 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 41 works
- 3 Mayo ClinicUnited States 37 works
- 4 Capital Medical UniversityChina 30 works
- 5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 29 works
- 6 University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterUnited States 28 works
- 7 Emory UniversityUnited States 27 works
- 8 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 27 works
- 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 26 works
- 10 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 25 works
Who are the leading researchers in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Head and Neck Surgical Oncology include Lalitha Shankar and Hirofumi Akagi.
- 1 Lalitha Shankar United States 3.5k citations
- 2 Hirofumi Akagi Japan 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Head and Neck Surgical Oncology research done?
The largest centres of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rockville Centre, Rochester and Phoenix.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 149 works
- 2 Tokyo Japan 109 works
- 3 Seoul South Korea 105 works
- 4 Shanghai China 97 works
- 5 Guangzhou China 85 works
- 6 New York United States 77 works
- 7 New Delhi India 75 works
- 8 Moscow Russia 74 works
- 9 Philadelphia United States 68 works
- 10 Rockville Centre United States 64 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Rockville CentreUS · 64.3 works62×
- RochesterUS · 37.7 works13×
- PhoenixUS · 20.7 works9.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Head and Neck Surgical Oncology?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Brescia, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy and All India 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 | University of BresciaItaly | 53.0 | 17.9% | 9.1× | 11 | +35.4% |
| 2 | Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania | 48.1 | 9.2% | 8.3× | 9 | +248.6% |
| 3 | All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 47.2 | 1.2% | 9.6× | 41 | +48.4% |
| 4 | All India Institute of Medical Sciences RaipurIndia | 47.0 | 3.8% | 12.8× | 10 | +252.5% |
| 5 | University of Naples Federico IIItaly | 45.4 | 22.8% | 3.8× | 16 | +19.8% |
| 6 | Capital Medical UniversityChina | 43.9 | 7.9% | 7.4× | 30 | +12.5% |
| 7 | Christian Medical College, VelloreIndia | 39.7 | 3.6% | 13.3× | 9 | +82.7% |
| 8 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina | 39.6 | 16.5% | 2.5× | 29 | +13.7% |
| 9 | University of PennsylvaniaUnited States | 37.8 | 7.9% | 3.7× | 24 | +95.8% |
| 10 | Institute of Medical SciencesIndia | 37.3 | 2.6% | 7.1× | 16 | +114.1% |
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 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Head and Neck Surgical Oncology.
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.