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Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis is a research topic within Hepatology. Science Explorer counts 57k research works in it since 1950. 16.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management, diagnosis, and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), also known as liver cancer. It covers various aspects including clinical practice guidelines, radiofrequency ablation, use of sorafenib, liver resection, and survival rates.

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Liver Cancer
  • Management
  • Treatment
  • Diagnosis
  • Radiofrequency Ablation
  • Sorafenib
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Liver Resection
  • Survival
Research works
57k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+28%
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 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.8k and 2.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.8k works
  2. 2 United States 2.1k works
  3. 3 Japan 996 works
  4. 4 Italy 535 works
  5. 5 South Korea 529 works
  6. 6 Germany 434 works
  7. 7 India 355 works
  8. 8 France 339 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 278 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 222 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.

China: 39.5%United States: 21.8%Japan: 10.5%Italy: 5.6%6 others listed: 22.7%39%largest
China3,755 · 39.5%United States2,071 · 21.8%Japan996 · 10.5%Italy535 · 5.6%6 others listed2,156 · 22.7%

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

Which institutions lead Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sun Yat-sen University publishes the most Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis research, followed by Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Who are the leading researchers in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis include Lawrence H. Schwartz, Daniel J. Sargent and Jordi Bruix.

  1. 1 Lawrence H. Schwartz United States 5.8k citations
  2. 2 Daniel J. Sargent United States 4.1k citations
  3. 3 Jordi Bruix Spain 3.7k citations

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

Where is Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis research done?

The largest centres of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Shanghai (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rozzano and Villejuif.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 442 works
  2. 2 Guangzhou China 415 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 360 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 302 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 218 works
  6. 6 Hangzhou China 174 works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 167 works
  8. 8 New York United States 137 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 128 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 121 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RozzanoIT · 34.4 works20×
  2. VillejuifFR · 21.3 works15×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis?

Among universities, judged by research, Humanitas University, Sun Yat-sen University and Fujian 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 19.99%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Humanitas University: 18, 20.2%Sun Yat-sen University: 130, 18.6%Fujian Medical University: 44, 19.6%Second Military Medical University: 42, 22.3%Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University: 10, 25.5%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 84, 16.6%Kindai University: 17, 28.3%Guangxi Medical University: 54, 16.4%Shandong First Medical University: 32, 17.6%Nara Medical University: 11, 14.8%Second Military Medi…Humanitas UniversityFujian Medical Unive…Sun Yat-sen University
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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 Humanitas UniversityItaly 66.520.2%20.5×18 +252.0%
2 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 60.718.6%7.2×130 +52.5%
3 Fujian Medical UniversityChina 59.319.6%11.2×44 +38.7%
4 Second Military Medical UniversityChina 58.222.3%32.2×42 -17.2%
5 Shanghai Medical College of Fudan UniversityChina 57.925.5%10.6×10 +96.4%
6 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 56.416.6%7.7×84 +45.8%
7 Kindai UniversityJapan 55.128.3%9.0×17 -1.4%
8 Guangxi Medical UniversityChina 54.916.4%28.3×54 -7.5%
9 Shandong First Medical UniversityChina 54.817.6%11.2×32 +29.2%
10 Nara Medical UniversityJapan 54.714.8%14.7×11 +205.2%

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 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis.

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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.