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Hernia repair and management

Hernia repair and management is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to advancements in hernia repair techniques and materials. It includes discussions on various surgical guidelines, comparison of mesh techniques, chronic pain management, abdominal wall reconstruction, and the use of biologic and prosthetic meshes. The cluster also covers laparoscopic approaches, complications, and long-term outcomes of hernia repair procedures.

  • Hernia Repair
  • Mesh Techniques
  • Surgical Guidelines
  • Chronic Pain
  • Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
  • Biologic Mesh
  • Laparoscopic Repair
  • Incisional Hernia
  • Complications
  • Prosthetic Mesh
Research works
30k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+35%
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 Hernia repair and management research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1k and 579 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1k works
  2. 2 India 579 works
  3. 3 China 416 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 352 works
  5. 5 Spain 309 works
  6. 6 Japan 246 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 184 works
  8. 8 Italy 168 works
  9. 9 Brazil 145 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 142 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: 28.4%India: 16.3%China: 11.7%United Kingdom: 9.9%6 others listed: 33.7%28%largest
United States1,005 · 28.4%India579 · 16.3%China416 · 11.7%United Kingdom352 · 9.9%6 others listed1,193 · 33.7%

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

Which institutions lead Hernia repair and management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Hernia repair and management research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Ain Shams University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 26 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 25 works
  3. 3 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 24 works
  4. 4 Carolinas Medical CenterUnited States 23 works
  5. 5 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 19 works
  6. 6 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 15 works
  7. 7 Samarkand State Medical InstituteUzbekistan 13 works
  8. 8 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 13 works
  9. 9 University of MichiganUnited States 13 works
  10. 10 All India Institute of Medical Sciences JodhpurIndia 13 works

Where is Hernia repair and management research done?

The largest centres of Hernia repair and management research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), London (United Kingdom), Istanbul (Türkiye) and New Delhi (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Charlotte.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 83 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 78 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 63 works
  4. 4 New Delhi India 57 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 50 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 46 works
  7. 7 Cairo Egypt 43 works
  8. 8 Beijing China 43 works
  9. 9 Barcelona Spain 40 works
  10. 10 New York United States 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CharlotteUS · 23.6 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Hernia repair and management than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Hernia repair and management?

Among universities, judged by research, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Ain Shams University 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.

0%20%40%mean 8.15%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy: 8, 20.5%Ain Shams University: 24, 2.5%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 25, 8.0%University of Copenhagen: 9, 31.1%Dow University of Health Sciences: 8, 7.1%Al-Azhar University: 13, 1.3%Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University: 9, 3.9%Mansoura University: 12, 4.6%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 20, 2.5%Institute of Medical Sciences: 15, 0.0%University of Copenh…Carol Davila Univers…All India Institute …Ain Shams 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 Carol Davila University of Medicine and PharmacyRomania 57.820.5%9.6×8 +160.3%
2 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 53.22.5%6.1×24 +329.4%
3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 51.28.0%7.4×25 +55.8%
4 University of CopenhagenDenmark 46.431.1%2.5×9 +35.5%
5 Dow University of Health SciencesPakistan 44.17.1%12.7×8 —
6 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 44.01.3%5.9×13 +235.2%
7 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityRussia 43.73.9%8.9×9 +329.9%
8 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 42.64.6%4.9×12 +345.8%
9 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 42.52.5%6.2×20 —
10 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 41.80.0%8.7×15 +87.7%

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 Hernia repair and management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Hernia repair and management.

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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.