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Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions

Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the etiology, pathophysiology, clinical significance, and management of peritoneal adhesions, particularly in the context of small bowel obstruction and abdominal surgery. It covers topics such as adhesion prevention, use of adhesion barriers, surgical management (including laparoscopic approaches), postoperative complications, and the impact of gastrointestinal bezoars. The cluster reflects a comprehensive exploration of the challenges and advancements in understanding and addressing peritoneal adhesions.

  • Peritoneal Adhesions
  • Small Bowel Obstruction
  • Adhesion Prevention
  • Surgical Management
  • Pathophysiology
  • Clinical Significance
  • Adhesion Barriers
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Gastrointestinal Bezoars
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (755 and 467 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 755 works
  2. 2 China 467 works
  3. 3 India 365 works
  4. 4 Japan 238 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 201 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 142 works
  7. 7 Brazil 138 works
  8. 8 Spain 131 works
  9. 9 Russia 126 works
  10. 10 Italy 111 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: 28.2%China: 17.5%India: 13.6%Japan: 8.9%6 others listed: 31.7%28%largest
United States755 · 28.2%China467 · 17.5%India365 · 13.6%Japan238 · 8.9%6 others listed849 · 31.7%

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

Which institutions lead Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions research, followed by Mayo Clinic and Harvard University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 31 works
  2. 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 20 works
  3. 3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 19 works
  4. 4 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 18 works
  5. 5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 15 works
  6. 6 University of CopenhagenDenmark 15 works
  7. 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 15 works
  8. 8 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 14 works
  9. 9 Fujian Medical UniversityChina 13 works
  10. 10 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions include Dan J. Stein, Reza Malekzadeh and Patrick M. Bossuyt.

  1. 1 Dan J. Stein South Africa 306k citations
  2. 2 Reza Malekzadeh Iran 278k citations
  3. 3 Patrick M. Bossuyt Netherlands 270k citations
  4. 4 Amirhossein Sahebkar Iran 258k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions?

The most cited paper in Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions is "Bowel Disorders" (Brian E. Lacy, Fermín Mearin, Lin Chang et al., 2016), with 2,879 citations. Next come "Randomized Trial of Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Versus Systemic Chemotherapy and Palliative Surgery in Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Cancer" (2,050) and "A Comparison of Suture Repair with Mesh Repair for Incisional Hernia" (1,876).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bowel Disorders Brian E. Lacy, Fermín Mearin, Lin Chang et al. · Gastroenterology Open access May 2016 2,879
2 Randomized Trial of Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Versus Systemic Chemotherapy and Palliative Surgery in Patients With Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Cancer Victor J. Verwaal, Serge van Ruth, Eelco de Bree et al. · Journal of Clinical Oncology 10 Oct 2003 2,050
3 A Comparison of Suture Repair with Mesh Repair for Incisional Hernia Roland W. Luijendijk, Wim C.J. Hop, Monique Petrousjka van den Tol et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 10 Aug 2000 1,876
4 Peritonectomy Procedures Paul Hendrick Sugarbaker · Annals of Surgery Open access 1995 1,554
5 Classification of primary and incisional abdominal wall hernias Filip E. Muysoms et al. · Hernia Open access 2 Jun 2009 1,423
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Where is Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions research done?

The largest centres of Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Tokyo (Japan), London (United Kingdom) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 52 works
  2. 2 TokyoJapan 50 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 48 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 44 works
  5. 5 New DelhiIndia 40 works
  6. 6 IstanbulTürkiye 38 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 36 works
  8. 8 SeoulSouth Korea 36 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 33 works
  10. 10 MadridSpain 31 works
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Where is the best place to study Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Copenhagen, Harvard University and Sichuan 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%20%40%mean 20.22%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Copenh…Zhejiang UniversitySichuan UniversityHarvard University
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of CopenhagenDenmark 78.629.0%4.1×15 +29.7%
2Harvard UniversityUnited States 63.419.7%1.6×19 +16.6%
3Sichuan UniversityChina 58.221.9%1.7×14 +75.3%
4Zhejiang UniversityChina 57.228.3%1.2×12 +152.1%
5All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 57.06.5%7.2×30 +23.0%
6Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 56.720.1%1.9×15 +124.3%
7Chongqing Medical UniversityChina 46.616.9%5.0×11 +141.8%
8Capital Medical UniversityChina 46.328.3%2.7×11 -41.0%
9Fujian Medical UniversityChina 45.113.7%6.3×13 +218.4%
10University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 44.517.8%2.1×9 +39.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions, country by country

Is Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions10.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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