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Liver Disease and Transplantation

Liver Disease and Transplantation is a research topic within Hepatology. Science Explorer counts 62k research works in it since 1950. 15.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management, prognosis, and complications of liver cirrhosis, including topics such as hepatic encephalopathy, portal hypertension, ascites, hepatorenal syndrome, variceal hemorrhage, MELD score, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS), acute-on-chronic liver failure, and coagulopathy.

  • Liver Cirrhosis
  • Hepatic Encephalopathy
  • Portal Hypertension
  • Ascites
  • Hepatorenal Syndrome
  • Variceal Hemorrhage
  • MELD Score
  • Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt
  • Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
  • Coagulopathy
Research works
62k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Liver Disease and Transplantation research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.6k and 1.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.6k works
  2. 2 China 1.8k works
  3. 3 India 894 works
  4. 4 Japan 554 works
  5. 5 Italy 451 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 444 works
  7. 7 Germany 412 works
  8. 8 South Korea 363 works
  9. 9 Spain 327 works
  10. 10 France 274 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: 32.4%China: 21.9%India: 11.0%Japan: 6.8%6 others listed: 27.9%32%largest
United States2,634 · 32.4%China1,787 · 21.9%India894 · 11.0%Japan554 · 6.8%6 others listed2,273 · 27.9%

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

Which institutions lead Liver Disease and Transplantation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences publishes the most Liver Disease and Transplantation research, followed by Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research and Ain Shams University.

Who are the leading researchers in Liver Disease and Transplantation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Liver Disease and Transplantation include Winfried März.

  1. 1 Winfried März Germany 5.2k citations

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

Where is Liver Disease and Transplantation research done?

The largest centres of Liver Disease and Transplantation research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), New Delhi (India) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shibīn al Kawm and Ernakulam.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 246 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 210 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 161 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 150 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 136 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 134 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 123 works
  8. 8 New York United States 107 works
  9. 9 Paris France 106 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 98 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Shibīn al KawmEG · 36.6 works14×
  2. ErnakulamIN · 33.3 works7.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Liver Disease and Transplantation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Liver Disease and Transplantation?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Vienna, Menoufia University and Virginia Commonwealth 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 22.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Vienna: 44, 26.5%Menoufia University: 35, 1.2%Virginia Commonwealth University: 25, 27.9%Karolinska Institutet: 10, 35.2%University of Padua: 44, 23.4%Stanford University: 32, 28.7%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 51, 8.3%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 28, 13.7%Capital Medical University: 41, 17.8%University of California San Diego: 20, 43.2%Karolinska InstitutetVirginia Commonwealt…Medical University o…Menoufia 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 Medical University of ViennaAustria 71.126.5%13.2×44 +44.1%
2 Menoufia UniversityEgypt 55.71.2%13.6×35 +150.8%
3 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 54.727.9%7.1×25 +42.8%
4 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 54.135.2%2.2×10 +187.5%
5 University of PaduaItaly 53.323.4%5.1×44 +31.3%
6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 53.128.7%2.5×32 +145.0%
7 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 53.08.3%14.1×51 +24.9%
8 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 51.813.7%11.9×28 -4.7%
9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 50.417.8%6.5×41 +45.2%
10 University of California San DiegoUnited States 49.443.2%2.2×20 +7.8%

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 Liver Disease and Transplantation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Liver Disease and Transplantation.

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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.