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Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 122k research works in it since 1950. 16.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the epidemiology, diagnosis, management, and pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD). It covers topics such as liver fibrosis, insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis, metabolic syndrome, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and non-invasive assessment methods. The papers also discuss the association of NAFLD with hepatocellular carcinoma and its impact on public health.

  • NAFLD
  • NASH
  • Liver Fibrosis
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Hepatic Steatosis
  • Liver Biopsy
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Fatty Liver
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma
  • Non-invasive Assessment
Research works
122k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
21k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
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 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (5.7k and 4.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 5.7k works
  2. 2 United States 4.1k works
  3. 3 India 1.9k works
  4. 4 Japan 936 works
  5. 5 Italy 837 works
  6. 6 South Korea 809 works
  7. 7 Egypt 803 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 760 works
  9. 9 Germany 679 works
  10. 10 Spain 543 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: 33.5%United States: 24.2%India: 10.9%Japan: 5.5%6 others listed: 25.9%34%largest
China5,734 · 33.5%United States4,138 · 24.2%India1,864 · 10.9%Japan936 · 5.5%6 others listed4,431 · 25.9%

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

Which institutions lead Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ain Shams University publishes the most Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment research, followed by Sun Yat-sen University and Capital Medical University.

Who are the leading researchers in Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment include Patrick M. Bossuyt, Mark J. Daly and Paulo A. Lotufo.

  1. 1 Patrick M. Bossuyt Netherlands 14k citations
  2. 2 Mark J. Daly United States 9.6k citations
  3. 3 Paulo A. Lotufo Brazil 7.2k citations
  4. 4 Walter C. Willett United States 6.8k citations
  5. 5 Reza Malekzadeh Iran 6.7k citations

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

Where is Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment research done?

The largest centres of Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Guangzhou (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shibīn al Kawm.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 727 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 503 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 435 works
  4. 4 Guangzhou China 409 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 263 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 253 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 238 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 227 works
  9. 9 Cairo Egypt 224 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 209 works

Where it is the local speciality

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Menoufia 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%60%mean 29.9%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 39, 49.4%Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine: 53, 31.9%Menoufia University: 60, 6.8%University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova: 16, 25.1%Guangdong Pharmaceutical University: 20, 46.4%Virginia Commonwealth University: 46, 33.0%Dalian Medical University: 33, 28.8%Wenzhou Medical University: 48, 37.7%Beijing University of Chinese Medicine: 33, 37.4%Ain Shams University: 126, 2.5%Chengdu University o…Shanghai University …University of Medici…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 Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 62.249.4%7.2×39 +26.6%
2 Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese MedicineChina 61.331.9%11.4×53 +17.1%
3 Menoufia UniversityEgypt 60.96.8%10.7×60 +256.3%
4 University of Medicine and Pharmacy of CraiovaRomania 58.725.1%13.1×16 +215.0%
5 Guangdong Pharmaceutical UniversityChina 57.046.4%7.8×20 +31.9%
6 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 54.733.0%5.9×46 +79.8%
7 Dalian Medical UniversityChina 53.628.8%7.3×33 +100.8%
8 Wenzhou Medical UniversityChina 53.437.7%5.8×48 +19.5%
9 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 53.337.4%7.8×33 -5.8%
10 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 53.22.5%7.3×126 +149.8%

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 Diagnosis and Treatment research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

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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.