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Management of metastatic bone disease

Management of metastatic bone disease is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 12.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management of spinal metastatic tumors, including the use of radiotherapy and surgical strategies for palliative treatment. It explores prognostic factors, vertebral compression fractures, and the role of stereotactic radiosurgery in addressing metastatic epidural spinal cord compression. The cluster also discusses the challenges and advancements in managing bone metastases in the spine.

  • Spinal Metastases
  • Metastatic Spine Tumors
  • Radiotherapy
  • Surgical Management
  • Palliative Treatment
  • Prognostic Factors
  • Vertebral Compression Fracture
  • Stereotactic Radiosurgery
  • Metastatic Epidural Spinal Cord Compression
  • Bone Metastases
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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 Management of metastatic bone disease research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 596 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 596 works
  3. 3 Japan 268 works
  4. 4 Germany 218 works
  5. 5 India 184 works
  6. 6 Italy 160 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 158 works
  8. 8 Canada 134 works
  9. 9 France 102 works
  10. 10 South Korea 95 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: 36.5%China: 19.8%Japan: 8.9%Germany: 7.2%6 others listed: 27.6%36%largest
United States1,099 · 36.5%China596 · 19.8%Japan268 · 8.9%Germany218 · 7.2%6 others listed832 · 27.6%

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

Which institutions lead Management of metastatic bone disease research?

By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center publishes the most Management of metastatic bone disease research, followed by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Neurological Surgery.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 39 works
  2. 2 Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer CenterUnited States 35 works
  3. 3 Neurological SurgeryUnited States 22 works
  4. 4 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 21 works
  5. 5 Peking UniversityChina 18 works
  6. 6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 17 works
  7. 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 16 works
  8. 8 University of TorontoCanada 15 works
  9. 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 15 works
  10. 10 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Management of metastatic bone disease?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Management of metastatic bone disease include Fred Saad and Michael Weller.

  1. 1 Fred Saad Canada 2.7k citations
  2. 2 Michael Weller Switzerland 2.7k citations

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

Where is Management of metastatic bone disease research done?

The largest centres of Management of metastatic bone disease research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New York (United States), Tokyo (Japan) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rockville Centre and Heidelberg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 89 works
  2. 2 New York United States 83 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 59 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 55 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 54 works
  6. 6 Houston United States 52 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 50 works
  8. 8 Toronto Canada 49 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 47 works
  10. 10 Baltimore United States 42 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Rockville CentreUS · 22.2 works39×
  2. HeidelbergDE · 23.6 works5.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Management of metastatic bone disease than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Management of metastatic bone disease?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Toronto and Yale 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 16.41%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Harvard University: 16, 20.2%University of Toronto: 15, 19.1%Yale University: 9, 28.1%Johns Hopkins University: 17, 14.1%Stanford University: 14, 16.5%Heidelberg University: 9, 18.5%University of Miami: 9, 9.2%Peking University: 18, 12.0%Capital Medical University: 10, 11.7%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 11, 14.7%Yale UniversityHarvard UniversityUniversity of TorontoJohns Hopkins Univer…
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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 Harvard UniversityUnited States 47.720.2%3.2×16 +70.8%
2 University of TorontoCanada 41.619.1%2.7×15 +45.1%
3 Yale UniversityUnited States 39.628.1%2.2×9 +56.1%
4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 38.414.1%4.1×17 +24.2%
5 Stanford UniversityUnited States 36.016.5%3.1×14 +30.9%
6 Heidelberg UniversityGermany 35.018.5%4.2×9 -13.5%
7 University of MiamiUnited States 34.99.2%4.6×9 +153.5%
8 Peking UniversityChina 33.612.0%3.0×18 +34.7%
9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 28.611.7%4.3×10 +61.3%
10 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 28.514.7%2.9×11 +43.4%

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 Management of metastatic bone disease research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Management of metastatic bone disease.

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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.