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Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection

Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection is a research topic within Microbiology. Science Explorer counts 12k 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 risk of infections related to endoscopic procedures, particularly concerning the transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria, biofilm accumulation, and the effectiveness of disinfection and sterilization methods for endoscopes. It also discusses outbreaks, surveillance testing, and guidelines for reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal endoscopes.

  • Endoscope
  • Infection
  • Disinfection
  • Sterilization
  • Transmission
  • Gastrointestinal
  • Reprocessing
  • Outbreak
  • Biofilm
  • Duodenoscope
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection

Which countries lead Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (553 and 212 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 553 works
  2. 2 China 212 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 154 works
  4. 4 Germany 134 works
  5. 5 Brazil 132 works
  6. 6 Japan 120 works
  7. 7 India 116 works
  8. 8 Italy 84 works
  9. 9 France 69 works
  10. 10 Australia 59 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: 33.9%China: 13.0%United Kingdom: 9.4%Germany: 8.2%6 others listed: 35.5%34%largest
United States553 · 33.9%China212 · 13.0%United Kingdom154 · 9.4%Germany134 · 8.2%6 others listed579 · 35.5%

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

Which institutions lead Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection research, followed by University College London and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 14 works
  2. 2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 13 works
  4. 4 Sichuan UniversityChina 13 works
  5. 5 Mayo ClinicUnited States 12 works
  6. 6 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 11 works
  7. 7 The University of SydneyAustralia 9 works
  8. 8 Stanford UniversityUnited States 9 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 9 works
  10. 10 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection include Hermann Brenner, Patrick M. Bossuyt and Didier Raoult.

  1. 1 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  2. 2 Patrick M. Bossuyt Netherlands 270k citations
  3. 3 Didier Raoult France 232k 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 Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection?

The most cited paper in Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection is "Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Activity, Action, and Resistance" (Gerald E. McDonnell, A.D. Russell, 1999), with 4,811 citations. Next come "Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999" (4,641) and "2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings" (3,489).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Activity, Action, and Resistance Gerald E. McDonnell, A.D. Russell · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access 1999 4,811
2 Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999 Alicia J. Mangram, Teresa C Horan, Michele L. Pearson et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Apr 1999 4,641
3 2007 Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Health Care Settings Jane D. Siegel, Emily Rhinehart, Marguerite McMillan Jackson et al. · American Journal of Infection Control Open access Dec 2007 3,489
4 The Boston bowel preparation scale: a valid and reliable instrument for colonoscopy-oriented research Edwin J. Lai, Audrey H. Calderwood, Gheorghe D. Doros et al. · Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Open access 11 Jan 2009 1,323
5 Colonoscopic Withdrawal Times and Adenoma Detection during Screening Colonoscopy Robert L. Barclay, Joseph J. Vicari, Andrea S Doughty et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 13 Dec 2006 1,314
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Where is Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection research done?

The largest centres of Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), Tokyo (Japan), São Paulo (Brazil) and Seoul (South Korea).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 40 works
  2. 2 TokyoJapan 31 works
  3. 3 São PauloBrazil 31 works
  4. 4 SeoulSouth Korea 24 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 23 works
  6. 6 BeijingChina 23 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 20 works
  8. 8 BostonUnited States 18 works
  9. 9 SydneyAustralia 17 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 17 works
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Where is the best place to study Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection?

Among universities, judged by research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Erasmus University Rotterdam and Sichuan University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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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.

Citation 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 North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 71.419.9%3.5×13 -60.5%
2Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 63.419.2%9.7×11 +2.8%
3Sichuan UniversityChina 61.722.6%2.8×13 +209.2%
4University College LondonUnited Kingdom 60.64.9%4.1×14 +299.8%
5Harvard UniversityUnited States 45.87.4%2.1×14 -30.7%
6Zhejiang UniversityChina 45.125.1%1.6×9 +178.2%
7Stanford UniversityUnited States 36.116.7%2.9×9 -16.7%
8The University of SydneyAustralia 35.47.4%3.5×9 +77.2%
9All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 14.06.4%3.8×9 +8.5%
10Universidade de São PauloBrazil 12.611.8%2.0×8 -24.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection, country by country

Is Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection.

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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 Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0089% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection 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%Medical Device Sterilization and Disinfection10.2% 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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