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Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues

Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues is a research topic within Pharmacy. Science Explorer counts 36k research works in it since 1950. 12.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of medical malpractice on the healthcare system, including topics such as malpractice risk, defensive medicine, patient complaints, tort reform, physician liability, healthcare quality, medicolegal analysis, clinical guidelines, physician behavior, and litigation outcomes.

  • Malpractice Risk
  • Defensive Medicine
  • Patient Complaints
  • Tort Reform
  • Physician Liability
  • Healthcare Quality
  • Medicolegal Analysis
  • Clinical Guidelines
  • Physician Behavior
  • Litigation Outcomes
Research works
36k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
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 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues research?

By volume, the United States and Brazil publish the most (1.2k and 656 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 Brazil 656 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 544 works
  4. 4 India 253 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 221 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 215 works
  7. 7 Spain 166 works
  8. 8 Australia 139 works
  9. 9 Canada 131 works
  10. 10 China 99 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: 33.6%Brazil: 18.0%United Kingdom: 14.9%India: 6.9%6 others listed: 26.6%34%largest
United States1,228 · 33.6%Brazil656 · 18.0%United Kingdom544 · 14.9%India253 · 6.9%6 others listed972 · 26.6%

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

Which institutions lead Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Birmingham publishes the most Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues research, followed by BMJ Group (United Kingdom) and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Birmingham United Kingdom 58 works
  2. 2 BMJ Group (United Kingdom) ?? 26 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 23 works
  4. 4 Yale University United States 20 works
  5. 5 Harvard University United States 18 works
  6. 6 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 17 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins University United States 16 works
  8. 8 University of Michigan United States 16 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil 14 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Brazil 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues include Andrea C. Tricco, John P. A. Ioannidis and Nan M. Laird.

  1. 1 Andrea C. Tricco 18k citations
  2. 2 John P. A. Ioannidis 8k citations
  3. 3 Nan M. Laird 5.7k citations
  4. 4 Susanne Hempel 4.8k citations
  5. 5 Wasifa Zarin 4.7k citations

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

Where is Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues research done?

The largest centres of Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Birmingham (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in London and Birmingham.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 128 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 104 works
  3. 3 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 64 works
  4. 4 Birmingham United Kingdom 63 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 63 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 62 works
  7. 7 New York United States 61 works
  8. 8 Washington D.C. United States 46 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 46 works
  10. 10 Philadelphia United States 43 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. London27.0 works30×
  2. BirminghamGB · 63.4 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Birmingham, Harvard University and Universidad Católica de Cuenca 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 12.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Birmingham: 58, 1.5%Harvard University: 18, 27.0%Universidad Católica de Cuenca: 13, 7.3%Iran University of Medical Sciences: 9, 9.5%Johns Hopkins University: 16, 18.6%Yale University: 20, 14.6%University of Pennsylvania: 11, 25.7%Centro Universitário UNINOVAFAPI: 10, 0.0%Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes: 12, 2.8%University of Toronto: 13, 14.6%Harvard UniversityIran University of M…Universidad Católica…University of Birmin…
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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
1University of Birmingham United Kingdom 58.71.5%19.1×58 +52.9%
2Harvard University United States 51.027.0%2.7×18 +2.7%
3Universidad Católica de Cuenca Ecuador 44.87.3%11.6×13 —
4Iran University of Medical Sciences Iran 43.59.5%6.2×9 +194.6%
5Johns Hopkins University United States 42.218.6%2.8×16 +56.1%
6Yale University United States 41.614.6%3.7×20 +52.6%
7University of Pennsylvania United States 40.825.7%2.3×11 +1.4%
8Centro Universitário UNINOVAFAPI Brazil 40.20.0%69.8×10 —
9Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes Ecuador 38.32.8%10.7×12 —
10University of Toronto Canada 36.714.6%1.7×13 +100.3%

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 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues.

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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.