Medical research and treatments
Medical research and treatments is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 2.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in the field of medical science, including pharmacology, anatomy, healthcare practices, public health, nanotechnology in medicine, psychology, and nutrition. It reflects advancements and research in various areas of medical science and practice.
- Medicine
- Healthcare
- Therapy
- Anatomy
- Pharmacology
- Public Health
- Nanotechnology
- Psychology
- Nutrition
- Geriatrics
- Research works
- 10k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 231 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 2.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +4% 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 research and treatments research?
By volume, Brazil and Ecuador publish the most (255 and 218 works in 2022–2025).
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Medical research and treatments research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes publishes the most Medical research and treatments research, followed by Universidad Católica de Cuenca and University of Guayaquil.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 47 works
- 2 Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador 31 works
- 3 University of GuayaquilEcuador 21 works
- 4 Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 11 works
- 5 Central University of EcuadorEcuador 10 works
- 6 Mexican Social Security InstituteMexico 10 works
- 7 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 9 works
- 8 Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 8 works
- 9 Universidad Católica de Santiago de GuayaquilEcuador 8 works
- 10 Centro Universitário de Volta RedondaBrazil 8 works
Where is Medical research and treatments research done?
The largest centres of Medical research and treatments research in 2022–2025 are Mexico City (Mexico), Ambato (Ecuador), Bogotá (Colombia) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ambato, Cuenca and Guayaquil.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Mexico City Mexico 60 works
- 2 Ambato Ecuador 59 works
- 3 Bogotá Colombia 56 works
- 4 São Paulo Brazil 53 works
- 5 Madrid Spain 48 works
- 6 Santiago Chile 42 works
- 7 Guayaquil Ecuador 40 works
- 8 Cuenca Ecuador 39 works
- 9 Buenos Aires Argentina 37 works
- 10 Lima Peru 33 works
Where it is the local speciality
- AmbatoEC · 59.3 works92×
- CuencaEC · 38.9 works66×
- GuayaquilEC · 39.5 works53×
- QuitoEC · 32.9 works39×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Medical research and treatments than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Medical research and treatments?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes, Universidad Católica de Cuenca and University of Guayaquil 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador | 51.0 | 0.0% | 153.0× | 48 | — |
| 2 | Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador | 48.7 | 1.1% | 100.4× | 31 | — |
| 3 | University of GuayaquilEcuador | 47.6 | 0.0% | 84.6× | 21 | — |
| 4 | Centro Universitário de Volta RedondaBrazil | 47.0 | 4.0% | 87.2× | 8 | +155.3% |
| 5 | Universidad Católica de Santiago de GuayaquilEcuador | 41.1 | 0.0% | 176.8× | 8 | +55.6% |
| 6 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico | 40.2 | 26.3% | 5.7× | 8 | +37.2% |
| 7 | Central University of EcuadorEcuador | 39.2 | 0.0% | 58.3× | 10 | — |
| 8 | Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador | 37.2 | 0.0% | 48.3× | 11 | — |
| 9 | Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador | 36.9 | 0.0% | 46.8× | 8 | — |
| 10 | Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia | 34.1 | 0.6% | 17.5× | 9 | -5.6% |
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 research and treatments research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Medical research and treatments.
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.