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Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques

Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 21.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of innovative transgastric surgical techniques, including single-incision laparoscopy, natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES), and laparoendoscopic single-site surgery. It covers a wide range of procedures such as cholecystectomy, nephrectomy, appendectomy, and colectomy, with an emphasis on scarless or minimally invasive approaches. The cluster also discusses complications, safety measures, and advancements in robotic-assisted transgastric surgery.

  • Transgastric Surgery
  • Single-Incision Laparoscopy
  • NOTES
  • Laparoendoscopic Single-Site Surgery
  • Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery
  • Peroral Transgastric Endoscopy
  • Trocar Site Hernia
  • Robotic Surgery
  • Pneumoperitoneum
  • Gallbladder Surgery
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-3%
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 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (690 and 539 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 690 works
  2. 2 China 539 works
  3. 3 Japan 305 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 193 works
  5. 5 India 179 works
  6. 6 Italy 172 works
  7. 7 South Korea 140 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 112 works
  9. 9 Germany 108 works
  10. 10 Spain 82 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: 27.4%China: 21.4%Japan: 12.1%United Kingdom: 7.6%6 others listed: 31.5%27%largest
United States690 · 27.4%China539 · 21.4%Japan305 · 12.1%United Kingdom193 · 7.6%6 others listed794 · 31.5%

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

Which institutions lead Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques research, followed by Sichuan University and Baylor College of Medicine.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cleveland Clinic United States 22 works
  2. 2 Sichuan University China 16 works
  3. 3 Baylor College of Medicine United States 14 works
  4. 4 Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 12 works
  5. 5 Fujian Medical University China 11 works
  6. 6 All India Institute of Medical Sciences India 11 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 10 works
  8. 8 University of Illinois Chicago United States 10 works
  9. 9 Ain Shams University Egypt 10 works
  10. 10 Alexandria University Egypt 9 works

Where is Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan), Beijing (China) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cleveland.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Seoul South Korea 79 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 67 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 56 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 49 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 49 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 47 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 47 works
  8. 8 New York United States 34 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 31 works
  10. 10 Cleveland United States 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ClevelandUS · 29.5 works6.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Baylor College of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago and Catholic University of Korea 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 19.99%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Baylor College of Medicine: 14, 26.8%University of Illinois Chicago: 10, 51.4%Catholic University of Korea: 9, 18.4%Kobe University: 8, 18.3%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 12, 14.1%Fujian Medical University: 11, 15.4%Sichuan University: 16, 17.6%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 10, 17.3%Ain Shams University: 10, 2.7%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 11, 17.9%University of Illino…Baylor College of Me…Catholic University …Kobe 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
1Baylor College of Medicine United States 68.826.8%10.2×14 +209.0%
2University of Illinois Chicago United States 50.251.4%5.7×10 -42.1%
3Catholic University of Korea South Korea 46.118.4%14.6×9 +37.1%
4Kobe University Japan 44.718.3%9.2×8 +99.3%
5Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Türkiye 43.814.1%6.5×12 —
6Fujian Medical University China 43.315.4%9.6×11 +34.6%
7Sichuan University China 36.117.6%2.8×16 +96.4%
8Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College China 34.417.3%3.0×10 +260.2%
9Ain Shams University Egypt 28.72.7%4.0×10 +325.7%
10All India Institute of Medical Sciences India 28.517.9%5.4×11 +0.1%

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 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques.

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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.