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Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments

Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments is a research topic within Rheumatology. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 7.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of synovial disorders, including synovial chondromatosis, pigmented villonodular synovitis, and tenosynovial giant cell tumor. It covers various aspects such as imaging, surgical treatment, radiotherapy, arthroscopic management, bursitis, molecular pathways, and ultrasound evaluation.

  • Synovial Chondromatosis
  • Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
  • Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
  • Imaging
  • Surgical Treatment
  • Radiotherapy
  • Arthroscopic Management
  • Bursitis
  • Molecular Pathways
  • Ultrasound Evaluation
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (613 and 333 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 613 works
  2. 2 India 333 works
  3. 3 China 294 works
  4. 4 Japan 142 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 128 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 116 works
  7. 7 Germany 98 works
  8. 8 Italy 93 works
  9. 9 France 83 works
  10. 10 South Korea 80 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: 31.0%India: 16.8%China: 14.9%Japan: 7.2%6 others listed: 30.2%31%largest
United States613 · 31.0%India333 · 16.8%China294 · 14.9%Japan142 · 7.2%6 others listed598 · 30.2%

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

Which institutions lead Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Peking University publishes the most Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Kansas City University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Peking UniversityChina 12 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 12 works
  3. 3 Kansas City UniversityUnited States 11 works
  4. 4 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 9 works
  5. 5 Royal Orthopaedic HospitalUnited Kingdom 8 works
  6. 6 Hospital for Special SurgeryUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 8 works
  9. 9 University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 8 works
  10. 10 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments include David J. Hunter.

  1. 1 David J. Hunter Australia 3.3k citations

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

Where is Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments research done?

The largest centres of Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 48 works
  2. 2 New York United States 42 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 36 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 34 works
  5. 5 Istanbul Türkiye 33 works
  6. 6 New Delhi India 33 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 32 works
  8. 8 Boston United States 29 works
  9. 9 Shanghai China 28 works
  10. 10 Paris France 22 works
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Where is the best place to study Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Kansas City University, Peking University and All India Institute of Medical Sciences 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%5%10%mean 2.7%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kansas City University: 11, 0.0%Peking University: 12, 4.8%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 12, 0.9%Harvard University: 8, 7.8%Ain Shams University: 8, 0.0%Harvard UniversityPeking UniversityAll India Institute …Kansas City 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
1 Kansas City UniversityUnited States 44.20.0%150.8×11 —
2 Peking UniversityChina 39.44.8%2.8×12 +18.9%
3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 37.40.9%7.2×12 -9.0%
4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 29.17.8%2.4×8 0.0%
5 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 23.90.0%4.1×8 +345.6%

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 Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments.

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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.