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Nail Diseases and Treatments

Nail Diseases and Treatments is a research topic within Epidemiology. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 9.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers the epidemiological trends, diagnosis, and management of fungal skin infections, with a focus on onychomycosis, dermatophytes, Malassezia, and associated conditions such as seborrheic dermatitis and tinea capitis. It also discusses antifungal susceptibility patterns, virulence traits, and the global burden of these infections.

  • Onychomycosis
  • Dermatophytes
  • Malassezia
  • Epidemiology
  • Antifungal Therapy
  • Diagnosis
  • Nail Infections
  • Seborrheic Dermatitis
  • Tinea Capitis
  • Virulence Traits
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
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 Nail Diseases and Treatments research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (982 and 724 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 982 works
  2. 2 India 724 works
  3. 3 China 366 works
  4. 4 Brazil 306 works
  5. 5 Spain 176 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 174 works
  7. 7 France 167 works
  8. 8 Germany 153 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 152 works
  10. 10 Italy 141 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: 29.4%India: 21.7%China: 10.9%Brazil: 9.2%6 others listed: 28.8%29%largest
United States982 · 29.4%India724 · 21.7%China366 · 10.9%Brazil306 · 9.2%6 others listed963 · 28.8%

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

Which institutions lead Nail Diseases and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cornell University publishes the most Nail Diseases and Treatments research, followed by Udayana University and Institute of Medical Sciences.

Who are the leading researchers in Nail Diseases and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nail Diseases and Treatments include Roderick J. Hay, Hamid Badali and Thomas Schwarz.

  1. 1 Roderick J. Hay United Kingdom 4k citations
  2. 2 Hamid Badali Iran 3.3k citations
  3. 3 Thomas Schwarz United States 3.1k citations
  4. 4 Hugh R. Taylor Australia 2.9k citations

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

Where is Nail Diseases and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Nail Diseases and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are New Delhi (India), São Paulo (Brazil), Paris (France) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Delhi.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New Delhi India 69 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 68 works
  3. 3 Paris France 58 works
  4. 4 New York United States 58 works
  5. 5 Beijing China 54 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 48 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 48 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 45 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 41 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DelhiIN · 26.0 works8.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nail Diseases and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Nail Diseases and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Miami and Weill Cornell Medicine 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%mean 6.53%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Institute of Medical Sciences: 20, 3.0%University of Miami: 17, 20.9%Weill Cornell Medicine: 16, 10.5%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 17, 5.3%Cornell University: 22, 12.3%University College of Medical Sciences: 11, 4.4%Udayana University: 21, 0.0%Government Medical College: 10, 0.0%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 20, 4.1%Al-Azhar University: 10, 4.8%University of MiamiWeill Cornell MedicinePost Graduate Instit…Institute of Medical…
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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 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 61.23.0%12.4×20 +255.2%
2 University of MiamiUnited States 54.920.9%6.9×17 +94.3%
3 Weill Cornell MedicineUnited States 54.810.5%23.9×16
4 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 53.75.3%10.2×17 +122.9%
5 Cornell UniversityUnited States 51.212.3%4.4×22 +142.9%
6 University College of Medical SciencesIndia 46.94.4%63.2×11 +144.2%
7 Udayana UniversityIndonesia 45.50.0%5.5×21 +212.5%
8 Government Medical CollegeIndia 44.00.0%21.6×10 +237.3%
9 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 39.34.1%6.3×20 +38.9%
10 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 38.84.8%5.2×10 +318.5%

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 Nail Diseases and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nail Diseases 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.