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Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies

Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advancements in nasal surgery techniques and outcomes, including rhinoplasty, septoplasty, nasal obstruction, airflow dynamics, cartilage grafts, acoustic rhinometry, nasal anatomy, functional rhinoplasty, and empty nose syndrome.

  • Nasal Surgery
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Nasal Obstruction
  • Septoplasty
  • Airflow Dynamics
  • Cartilage Grafts
  • Acoustic Rhinometry
  • Nasal Anatomy
  • Functional Rhinoplasty
  • Empty Nose Syndrome
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 564 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 564 works
  3. 3 India 409 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 326 works
  5. 5 South Korea 188 works
  6. 6 Germany 185 works
  7. 7 Egypt 170 works
  8. 8 Japan 169 works
  9. 9 Italy 168 works
  10. 10 Brazil 168 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: 31.2%China: 16.5%India: 12.0%Türkiye: 9.6%6 others listed: 30.7%31%largest
United States1,063 · 31.2%China564 · 16.5%India409 · 12.0%Türkiye326 · 9.6%6 others listed1,048 · 30.7%

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

Which institutions lead Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Shanghai Jiao Tong University publishes the most Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies research, followed by Harvard University and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 37 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 34 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 33 works
  4. 4 Mayo ClinicUnited States 29 works
  5. 5 Peking UniversityChina 28 works
  6. 6 Capital Medical UniversityChina 25 works
  7. 7 Stanford UniversityUnited States 23 works
  8. 8 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 23 works
  9. 9 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 21 works
  10. 10 Sichuan UniversityChina 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies include Yousef Saleh Khader, Peter John Barnes and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Yousef Saleh Khader Jordan 274k citations
  2. 2 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Aziz Sheikh United Kingdom 214k citations
  5. 5 Ronald Klein United States 214k citations
  6. 6 Holger Jens Schünemann Canada 214k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies?

The most cited paper in Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies is "European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020" (W.J. Fokkens et al., 2020), with 5,610 citations. Next come "EPOS 2012: European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2012. A summary for otorhinolaryngologists" (2,419) and "Psychometric validity of the 22‐item Sinonasal Outcome Test" (1,635).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitis and Nasal Polyps 2020 W.J. Fokkens et al. · Rhinology Journal Open access148 authors Feb 2020 5,610
2 EPOS 2012: European position paper on rhinosinusitis and nasal polyps 2012. A summary for otorhinolaryngologists W. J. Fokkens et al. · Rhinology Journal Mar 2012 2,419
3 Psychometric validity of the 22‐item Sinonasal Outcome Test Claire Hopkins, Stuart Gillett, Rob Slack et al. · Clinical Otolaryngology 24 Sep 2009 1,635
4 Efficacy and safety of dupilumab in patients with severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (LIBERTY NP SINUS-24 and LIBERTY NP SINUS-52): results from two multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group phase 3 trials Claus Bachert et al. · The Lancet 19 Sep 2019 1,564
5 Staging in rhinosinusitus. Valerie J. Lund, I S Mackay · PubMed Dec 1993 1,519
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Where is Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies research done?

The largest centres of Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Istanbul (Türkiye), Seoul (South Korea) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 153 works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 101 works
  3. 3 SeoulSouth Korea 98 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 92 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 65 works
  6. 6 New YorkUnited States 52 works
  7. 7 TehranIran 51 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 51 works
  9. 9 LondonUnited Kingdom 50 works
  10. 10 São PauloBrazil 48 works
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Where is the best place to study Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of South Carolina, Peking University and Harvard University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Medical University of South CarolinaUnited States 64.826.3%10.0×11 +8.8%
2Peking UniversityChina 64.517.2%3.0×28 +182.0%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 63.515.3%2.4×34 -21.7%
4Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 63.026.8%4.0×13 +43.7%
5Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 61.823.9%2.1×20 +49.0%
6Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 59.79.9%2.9×37 +61.8%
7Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 56.56.8%6.9×33 +60.3%
8Catholic University of KoreaSouth Korea 55.819.4%10.2×15 -5.3%
9Stanford UniversityUnited States 54.611.0%3.5×23 -11.8%
10University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 52.85.6%3.9×20 +57.3%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies, country by country

Is Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.021% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Nasal Surgery and Airway Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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