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Nausea and vomiting management

Nausea and vomiting management is a research topic within Surgery. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 18.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the prevention and management of postoperative nausea and vomiting, particularly in the context of chemotherapy-induced nausea. It covers a wide range of interventions including antiemetic therapy, neurokinin-1 antagonists, dexamethasone, and acupuncture. The papers also discuss consensus guidelines, patient satisfaction, quality of recovery, and the impact on health-related quality of life.

  • Postoperative Nausea
  • Vomiting Prevention
  • Chemotherapy-induced Nausea
  • Antiemetic Therapy
  • Guidelines
  • Quality of Recovery
  • Neurokinin-1 Antagonist
  • Dexamethasone
  • Patient Satisfaction
  • Acupuncture
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+27%
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 Nausea and vomiting management research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (765 and 564 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 765 works
  2. 2 United States 564 works
  3. 3 India 465 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 185 works
  5. 5 Egypt 175 works
  6. 6 Japan 158 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 112 works
  8. 8 South Korea 108 works
  9. 9 Germany 96 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 94 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.

China: 28.1%United States: 20.7%India: 17.1%Türkiye: 6.8%6 others listed: 27.3%28%largest
China765 · 28.1%United States564 · 20.7%India465 · 17.1%Türkiye185 · 6.8%6 others listed744 · 27.3%

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

Which institutions lead Nausea and vomiting management research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ain Shams University publishes the most Nausea and vomiting management research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Sichuan University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 42 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 22 works
  3. 3 Sichuan UniversityChina 21 works
  4. 4 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 17 works
  5. 5 Cairo UniversityEgypt 16 works
  6. 6 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 15 works
  7. 7 Tanta UniversityEgypt 14 works
  8. 8 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina 14 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 12 works
  10. 10 Mansoura UniversityEgypt 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nausea and vomiting management?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nausea and vomiting management include George Davey Smith, David Cunningham and Adrian L. Harris.

  1. 1 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 4.9k citations
  2. 2 David Cunningham United Kingdom 2.5k citations
  3. 3 Adrian L. Harris United Kingdom 1.9k citations

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

Where is Nausea and vomiting management research done?

The largest centres of Nausea and vomiting management research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Istanbul (Türkiye).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 71 works
  2. 2 Chengdu China 63 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 62 works
  4. 4 Istanbul Türkiye 60 works
  5. 5 Cairo Egypt 59 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 55 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 52 works
  8. 8 New Delhi India 44 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 40 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 39 works
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Where is the best place to study Nausea and vomiting management?

Among universities, judged by research, Xuzhou Medical College, Tanta 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%20%40%mean 13.34%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Xuzhou Medical College: 11, 37.7%Tanta University: 14, 13.6%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 22, 8.8%Ain Shams University: 42, 0.8%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 15, 15.0%Assiut University: 10, 5.1%Institute of Medical Sciences: 17, 1.3%All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar: 8, 17.2%Sichuan University: 21, 24.4%Al-Azhar University: 9, 9.5%Xuzhou Medical CollegeTanta UniversityAll India Institute …Ain Shams 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 Xuzhou Medical CollegeChina 65.937.7%13.9×11 +64.8%
2 Tanta UniversityEgypt 61.113.6%12.6×14 +649.5%
3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 57.38.8%10.1×22 +162.9%
4 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 54.60.8%16.2×42 +76.3%
5 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 54.215.0%7.3×15 +418.9%
6 Assiut UniversityEgypt 49.55.1%9.7×10 +497.2%
7 Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 48.31.3%14.7×17 +158.9%
8 All India Institute of Medical Sciences BhubaneswarIndia 44.917.2%17.4×8 —
9 Sichuan UniversityChina 43.024.4%3.4×21 +58.3%
10 Al-Azhar UniversityEgypt 41.59.5%6.2×9 +792.9%

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 Nausea and vomiting management research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nausea and vomiting management.

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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.