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Neurological Complications and Syndromes

Neurological Complications and Syndromes is a research topic within Psychiatry and Mental health. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES), a neurological condition characterized by a diverse range of clinical and radiological features, often associated with conditions such as eclampsia, preeclampsia, and hypertension. The papers cover topics such as imaging characteristics, pathophysiology, risk factors, management, and outcomes of PRES.

  • Encephalopathy
  • Reversible
  • Syndrome
  • Imaging
  • Vasoconstriction
  • Eclampsia
  • Neurological Complications
  • Preeclampsia
  • Stroke
  • Hypertension
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Neurological Complications and Syndromes

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

Which countries lead Neurological Complications and Syndromes research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (847 and 326 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 847 works
  2. 2 China 326 works
  3. 3 India 252 works
  4. 4 Japan 194 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 120 works
  6. 6 Italy 106 works
  7. 7 France 103 works
  8. 8 Germany 96 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 92 works
  10. 10 South Korea 92 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: 38.0%China: 14.6%India: 11.3%Japan: 8.7%6 others listed: 27.3%38%largest
United States847 · 38.0%China326 · 14.6%India252 · 11.3%Japan194 · 8.7%6 others listed609 · 27.3%

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

Which institutions lead Neurological Complications and Syndromes research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harvard University publishes the most Neurological Complications and Syndromes research, followed by Mayo Clinic and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 33 works
  2. 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 27 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 23 works
  4. 4 Capital Medical UniversityChina 17 works
  5. 5 University of CopenhagenDenmark 17 works
  6. 6 InsermFrance 15 works
  7. 7 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 15 works
  8. 8 Albert Einstein College of MedicineUnited States 14 works
  9. 9 Sichuan UniversityChina 13 works
  10. 10 University of MiamiUnited States 13 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neurological Complications and Syndromes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neurological Complications and Syndromes include Theo Vos, Jost Bruno Jonas and Giuseppe Remuzzi.

  1. 1 Theo Vos United States 439k citations
  2. 2 Jost Bruno Jonas Germany 350k citations
  3. 3 Giuseppe Remuzzi Italy 328k citations
  4. 4 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 316k citations
  5. 5 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  6. 6 Salim Yusuf Canada 294k 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 Neurological Complications and Syndromes?

The most cited paper in Neurological Complications and Syndromes is "A Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome" (Judy Hinchey, Claudia J Chaves, B A Appignani et al., 1996), with 3,350 citations. Next come "Migraine prevalence, disease burden, and the need for preventive therapy" (2,375) and "Prevalence and Burden of Migraine in the United States: Data From the American Migraine Study II" (2,285).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Reversible Posterior Leukoencephalopathy Syndrome Judy Hinchey, Claudia J Chaves, B A Appignani et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 22 Feb 1996 3,350
2 Migraine prevalence, disease burden, and the need for preventive therapy Richard B. Lipton, MARCELO EDUARDO BIGAL, Merle L. Diamond et al. · Neurology Open access 30 Jan 2007 2,375
3 Prevalence and Burden of Migraine in the United States: Data From the American Migraine Study II Richard B. Lipton, Walter F. Stewart, Seymour Diamond et al. · Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain 12 Jul 2001 2,285
4 Wegener's Granulomatosis: Prospective Clinical and Therapeutic Experience With 85 Patients for 21 Years Anthony S. Fauci, Barton F. Haynes, Paul Katz et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 1983 2,022
5 Homocysteine and Atherothrombosis George N. Welch, Joseph Loscalzo · New England Journal of Medicine 9 Apr 1998 2,017
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Where is Neurological Complications and Syndromes research done?

The largest centres of Neurological Complications and Syndromes research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), New York (United States) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 49 works
  2. 2 SeoulSouth Korea 46 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 45 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 44 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 42 works
  6. 6 ParisFrance 37 works
  7. 7 BostonUnited States 32 works
  8. 8 IstanbulTürkiye 27 works
  9. 9 New DelhiIndia 27 works
  10. 10 CopenhagenDenmark 23 works
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Where is the best place to study Neurological Complications and Syndromes?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Copenhagen, Albert Einstein College of Medicine 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.

0%20%40%mean 14.45%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Copenh…Albert Einstein Coll…Seoul National Unive…Harvard University
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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
1University of CopenhagenDenmark 82.830.7%6.4×17 +60.3%
2Albert Einstein College of MedicineUnited States 66.119.6%14.9×14 +20.0%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 63.916.4%3.7×33 -17.9%
4Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 45.518.6%3.5×11 +17.6%
5Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 44.39.9%3.4×15 +0.6%
6University College LondonUnited Kingdom 42.315.9%2.0×9 +18.5%
7University of MiamiUnited States 41.78.0%7.2×13 +83.8%
8Sichuan UniversityChina 40.216.7%2.0×13 +11.9%
9All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 39.82.6%7.2×22 +15.1%
10Capital Medical UniversityChina 39.86.1%5.7×17 +19.6%

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 Neurological Complications and Syndromes, country by country

Is Neurological Complications and Syndromes research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Neurological Complications and Syndromes.

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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 Neurological Complications and Syndromes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Neurological Complications and Syndromes 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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