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Neurological Disorders and Treatments

Neurological Disorders and Treatments is a research topic within Neurology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 8.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the investigation of neuroprotective agents such as Citicoline and Cerebrolysin in the context of oxidative stress, ischemic stroke, brain injury, glaucoma, and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's. The research explores their mechanisms of action, effects on mitochondrial dysfunction, neuroprotection, and potential for promoting neuroregeneration.

  • Citicoline
  • Cerebrolysin
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Ischemic Stroke
  • Neuroprotection
  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction
  • Glaucoma
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Retinal Ganglion Cells
  • Neuroregeneration
Research works
29k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
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Which countries lead Neurological Disorders and Treatments research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (932 and 677 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 932 works
  2. 2 China 677 works
  3. 3 United States 675 works
  4. 4 Ukraine 315 works
  5. 5 India 255 works
  6. 6 Japan 111 works
  7. 7 Uzbekistan 103 works
  8. 8 Germany 94 works
  9. 9 Iran 93 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 82 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.

Russia: 27.9%China: 20.3%United States: 20.2%Ukraine: 9.4%6 others listed: 22.1%28%largest
Russia932 · 27.9%China677 · 20.3%United States675 · 20.2%Ukraine315 · 9.4%6 others listed738 · 22.1%

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

Which institutions lead Neurological Disorders and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sechenov University publishes the most Neurological Disorders and Treatments research, followed by Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University and Weatherford College.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sechenov UniversityRussia 56 works
  2. 2 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityRussia 48 works
  3. 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 34 works
  4. 4 Ministry of Health of the Russian FederationRussia 25 works
  5. 5 Tashkent Pediatric Medical InstituteUzbekistan 24 works
  6. 6 Tashkent Medical AcademyUzbekistan 23 works
  7. 7 Shupyk National Healthcare University of UkraineUkraine 21 works
  8. 8 Kharkiv National Medical UniversityUkraine 21 works
  9. 9 Research Center of NeurologyRussia 21 works
  10. 10 Samarkand State Medical InstituteUzbekistan 20 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neurological Disorders and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neurological Disorders and Treatments include Graeme J. Hankey, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian and Perminder S. Sachdev.

  1. 1 Graeme J. Hankey Australia 7.2k citations
  2. 2 Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian Singapore 5.4k citations
  3. 3 Perminder S. Sachdev Australia 4.6k citations
  4. 4 Brett Kissela United States 4.4k citations

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

Where is Neurological Disorders and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Neurological Disorders and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Beijing (China) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Poltava.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 394 works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 111 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 108 works
  4. 4 Kyiv Ukraine 94 works
  5. 5 Tashkent Uzbekistan 60 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 45 works
  7. 7 Kharkiv Ukraine 44 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 36 works
  9. 9 Weatherford United States 34 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PoltavaUA · 22.2 works24×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neurological Disorders and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Neurological Disorders and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Sechenov University and North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov 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%2%4%mean 1.95%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University: 48, 1.0%Sechenov University: 56, 1.2%North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov: 11, 4.7%Shupyk National Healthcare University of Ukraine: 21, 2.4%First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg: 13, 2.7%Kharkiv National Medical University: 21, 1.6%Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education: 17, 0.5%I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University: 17, 2.0%Peoples' Friendship University of Russia: 15, 1.6%Samara State Medical University: 19, 1.8%North-Western State …Shupyk National Heal…Sechenov UniversityPirogov Russian Nati…
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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 Pirogov Russian National Research Medical UniversityRussia 64.71.0%60.6×48 +276.0%
2 Sechenov UniversityRussia 62.71.2%39.5×56 +82.2%
3 North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. MechnikovRussia 56.14.7%34.3×11 +347.2%
4 Shupyk National Healthcare University of UkraineUkraine 55.72.4%66.0×21 +547.8%
5 First Pavlov State Medical University of St. PetersburgRussia 54.22.7%42.1×13 +546.1%
6 Kharkiv National Medical UniversityUkraine 54.11.6%64.9×21 +526.5%
7 Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional EducationRussia 53.70.5%51.1×17 +419.5%
8 I.Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical UniversityUkraine 53.62.0%68.3×17 +957.6%
9 Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia 53.51.6%10.1×15 +164.9%
10 Samara State Medical UniversityRussia 53.41.8%59.3×19 +229.2%

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 Neurological Disorders and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Neurological Disorders 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.