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Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications

Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications is a research topic within Neurology. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 7.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on cerebrospinal fluid disorders, including spontaneous spinal cerebrospinal fluid leaks, intracranial hypotension, and chronic subdural hematoma. It explores the pathophysiology, surgical management, risk factors, recurrence predictors, and potential pharmacotherapies for these conditions. Connective tissue disorders and angiogenesis are also highlighted as relevant factors. The cluster encompasses a wide range of research on diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes related to cerebrospinal fluid disorders and hematomas.

  • Cerebrospinal Fluid Leaks
  • Intracranial Hypotension
  • Chronic Subdural Hematoma
  • Spontaneous CSF Leaks
  • Connective Tissue Disorders
  • Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization
  • Epidural Blood Patch
  • Anticoagulant Therapy
  • Angiogenesis
  • Surgical Management
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+23%
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 Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (913 and 354 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 913 works
  2. 2 China 354 works
  3. 3 Japan 233 works
  4. 4 India 224 works
  5. 5 Germany 155 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 126 works
  7. 7 South Korea 87 works
  8. 8 Italy 84 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 78 works
  10. 10 France 71 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: 39.3%China: 15.2%Japan: 10.0%India: 9.6%6 others listed: 25.9%39%largest
United States913 · 39.3%China354 · 15.2%Japan233 · 10.0%India224 · 9.6%6 others listed601 · 25.9%

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

Which institutions lead Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Neurological Surgery publishes the most Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications research, followed by Capital Medical University and Mayo Clinic.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Neurological SurgeryUnited States 37 works
  2. 2 Capital Medical UniversityChina 18 works
  3. 3 Mayo ClinicUnited States 15 works
  4. 4 University Medical Center FreiburgGermany 14 works
  5. 5 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 13 works
  6. 6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 13 works
  7. 7 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 11 works
  8. 8 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications include Atte Meretoja.

  1. 1 Atte Meretoja Finland 6.1k citations

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

Where is Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications research done?

The largest centres of Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Seoul (South Korea), Tokyo (Japan) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rockville Centre and Freiburg.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 52 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 41 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 41 works
  4. 4 New York United States 38 works
  5. 5 Rockville Centre United States 37 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 36 works
  7. 7 Boston United States 33 works
  8. 8 Philadelphia United States 32 works
  9. 9 Baltimore United States 30 works
  10. 10 Istanbul Türkiye 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Rockville CentreUS · 37.1 works81×
  2. FreiburgDE · 21.5 works11×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications?

Among universities, judged by research, Capital Medical University, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Yale University 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 10.1111%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Capital Medical University: 18, 13.4%Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: 11, 6.8%Yale University: 8, 9.9%Harvard University: 9, 14.0%Johns Hopkins University: 10, 17.2%Stanford University: 10, 13.5%University of California, San Francisco: 9, 8.6%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 13, 3.1%University of Florida: 8, 4.5%Harvard UniversityCapital Medical Univ…Yale UniversityIcahn School of Medi…
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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 Capital Medical UniversityChina 55.113.4%10.2×18 +50.0%
2 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 40.26.8%7.5×11 +114.7%
3 Yale UniversityUnited States 30.19.9%2.6×8 +527.3%
4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 29.214.0%2.2×9 +47.2%
5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 28.017.2%2.9×10 -24.8%
6 Stanford UniversityUnited States 25.513.5%2.6×10 +15.2%
7 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 22.78.6%4.7×9 -10.3%
8 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 22.53.1%6.6×13 +13.2%
9 University of FloridaUnited States 17.04.5%2.6×8 +120.1%

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 Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications.

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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.