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Nosocomial Infections in ICU

Nosocomial Infections in ICU is a research topic within Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the management, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. It covers topics such as antibiotic therapy, healthcare-associated infections, respiratory tract decontamination, nosocomial infections, and microbial investigation. The papers also discuss the impact of VAP on patient outcomes and the implementation of evidence-based guidelines for preventing VAP.

  • Ventilator-associated Pneumonia
  • ICU
  • Antibiotic Therapy
  • Healthcare-associated Infections
  • Prevention Guidelines
  • Nosocomial Infections
  • Respiratory Tract Decontamination
  • Microbial Investigation
  • Pulmonary Infections
  • Endotracheal Tubes
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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 Nosocomial Infections in ICU research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 787 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 787 works
  3. 3 India 375 works
  4. 4 Spain 241 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 229 works
  6. 6 Japan 214 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 207 works
  8. 8 Brazil 205 works
  9. 9 France 200 works
  10. 10 Italy 188 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: 28.6%China: 21.2%India: 10.1%Spain: 6.5%6 others listed: 33.5%29%largest
United States1,059 · 28.6%China787 · 21.2%India375 · 10.1%Spain241 · 6.5%6 others listed1,242 · 33.5%

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

Which institutions lead Nosocomial Infections in ICU research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi publishes the most Nosocomial Infections in ICU research, followed by Sichuan University and Inserm.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 18 works
  2. 2 Sichuan UniversityChina 18 works
  3. 3 InsermFrance 17 works
  4. 4 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 15 works
  5. 5 Capital Medical UniversityChina 15 works
  6. 6 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 14 works
  7. 7 Isfahan University of Medical SciencesIran 14 works
  8. 8 University of MichiganUnited States 13 works
  9. 9 West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityChina 12 works
  10. 10 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Nosocomial Infections in ICU?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Nosocomial Infections in ICU include Gordon Guyatt.

  1. 1 Gordon Guyatt Canada 6.8k citations

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

Where is Nosocomial Infections in ICU research done?

The largest centres of Nosocomial Infections in ICU research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Madrid (Spain) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 99 works
  2. 2 Paris France 77 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 73 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 63 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 62 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 56 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 52 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 50 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 50 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 48 works
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Where is the best place to study Nosocomial Infections in ICU?

Among universities, judged by research, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and Sichuan 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%20%40%mean 16.3%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Isfahan University of Medical Sciences: 14, 6.7%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 18, 10.6%Sichuan University: 18, 22.4%Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes: 15, 0.0%University of Toronto: 9, 37.1%Harvard University: 10, 30.5%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 14, 7.7%Washington University in St. Louis: 12, 21.1%Capital Medical University: 15, 10.6%University of Michigan: 13, 16.3%Sichuan UniversitySağlık Bilimleri Üni…Isfahan University o…Universidad Regional…
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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 Isfahan University of Medical SciencesIran 55.36.7%10.4×14 +94.5%
2 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 53.910.6%5.5×18 —
3 Sichuan UniversityChina 47.822.4%1.8×18 +27.3%
4 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 46.70.0%12.6×15 —
5 University of TorontoCanada 44.737.1%1.1×9 +4.3%
6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 42.130.5%1.4×10 -8.6%
7 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 41.87.7%4.1×14 +119.9%
8 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 38.921.1%2.9×12 -5.8%
9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 37.810.6%4.5×15 -23.2%
10 University of MichiganUnited States 37.316.3%1.7×13 +38.3%

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 Nosocomial Infections in ICU research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nosocomial Infections in ICU.

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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.