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Omental and Epiploic Conditions

Omental and Epiploic Conditions is a research topic within Rheumatology. Science Explorer counts 4.1k 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 omental pathologies such as omental infarction, epiploic appendagitis, and their mimicking conditions. It discusses the diagnostic role of CT imaging, clinical manifestations in pediatric patients, and the management options including surgical and conservative approaches. Additionally, it includes anatomical studies of the omentum.

  • Omental Infarction
  • Epiploic Appendagitis
  • CT Diagnosis
  • Abdominal Pain
  • Imaging Manifestations
  • Pediatric Patients
  • Surgical Management
  • Radiologic Features
  • Conservative Treatment
  • Anatomical Study
Research works
4.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
415
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Omental and Epiploic Conditions

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

Which countries lead Omental and Epiploic Conditions research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (156 and 90 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 156 works
  2. 2 China 90 works
  3. 3 India 69 works
  4. 4 Japan 58 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 33 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 33 works
  7. 7 Russia 30 works
  8. 8 Brazil 28 works
  9. 9 Spain 24 works
  10. 10 Germany 23 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: 28.7%China: 16.6%India: 12.6%Japan: 10.6%6 others listed: 31.4%29%largest
United States156 · 28.7%China90 · 16.6%India69 · 12.6%Japan58 · 10.6%6 others listed171 · 31.4%

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

Which institutions lead Omental and Epiploic Conditions research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Omental and Epiploic Conditions research, followed by Poltava State Medical University and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 9 works
  2. 2 Poltava State Medical UniversityUkraine 5 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 5 works
  4. 4 Mohammed V UniversityMorocco 4 works
  5. 5 Mayo ClinicUnited States 4 works
  6. 6 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 4 works
  7. 7 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 4 works
  8. 8 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Ibn RochdMorocco 4 works
  9. 9 Capital Medical UniversityChina 3 works
  10. 10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 3 works

What are the most cited papers in Omental and Epiploic Conditions?

The most cited paper in Omental and Epiploic Conditions is "Peritonectomy Procedures" (Paul Hendrick Sugarbaker, 1995), with 1,554 citations. Next come "Pericardial Fat, Visceral Abdominal Fat, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, and Vascular Calcification in a Community-Based Sample" (1,027) and "Does central obesity reflect “Cushing's disease of the omentum”?" (755).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Peritonectomy Procedures Paul Hendrick Sugarbaker · Annals of Surgery Open access 1995 1,554
2 Pericardial Fat, Visceral Abdominal Fat, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors, and Vascular Calcification in a Community-Based Sample Guido Aranha Rosito, Joseph M. Massaro, Udo Hoffmann et al. · Circulation Open access 22 Jan 2008 1,027
3 Does central obesity reflect “Cushing's disease of the omentum”? Iwona J. Bujalska, Sudhesh Kumar, Paul M. Stewart · The Lancet Apr 1997 755
4 A Conservative and Minimally Invasive Approach to Necrotizing Pancreatitis Improves Outcome Hjalmar C. van Santvoort et al. · Gastroenterology Open access 10 Jul 2011 748
5 Body Fat Distribution, Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer, and All-Cause Mortality Kathryn A. Britton, Joseph M. Massaro, Joanne M. Murabito et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 10 Jul 2013 708
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Where is Omental and Epiploic Conditions research done?

The largest centres of Omental and Epiploic Conditions research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Istanbul (Türkiye), São Paulo (Brazil) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 12 works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 10 works
  3. 3 São PauloBrazil 10 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 10 works
  5. 5 New DelhiIndia 10 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 9 works
  7. 7 New YorkUnited States 8 works
  8. 8 TehranIran 8 works
  9. 9 ChennaiIndia 8 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 7 works
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Where is the best place to study Omental and Epiploic Conditions?

Among universities, judged by research, All India Institute of Medical Sciences 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.

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
1All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 10.02.2%10.5×9 +140.2%

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 Omental and Epiploic Conditions, country by country

Is Omental and Epiploic Conditions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Omental and Epiploic Conditions.

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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 Omental and Epiploic Conditions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Omental and Epiploic Conditions 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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