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Oral and Craniofacial Lesions

Oral and Craniofacial Lesions is a research topic within Speech and Hearing. Science Explorer counts 8.3k research works in it since 1950. 9.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores ankyloglossia (tongue-tie) and its effects on breastfeeding, speech articulation, and other oral functions in infants and children. It covers topics such as frenulotomy, neonatal implications, breastfeeding difficulties, and the impact of lingual frenulum abnormalities. Additionally, it discusses the association with conditions like melanotic neuroectodermal tumor and explores treatment options such as laser frenectomy.

  • Ankyloglossia
  • Frenulotomy
  • Breastfeeding
  • Infants
  • Tongue-Tie
  • Lingual Frenulum
  • Neonatal
  • Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor
  • Speech Articulation
  • Laser Frenectomy
Research works
8.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
755
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+31%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Oral and Craniofacial Lesions research?

By volume, Brazil and India publish the most (293 and 226 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 293 works
  2. 2 India 226 works
  3. 3 United States 170 works
  4. 4 China 76 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 55 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 52 works
  7. 7 Japan 42 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 41 works
  9. 9 Italy 38 works
  10. 10 Spain 36 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.

Brazil: 28.4%India: 21.9%United States: 16.5%China: 7.4%6 others listed: 25.7%28%largest
Brazil293 · 28.4%India226 · 21.9%United States170 · 16.5%China76 · 7.4%6 others listed265 · 25.7%

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

Which institutions lead Oral and Craniofacial Lesions research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Oral and Craniofacial Lesions research, followed by Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 15 works
  2. 2 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 11 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 10 works
  4. 4 Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia 10 works
  5. 5 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 8 works
  6. 6 Government Dental College and HospitalIndia 8 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 7 works
  8. 8 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 7 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 6 works
  10. 10 Saveetha UniversityIndia 6 works

Where is Oral and Craniofacial Lesions research done?

The largest centres of Oral and Craniofacial Lesions research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), New Delhi (India), Chennai (India) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 55 works
  2. 2 New Delhi India 21 works
  3. 3 Chennai India 19 works
  4. 4 Belo Horizonte Brazil 17 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 17 works
  6. 6 Istanbul Türkiye 16 works
  7. 7 Recife Brazil 16 works
  8. 8 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 15 works
  9. 9 Mexico City Mexico 12 works
  10. 10 Pune India 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Oral and Craniofacial Lesions?

Among universities, judged by research, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes 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%5%10%mean 2.74%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research: 10, 8.6%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 10, 2.8%Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los Andes: 10, 0.0%Universidade de São Paulo: 15, 2.3%Airlangga University: 8, 0.0%Datta Meghe Institut…Universidade Federal…Universidade de São …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 Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and ResearchIndia 68.68.6%27.4×10 —
2 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 55.22.8%8.6×10 +45.6%
3 Universidad Regional Autónoma de Los AndesEcuador 39.80.0%32.9×10 —
4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 38.02.3%5.4×15 -26.7%
5 Airlangga UniversityIndonesia 13.10.0%5.9×8 —

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 Oral and Craniofacial Lesions research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Oral and Craniofacial Lesions.

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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.