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Oral health in cancer treatment

Oral health in cancer treatment is a research topic within Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the pathobiology, incidence, severity, and management of mucositis, including its impact on patients undergoing cancer therapy such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It covers topics such as oral complications, osteoradionecrosis, prevention strategies, and the development of clinical practice guidelines. The cluster also addresses the quality of life and economic outcomes associated with mucositis in cancer patients.

  • Mucositis
  • Radiotherapy
  • Chemotherapy
  • Oral Complications
  • Osteoradionecrosis
  • Prevention
  • Management
  • Cancer Therapy
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Quality of Life
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+37%
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 Oral health in cancer treatment research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (511 and 474 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 511 works
  2. 2 United States 474 works
  3. 3 Brazil 428 works
  4. 4 India 362 works
  5. 5 Japan 203 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 130 works
  7. 7 Italy 116 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 116 works
  9. 9 Iran 110 works
  10. 10 Germany 86 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.

China: 20.1%United States: 18.7%Brazil: 16.9%India: 14.3%6 others listed: 30.0%20%largest
China511 · 20.1%United States474 · 18.7%Brazil428 · 16.9%India362 · 14.3%6 others listed761 · 30.0%

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

Which institutions lead Oral health in cancer treatment research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Oral health in cancer treatment research, followed by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Sichuan University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 29 works
  2. 2 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer CenterUnited States 17 works
  3. 3 Sichuan UniversityChina 16 works
  4. 4 Saveetha UniversityIndia 16 works
  5. 5 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 13 works
  6. 6 Stomatology HospitalChina 12 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 11 works
  8. 8 Padjadjaran UniversityIndonesia 11 works
  9. 9 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 11 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 11 works

Where is Oral health in cancer treatment research done?

The largest centres of Oral health in cancer treatment research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fortaleza.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 96 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 57 works
  3. 3 Guangzhou China 53 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 45 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 41 works
  6. 6 Tehran Iran 40 works
  7. 7 Chennai India 39 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 38 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 37 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 36 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FortalezaBR · 20.1 works6.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Oral health in cancer treatment than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Oral health in cancer treatment?

Among universities, judged by research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Sichuan University and Cairo 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 17.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tehran University of Medical Sciences: 11, 20.9%Sichuan University: 16, 29.9%Cairo University: 11, 16.8%Universidade Federal do Ceará: 11, 12.8%Manipal Academy of Higher Education: 10, 25.9%Universidade de São Paulo: 29, 8.7%Başkent University: 10, 17.6%Saveetha University: 16, 6.4%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 9, 22.2%Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp): 11, 18.4%Sichuan UniversityTehran University of…Cairo UniversityUniversidade Federal…
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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 Tehran University of Medical SciencesIran 50.820.9%6.4×11 +54.4%
2 Sichuan UniversityChina 50.729.9%2.6×16 +33.7%
3 Cairo UniversityEgypt 46.116.8%3.7×11 +106.7%
4 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 45.912.8%6.6×11 +126.2%
5 Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia 45.725.9%5.3×10 +20.0%
6 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 44.88.7%4.5×29 +38.6%
7 Başkent UniversityTürkiye 43.717.6%26.3×10 -2.0%
8 Saveetha UniversityIndia 41.36.4%4.5×16 +119.4%
9 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 41.322.2%2.5×9 +113.3%
10 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 35.718.4%3.5×11 +41.5%

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 health in cancer treatment research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Oral health in cancer treatment.

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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.