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Organ Donation and Transplantation

Organ Donation and Transplantation is a research topic within Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 14.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the ethical, medical, and societal aspects of organ donation, with a focus on living kidney donors, brain death determination, transplantation outcomes, ethical considerations, donor management, and family decision-making. It also delves into the health risks and long-term consequences for both donors and recipients. The papers provide insights into the global landscape of organ trafficking and the impact of legislation on donation rates.

  • Organ Donation
  • Living Kidney Donors
  • Brain Death
  • Transplantation
  • Ethical Considerations
  • Donor Management
  • Kidney Transplantation
  • Organ Trafficking
  • Family Decision-Making
  • Health Risks
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
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 Organ Donation and Transplantation research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1.6k and 351 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.6k works
  2. 2 India 351 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 304 works
  4. 4 Brazil 246 works
  5. 5 Canada 202 works
  6. 6 China 184 works
  7. 7 Japan 150 works
  8. 8 South Korea 146 works
  9. 9 Australia 146 works
  10. 10 Spain 146 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: 45.9%India: 10.1%United Kingdom: 8.8%Brazil: 7.1%6 others listed: 28.1%46%largest
United States1,594 · 45.9%India351 · 10.1%United Kingdom304 · 8.8%Brazil246 · 7.1%6 others listed975 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Organ Donation and Transplantation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, NYU Langone Health publishes the most Organ Donation and Transplantation research, followed by Johns Hopkins University and New York University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 NYU Langone HealthUnited States 22 works
  2. 2 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 21 works
  3. 3 New York UniversityUnited States 21 works
  4. 4 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 19 works
  5. 5 Stanford UniversityUnited States 19 works
  6. 6 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 18 works
  7. 7 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 17 works
  8. 8 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 17 works
  9. 9 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 17 works
  10. 10 University of MinnesotaUnited States 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Organ Donation and Transplantation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Organ Donation and Transplantation include Vivekanand Jha.

  1. 1 Vivekanand Jha India 5.8k citations

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

Where is Organ Donation and Transplantation research done?

The largest centres of Organ Donation and Transplantation research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Seoul (South Korea), London (United Kingdom) and Boston (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dallas.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 103 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 80 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 77 works
  4. 4 Boston United States 57 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 55 works
  6. 6 Paris France 52 works
  7. 7 Philadelphia United States 49 works
  8. 8 Baltimore United States 49 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 45 works
  10. 10 Chicago United States 44 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DallasUS · 24.5 works6.1×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Organ Donation and Transplantation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Organ Donation and Transplantation?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Medical College of Wisconsin and New York 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 20%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: 15, 36.7%Medical College of Wisconsin: 10, 27.2%New York University: 21, 20.3%University of Minnesota: 17, 23.6%University of Pennsylvania: 18, 19.9%University of California, San Francisco: 17, 16.5%Saint Louis University: 9, 15.0%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 17, 2.4%Medical University of Warsaw: 11, 14.4%University of Alabama at Birmingham: 11, 24.0%University of Colora…Medical College of W…University of Minnes…New York University
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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 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 74.936.7%11.1×15 —
2 Medical College of WisconsinUnited States 60.327.2%7.6×10 +203.4%
3 New York UniversityUnited States 53.820.3%5.2×21 +14.0%
4 University of MinnesotaUnited States 51.823.6%4.7×17 +35.2%
5 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 51.219.9%4.0×18 +72.0%
6 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States 50.316.5%5.5×17 +47.7%
7 Saint Louis UniversityUnited States 50.115.0%11.9×9 +81.1%
8 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 50.02.4%10.6×17 +78.7%
9 Medical University of WarsawPoland 49.914.4%10.1×11 +31.3%
10 University of Alabama at BirminghamUnited States 48.924.0%4.7×11 +136.9%

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 Organ Donation and Transplantation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Organ Donation and Transplantation.

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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.