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Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research

Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research is a research topic within Rheumatology. Science Explorer counts 7.6k 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 the clinical, genetic, and therapeutic aspects of autoinflammatory bone disorders, including chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO), synovitis acne pustulosis hyperostosis osteitis (SAPHO) syndrome, and non-bacterial osteomyelitis. It explores the role of genetic mutations, the efficacy of biological therapies such as pamidronate, and the use of advanced imaging techniques in diagnosis and management.

  • Autoinflammatory Bone Disorders
  • Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis
  • Synovitis Acne Pustulosis Hyperostosis Osteitis Syndrome
  • SAPHO Syndrome
  • Non-Bacterial Osteomyelitis
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Genetic Mutations
  • Biological Therapy
  • Imaging Techniques
  • Pamidronate Treatment
Research works
7.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
774
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
22% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research

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

Which countries lead Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (257 and 242 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 257 works
  2. 2 China 242 works
  3. 3 India 142 works
  4. 4 Japan 113 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 86 works
  6. 6 France 82 works
  7. 7 Germany 75 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 61 works
  9. 9 Brazil 60 works
  10. 10 Italy 56 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: 21.9%China: 20.6%India: 12.1%Japan: 9.7%6 others listed: 35.8%22%largest
United States257 · 21.9%China242 · 20.6%India142 · 12.1%Japan113 · 9.7%6 others listed420 · 35.8%

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

Which institutions lead Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Toronto publishes the most Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research research, followed by Imagerie Médicale et Radiothérapie Drôme Ardèche and The Edgbaston Hospital.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of TorontoCanada 18 works
  2. 2 Imagerie Médicale et Radiothérapie Drôme ArdècheFrance 16 works
  3. 3 The Edgbaston HospitalUnited Kingdom 16 works
  4. 4 Princess Margaret Cancer CentreCanada 16 works
  5. 5 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 14 works
  6. 6 Mayo ClinicUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 Harvard UniversityUnited States 9 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 9 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 8 works
  10. 10 Beijing University of Chinese MedicineChina 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research include Hermann Brenner, Cyrus Cooper and Didier Raoult.

  1. 1 Hermann Brenner Germany 343k citations
  2. 2 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  3. 3 Didier Raoult France 232k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research?

The most cited paper in Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research is "Osteonecrosis of the jaws associated with the use of bisphosphonates: a review of 63 cases" (Salvatore L. Ruggiero, Bhoomi Mehrotra, Tracey J. Rosenberg et al., 2004), with 2,066 citations. Next come "2015 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adultsa" (1,146) and "An Autoinflammatory Disease with Deficiency of the Interleukin-1–Receptor Antagonist" (1,000).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Osteonecrosis of the jaws associated with the use of bisphosphonates: a review of 63 cases Salvatore L. Ruggiero, Bhoomi Mehrotra, Tracey J. Rosenberg et al. · Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 23 Apr 2004 2,066
2 2015 Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis in Adultsa Elie F. Berbari, Souha Sami Kanj, Todd J. Kowalski et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases 29 Jul 2015 1,146
3 An Autoinflammatory Disease with Deficiency of the Interleukin-1–Receptor Antagonist Ivona A Aksentijevich et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 3 Jun 2009 1,000
4 Colchicine—Update on mechanisms of action and therapeutic uses Ying Ying Leung, Laura Li Yao Hui, Virginia B. Kraus · Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism Open access 26 Jun 2015 965
5 Radiographic and Pathologic Features of Spinal Involvement in Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) DONALD L. RESNICK, Gen Niwayama · Radiology Jun 1976 937
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Where is Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research research done?

The largest centres of Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Toronto (Canada), Paris (France) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Toronto.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 42 works
  2. 2 TorontoCanada 36 works
  3. 3 ParisFrance 24 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 24 works
  5. 5 LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
  6. 6 BirminghamUnited Kingdom 20 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 20 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 18 works
  9. 9 AnkaraTürkiye 17 works
  10. 10 São PauloBrazil 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TorontoCA · 35.5 works6.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Toronto, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Harvard 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%10%20%mean 11.3%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Shanghai Jiao Tong U…Harvard UniversityUniversity of TorontoAll India Institute …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

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
1University of TorontoCanada 62.05.0%6.1×18 -56.1%
2Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 55.623.6%2.0×8 +126.2%
3Harvard UniversityUnited States 47.412.4%1.8×9 -4.2%
4All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 39.54.4%8.3×14 +54.7%
5Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 29.711.1%5.1×8 -25.9%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research, country by country

Is Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research.

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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 Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0058% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research 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.

still counting5%10%15%Osteomyelitis and Bone Disorders Research10.6% in 2025200020102020

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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