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Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases

Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases is a research topic within Infectious Diseases. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the clinical characteristics, microbiology, management, and epidemiology of deep neck infections, including conditions such as Lemierre's Syndrome, retropharyngeal abscess, descending necrotizing mediastinitis, and odontogenic infections. The papers cover topics such as antibiotic susceptibility, surgical management, and the increasing incidence of these infections in both children and adults.

  • Lemierre's Syndrome
  • Deep Neck Abscess
  • Retropharyngeal Abscess
  • Descending Necrotizing Mediastinitis
  • Odontogenic Infections
  • Croup
  • Antibiotic Susceptibility
  • Microbiology
  • Surgical Management
  • Epidemiology
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases

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

Which countries lead Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (575 and 225 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 575 works
  2. 2 India 225 works
  3. 3 China 225 works
  4. 4 Japan 182 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 155 works
  6. 6 Brazil 90 works
  7. 7 France 82 works
  8. 8 Spain 77 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 76 works
  10. 10 Germany 76 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: 32.6%India: 12.8%China: 12.8%Japan: 10.3%6 others listed: 31.5%33%largest
United States575 · 32.6%India225 · 12.8%China225 · 12.8%Japan182 · 10.3%6 others listed556 · 31.5%

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

Which institutions lead Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Toronto publishes the most Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Imagerie Médicale et Radiothérapie Drôme Ardèche.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of TorontoCanada 21 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 19 works
  3. 3 Imagerie Médicale et Radiothérapie Drôme ArdècheFrance 16 works
  4. 4 Princess Margaret Cancer CentreCanada 16 works
  5. 5 The Edgbaston HospitalUnited Kingdom 16 works
  6. 6 Harvard UniversityUnited States 15 works
  7. 7 Mayo ClinicUnited States 10 works
  8. 8 Sichuan UniversityChina 10 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 10 works
  10. 10 Université Paris CitéFrance 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases include David Moher, Gregory Y.H. Lip and Matthew M. Meyerson.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Gregory Y.H. Lip United Kingdom 311k citations
  3. 3 Matthew M. Meyerson United States 280k 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 Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases?

The most cited paper in Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases is "The global burden of group A streptococcal diseases" (Jonathan Rhys Carapetis, Andrew C. Steer, E. Kim Mulholland et al., 2005), with 3,066 citations. Next come "Prevention of Infective Endocarditis" (2,824) and "New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic findings" (2,591).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The global burden of group A streptococcal diseases Jonathan Rhys Carapetis, Andrew C. Steer, E. Kim Mulholland et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases 26 Oct 2005 3,066
2 Prevention of Infective Endocarditis Walter R. Wilson et al. · Circulation Open access 19 Apr 2007 2,824
3 New criteria for diagnosis of infective endocarditis: utilization of specific echocardiographic findings David T. Durack, Andrea S. Lukes, David K. Bright et al. · The American Journal of Medicine Mar 1994 2,591
4 Fusobacterium nucleatum infection is prevalent in human colorectal carcinoma Mauro L. Castellarin, Robin M. Warren, Jamie Freeman et al. · Genome Research Open access 18 Oct 2011 2,106
5 Infective Endocarditis Larry M. Baddour, Walter R. Wilson, Arnold S. Bayer et al. · Circulation Open access 13 Jun 2005 1,705
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases research done?

The largest centres of Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases research in 2022-now are Toronto (Canada), Tokyo (Japan), London (United Kingdom) and New York (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Birmingham and Toronto.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 TorontoCanada 38 works
  2. 2 TokyoJapan 36 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 31 works
  4. 4 New YorkUnited States 25 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 25 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 24 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 24 works
  8. 8 New DelhiIndia 23 works
  9. 9 BirminghamUnited Kingdom 21 works
  10. 10 MadridSpain 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BirminghamGB · 21.2 works7.3×
  2. TorontoCA · 38.4 works4.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, University of Toronto and Université Paris Cité 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.

0%10%20%mean 14.4429%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Université Paris CitéHarvard UniversitySichuan UniversityUniversity of Toronto
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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.

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
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 69.217.0%1.9×15 -20.4%
2University of TorontoCanada 55.45.9%4.2×21 -27.5%
3Université Paris CitéFrance 55.421.4%5.0×9 +16.8%
4Sichuan UniversityChina 52.915.0%1.7×10 +223.0%
5Zhejiang UniversityChina 51.219.2%1.4×10 +27.3%
6All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 46.56.9%7.0×19 +66.7%
7Capital Medical UniversityChina 36.315.7%3.2×8 +19.8%

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 Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases, country by country

Is Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases.

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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 Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases 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%Otolaryngology and Infectious Diseases10.3% 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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