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Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups

Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups is a research topic within Physiology. Science Explorer counts 4.9k 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 explores the pathogenesis, pharmacological treatment, and management of hiccups, with a focus on neurological disorders, palliative care, and the use of medications such as gabapentin and corticosteroids. It also discusses the association between hiccups and cardiac arrhythmias, as well as the potential use of vagus nerve stimulation. The research covers various aspects of hiccups, including their neurological basis and potential treatments in different medical contexts.

  • Hiccups
  • Pharmacological Treatment
  • Pathogenesis
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Palliative Care
  • Gabapentin
  • Corticosteroid Therapy
  • Vagus Nerve Stimulation
  • Cardiac Arrhythmias
  • Dopamine Agonists
Research works
4.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
496
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
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 Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups research?

By volume, the United States and Japan publish the most (183 and 95 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 183 works
  2. 2 Japan 95 works
  3. 3 India 79 works
  4. 4 China 70 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 35 works
  6. 6 Germany 32 works
  7. 7 South Korea 23 works
  8. 8 Italy 23 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 22 works
  10. 10 France 21 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: 31.4%Japan: 16.2%India: 13.6%China: 11.9%6 others listed: 26.9%31%largest
United States183 · 31.4%Japan95 · 16.2%India79 · 13.6%China70 · 11.9%6 others listed157 · 26.9%

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

Which institutions lead Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Mayo Clinic in Arizona publishes the most Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups research, followed by All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Cleveland Clinic.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 4 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 3 works
  3. 3 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 3 works
  4. 4 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 3 works
  5. 5 University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 3 works
  6. 6 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 3 works
  7. 7 University of FloridaUnited States 3 works
  8. 8 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran 2 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 2 works
  10. 10 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States 2 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups include David Cunningham.

  1. 1 David Cunningham United Kingdom 2.5k citations

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

Where is Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups research done?

The largest centres of Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups research in 2022–2025 are Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Beijing (China) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tokyo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tokyo Japan 21 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 13 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 10 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 10 works
  5. 5 New York United States 9 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 7 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 7 works
  8. 8 Istanbul Türkiye 6 works
  9. 9 Tehran Iran 6 works
  10. 10 New Delhi India 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TokyoJP · 21.0 works3.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups than the world average.

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Is Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pathogenesis and Treatment of Hiccups.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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