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Patient Safety and Medication Errors

Patient Safety and Medication Errors is a research topic within Emergency Medical Services. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1951. 22.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on improving patient safety in healthcare settings, with a particular emphasis on addressing medical errors, implementing surgical safety checklists, promoting teamwork training, and cultivating a culture of safety. The research also delves into understanding adverse events, medication errors, communication breakdowns, and the incidence of adverse events to enhance healthcare quality.

  • Medical Errors
  • Patient Safety Culture
  • Surgical Safety Checklist
  • Adverse Events
  • Teamwork Training
  • Healthcare Quality
  • Safety Climate
  • Medication Errors
  • Communication Breakdowns
  • Incidence of Adverse Events
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
5.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
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 Patient Safety and Medication Errors research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1.3k and 352 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 352 works
  3. 3 Brazil 346 works
  4. 4 Australia 219 works
  5. 5 India 177 works
  6. 6 Canada 155 works
  7. 7 China 151 works
  8. 8 Spain 146 works
  9. 9 Iran 146 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 138 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: 42.1%United Kingdom: 11.2%Brazil: 10.9%Australia: 6.9%6 others listed: 28.9%42%largest
United States1,328 · 42.1%United Kingdom352 · 11.2%Brazil346 · 10.9%Australia219 · 6.9%6 others listed912 · 28.9%

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

Which institutions lead Patient Safety and Medication Errors research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Johns Hopkins University publishes the most Patient Safety and Medication Errors research, followed by Harvard University and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 19 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 18 works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 18 works
  4. 4 University of MichiganUnited States 17 works
  5. 5 National Patient Safety FoundationUnited States 16 works
  6. 6 Monash UniversityAustralia 16 works
  7. 7 University of TorontoCanada 15 works
  8. 8 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 14 works
  9. 9 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 14 works
  10. 10 Iran University of Medical SciencesIran 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Patient Safety and Medication Errors?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Patient Safety and Medication Errors include Andrea C. Tricco, Christina Godfrey and Wasifa Zarin.

  1. 1 Andrea C. Tricco Canada 18k citations
  2. 2 Christina Godfrey Canada 5.7k citations
  3. 3 Wasifa Zarin Canada 4.7k citations

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

Where is Patient Safety and Medication Errors research done?

The largest centres of Patient Safety and Medication Errors research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Boston (United States), São Paulo (Brazil) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 91 works
  2. 2 Boston United States 79 works
  3. 3 São Paulo Brazil 59 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 58 works
  5. 5 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 56 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 46 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 44 works
  8. 8 Baltimore United States 41 works
  9. 9 New York United States 40 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 40 works
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Where is the best place to study Patient Safety and Medication Errors?

Among universities, judged by research, Iranshahr University, Iran University of Medical Sciences 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%20%40%mean 22.6%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Iranshahr University: 11, 31.1%Iran University of Medical Sciences: 14, 16.2%Harvard University: 18, 29.2%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte: 13, 12.5%Alexandria University: 9, 23.5%Johns Hopkins University: 19, 21.0%Monash University: 16, 20.4%Ain Shams University: 14, 13.0%The University of Sydney: 9, 34.5%University of Michigan: 17, 24.6%Iranshahr UniversityHarvard UniversityIran University of M…Universidade 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 Iranshahr UniversityIran 76.031.1%28.7×11 +326.9%
2 Iran University of Medical SciencesIran 67.216.2%10.8×14 +181.2%
3 Harvard UniversityUnited States 55.829.2%3.0×18 -5.0%
4 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 54.312.5%7.1×13 +220.2%
5 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 50.623.5%4.1×9 +255.6%
6 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 50.521.0%3.7×19 +14.5%
7 Monash UniversityAustralia 50.320.4%4.0×16 +26.9%
8 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 49.213.0%4.2×14 +323.5%
9 The University of SydneyAustralia 46.934.5%2.0×9 +76.9%
10 University of MichiganUnited States 45.924.6%2.6×17 -4.0%

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 Patient Safety and Medication Errors research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Patient Safety and Medication Errors.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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