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Pelvic floor disorders treatments

Pelvic floor disorders treatments is a research topic within Rheumatology. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1950. 12.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis, prevalence, treatment, and impact of pelvic floor disorders in women, including urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, and fecal incontinence. It covers epidemiological surveys, surgical techniques, quality-of-life assessments, and the relationship between obstetric factors and pelvic floor dysfunction.

  • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Pelvic Organ Prolapse
  • Fecal Incontinence
  • Urogynecology
  • Epidemiology
  • Surgical Treatment
  • Quality of Life
  • Obstetric Trauma
  • Rehabilitation
Research works
55k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
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 Pelvic floor disorders treatments research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2k works
  2. 2 China 1.2k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 486 works
  4. 4 India 447 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 424 works
  6. 6 Italy 405 works
  7. 7 Brazil 362 works
  8. 8 Japan 309 works
  9. 9 France 309 works
  10. 10 Germany 299 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: 31.8%China: 19.0%United Kingdom: 7.9%India: 7.2%6 others listed: 34.2%32%largest
United States1,962 · 31.8%China1,171 · 19.0%United Kingdom486 · 7.9%India447 · 7.2%6 others listed2,109 · 34.2%

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

Which institutions lead Pelvic floor disorders treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Cleveland Clinic publishes the most Pelvic floor disorders treatments research, followed by Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and University of Michigan.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 51 works
  2. 2 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 40 works
  3. 3 University of MichiganUnited States 36 works
  4. 4 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 33 works
  5. 5 Institute for Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive SurgeryUnited States 28 works
  6. 6 University of PittsburghUnited States 26 works
  7. 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 25 works
  8. 8 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 23 works
  9. 9 Cairo UniversityEgypt 23 works
  10. 10 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical CenterUnited States 23 works

Where is Pelvic floor disorders treatments research done?

The largest centres of Pelvic floor disorders treatments research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Beijing (China), Istanbul (Türkiye) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Allentown and Hualien City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 163 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 162 works
  3. 3 Istanbul Türkiye 139 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 102 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 98 works
  6. 6 Cleveland United States 96 works
  7. 7 Paris France 93 works
  8. 8 Rome Italy 91 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 86 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 79 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AllentownUS · 28.9 works76×
  2. Hualien CityTW · 31.9 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pelvic floor disorders treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pelvic floor disorders treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Tzu Chi University, Maastricht University and Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi 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%30%mean 16.76%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tzu Chi University: 21, 28.2%Maastricht University: 10, 25.8%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 40, 4.3%Tabriz University of Medical Sciences: 15, 10.9%Karolinska Institutet: 13, 23.0%Sechenov University: 18, 6.3%University of Michigan: 36, 18.1%University College London: 20, 20.4%Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 21, 15.9%University of Antwerp: 13, 14.7%Tzu Chi UniversityMaastricht UniversityTabriz University of…Sağlık Bilimleri Üni…
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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 Tzu Chi UniversityTaiwan 73.628.2%47.6×21 +44.5%
2 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 51.825.8%3.4×10 +40.4%
3 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 50.14.3%7.4×40 —
4 Tabriz University of Medical SciencesIran 48.710.9%6.8×15 +137.7%
5 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 48.723.0%3.1×13 -12.2%
6 Sechenov UniversityRussia 47.66.3%6.0×18 +386.7%
7 University of MichiganUnited States 46.518.1%2.8×36 -10.6%
8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 45.620.4%1.6×20 +16.8%
9 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 44.815.9%2.3×21 +140.1%
10 University of AntwerpBelgium 44.814.7%4.7×13 +51.9%

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 Pelvic floor disorders treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pelvic floor disorders treatments.

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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.