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Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade

Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade is a research topic within Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 7.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis and management of pericardial diseases, including pericarditis, constrictive pericarditis, and tuberculous pericarditis. It explores the use of colchicine therapy, echocardiography, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation and treatment of these conditions.

  • Pericarditis
  • Constrictive Pericarditis
  • Colchicine Therapy
  • Echocardiography
  • Cardiac Tamponade
  • Multimodality Imaging
  • Tuberculous Pericarditis
  • Pericardiectomy
  • Recurrent Pericarditis
  • Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+47%
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 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1k and 280 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1k works
  2. 2 China 280 works
  3. 3 Japan 213 works
  4. 4 Italy 192 works
  5. 5 India 156 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 121 works
  7. 7 Germany 110 works
  8. 8 Spain 100 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 72 works
  10. 10 Australia 55 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: 44.0%China: 12.1%Japan: 9.2%Italy: 8.3%6 others listed: 26.5%44%largest
United States1,020 · 44.0%China280 · 12.1%Japan213 · 9.2%Italy192 · 8.3%6 others listed614 · 26.5%

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

Which institutions lead Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade research?

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

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 49 works
  2. 2 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 18 works
  3. 3 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 15 works
  4. 4 Mayo ClinicUnited States 14 works
  5. 5 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 11 works
  6. 6 Mayo Clinic in FloridaUnited States 11 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 10 works
  8. 8 Städtisches Klinikum KarlsruheGermany 9 works
  9. 9 National Cerebral and Cardiovascular CenterJapan 8 works
  10. 10 Ospedale Santa Maria della Misericordia di UdineItaly 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade include Bernard J. Gersh.

  1. 1 Bernard J. Gersh United States 4k citations

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

Where is Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade research done?

The largest centres of Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade research in 2022–2025 are Cleveland (United States), New York (United States), Beijing (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cleveland.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Cleveland United States 64 works
  2. 2 New York United States 51 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 44 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 40 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 38 works
  6. 6 Rome Italy 30 works
  7. 7 Philadelphia United States 30 works
  8. 8 New Delhi India 29 works
  9. 9 Milan Italy 29 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 29 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ClevelandUS · 64.1 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and All India Institute of Medical Sciences 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 51.514.5%3.2×10 +183.9%
2 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUnited States 48.08.5%7.2×11 +23.8%
3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 41.31.9%9.5×18 +66.1%

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 Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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