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Peripheral Nerve Disorders

Peripheral Nerve Disorders is a research topic within Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 7.8% 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 carpal tunnel syndrome, including electrodiagnostic studies, neurophysiological grading scales, ultrasound and MRI measurements, nerve conduction studies, and imaging of peripheral nerves. It also covers related conditions such as thoracic outlet syndrome, pudendal neuralgia, and ulnar neuropathy.

  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Electrodiagnostic Studies
  • Neurophysiological Grading Scale
  • Ultrasound Measurement
  • Nerve Conduction Studies
  • Peripheral Nerve Imaging
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Pudendal Neuralgia
  • Ulnar Neuropathy
  • MRI Neurography
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+17%
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 Peripheral Nerve Disorders research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (1k and 341 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1k works
  2. 2 India 341 works
  3. 3 China 233 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 197 works
  5. 5 Japan 188 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 159 works
  7. 7 France 150 works
  8. 8 Spain 125 works
  9. 9 South Korea 123 works
  10. 10 Italy 119 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: 38.9%India: 12.7%China: 8.7%Türkiye: 7.3%6 others listed: 32.3%39%largest
United States1,043 · 38.9%India341 · 12.7%China233 · 8.7%Türkiye197 · 7.3%6 others listed865 · 32.3%

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

Which institutions lead Peripheral Nerve Disorders research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi publishes the most Peripheral Nerve Disorders research, followed by Washington University in St. Louis and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 21 works
  2. 2 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 21 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 20 works
  4. 4 University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 18 works
  5. 5 Mayo ClinicUnited States 18 works
  6. 6 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 17 works
  7. 7 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 13 works
  8. 8 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 13 works
  9. 9 Cairo UniversityEgypt 13 works
  10. 10 Hospital for Special SurgeryUnited States 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Peripheral Nerve Disorders?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Peripheral Nerve Disorders include Anthony D. Woolf and Peter C. O’Brien.

  1. 1 Anthony D. Woolf United Kingdom 3.4k citations
  2. 2 Peter C. O’Brien United States 2k citations

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

Where is Peripheral Nerve Disorders research done?

The largest centres of Peripheral Nerve Disorders research in 2022–2025 are Istanbul (Türkiye), Seoul (South Korea), New York (United States) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kansas City and St Louis.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Istanbul Türkiye 63 works
  2. 2 Seoul South Korea 57 works
  3. 3 New York United States 45 works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 44 works
  5. 5 Paris France 40 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 38 works
  7. 7 New Delhi India 37 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 37 works
  9. 9 Philadelphia United States 37 works
  10. 10 Ankara Türkiye 33 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kansas CityUS · 28.3 works23×
  2. St LouisUS · 26.8 works5.6×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Peripheral Nerve Disorders than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Peripheral Nerve Disorders?

Among universities, judged by research, Washington University in St. Louis, Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and University of Missouri–Kansas City 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%mean 6.96%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Washington University in St. Louis: 21, 15.2%Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi: 21, 2.4%University of Missouri–Kansas City: 18, 1.2%Emory University: 12, 9.9%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 20, 1.6%University of Wisconsin–Madison: 14, 4.0%University of Florida: 10, 14.8%Cairo University: 13, 1.2%Johns Hopkins University: 11, 13.8%Alexandria University: 9, 5.5%Washington Universit…Emory UniversitySağlık Bilimleri Üni…University of Missou…
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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 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States 68.315.2%7.1×21 +18.8%
2 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 58.52.4%9.0×21
3 University of Missouri–Kansas CityUnited States 53.01.2%30.6×18 +75.7%
4 Emory UniversityUnited States 50.89.9%4.3×12 +257.3%
5 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 50.51.6%8.2×20 +96.9%
6 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 41.44.0%3.5×14 +582.2%
7 University of FloridaUnited States 40.814.8%2.2×10 +76.8%
8 Cairo UniversityEgypt 39.51.2%3.9×13 +551.1%
9 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 38.513.8%2.5×11 -43.9%
10 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 35.85.5%4.7×9 +75.2%

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 Peripheral Nerve Disorders research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Peripheral Nerve Disorders.

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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.