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Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders

Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders is a research topic within Neurology. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 15.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on Guillain-Barré syndrome and related neuropathies, including chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy. It covers the pathogenesis, diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis of these neurological disorders, with a particular emphasis on the role of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. The cluster also explores the autoimmune nature of these neuropathies and their association with specific antibodies and infections.

  • Guillain-Barré Syndrome
  • Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy
  • Neurological Disorders
  • Autoimmune Neuropathies
  • Polyneuropathy
  • Intravenous Immunoglobulin
  • Pathogenesis
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Prognosis
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+42%
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 Neuropathies and Disorders research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.1k and 503 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.1k works
  2. 2 China 503 works
  3. 3 India 394 works
  4. 4 Japan 325 works
  5. 5 Italy 257 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 236 works
  7. 7 Germany 222 works
  8. 8 France 203 works
  9. 9 Spain 162 works
  10. 10 Brazil 148 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: 30.4%China: 14.3%India: 11.2%Japan: 9.2%6 others listed: 34.9%30%largest
United States1,070 · 30.4%China503 · 14.3%India394 · 11.2%Japan325 · 9.2%6 others listed1,228 · 34.9%

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

Which institutions lead Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Mayo Clinic in Arizona publishes the most Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders research, followed by Mayo Clinic and All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mayo Clinic in ArizonaUnited States 20 works
  2. 2 Mayo ClinicUnited States 20 works
  3. 3 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 20 works
  4. 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 20 works
  5. 5 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 17 works
  6. 6 InsermFrance 16 works
  7. 7 Capital Medical UniversityChina 16 works
  8. 8 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 16 works
  9. 9 National Institute of Mental Health and NeurosciencesIndia 15 works
  10. 10 Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders include Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Ettore Beghi and М. А. Пирадов.

  1. 1 Mohammad Ali Sahraian Iran 4.6k citations
  2. 2 Ettore Beghi Italy 4.6k citations
  3. 3 М. А. Пирадов Russia 2.9k citations

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

Where is Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders research done?

The largest centres of Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), London (United Kingdom) and Paris (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Rochester and Scottsdale.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 85 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 81 works
  3. 3 London United Kingdom 81 works
  4. 4 Paris France 73 works
  5. 5 Seoul South Korea 59 works
  6. 6 Rome Italy 49 works
  7. 7 Tehran Iran 48 works
  8. 8 New York United States 48 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 48 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 43 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RochesterUS · 20.4 works9.5×
  2. ScottsdaleUS · 21.2 works8.2×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders?

Among universities, judged by research, Medical University of Vienna, University College London and University of Verona 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 25.57%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Medical University of Vienna: 14, 35.0%University College London: 20, 27.3%University of Verona: 8, 31.7%Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 8, 39.7%All India Institute of Medical Sciences: 20, 1.4%National and Kapodistrian University of Athens: 12, 27.2%University of Oxford: 13, 34.5%Harvard University: 14, 24.9%Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research: 14, 4.8%Karolinska Institutet: 8, 29.2%Universitat Autònoma…Medical University o…University of VeronaUniversity College L…
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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 Medical University of ViennaAustria 69.635.0%8.7×14 +29.5%
2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 55.727.3%2.7×20 +29.1%
3 University of VeronaItaly 52.131.7%6.7×8 +97.4%
4 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 49.239.7%3.5×8 +90.0%
5 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 46.91.4%6.2×20 +155.7%
6 National and Kapodistrian University of AthensGreece 46.127.2%4.7×12 +12.7%
7 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 45.934.5%1.9×13 -9.0%
8 Harvard UniversityUnited States 43.424.9%2.1×14 +29.7%
9 Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia 42.34.8%8.2×14 +79.5%
10 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 42.329.2%3.6×8 +9.8%

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 Neuropathies and Disorders research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Peripheral Neuropathies and 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.