Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques
Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques is a research topic within Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Science Explorer counts 13k 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 the analysis, classification, and diagnostic aid of cardiac and respiratory sounds. It covers topics such as heart sound segmentation, lung sound classification, machine learning applications, auscultation skills, and the use of artificial neural networks for pathology detection.
- Heart Sound
- Lung Sound
- Auscultation
- Classification
- Machine Learning
- Signal Analysis
- Diagnostic Aid
- Respiratory Pathologies
- Artificial Neural Network
- Deep Learning
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +74% 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 Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (522 and 521 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 522 works
- 2 India 521 works
- 3 United States 463 works
- 4 United Kingdom 130 works
- 5 Japan 99 works
- 6 Türkiye 91 works
- 7 Italy 91 works
- 8 Germany 77 works
- 9 South Korea 74 works
- 10 Canada 71 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.
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Which institutions lead Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques research?
By volume in 2022–2025, SRM Institute of Science and Technology publishes the most Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques research, followed by Vellore Institute of Technology University and Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 17 works
- 2 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 16 works
- 3 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 14 works
- 4 Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
- 5 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 11 works
- 6 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 10 works
- 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 10 works
- 8 Saveetha UniversityIndia 10 works
- 9 King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia 8 works
- 10 Harvard UniversityUnited States 7 works
Who are the leading researchers in Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques include Björn W. Schuller.
- 1 Björn W. Schuller United Kingdom 3.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques research done?
The largest centres of Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), London (United Kingdom) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Coimbatore.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- CoimbatoreIN · 26.9 works4.9×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques?
Among universities, judged by research, Imperial College London, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Vellore Institute of Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom | 76.6 | 43.1% | 4.6× | 13 | +342.9% |
| 2 | Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia | 57.1 | 10.8% | 8.5× | 14 | +221.6% |
| 3 | Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia | 47.7 | 21.9% | 5.0× | 16 | — |
| 4 | SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia | 45.5 | 9.1% | 6.5× | 17 | — |
| 5 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 30.8 | 27.0% | 1.5× | 10 | +129.4% |
| 6 | Telkom UniversityIndonesia | 28.4 | 12.6% | 6.2× | 10 | — |
| 7 | Saveetha UniversityIndia | 23.1 | 17.1% | 3.1× | 10 | — |
| 8 | Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States | 22.4 | 18.4% | 3.2× | 11 | +11.5% |
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 Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 74% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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