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Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema

Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema is a research topic within Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the occurrence, diagnosis, and management of spontaneous pneumomediastinum, particularly in the context of COVID-19. It covers related complications such as pneumothorax, subcutaneous emphysema, and barotrauma, as well as the Macklin effect. The papers also discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the incidence and clinical characteristics of pneumomediastinum.

  • COVID-19
  • Pneumomediastinum
  • Spontaneous
  • Barotrauma
  • Pneumothorax
  • Emphysema
  • Macklin Effect
  • Diagnosis
  • Management
  • Review
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema

This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema research?

By volume, the United States and Japan publish the most (538 and 167 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 538 works
  2. 2 Japan 167 works
  3. 3 India 166 works
  4. 4 China 164 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 104 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 94 works
  7. 7 Italy 90 works
  8. 8 Spain 69 works
  9. 9 Germany 67 works
  10. 10 Brazil 50 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: 35.6%Japan: 11.1%India: 11.0%China: 10.9%6 others listed: 31.5%36%largest
United States538 · 35.6%Japan167 · 11.1%India166 · 11.0%China164 · 10.9%6 others listed475 · 31.5%

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

Which institutions lead Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema research?

By volume in 2022-now, All India Institute of Medical Sciences publishes the most Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema research, followed by Mayo Clinic and Sichuan University.

Who are the leading researchers in Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema include Jean‐Louis Vincent, Jasvinder A. Singh and Didier Raoult.

  1. 1 Jean‐Louis Vincent Belgium 262k citations
  2. 2 Jasvinder A. Singh United States 247k citations
  3. 3 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  4. 4 Ziad Ahmed Memish Saudi Arabia 224k citations
  5. 5 Andrew S. Levey United States 197k citations
  6. 6 Rinaldo Bellomo Australia 182k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema?

The most cited paper in Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema is "Effect of a Protective-Ventilation Strategy on Mortality in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" (Marcelo B. P. Amato, Carmen Sílvia Valente Barbas, Denise Machado Medeiros et al., 1998), with 3,691 citations. Next come "Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: a prospective study" (2,463) and "Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease" (2,060).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Effect of a Protective-Ventilation Strategy on Mortality in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Marcelo B. P. Amato, Carmen Sílvia Valente Barbas, Denise Machado Medeiros et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Feb 1998 3,691
2 Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: a prospective study JSM Peiris, Chung‐Ming Chu, VCC Cheng et al. · The Lancet Open access May 2003 2,463
3 Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Laurent Brochard, Jordi Mancebo, Marc Wysocki et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Sep 1995 2,060
4 Quantitative assay for acute intestinal inflammation based on myeloperoxidase activity Jane E. Krawisz, P. Sharon, William F. Stenson · Gastroenterology Dec 1984 1,778
5 The Clinical and Chest CT Features Associated With Severe and Critical COVID-19 Pneumonia Kunhua Li, Jiong Wu, WU Fa-qi et al. · Investigative Radiology Open access Mar 2020 1,364
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Where is Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema research done?

The largest centres of Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema research in 2022-now are Tokyo (Japan), Istanbul (Türkiye), London (United Kingdom) and New Delhi (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 TokyoJapan 31 works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 26 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 22 works
  4. 4 New DelhiIndia 21 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 21 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 20 works
  7. 7 São PauloBrazil 18 works
  8. 8 Mexico CityMexico 17 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 17 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 17 works
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Where is the best place to study Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, All India Institute of Medical Sciences and Sichuan 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 11.94%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Harvard UniversitySichuan UniversityNew York Medical Col…All India Institute …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Harvard UniversityUnited States 54.924.3%1.6×10 -39.7%
2All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 44.77.4%8.4×18 -11.4%
3Sichuan UniversityChina 44.714.9%2.3×10 +204.8%
4New York Medical CollegeUnited States 21.18.6%20.3×9 -9.9%
5Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 19.94.5%8.9×10 -19.4%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema, country by country

Is Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0080% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema0.0086% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Pneumothorax, Barotrauma, Emphysema10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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