Poisoning and overdose treatments
Poisoning and overdose treatments is a research topic within Emergency Medicine. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 13.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the management of poisoning and toxic exposures, including surveillance systems for toxic exposures, treatment guidelines for specific poisonings such as methanol and ethylene glycol, pharmacological considerations for substances like bupropion, and the use of interventions like activated charcoal and extracorporeal treatments. It also covers the epidemiology, clinical features, and prognostic signs of various poisonings.
- Poison Control Centers
- Toxic Exposure Surveillance
- Methanol Poisoning
- Bupropion Pharmacology
- Activated Charcoal
- Ethylene Glycol Poisoning
- Calcium Channel Blocker Toxicity
- Aluminium Phosphide Poisoning
- Pediatric Pharmaceutical Poisoning
- Extracorporeal Treatments
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.8% 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 Poisoning and overdose treatments research?
By volume, the United States and India publish the most (906 and 320 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 906 works
- 2 India 320 works
- 3 China 186 works
- 4 France 141 works
- 5 Türkiye 119 works
- 6 Iran 119 works
- 7 United Kingdom 109 works
- 8 Spain 100 works
- 9 Japan 98 works
- 10 Egypt 95 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 Poisoning and overdose treatments research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tanta University publishes the most Poisoning and overdose treatments research, followed by Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi and Ain Shams University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tanta UniversityEgypt 20 works
- 2 Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye 15 works
- 3 Ain Shams UniversityEgypt 14 works
- 4 All India Institute of Medical SciencesIndia 12 works
- 5 Washington Poison CenterUnited States 12 works
- 6 Isfahan University of Medical SciencesIran 10 works
- 7 Zagazig UniversityEgypt 10 works
- 8 Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran 10 works
- 9 InsermFrance 8 works
- 10 Alexandria UniversityEgypt 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Poisoning and overdose treatments?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Poisoning and overdose treatments include Paul I. Dargan.
- 1 Paul I. Dargan United Kingdom 4.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Poisoning and overdose treatments research done?
The largest centres of Poisoning and overdose treatments research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Paris (France), Tehran (Iran) and Istanbul (Türkiye). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tanta.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TantaEG · 22.2 works21×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Poisoning and overdose treatments than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Poisoning and overdose treatments?
Among universities, judged by research, Tanta University, The University of Sydney and Mashhad University 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.
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 | Tanta UniversityEgypt | 81.7 | 28.0% | 19.8× | 20 | — |
| 2 | The University of SydneyAustralia | 52.9 | 33.5% | 2.5× | 8 | +157.1% |
| 3 | Mashhad University of Medical SciencesIran | 47.2 | 15.8% | 10.8× | 8 | +57.8% |
| 4 | Zagazig UniversityEgypt | 47.1 | 8.5% | 8.1× | 10 | +124.8% |
| 5 | Isfahan University of Medical SciencesIran | 45.1 | 15.7% | 14.1× | 10 | -12.8% |
| 6 | Sağlık Bilimleri ÜniversitesiTürkiye | 43.0 | 2.9% | 8.0× | 14 | — |
| 7 | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and ResearchIndia | 39.9 | 20.1% | 8.0× | 8 | +25.9% |
| 8 | Alexandria UniversityEgypt | 39.6 | 18.6% | 5.6× | 8 | — |
| 9 | Shahid Beheshti University of Medical SciencesIran | 37.0 | 8.6% | 8.4× | 10 | +41.9% |
| 10 | Ain Shams UniversityEgypt | 33.2 | 4.0% | 6.1× | 14 | +41.3% |
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 Poisoning and overdose treatments research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Poisoning and overdose treatments.
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.