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Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments

Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments is a research topic within Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 14.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment guidelines for pulmonary hypertension, with an emphasis on right heart assessment using echocardiography. It covers topics such as survival prediction, vascular remodeling, endothelial dysfunction, BMPR2 mutations, and hemodynamic classification.

  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Right Heart Assessment
  • Echocardiography
  • Treatment Guidelines
  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • Survival Prediction
  • Vascular Remodeling
  • Endothelial Dysfunction
  • BMPR2 Mutations
  • Hemodynamic Classification
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+20%
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This ranks research output and citation impact. It says nothing about the quality of diagnosis, treatment or care.

Which countries lead Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (2.5k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 2.5k works
  2. 2 China 1.2k works
  3. 3 Japan 451 works
  4. 4 Germany 406 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 397 works
  6. 6 Italy 342 works
  7. 7 France 279 works
  8. 8 India 252 works
  9. 9 Spain 238 works
  10. 10 Canada 200 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: 40.2%China: 18.9%Japan: 7.2%Germany: 6.5%6 others listed: 27.3%40%largest
United States2,518 · 40.2%China1,185 · 18.9%Japan451 · 7.2%Germany406 · 6.5%6 others listed1,709 · 27.3%

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

Which institutions lead Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College publishes the most Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments research, followed by Cleveland Clinic and University of Colorado Denver.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 65 works
  2. 2 Cleveland ClinicUnited States 40 works
  3. 3 University of Colorado DenverUnited States 38 works
  4. 4 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 37 works
  5. 5 Mayo ClinicUnited States 35 works
  6. 6 University of ArizonaUnited States 35 works
  7. 7 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 35 works
  8. 8 University of California San DiegoUnited States 34 works
  9. 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 33 works
  10. 10 Brigham and Women's HospitalUnited States 33 works

Who are the leading researchers in Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments include Manoj M. Lalu and Valentı́n Fuster.

  1. 1 Manoj M. Lalu Canada 13k citations
  2. 2 Valentı́n Fuster United States 5.4k citations

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

Where is Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments research done?

The largest centres of Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Boston (United States) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre and Giessen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 219 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 134 works
  3. 3 Boston United States 122 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 116 works
  5. 5 Philadelphia United States 113 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 110 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 93 works
  8. 8 Madrid Spain 89 works
  9. 9 New York United States 88 works
  10. 10 Paris France 86 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Le Kremlin-BicêtreFR · 22.3 works74×
  2. GiessenDE · 70.2 works25×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments?

Among universities, judged by research, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center 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 15.38%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College: 65, 15.1%University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus: 35, 10.0%Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center: 14, 22.3%Medizinische Hochschule Hannover: 19, 18.9%Medical University of Graz: 14, 24.3%Semmelweis University: 15, 12.8%Medical University of Vienna: 25, 11.8%Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis: 26, 6.7%Guangzhou Medical University: 17, 11.2%Université Paris-Saclay: 20, 20.7%Universities of Gies…Medizinische Hochsch…Chinese Academy of M…University of Colora…
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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 Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeChina 58.715.1%8.3×65 +32.2%
2 University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusUnited States 58.210.0%15.8×35 +115.8%
3 Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung CenterGermany 57.922.3%234.4×14 +19.0%
4 Medizinische Hochschule HannoverGermany 57.518.9%10.8×19 +64.2%
5 Medical University of GrazAustria 57.124.3%13.9×14 -10.1%
6 Semmelweis UniversityHungary 53.912.8%9.6×15 +123.4%
7 Medical University of ViennaAustria 52.711.8%10.2×25 -7.6%
8 Indiana University – Purdue University IndianapolisUnited States 52.36.7%10.6×26 +97.1%
9 Guangzhou Medical UniversityChina 52.011.2%8.0×17 +193.8%
10 Université Paris-SaclayFrance 51.620.7%6.2×20 —

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 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments.

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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.